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Larry Hogan on VoteMatch |
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topic 1:Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right
(-3 points on Social scale) | Personally opposed but no effect since it's legally settled: Favors topic 1 1980s: ban abortions; 1992: don't overturn pro-choice laws: Strongly Opposes topic 1 1980: Bar all abortions in county hospitals: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Signed expansive birth control insurance bill: Favors topic 1 Vetoed allowing non-physicians to perform abortions: Opposes topic 1 |
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Favors
topic 2:Legally require hiring women & minorities
(-3 points on Economic scale) | Require paid leave, but for large businesses only: Favors topic 2 |
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Favors
topic 3:Support transgender and LGBTQ+ rights
(+2 points on Social scale) | Respect state law on same-sex marriage (even if not my view): Favors topic 3 I evolved and will not repeal same-sex marriage law: Favors topic 3 Opposes a transgender rights bill: Opposes topic 3 |
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topic 4:America was founded on Christian values
(0 points on Social scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
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Favors
topic 5:Expand ObamaCare
(-3 points on Economic scale) | Maryland Model: total cost of care all-payer model: Opposes topic 5 COVID: reaching unvaccinated will have to become personal: Strongly Favors topic 5 |
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Opposes
topic 6:Privatize Social Security
(-3 points on Economic scale) | Eliminate all taxes on retirement income: Opposes topic 6 Time to finally pass the Retirement Tax Elimination Act: Opposes topic 6 |
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Favors
topic 7:Vouchers for school choice
(+2 points on Economic scale) | $7M for student scholarships to attend a private school: Strongly Favors topic 7 More charter school choice; more P-TECH schools: Favors topic 7 Record high funding for public schools: opportunity for all: Opposes topic 7 School corruption: create Office of Education Accountability: Favors topic 7 P-TECH and ACCESS Initiative: $18.6 million outside-the-box: Opposes topic 7 Scholarships for deserving students for non-public schools: Strongly Favors topic 7 |
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Opposes
topic 8:Businesses have a right to pollute
(+2 points on Social scale) | Reduce nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment in Chesapeake Bay: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Coastal bays program scores "B-", in positive trend: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Rolled back "rain tax" that reduced Chesapeake Bay pollution: Strongly Favors topic 8 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 9:Stricter punishment reduces crime
(-5 points on Social scale) | Justice for Victims Initiative: protect vulnerable citizens: Strongly Favors topic 9 Crack down on violent crime with truth-in-sentencing laws: Strongly Favors topic 9 Remove repeat violent offenders from city streets: Strongly Favors topic 9 Increase penalties for using guns to commit violent crimes: Strongly Favors topic 9 Losing faith in our justice system a really serious problem: Neutral on topic 9 Combat human trafficking with harsher punishments: Favors topic 9 |
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topic 10:Absolute right to gun ownership
(-3 points on Economic scale) | Instant background checks tied to the federal system: Favors topic 10 Ban bump stocks and other rapid-trigger devices: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Increase age of unsupervised access from 16 to 18: Opposes topic 10 Tougher sentences for people who commit crimes with a gun: Opposes topic 10 |
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topic 11:Higher taxes on the wealthy
(+2 points on Economic scale) | Reduce the burden on job creators: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Roll back taxes by cutting $1.75B in waste, fraud, & abuse: Opposes topic 11 Protect Marylanders negative effects of Trump tax cut: Favors topic 11 $1 billion+ in tax cuts for every single retired Marylander: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Not a single tax increase since I was elected governor: Strongly Opposes topic 11 My predecessors imposed 40 tax increases over 8 years: Strongly Favors topic 11 We've cut taxes, tolls, fees by more than $2.7 billion: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Refund for MD taxes that were paid in other states: Strongly Opposes topic 11 |
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topic 12:Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens
(0 points on Social scale) | Feed & clothe illegal immigrant kids; then deport them: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Reject Trump policy of separating families at the border: Strongly Favors topic 12 |
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topic 13:Support & expand free trade
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Favors
topic 14:Stay away from the UN & Globalism
(+2 points on Economic scale) | Reasoned & careful decision about resettling Syrian refugees: Favors topic 14 |
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Favors
topic 15:Peace through Strength
(-3 points on Social scale) | Hire a Veteran program: state agency workforce assistance: Favors topic 15 |
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Favors
topic 16:Make voter registration easier
(+2 points on Social scale) | Vetoed expansion of voting rights to 40,000 ex-offenders: Strongly Opposes topic 16 More transparency, more truthfulness, and tougher ethics: Favors topic 16 Vetoed restoring voting rights to 40,000 ex-offenders: Strongly Opposes topic 16 Undo restored voting rights to ex-felons: Strongly Opposes topic 16 Disallow legislators from drawing their own district lines: Favors topic 16 End partisan gerrymandering; make term limits: Favors topic 16 Partisan gerrymandering disenfranchises voters: Strongly Favors topic 16 Partisan gerrymandering disenfranchises voters: Strongly Favors topic 16 nonpartisan redistricting reform to end gerrymandering: Favors topic 16 |
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topic 17:Stay out of foreign wars
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Strongly Favors
topic 18:Prioritize green energy
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Clean Cars Act: invest in electric cars & charging stations: Strongly Favors topic 18 Combat greenhouse gas emissions; grow green jobs: Strongly Favors topic 18 Clean energy; green jobs: Favors topic 18 Require considering climate change in regulating utilities: Strongly Favors topic 18 |
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Favors
topic 19:Marijuana is a gateway drug
(-3 points on Social scale) | Created the Heroin and Opioid Emergency Task Force: Strongly Favors topic 19 New tools to pursue criminal organizations in drug trade: Favors topic 19 Make repeated drunk or drugged driving a felony: Favors topic 19 Tougher prosecution of high-level heroin traffickers: Favors topic 19 Expand medical marijuana; wait on recreational marijuana: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Rated B- by NORML, indicating a pro-drug-reform stance: Strongly Opposes topic 19 |
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Opposes
topic 20:Stimulus better than market-led recovery
(+2 points on Economic scale) | Job #1: get government off our backs and out of our pockets: Strongly Opposes topic 20 COVID: $1 billion in tax relief and economic stimulus: Favors topic 20 |
Larry Hogan is a Centrist
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