Larry Elder on VoteMatch

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Strongly Opposes topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (-5 points on Social scale)	Abortion is murder, Roe one of the worst Court decisions: Strongly Opposes topic 1
Strongly Opposes topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (+5 points on Economic scale)	Critical Race Theory increases racial tensions in America: Strongly Opposes topic 2
Strongly Opposes topic 3: Support transgender and LGBTQ+ rights (-5 points on Social scale)	Opposes rights for transgender people in restrooms, sports: Strongly Opposes topic 3
Strongly Favors topic 4: America was founded on Christian values (-5 points on Social scale)	We need to bring religion & God back to our country: Strongly Favors topic 4 The Bible is the foundation of who and what I am: Strongly Favors topic 4
Strongly Opposes topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (+5 points on Economic scale)	Abolish Medicaid; charity not allowed by the Constitution : Strongly Opposes topic 5
Favors topic 6: Privatize Social Security (+2 points on Economic scale)	Clock is ticking on unsustainable program: Favors topic 6
Strongly Favors topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (+5 points on Economic scale)	Won't support schools that indoctrinate children with hate: Strongly Favors topic 7 Will fight for school choice, charter schools: Strongly Favors topic 7 Bad schools, lack of parental involvement connected: Strongly Favors topic 7 Schools need to purge bad teachers, they inflict damage: Strongly Favors topic 7 It's time to break the monopoly of the public school system: Strongly Favors topic 7
Favors topic 8: Businesses have a right to pollute (-3 points on Social scale)	When Americans are left alone anything is possible: Favors topic 8
Strongly Favors topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (-5 points on Social scale)	Police falsely accused of systemic racism, keep cash bail: Strongly Favors topic 9 No evidence of anti-Black "systemic racism" by police: Strongly Favors topic 9 Police are pulling back, afraid of being called racist: Strongly Favors topic 9 Tell police, DAs: hold criminals accountable for their acts: Strongly Favors topic 9 We need enormous political will to invest in law enforcement: Strongly Favors topic 9 Proposes removing soft-on-crime, George Soros-backed DAs: Strongly Favors topic 9
Strongly Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+5 points on Economic scale)	Goal of activists is a ban on civilian ownership of guns: Strongly Favors topic 10
Strongly Opposes topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (+5 points on Economic scale)	Ten-Point Plan: replace IRS with national sales tax: Strongly Opposes topic 11
Strongly Opposes topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (-5 points on Social scale)	We must restore the rule of law to our border with Mexico: Strongly Opposes topic 12
Strongly Favors topic 13: Support & expand free trade (+5 points on Economic scale)	Trump's tariffs on imports punish the American consumer: Strongly Favors topic 13
Strongly Favors topic 14: Stay away from the UN & Globalism (+5 points on Economic scale)	America in decline, but we can enter new American Golden Age: Strongly Favors topic 14
Strongly Favors topic 15: Peace through Strength (-5 points on Social scale)	Critical to strengthen America's role as the sole superpower: Strongly Favors topic 15
Strongly Opposes topic 16: Make voter registration easier (-5 points on Social scale)	Set up voter integrity website in 2021 recall election : Strongly Opposes topic 16
Strongly Opposes topic 17: Stay out of foreign wars (-5 points on Social scale)	Biden should have done more to prevent Ukraine invasion: Strongly Opposes topic 17
Strongly Opposes topic 18: Prioritize green energy (+5 points on Economic scale)	Against radicals for whom climate change is a religion: Strongly Opposes topic 18
Opposes topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (+2 points on Social scale)	Tax & regulate cannabis: Opposes topic 19
Strongly Opposes topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (+5 points on Economic scale)	Inflation is a sure sign of a collapsing civilization: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Cap government spending at 10 percent of GDP: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Compassion is our job, not the Federal government's: Strongly Opposes topic 20

Larry Elder is a Hard-Core Conservative
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