Andy Beshear on VoteMatch

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Strongly Favors topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (+5 points on Social scale)	Defend law requiring ultrasound before abortion: Opposes topic 1 Endorsed by NARAL; will defend women's right to choose: Strongly Favors topic 1 I'm pro-choice and I support Roe v. Wade: Strongly Favors topic 1 Veto bill limiting abortion to emergency situations: Strongly Favors topic 1
Strongly Favors topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (-5 points on Economic scale)	Government works best with a wide range of voices: Strongly Favors topic 2 60% of AG leadership were women or minorities: Strongly Favors topic 2 Diversity isn't a buzz word; it's a value: Favors topic 2 Wrong that women make significantly less than men: Strongly Favors topic 2 It's time equal work results in equal pay: Strongly Favors topic 2
Strongly Favors topic 3: Support transgender and LGBTQ+ rights (+5 points on Social scale)	Marriage equality for whomever you love: Strongly Favors topic 3
Strongly Favors topic 4: America was founded on Christian values (-5 points on Social scale)	I have faith in God and faith in us: Favors topic 4 Learned the values of family, faith, and public service: Favors topic 4 My faith teaches me to love my neighbor as myself: Favors topic 4 Assembly should be thoughtful, prayerful about legislation: Strongly Favors topic 4 God saves his biggest challenges for the strongest of people: Strongly Favors topic 4
Strongly Favors topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (-5 points on Economic scale)	Protect ObamaCare: lives hang in the balance: Strongly Favors topic 5 Protections for pre-existing conditions; stop lifetime caps: Strongly Favors topic 5 Pass state law protecting people with preexisting conditions: Favors topic 5 Rescinded Medicaid waiver, stopped managed care contracts: Favors topic 5 COVID: Troubling that a public health crisis was politicized: Favors topic 5 COVID: reaching unvaccinated will have to become personal: Strongly Favors topic 5 We've provided more than $2 billion to Kentucky hospitals: Favors topic 5 Expanded Medicaid to including dental, hearing, vision: Strongly Favors topic 5 Continue to expand access to quality health care for all: Strongly Favors topic 5 Budget provided record funding for childhood cancer research: Strongly Favors topic 5 Mental health is just as important as physical health: Strongly Favors topic 5
Opposes topic 6: Privatize Social Security (-3 points on Economic scale)	Don't change teacher pensions to 401(k)-style plan: Opposes topic 6 State gaming will cover $43B unfunded state pension plan: Opposes topic 6 No cuts to government pensions; find other revenue: Opposes topic 6
Strongly Opposes topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (-5 points on Economic scale)	Won lawsuit to improve teacher retirement pensions: Opposes topic 7 Committed to a world-class public education: Strongly Opposes topic 7 Only legislature can implement charters, not Governor: Opposes topic 7 Waive GED testing fee for those who can't afford it: Strongly Opposes topic 7 Teachers deserve a living wage, teacher shortage is a threat: Strongly Opposes topic 7 $1000 salary boost for all school workers: Strongly Opposes topic 7 5% pay raise to address public school teacher shortage: Strongly Opposes topic 7 It's time to pass universal pre-K for all our 4-year-olds: Strongly Opposes topic 7 Let's stop the voucher nonsense: strengthen public schools: Strongly Opposes topic 7 I am unapologetically a 100% pro-public education governor: Strongly Opposes topic 7
No opinion on topic 8: Businesses have a right to pollute (0 points on Social scale)	Clean air and clean water underlie everybody's success: Opposes topic 8 Make it easier and faster for companies to find workers: Favors topic 8
Favors topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (-3 points on Social scale)	Justice for cold cases with backlog of untested rape kits: Favors topic 9 Requests $35M for body armor for police, first responders: Favors topic 9 Make our communities safer by decreasing recidivism: Opposes topic 9 Prevent crime by ensuring inmates don't violate again: Opposes topic 9 Prosecute 31 active human trafficking cases in Kentucky: Favors topic 9 Use A.G. office to rescue victims of human trafficking: Strongly Favors topic 9
Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+2 points on Economic scale)	Signed law requiring school police officers to carry guns: Favors topic 10 Rated 0% by the NRA, indicating a pro-gun control voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Rated 86% by the NRA, indicating a pro-gun rights voting record: Strongly Favors topic 10
Favors topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (-3 points on Economic scale)	No consumption tax on basic needs; but ok on luxury goods: Strongly Favors topic 11 Full exclusion of military pensions from state income tax: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Add new revenue sources like casino gambling: Favors topic 11
Favors topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (+2 points on Social scale)	Intimidation and fear of deportation comes out of DC: Favors topic 12
Strongly Favors topic 13: Support & expand free trade (+5 points on Economic scale)	Worked to remove harmful tariffs against bourbon industry: Strongly Favors topic 13 Strongly oppose Trump's tariffs and its damages: Strongly Favors topic 13
Favors topic 14: Stay away from the UN & Globalism (+2 points on Economic scale)	Now is the time for patriotism, united against Russia: Favors topic 14 Time to reintroduce the world to our New Kentucky Home: Strongly Favors topic 14 For too many today the American dream is a hallucination: Strongly Opposes topic 14
Favors topic 15: Peace through Strength (-3 points on Social scale)	Expand the Military Family Assistance Trust Fund: Favors topic 15
Strongly Favors topic 16: Make voter registration easier (+5 points on Social scale)	Restore voting rights to non-violent offenders: Strongly Favors topic 16 Fight for every Kentuckian's right to vote: Strongly Favors topic 16
Strongly Opposes topic 17: Stay out of foreign wars (-5 points on Social scale)	Criticized Ukraine invasion; sanctioned by Russia: Strongly Opposes topic 17
Strongly Favors topic 18: Prioritize green energy (-5 points on Economic scale)	Focus on "all-of-the-above" and low utility bills: Opposes topic 18 Climate change is real; develop renewables: Strongly Favors topic 18 Kentucky is the electric vehicle battery production capital: Strongly Favors topic 18 Kentucky is the EV battery production capital of the US : Strongly Favors topic 18
Opposes topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (+2 points on Social scale)	Sue opioid manufacturers & distributors who flood market: Favors topic 19 Funding for prevention; focus on opioid disposal & treatment: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Legalize medical marijuana; maybe it'll replace opioids: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Time for General Assembly to legalize medical cannabis: Opposes topic 19 Working to prepare our commonwealth for medical cannabis: Opposes topic 19 Let state go after tobacco/vape sales to anyone under 21: Favors topic 19
Strongly Favors topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (-5 points on Economic scale)	Better Kentucky Budget: no tax increase, no budget cuts: Favors topic 20 Bringing new prosperity to every corner of the commonwealth: Strongly Favors topic 20 Budget contains investment in sites for job creation: Strongly Favors topic 20 We must tackle the shortage in housing and do it now: Favors topic 20 Ford is betting its future on the people of Kentucky: Opposes topic 20 Grow our economy with skill training, not CEO giveaways: Strongly Favors topic 20 We must focus on completing important infrastructure: Strongly Favors topic 20

Andy Beshear is a Moderate Liberal Populist
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