David Costello on SenateMatch | |
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No opinion on
topic 1:Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right
(0 points on Social scale) | Protect the reproductive rights of women: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Support efforts to protect the reproductive rights of women: Strongly Favors topic 1 |
No opinion on
topic 2:Legally require hiring women & minorities
(0 points on Economic scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
Strongly Favors
topic 3:Support transgender and LGBTQ+ rights
(+5 points on Social scale) | Protect reproductive and LGBTQ+ rights and freedoms: Strongly Favors topic 3 |
No opinion on
topic 4:America was founded on Christian values
(0 points on Social scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
Strongly Favors
topic 5:Expand ObamaCare
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Offer expanded Medicare to all who want it: Strongly Favors topic 5 Offer Medicare, including dental/vision, to all who want it: Strongly Favors topic 5 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 6:Privatize Social Security
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Raise FICA tax cap, increase benefits to low-income retirees: Strongly Opposes topic 6 Raise payroll tax cap; increase benefits for low-income : Strongly Opposes topic 6 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 7:Vouchers for school choice
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Provide universal pre-kindergarten and aftercare: Strongly Opposes topic 7 Provide universal pre-kindergarten and aftercare: Strongly Opposes topic 7 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 8:Businesses have a right to pollute
(+5 points on Social scale) | Enact more stringent air and water quality regulations: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Enact more stringent air and water quality regulations: Strongly Opposes topic 8 |
Favors
topic 9:Stricter punishment reduces crime
(-3 points on Social scale) | Focus increased resources on violent offenses: Favors topic 9 Focus increased prosecutorial resources on violent offenses: Favors topic 9 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 10:Absolute right to gun ownership
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Strengthen our nation's gun safety laws and regulations: Opposes topic 10 Strengthen our nation's gun safety laws and regulations: Strongly Opposes topic 10 |
Strongly Favors
topic 11:Higher taxes on the wealthy
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Ensure tax fairness via progressive tax reforms: Strongly Favors topic 11 Establish a global minimum corporate tax: Favors topic 11 |
Favors
topic 12:Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens
(+2 points on Social scale) | Comprehensive reform, resolve nation's worker shortages: Favors topic 12 Facilitate legal immigration, resolve worker shortages: Favors topic 12 |
Strongly Favors
topic 13:Support & expand free trade
(+5 points on Economic scale) | Strengthen trade and foreign policy agencies and agreements: Strongly Favors topic 13 |
No opinion on
topic 14:Stay away from the UN & Globalism
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topic 15:Peace through Strength
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Strongly Favors
topic 16:Make voter registration easier
(+5 points on Social scale) | Mandate automatic voter registration, early and mail voting: Strongly Favors topic 16 Automatic voter registration; abolish Electoral College: Strongly Favors topic 16 U.S. Senate is obscenely undemocratic: Strongly Favors topic 16 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 17:Stay out of foreign wars
(-5 points on Social scale) | Expand military and intelligence gathering alliances: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Engage more fully and responsibly in world affairs: Strongly Opposes topic 17 |
Strongly Favors
topic 18:Prioritize green energy
(-5 points on Economic scale) | An aggressive national, science-based climate action plan: Strongly Favors topic 18 Reallocate fossil fuel subsidies to clean energy initiatives: Strongly Favors topic 18 Funding to mitigate the growing impacts of climate change: Strongly Favors topic 18 |
No opinion on
topic 19:Marijuana is a gateway drug
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No opinion on
topic 20:Stimulus better than market-led recovery
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David Costello is a Moderate Liberal
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