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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) | Protect right to abortion if Roe is overturned: Strongly Favors topic 1 Protect women's right to choose if Roe is overturned: Strongly Favors topic 1 Signed law allowing late term abortions: Strongly Favors topic 1 Protect reproductive rights with constitutional amendment: Strongly Favors topic 1 State Police need more gear: No opin. on topic 1 Codify state with federal law to allow 9th-month abortions: Strongly Favors topic 1 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 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 2:Legally require hiring women & minorities
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Made fighting racial discrimination a key focus of HUD: Favors topic 2 Pay equity for women; stop pregnancy discrimination: Strongly Favors topic 2 Recruit more minorities into law enforcement: Favors topic 2 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 |
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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 Equal marriage rights for same-sex couples: 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 |
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topic 4:Keep God in the public sphere
(+2 points on Social scale) | Moral imperative to maintain safety net in difficult times: Opposes topic 4 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 5:Expand ObamaCare
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Telehealth invaluable, but must ensure accessibility to all: Strongly Favors topic 5 Protect ObamaCare coverage of preexisting conditions: Favors topic 5 Implement the N.Y. Health Exchange with federal funds: Strongly Favors topic 5 Supports government-run healthcare: Strongly Favors topic 5 |
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topic 6:Privatize Social Security
(+2 points on Economic scale) | Expose obscure formulas that cause automatic increases: Favors topic 6 |
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Opposes
topic 7:Vouchers for school choice
(-3 points on Economic scale) | $27B state funding for poor schools via new Equity Formula: Strongly Opposes topic 7 Turn failing schools into charter schools: Opposes topic 7 $200 tax break for teachers: Favors topic 7 Expand charter schools: more lotteries; 100 more slots: Favors topic 7 Replace 1950s bureaucracy with 2020 performance organization: Opposes topic 7 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 |
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Strongly Opposes
topic 8:Fight EPA regulatory over-reach
(+5 points on Social scale) | $2.5 billion in clean water infrastructure: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Pro-active policy to protect groundwater: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Training program to support green energy development: Strongly Opposes topic 8 $172M for Environmental Protection Fund: Opposes topic 8 Commit to a greener future for our children & grandchildren: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Water policy to protect environment and business interests: Opposes topic 8 |
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topic 9:Stricter punishment reduces crime
(+2 points on Social scale) | Signed police reform package, including ban on chokeholds: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Prosecute violent hate as domestic terrorism: Strongly Favors topic 9 Bail reform is right, but complicated: Opposes topic 9 Eliminate cash bail: Favors topic 9 Focus on enforcement: $45M for anti-gang operations: Favors topic 9 Pass the Child Victims Act against abuse of minors: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Equal justice requires bail reform; eliminate the money: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Raise the Age: prosecute 16- and 17-year olds as juveniles: Opposes topic 9 Death penalty is bad policy but good politics: Opposes topic 9 End "stop and frisk"; it stigmatizes young black males: Opposes topic 9 Videotape all interrogations for serious crimes: 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 |
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topic 10:Absolute right to gun ownership
(-3 points on Economic scale) | Exempt retired cops for assault weapons acquired on job: Favors topic 10 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 States for Gun Safety: fill void left by no Federal policy: Strongly Favors topic 10 |
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topic 11:Higher taxes on the wealthy
(0 points on Economic scale) | COVID: Raise taxes on the wealthy to help states: Strongly Favors topic 11 Good management leads to lower taxes: Opposes topic 11 Cut taxes for small businesses to stimulate growth: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Tax cuts as part of strategy to create jobs: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Tax cut for middle class; increase taxes on wealthiest 1%: Strongly Favors topic 11 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 |
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Favors
topic 12:Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens
(+2 points on Social scale) | Sued federal government on their family separation policy: Favors topic 12 Post-9/11 anxiety causes demonization of immigrants: Favors topic 12 Created a state Office for New Americans: Favors topic 12 Disallow discrimination & exploitation of immigrants: Favors topic 12 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 13:Support & expand free trade
(+5 points on Economic scale) | Trade mission to Cuba across a multitude of sectors: Favors topic 13 $35M for New York export-import program: Favors topic 13 Start-Up NY: expand foreign trade to boost upstate economies: Strongly Favors topic 13 |
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topic 14:Support American Exceptionalism
(+2 points on Economic scale) | No comment on changing rules for Syrian refugees in NY: Opposes topic 14 Dubious about new power to interrogate and detain: Strongly Favors topic 14 |
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topic 15:Expand the military
(-3 points on Social scale) | $80M investment in emergency response: Favors topic 15 $15M for nation's 1st college dedicated to homeland security: Favors topic 15 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 16:Make voter registration easier
(+5 points on Social scale) | Make it easy to vote, instead of voter disenfranchisement: Favors topic 16 Implement a default voter registration system: Strongly Favors topic 16 Campaign contributions only for election-related expenses: Favors topic 16 Used campaign funds for defense lawyer, legally: Opposes topic 16 Committed to campaign finance reform: Favors topic 16 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 |
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topic 17:Avoid foreign entanglements
(+5 points on Social scale) | We did not effectively question Bush on Iraq war: Strongly Favors topic 17 |
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topic 18:Prioritize green energy
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Green New Deal: help communities closing old power plants: Favors topic 18 Increase commitment to green energy: 50% by 2030: Strongly Favors topic 18 Led multi-state effort to lower carbon emissions by 45%: Strongly Favors topic 18 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 |
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topic 19:Marijuana is a gateway drug
(-3 points on Social scale) | Opposes recreational marijuana as a gateway drug: Strongly Favors topic 19 Let's create cannabis industry: Strongly Opposes topic 19 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 Rated C- by NORML, indicating a "hard-on-drugs" stance: Strongly Favors topic 19 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 20:Stimulus better than market-led recovery
(-5 points on Economic scale) | COVID: Washington passed the buck without passing the bucks: Strongly Favors topic 20 Many building projects; all on budget: Strongly Favors topic 20 Buffalo Billion: make up for 50 years of state inattention: Strongly Favors topic 20 I believe in a collective vision, not individual outcomes: Strongly Favors topic 20 2015 Opportunity Agenda: cut $1.7B taxes; add $1.5B programs: Strongly Favors topic 20 $291M for road & airport infrastructure improvements: Favors topic 20 Freeze state taxes; cap local taxes; cap spending: Opposes topic 20 |
Andrew Cuomo is a Libertarian-Leaning Progressive
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