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Favors topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (+2 points on Social scale)	State funding for stem cell research, despite Bush ban: Favors topic 1 Pro-choice but no partial-birth abortion: Favors topic 1 Supports current family planning programs: Strongly Favors topic 1 Opposes partial birth abortion: Opposes topic 1 Supports parental notification, with limits: Opposes topic 1 Pro-choice; not a cultural conservative: Favors topic 1
Favors topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (-3 points on Economic scale)	Eliminate racial inequality in employment: Strongly Favors topic 2 Advisor to US English, an anti-bilingual organization: Opposes topic 2
Favors topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (+2 points on Social scale)	Gay marriage should be between a man and a woman: Opposes topic 3 Changed bodybuilding culture from gay to straight: Favors topic 3 2004: override San Francisco gay marriages with state ruling: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Rated “D” by National Review on pro-gay issues: Opposes topic 3 Expand civil right act to cover orientation & gender: Strongly Favors topic 3 Domestic partnership but not gay marriage: Favors topic 3 Supports gay rights, including adoption rights: Strongly Favors topic 3
No opinion on topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (0 points on Social scale)	Supports school prayer: Strongly Favors topic 4 In land of opportunity, millions are left behind: Strongly Opposes topic 4
Strongly Favors topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (-5 points on Economic scale)	Discount drugs to 6 million low-income Californians: Favors topic 5 Must insure the low-income families, especially the children: Strongly Favors topic 5 Tax credits for those without employee health insurance: Strongly Favors topic 5 $350 billion for prescriptions for poor seniors: Favors topic 5 3.2% funding increase for National Institutes of Health: Strongly Favors topic 5
Strongly Favors topic 6: Privatize Social Security (+5 points on Economic scale)	2005: privatize public employee pensions: Strongly Favors topic 6
Favors topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (+2 points on Economic scale)	Until now, children were trapped in low-performing schools: Favors topic 7 Until now, children were trapped in low-performing schools: Strongly Favors topic 7 Measure student progress and school progress: Favors topic 7 Supports public school choice and community control: Opposes topic 7 Supports limited school vouchers: Favors topic 7 Participate in federal program Race to the Top: Favors topic 7
Opposes topic 8: Fight EPA regulatory over-reach (+2 points on Social scale)	Global Warming Solutions: cut greenhouse gas by 25% by 2020: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Improve our economy without impairing our environment: Favors topic 8 Supports grants for brownfields remediation: Strongly Opposes topic 8
Strongly Favors topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (-5 points on Social scale)	Allow private prisons to compete, to spend less on prisons: Opposes topic 9 Ban motorists from holding cell phones while driving: Favors topic 9 Tookie Williams insufficiently remorseful; so execution on: Strongly Favors topic 9 Death penalty is a necessary and effective deterrent: Strongly Favors topic 9 Keep “Three Strikes” law: Strongly Favors topic 9
Opposes topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (-3 points on Economic scale)	Strong supporter of the second amendment: Strongly Favors topic 10 Support Brady Bill; assault weapon ban; safety locks: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Close the gun show loophole: Opposes topic 10 I’m for gun control; I’m a peace-loving guy: Opposes topic 10
Opposes topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (+2 points on Economic scale)	Our economy is 21st century & our tax system is 20th century: Favors topic 11 Impose constitutional limit on spending and balanced budget: Opposes topic 11 Californians are overtaxed; find a better way: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Pledges against raising taxes, except in emergencies: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Rescind the car tax; believes in lower taxes: Opposes topic 11 $12B in federal economic stimulus as state block grants: Favors topic 11
Opposes topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (-3 points on Social scale)	Voted for Prop. 187 in 1994; apologized for it in 2006: Favors topic 12 1983 naturalization was "realization of my dream": Favors topic 12 Against giving driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants: Opposes topic 12 Against giving driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants: Opposes topic 12 Restrict illegal immigrant rights-they’re a security risk: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Voted for Prop. 187, denying services to illegal immigrants: Opposes topic 12 Address undocumented immigrants living underground: Favors topic 12 No driver’s licenses to illegal aliens: Opposes topic 12
Favors topic 13: Support & expand free trade (+2 points on Economic scale)	Promote the Andean Free Trade Agreement: Strongly Favors topic 13 Declined state commitment to CAFTA: Opposes topic 13
Favors topic 14: Support American Exceptionalism (+2 points on Economic scale)	You don’t reason with terrorists, you defeat them: Favors topic 14
No opinion on topic 15: Expand the military (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 16: Make voter registration easier (+5 points on Social scale)	Supreme Court should disallow partisan gerrymandering: Strongly Favors topic 16 2004: Self-financed campaign; no special interest money: Favors topic 16
No opinion on topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 18: Prioritize green energy (-5 points on Economic scale)	The future is sustainable green energy: Strongly Favors topic 18 Cut greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020: Strongly Favors topic 18 Improve our economy without impairing our environment: Favors topic 18 Override federal exemption of new air pollution sources: Favors topic 18 Promote watershed management to clean up bays and rivers: Favors topic 18 Calls himself an environmentalist but drives a Humvee: Opposes topic 18 Make EPA into a Cabinet department: Strongly Favors topic 18 Set goal of 25% renewable energy by 2025: Strongly Favors topic 18
Opposes topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (+2 points on Social scale)	Admitted to marijuana usage, but no hard drugs: Opposes topic 19 No legalization except for the medicinal use of marijuana: Opposes topic 19
No opinion on topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)

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