2024 presidential candidates on federalism

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This page includes statements from the 2024 presidential candidates on federalism. These statements were compiled from each candidate's official campaign website, editorials, speeches, and debates.

The candidates featured on this page were the noteworthy Democratic and Republican candidates in the 2024 presidential election. Only candidates who addressed this page's issue on their campaign website, in public statements, or in public speeches have a quote featured on this page. See something we missed? Email us. The active noteworthy presidential candidates as of November 5, 2025, were:

Kamala Harris (D)
Donald Trump (R)
Chase Oliver (L)
Jill Stein (G)

Federalism

Republican candidates

Ryan Binkley

Binkley's campaign website said, “There is so much more unnecessary spending to look at – if our elected leaders would just take the initiative to do so. I will. For example, programs that are best handled by the States; we don’t need to federalize everything. That’s not what our founders intended.” ^{[source, as of 2023-12-19]}

Nikki Haley

In an op-ed Haley wrote, "We’ll restore freedom by stopping Washington from controlling Americans ever again. We’re beyond merely cutting red tape. We need to cut Washington itself down to size. [...] And we’ll push authority back to the states, from welfare to health care to education to infrastructure." ^{[source, as of 2023-09-25]}