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Andrew Cuomo on VoteMatch

 



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Strongly Favors topic 1:
Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right
(+5 points on Social scale)
Let women make decision: pregnancy, adoption, or abortion: Strongly Favors topic 1
Fight for passage of the Reproductive Rights Act: Strongly Favors topic 1
Supports federal abortion funding: Favors topic 1
Strongly Favors topic 2:
Legally require hiring women & minorities
(-5 points on Economic scale)
Women's Equality Act: Shatter the glass ceiling: Strongly Favors topic 2
$200M contract support to get 20% MWBE contracts: Strongly Favors topic 2
Require complying with MWBE reporting requirements: Strongly Favors topic 2
Our housing stock remains largely segregated: Strongly Favors topic 2
Strongly Favors topic 3:
Comfortable with same-sex marriage
(+5 points on Social scale)
Marriage equality for ALL New Yorkers: Strongly Favors topic 3
Supports same-sex marriage and same rights of marriage: Strongly Favors topic 3
Marriage equality gains 1,000 federal and 700 state rights: Strongly Favors topic 3
Marriage equality gains 1,000 federal and 700 state rights: Strongly Favors topic 3
Opposes Amendment to prevent same sex marriage: Strongly Favors topic 3
No opinion on topic 4:
Keep God in the public sphere
(0 points on Social scale)
CORe initiative: support community-based services: Favors topic 4
Moral imperative to maintain safety net in difficult times: Opposes topic 4
Strongly Favors topic 5:
Expand ObamaCare
(-5 points on Economic scale)
Implement the N.Y. Health Exchange with federal funds: Strongly Favors topic 5
Supports government-run healthcare: Strongly Favors topic 5
No opinion on topic 6:
Privatize Social Security
(0 points on Economic scale)
(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 7:
Vouchers for school choice
(0 points on Economic scale)
Replace formula-based grants with performance incentives: Favors topic 7
Double the charter school cap: Favors topic 7
Vouchers undermine existing public schools: Strongly Opposes topic 7
Opposes topic 8:
Human needs over animal rights
(+2 points on Social scale)
Lower carbon emissions via market-based cap-and-trade system: Opposes topic 8
Water policy to protect environment and business interests: Opposes topic 8
Opposes topic 9:
Stricter punishment reduces crime
(+2 points on Social scale)
End "stop and frisk"; it stigmatizes young black males: Opposes topic 9
Prisons are not an economic development program: Opposes topic 9
Collect DNA for all crimes, to exonerate the innocent: Opposes topic 9
Incarcerating juveniles increases likelihood of offending: Opposes topic 9
Strengthen penalties for repeat domestic violence offenders: Favors topic 9
Strongly Opposes topic 10:
Absolute right to gun ownership
(-5 points on Economic scale)
Guns impose huge economic costs, as well as lives: Strongly Opposes topic 10
Ban assault weapons and large capacity magazines: Strongly Opposes topic 10
Enact commonsense laws lie microstamping of guns: Strongly Opposes topic 10
Supports restrictions on the right to bear arms: Strongly Opposes topic 10
No opinion on topic 11:
Higher taxes on the wealthy
(0 points on Economic scale)
A flat tax is not a fair tax: Strongly Favors topic 11
NY has 2nd highest state and local tax burden in the nation: Opposes topic 11
Freeze state taxes; cap local taxes; cap spending: Opposes topic 11
Favors topic 12:
Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens
(+2 points on Social scale)
Created a state Office for New Americans: Favors topic 12
Disallow discrimination & exploitation of immigrants: Favors topic 12
No opinion on topic 13:
Support & expand free trade
(0 points on Economic scale)
(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 14:
Maintain US sovereignty from UN
(+5 points on Social scale)
Dubious about new power to interrogate and detain: Strongly 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:
Stricter limits on political campaign funds
(-5 points on Economic scale)
Adopt NYC's public campaign finance system statewide: Strongly Favors topic 16
Create early voting system for one week, including weekend: Favors topic 16
Public Integrity Reform Act: state ethics disclosures: Favors topic 16
Supports campaign finance reform as fair to all candidates: Strongly Favors topic 16
Tough new ethics standards & expand disclosure requirements: Strongly Favors topic 16
Free air time for all candidates, to level the playing field: Strongly Favors topic 16
Strongly Favors topic 17:
Stay out of Iran
(+5 points on Social scale)
We did not effectively question Bush on Iraq war: Strongly Favors topic 17
Strongly Favors topic 18:
Prioritize green energy
(-5 points on Economic scale)
Lower carbon emissions via market-based cap-and-trade system: Strongly Favors topic 18
Focus more attention on exploiting our solar potential: Strongly Favors topic 18
Power for Jobs: use low cost hydropower: Favors topic 18
Comprehensive study before exploring Marcellus Shale: Favors topic 18
Replace Indian Point nuclear facility; it is too dangerous: Strongly Favors topic 18
Repower old power plants to increase efficiency: Strongly Favors topic 18
Letter to Congress supporting renewable energy tax credit: Strongly Favors topic 18
Favors topic 19:
Never legalize marijuana
(-3 points on Social scale)
Criminalize synthetic marijuana and designer drugs: Strongly Favors topic 19
Decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana: Strongly Opposes topic 19
One strike & you’re out drug policy for public housing: Favors topic 19
Opposes topic 20:
Stimulus better than market-led recovery
(-3 points on Economic scale)
Freeze state taxes; cap local taxes; cap spending: Opposes topic 20

Other governors' VoteMatch: Andrew Cuomo on the issues:
NY Gubernatorial:
Mike Bloomberg
NY Senatorial:
Charles Schumer
Kirsten Gillibrand

Newly elected Nov. 2012:
IN: Mike Pence (R)
NC: Pat McCrory (R)
NH: Maggie Hassan (D)
MT: Steve Bullock (D)
WA: Jay Inslee (D)

Re-elected 2012:
DE: Jack Markell (D)
MO: Jay Nixon (D)
ND: Jack Dalrymple (R)
UT: Gary Herbert (R)
VT: Peter Shumlin (D)
WI: Scott Walker (R)
WV: Earl Ray Tomblin (D)

Up for re-election 2013:
NJ: Chris Christie
VA: Bob McDonnell
Up for re-election 2014:
AK: Sean Parnell
AL: Robert Bentley
AR: Mike Beebe
AZ: Jan Brewer
CA: Jerry Brown
CO: John Hickenlooper
CT: Dan Malloy
FL: Rick Scott
GA: Nathan Deal
HI: Neil Abercrombie
IA: Terry Branstad
ID: Butch Otter
IL: Pat Quinn
KS: Sam Brownback
MA: Deval Patrick
MD: Martin O'Malley
ME: Paul LePage
MI: Rick Snyder
MN: Mark Dayton
NH: Maggie Hassan
NM: Susana Martinez
NV: Brian Sandoval
NY: Andrew Cuomo
OH: John Kasich
OK: Mary Fallin
OR: John Kitzhaber
PA: Tom Corbett
RI: Linc Chafee
SC: Nikki Haley
SD: Dennis Daugaard
TN: Bill Haslam
TX: Rick Perry
VT: Peter Shumlin
WI: Scott Walker
WY: Matt Mead
Abortion
Budget/Economy
Civil Rights
Corporations
Crime
Drugs
Education
Energy/Oil
Environment
Families/Children
Foreign Policy
Free Trade
Govt. Reform
Gun Control
Health Care
Homeland Security
Immigration
Infrastructure/Technology
Jobs
Principles/Values
Social Security
Tax Reform
War/Iraq/Mideast
Welfare/Poverty

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Page last updated: Apr 26, 2013