Chase Oliver on VoteMatch

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Favors topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (+2 points on Social scale)	Pro-choice, but no federal funding: Favors topic 1
Favors topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (-3 points on Economic scale)	Equal rights regardless of color; even black transgender: Favors topic 2
Favors topic 3: Support transgender and LGBTQ+ rights (+2 points on Social scale)	I'm armed and gay: armed gays are harder to bash: Strongly Favors topic 3 Don't tell LGBTQ people who to be or how to live: Strongly Favors topic 3 2003: Launched his high school's gay-straight alliance: Strongly Favors topic 3 Let schools & parents decide on LGBTQ books in libraries: Opposes topic 3 No state mandates on transgender girls athletics: Opposes topic 3 Support LGBTQ kids; stop demonizing LGBTQ people: Favors topic 3 Joined Libertarian Party after attending 2010 Pride rally: Favors topic 3
No opinion on topic 4: America was founded on Christian values (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Opposes topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (+5 points on Economic scale)	Market alternatives to over-regulated healthcare: Strongly Opposes topic 5
Strongly Favors topic 6: Privatize Social Security (+5 points on Economic scale)	Allow opt out right now; then close up shop responsibly: Strongly Favors topic 6
Strongly Favors topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (+5 points on Economic scale)	Empower parents & students instead of federal involvement : Strongly Favors topic 7
Favors topic 8: Businesses have a right to pollute (-3 points on Social scale)	Deregulate: People create jobs, not Government: Favors topic 8
Strongly Opposes topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (+5 points on Social scale)	End mandatory minimum; end victimless crimes: Strongly Opposes topic 9 End death penalty; it doesn't deter: Opposes topic 9 End qualified immunity at federal level, then states: Strongly Opposes topic 9
Strongly Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+5 points on Economic scale)	No new gun restrictions; repeal existing restrictions: Strongly Favors topic 10 Pink Pistols: no red flag laws; no gun confiscation: Favors topic 10
Favors topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (-3 points on Economic scale)	End tax cuts for big businesses & not small businesses: Favors topic 11
Strongly Favors topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (+5 points on Social scale)	Radically simplify system so people can come & work: Strongly Favors topic 12 Comprehensive reform gets millions out of shadows: Strongly Favors topic 12 Immigration crisis created by government, not by immigrants: Favors topic 12
Strongly Favors topic 13: Support & expand free trade (+5 points on Economic scale)	Free markets & free trade; not central planning: Strongly Favors topic 13
Opposes topic 14: Stay away from the UN & Globalism (-3 points on Economic scale)	Let NATO & Europe defend Ukraine; US takes refugees: Opposes topic 14
Strongly Opposes topic 15: Peace through Strength (+5 points on Social scale)	Cut defense spending to pay for college loans: Strongly Opposes topic 15 China just an excuse to fund military industrial complex: Opposes topic 15
Strongly Favors topic 16: Make voter registration easier (+5 points on Social scale)	Ranked-choice voting is better than runoffs: Strongly Favors topic 16
Strongly Favors topic 17: Stay out of foreign wars (+5 points on Social scale)	Focus on peace; end policy of constant intervention: Strongly Favors topic 17 Began political activism opposing the war in Iraq: Strongly Favors topic 17
Strongly Opposes topic 18: Prioritize green energy (+5 points on Economic scale)	No carbon caps; no magic legislation: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Let innovators reduce carbon; not federal-chosen technology: Strongly Opposes topic 18
Strongly Opposes topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (+5 points on Social scale)	Decriminalize cannabis; end failed war on drugs: Strongly Opposes topic 19
Strongly Opposes topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (+5 points on Economic scale)	Veto any budget Congress sends that is not balanced: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Reckless spending by both parties causes reckless inflation: Opposes topic 20 Controlling spending will ease inflation: Strongly Opposes topic 20

Chase Oliver is a Hard-Core Libertarian
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