Bob Ferguson on VoteMatch

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Strongly Favors topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (+5 points on Social scale)	Protect the right to bodily autonomy, reproductive freedom: Strongly Favors topic 1 Looking for strategies for protecting reproductive freedom: Strongly Favors topic 1
Strongly Favors topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (-5 points on Economic scale)	Strongest civil rights division fighting discrimination: Strongly Favors topic 2
Strongly Favors topic 3: Support transgender and LGBTQ+ rights (+5 points on Social scale)	Won case guaranteeing rights for same-sex couples: Strongly Favors topic 3
Strongly Opposes topic 4: America was founded on Christian values (+5 points on Social scale)	Against claim "guy upstairs" responsible for climate change: Strongly Opposes topic 4
Strongly Favors topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (-5 points on Economic scale)	Defended the Affordable Care Act from legal attack: Strongly Favors topic 5 Instead of CDC we listen to experts relying on science: 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)	Free breakfast and lunch for all public school children: Opposes topic 7
No opinion on topic 8: Businesses have a right to pollute (0 points on Social scale)	Defended Obama-era climate change protections: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Direct state agencies to review all housing regulations : Strongly Favors topic 8
Favors topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (-3 points on Social scale)	Increased protections for survivors of human trafficking: Favors topic 9
Strongly Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+5 points on Economic scale)	Ban the sale of assault weapons and high-capacity magazines: Strongly Favors topic 10
Strongly Favors topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (-5 points on Economic scale)	Surtax on big banks makes state's tax system fairer: Strongly Favors topic 11 Millionaires' Tax on those earning more than $1M a year: Strongly Favors topic 11
Strongly Favors topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (+5 points on Social scale)	Opposed Muslim Travel Ban; blocked rescinding DACA: Strongly Favors topic 12 ICE actions will be remembered as a shameful period: Strongly Favors topic 12
No opinion on topic 13: Support & expand free trade (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 14: Stay away from the UN & Globalism (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 15: Peace through Strength (0 points on Social scale)	Strengthened consumer protections for veterans, military : Neutral on topic 15
Strongly Favors topic 16: Make voter registration easier (+5 points on Social scale)	Secured the largest campaign finance penalty in history: Strongly Favors topic 16
No opinion on topic 17: Stay out of foreign wars (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 18: Prioritize green energy (-5 points on Economic scale)	Trump's clean energy rule is neither affordable nor clean: Strongly Favors topic 18
Favors topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (-3 points on Social scale)	Prepared to defend state marijuana legalization against DOJ : Strongly Opposes topic 19 Accountability for those who deal or supply drugs illegally : Favors topic 19 Rated F by NORML: stiffen penalties for cannabis: Strongly Favors topic 19
Strongly Favors topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (-5 points on Economic scale)	Propose the largest-ever budget investment in housing: Strongly Favors topic 20

Bob Ferguson is a Moderate Liberal
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