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Mark McBride on SenateMatch

 



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No opinion on topic 1:
Abortion is a woman's right
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No opinion on topic 2:
Require hiring more women & minorities
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No opinion on topic 3:
Same-sex domestic partnership benefits
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No opinion on topic 4:
Teacher-led prayer in public schools
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No opinion on topic 8:
Death Penalty
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No opinion on topic 9:
Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws
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No opinion on topic 10:
Absolute right to gun ownership
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No opinion on topic 5:
More federal funding for health coverage
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No opinion on topic 6:
Privatize Social Security
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No opinion on topic 7:
Parents choose schools via vouchers
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No opinion on topic 18:
Replace coal & oil with alternatives
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No opinion on topic 19:
Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it
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No opinion on topic 20:
Allow churches to provide welfare services
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Opposes topic 11:
Make taxes more progressive
(+2 points on Economic scale)
FairTax is a $400B economic stimulus package: Opposes topic 11
Strongly Opposes topic 12:
Illegal immigrants earn citizenship
(-5 points on Social scale)
Permanently bar criminals from entering America: Strongly Opposes topic 12
Strongly Opposes topic 13:
Support & expand free trade
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I am not a free trader; nothing in life is free: Strongly Opposes topic 13
NAFTA, CAFTA and the WTO need to go away: Strongly Opposes topic 13
Favors topic 15:
Expand the armed forces
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Reduce size of VA and operate it more efficiently: Opposes topic 15
Close 700 US military bases overseas: Opposes topic 15
Create military to unequivocally end any national threat: Strongly Favors topic 15
US must be the Power that no one will engage: Strongly Favors topic 15
No opinion on topic 16:
Stricter limits on political campaign funds
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No opinion on topic 14:
The Patriot Act harms civil liberties
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Favors topic 17:
US out of Iraq
(+2 points on Social scale)
Not our role to install democracy around the world: Strongly Favors topic 17
Error in Iraq was not enough troops: Opposes topic 17

Other candidates' VoteMatch: Mark McBride on the issues:
SC Gubernatorial:
Mark Sanford
SC Senatorial:
Bob Conley
Jim DeMint
Lindsey Graham


2008 Senate retirements:

Wayne Allard(R,CO)
Larry Craig(R,ID)
Pete Domenici(R,NM)
Chuck Hagel(R,NE)
Trent Lott(R,MS)
Craig Thomas(R,WY)
John Warner(R,VA)

Incoming Obama Administration:

Pres.Barack Obama
V.P.Joe Biden
State:Hillary Clinton
HHS:Tom Daschle
Staff:Rahm Emanuel
DHS:Janet Napolitano
DOC:Bill Richardson
DoD:Robert Gates
A.G.:Eric Holder
Treas.:Tim Geithner
Winners of 2008 Senate Races:
( * if new to the Senate)
AK:*Begich over Stevens
AL:Sessions
AR:Pryor
CO:*Udall
DE:Biden and Kaufman
GA:Chambliss v.Martin (Dec. 2 runoff)
IA:Harkin
ID:*Risch
IL:Durbin
KS:Roberts
KY:McConnell
LA:Landrieu
MA:Kerry
ME:Collins
MI:Levin
MN:Coleman v.Franken (recounting as of Dec.1)
MS4:Wicker
MS6:Cochran
MT:Baucus
NC:*Hagan over Dole
NE:*Johanns
NH:*Shaheen over Sununu
NJ:Lautenberg
NM:*Udall
OK:Inhofe
OR:*Merkley over Smith
RI:Reed
SC:Graham
SD:Johnson
TN:Alexander
TX:Cornyn
VA:*Warner
WV:Rockefeller
WY4:Barrasso
WY6:Enzi
Abortion
Budget/Economy
Campaign Finance
Civil Rights
Corporations
Crime
Drugs
Education
Energy/Oil
Environment
Families
Foreign Policy
Free Trade
Gay Issues
Govt. Reform
Gun Control
Health Care
Homeland Security
Immigration
Iraq/Mideast
Infrastructure
Jobs/Farming
Medicare/Rx
Principles
Social Security
Tax Reform
Technology
War/Peace
Welfare/Poverty

All Mark McBride's positions
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Page last updated: Dec 02, 2008