Cornel West on VoteMatch

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Strongly Favors topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (+5 points on Social scale)	Wrong to be more concerned about abortion than child poverty: Favors topic 1 Protect reproductive rights, end all forms of patriarchy: Strongly Favors topic 1
No opinion on topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (0 points on Economic scale)	If you don't have deep solidarity, diversity means little: Opposes topic 2 Focusing on diversity is a very narrow criteria to use: Favors topic 2
Strongly Favors topic 3: Support transgender and LGBTQ+ rights (+5 points on Social scale)	Secure the rights of LGBTQ+ and Trans-Peoples: Strongly Favors topic 3
Strongly Favors topic 4: America was founded on Christian values (-5 points on Social scale)	Everybody could gain by having a relationship with Jesus: Strongly Favors topic 4
Strongly Favors topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (-5 points on Economic scale)	Guarantee health care to all like every other major country: Strongly Favors topic 5 Medicare for all including humane mental healthcare: Strongly Favors topic 5
Strongly Opposes topic 6: Privatize Social Security (-5 points on Economic scale)	Expand Social Security; forgive all student debt: Strongly Opposes topic 6
No opinion on topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 8: Businesses have a right to pollute (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Opposes topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (+5 points on Social scale)	End surveillance, the drug war, and mass incarceration: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Demilitarize policing: Strongly Opposes topic 9
Opposes topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (-3 points on Economic scale)	Good to discuss gun control, but why only with white victims: Opposes topic 10
Strongly Favors topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (-5 points on Economic scale)	Advocates taxing the rich; has $500K+ in federal tax liens: Strongly Favors topic 11
Strongly Favors topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (+5 points on Social scale)	Treat immigrants with same dignity as any other human being: Strongly Favors topic 12 Treat every migrant and asylum seeker with dignity: 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)
Strongly Opposes topic 14: Stay away from the UN & Globalism (-5 points on Economic scale)	America is one of the most anti-intellectual cultures: Strongly Opposes topic 14
Strongly Opposes topic 15: Peace through Strength (+5 points on Social scale)	Cut military spending, dissolve NATO; close foreign bases: Strongly Opposes topic 15
Strongly Favors topic 16: Make voter registration easier (+5 points on Social scale)	Enact Congressional term limits; switch to paper ballots : Favors topic 16 Public financing of elections; eliminate Electoral College: Strongly Favors topic 16
Favors topic 17: Stay out of foreign wars (+2 points on Social scale)	Stop all foreign military aid; close the bases; disband NATO: Strongly Favors topic 17 Pro-Palestinians are accused of being anti-Semitic or naive: Strongly Opposes topic 17 End senseless carnage with diplomatic resolution in Ukraine: Strongly Favors topic 17
Strongly Favors topic 18: Prioritize green energy (-5 points on Economic scale)	Remove oil and gas subsidies, invest in clean energy: Strongly Favors topic 18 Calls for an immediate halt to fossil fuel extraction: Strongly Favors topic 18 Shift from extraction to regenerative and renewable energy: Strongly Favors topic 18
No opinion on topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (-5 points on Economic scale)	Free college tuition, abolish poverty and houselessness: Strongly Favors topic 20

Cornel West is a Hard-Core Liberal
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