VoteMatch Responses
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Strongly Favors
topic 1:Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right
(+5 points on Social scale)
| Staunch defender of women's right to decisions on health: Strongly Favors topic 1 Supports public funding of abortions: Strongly Favors topic 1 Opposes parental notification: Strongly Favors topic 1 Opposes barring stem cell research: Favors topic 1 Supports abortion rights, according to Faith2Action: Favors topic 1 Supports abortion rights, according to PVS rating: Favors topic 1 Rated Funding abortion avoids discrimination against poor women: Strongly Favors topic 1 Rated Constitutional right to terminate pregnancy for health: Strongly Favors topic 1 |
Strongly Favors
topic 2:Legally require hiring women & minorities
(-5 points on Economic scale)
| Time for women to earn same wages as men for same work: Strongly Favors topic 2 |
Strongly Favors
topic 3:Comfortable with same-sex marriage
(+5 points on Social scale)
| Marriage equality is civil rights fight of our generation: Strongly Favors topic 3 Opposes barring same sex marriage (Christian Coalition rating): Strongly Favors topic 3 Supports homosexual civil rights: Favors topic 3 Supports same-sex marriage, according to Faith2Action: Strongly Favors topic 3 Supports same-sex marriage, according to PVS rating: Strongly Favors topic 3 Don't elevate gender identity as a protected class: Strongly Opposes topic 3 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 4:Keep God in the public sphere
(+5 points on Social scale)
| Religious freedom means no religious registry: Strongly Opposes topic 4 |
Strongly Favors
topic 5:Expand ObamaCare
(-5 points on Economic scale)
| Health care is a right, and also smart policy: Strongly Favors topic 5 Opposes repealing Obamacare: Favors topic 5 Opposes repealing Obamacare, according to Faith2Action: Favors topic 5 Opposes repealing Obamacare, according to PVS rating: Favors topic 5 Rated GOP can't beat ObamaCare, so they pretend it's a "disaster": Strongly Favors topic 5 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 6:Privatize Social Security
(-5 points on Economic scale)
| Eliminate the payroll tax cap to cover most of funding gap: Opposes topic 6 Opposes personal retirement accounts, rated by Faith2Action: Strongly Opposes topic 6 Opposes personal retirement accounts, according to PVS rating: Strongly Opposes topic 6 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 7:Vouchers for school choice
(-5 points on Economic scale)
| Reform public education testing & teaching standards: Opposes topic 7 Supports Common Core, according to Faith2Action: Opposes topic 7 Supports Common Core, according to PVS rating: Opposes topic 7 Rated No-strings-attached block grant will kill transparency: Opposes topic 7 Rated Oppose private and religious school voucher programs: Strongly Opposes topic 7 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 8:Fight EPA regulatory over-reach
(+5 points on Social scale)
| We need a sustainable solution to the fishing crisis: Opposes topic 8 Endorsed Endorsed by LCV; supports conservation efforts: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Voted YES to require GMO labeling: Opposes topic 8 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 9:Stricter punishment reduces crime
(+5 points on Social scale)
| Decrease prison populations; focus on rehabilitation: Strongly Opposes topic 9 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 10:Absolute right to gun ownership
(-5 points on Economic scale)
| It's time for universal background checks: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Supports restricting right to bear arms (Christian Coalition): Strongly Opposes topic 10 Supports restricting guns, according to Faith2Action: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Supports restricting guns, according to PVS rating: Strongly Opposes topic 10 |
No opinion on
topic 11:Higher taxes on the wealthy
(0 points on Economic scale)
| Eliminate tax loopholes that only benefit big corporations: Strongly Favors topic 11 Supports increasing federal income taxes: Strongly Favors topic 11 Opposes tax increases, according to Faith2Action: Opposes topic 11 Opposes tax increases, according to PVS rating: Opposes topic 11 Rated Raising estate tax to 1990s level means $448B in new revenue: Strongly Opposes topic 11 |
Strongly Favors
topic 12:Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens
(+5 points on Social scale)
| Block illegal immigration without hampering legal immigrants: Favors topic 12 Opposes deportation of illlegals, according to Faith2Action: Favors topic 12 Opposes deportation of illlegals, according to PVS rating: Favors topic 12 Rated Voted to legalize DREAMer immigrants via military service: Strongly Favors topic 12 |
Strongly Favors
topic 13:Support & expand free trade
(+5 points on Economic scale)
| $25B more loans from Export-Import Bank: Strongly Favors topic 13 |
No opinion on
topic 14:Support American Exceptionalism
(0 points on Economic scale)
| (No votes on which to base response) |
Favors
topic 15:Expand the military
(-3 points on Social scale)
| Better funding and services for veterans: Favors topic 15 |
Strongly Favors
topic 16:Make voter registration easier
(+5 points on Social scale)
| End secret contributions that buy support in Congress: Strongly Favors topic 16 Automatic voter registration for all citizens: Strongly Favors topic 16 |
Opposes
topic 17:Avoid foreign entanglements
(-3 points on Social scale)
| Supports targeting terrorists, according to Faith2Action: Opposes topic 17 Supports targeting terrorists, according to PVS rating: Opposes topic 17 |
Strongly Favors
topic 18:Prioritize green energy
(-5 points on Economic scale)
| Firm leadership to lessen greenhouse gas emissions: Strongly Favors topic 18 Supports regulating CO2, according to Faith2Action: Strongly Favors topic 18 Supports regulating CO2, according to PVS rating: Strongly Favors topic 18 Voted YES on banning offshore oil drilling in Gulf of Mexico: Strongly Favors topic 18 50% clean and carbon free electricity by 2030: Strongly Favors topic 18 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 19:Marijuana is a gateway drug
(+5 points on Social scale)
| Fewer drug-based convictions; decreased drug offenses: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Rated B by NORML, indicating a pro-drug-reform stance: Strongly Opposes topic 19 |
Strongly Favors
topic 20:Stimulus better than market-led recovery
(-5 points on Economic scale)
| Build local infrastructure and smart transportation: Strongly Favors topic 20 Supports stimulus spending, according to Faith2Action: Favors topic 20 Supports stimulus spending, according to PVS rating: Favors topic 20 |