Steve Beshear on VoteMatch

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Strongly Favors topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (+5 points on Social scale)	Supports Roe v. Wade: Strongly Favors topic 1
Strongly Favors topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (-5 points on Economic scale)	Supports affirmative actions programs: Strongly Favors topic 2
Strongly Favors topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (+5 points on Social scale)	Will veto a bill that would ban gay marriage in KY: Strongly Favors topic 3
No opinion on topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (-3 points on Economic scale)	ObamaCare is life and death for people, but needs repairs: Strongly Favors topic 5 Kentucky leads the way on affordable health care for all: Strongly Favors topic 5 Support managed competition & healthcare tax incentives: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Adopt national health reform legislation before the end of the year: Strongly Favors topic 5
No opinion on topic 6: Privatize Social Security (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Opposes topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (-3 points on Economic scale)	Alternative programs to reduce school dropout rate: Opposes topic 7 High national rankings shows that education is good in KY: Opposes topic 7
Strongly Opposes topic 8: Fight EPA regulatory over-reach (+5 points on Social scale)	Secures Clean Water Act funding to clean up pollution: Strongly Opposes topic 8
Strongly Favors topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (-5 points on Social scale)	Require DNA samples from all criminal parolees: Favors topic 9 Impose “truth in sentencing” for violent criminals: Strongly Favors topic 9 Limit death penalty appeals; impose it for drug traffickers: Strongly Favors topic 9
Strongly Opposes topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (-5 points on Economic scale)	Maintain gun registration and gun restrictions: Strongly Opposes topic 10
Opposes topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (+2 points on Economic scale)	Incentive programs for businesses; to bring in jobs: Opposes topic 11 Taxes are not the answer; no broad-based increases: Opposes topic 11 $12B in federal economic stimulus as state block grants: Favors topic 11
Strongly Opposes topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (-5 points on Social scale)	More deportations; more border enforcement: Strongly Opposes topic 12
Favors topic 13: Support & expand free trade (+2 points on Economic scale)	New records in exports; thousands of jobs from in-sourcing: Strongly Favors topic 13 Record exports to Asia & Europe means we're importing jobs: Strongly Favors topic 13 NAFTA favors foreign interests over Kentucky's own: Strongly Opposes topic 13 Opposes NAFTA; supports tariffs: Strongly Opposes topic 13 Reauthorize the Ex-Im Bank: Favors topic 13
Strongly Opposes topic 14: Support American Exceptionalism (-5 points on Economic scale)	Moral obligation to help those fleeing war and terror: Strongly Opposes topic 14 Do the Christian thing to welcome Syrian refugees: Strongly Opposes topic 14
Favors topic 15: Expand the military (-3 points on Social scale)	Gratitude for troops who fight terror & keep America free: Favors topic 15
Strongly Favors topic 16: Make voter registration easier (+5 points on Social scale)	Grant voting rights to ex-felons who completed sentences: Strongly Favors topic 16 Restore right to vote to most nonviolent felons: Strongly Favors topic 16 Campaign spending limits with reduced TV rates: Strongly Favors topic 16
Opposes topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (-3 points on Social scale)	Russia is not our friend; don't ignore serious threats: Opposes topic 17
No opinion on topic 18: Prioritize green energy (0 points on Economic scale)	To Washington: Get off our backs! about coal: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Letter to Congress supporting renewable energy tax credit: Strongly Favors topic 18
Strongly Favors topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (-5 points on Social scale)	KASPER: KY All Schedule Prescription Electronic Reporting: Favors topic 19 Reduce historic addiction to tobacco with smoke-free law: Favors topic 19 More penalties; more testing; more drug war funding: Strongly Favors topic 19
Favors topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (-3 points on Economic scale)	Balance budget and create opportunity for every American: Strongly Favors topic 20 Raise state worker minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.10: Favors topic 20 Cut government spending due to the revenue shortfall: Opposes topic 20