VoteMatch Responses
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Strongly Favors
topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right
(+5 points on Social scale)
| Unequivocally pro-choice; allow abortions via MaineCare: Strongly Favors topic 1 |
Favors
topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities
(-3 points on Economic scale)
| Empower women to succeed at home and at work: Favors topic 2 |
Strongly Favors
topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage
(+5 points on Social scale)
| Worked to uphold a law legalizing same-sex marriage: Strongly Favors topic 3 Early and vocal supporter of Maine's marriage equality: 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) |
Strongly Favors
topic 5: Expand ObamaCare
(-5 points on Economic scale)
| Universal access to essential health care services: Strongly Favors topic 5 EVERY Mainer should have a medical home: Strongly Favors topic 5 |
Opposes
topic 6: Privatize Social Security
(-3 points on Economic scale)
| Support & strengthen the foundations for Social Security: Opposes topic 6 |
Opposes
topic 7: Vouchers for school choice
(-3 points on Economic scale)
| Try out Common Core standards before tweaking them: Opposes topic 7 Cautious support for virtual charter schools: Favors topic 7 Earlier schooling; longer school year; more school funding: Strongly Opposes topic 7 State funding, not local property taxes, for public schools: Strongly Opposes topic 7 State funding for public charter schools: Favors topic 7 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 8: Fight EPA regulatory over-reach
(+5 points on Social scale)
| Helped Senator Ed Muskie craft the Clean Air Act: Strongly Opposes topic 8 More bus services, dedicated HOV lanes, and bike routes: Strongly Opposes topic 8 |
Favors
topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime
(-3 points on Social scale)
| Assure support services for victims of domestic violence: Favors topic 9 |
Opposes
topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership
(-3 points on Economic scale)
| Restrict access to firearms via universal background checks: Opposes topic 10 |
Strongly Favors
topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy
(-5 points on Economic scale)
| Property tax and sales tax are regressive: Strongly Favors topic 11 Examine corporate tax breaks; avoid clawbacks by better deal: Favors topic 11 Shift burden from property tax as part of strategic reform: Favors topic 11 |
Strongly Favors
topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens
(+5 points on Social scale)
| Aggressively court educated and skilled legal immigrants: 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) |
Opposes
topic 14: Support American Exceptionalism
(-3 points on Economic scale)
| China's future is like America in 1890s: booming and growing: Opposes topic 14 |
No opinion on
topic 15: Expand the military
(0 points on Social scale)
| (No votes on which to base response) |
Strongly Favors
topic 16: Make voter registration easier
(+5 points on Social scale)
| Citizens United opened floodgates to corrupt politics: Strongly Favors topic 16 Oppose all efforts to restrict access to the ballot box: Strongly Favors topic 16 |
No opinion on
topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements
(0 points on Social scale)
| (No votes on which to base response) |
Strongly Favors
topic 18: Prioritize green energy
(-5 points on Economic scale)
| Burning fossil fuels is more and more problematic: Strongly Favors topic 18 Prepare Eastport for opportunity of Northern Passage: Favors topic 18 Reduce carbon emissions to Kyoto Protocol targets: Strongly Favors topic 18 |
No opinion on
topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug
(0 points on Social scale)
| Legal pot makes drugs seem ok, but prohibition isn't working: Opposes topic 19 Legalizing marijuana sends message that drug use is OK: Favors topic 19 |
Favors
topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery
(-3 points on Economic scale)
| We lack long-term plan for economy due to partisan bickering: Favors topic 20 |