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Abortion     Hillary Clinton: Hobby Lobby decision is slippery slope against women.     Kevin Faulconer: Pro-choice, pro-marriage equality, pro-gun control.

Budget & Economy     Amy Klobuchar: Focus on issues affecting small business, rural America.     Jay Inslee: Leading state in job growth & personal-income growth.

Civil Rights     Amanda Curtis: Repeal criminalization of gay sex under state law.     Bill McChesney: Repeal criminalization of gay sex under state law.     Casey Schreiner: Repeal criminalization of gay sex under state law.     Joe Arpaio: Convicted then pardoned for violating Latinos' civil rights.     John Kasich: Strongly opposed "bathroom bills" against transgender people.     Matt Rosendale: Keep criminalization of gay sex.     Reilly Neill: Repeal criminalization of gay sex under state law.     Steve Bullock: Signed repeal of criminalization of gay sex under state law.

Corporations     Cory Booker: Attacks on private equity "nauseating".     Elizabeth Warren: Wants workers to choose 40% of corporate boards.     Tom Steyer: Corporate corruption has broken our government.

Crime     Kamala Harris: Punish violent criminals, but understand they also need help.     Tom Barrett: My police department arrests felons instead of hiring them.

Drugs     John Hickenlooper: Failed War on Drugs paved way for pot legalization.     Michael Bennet: Let states experiment with marijuana; address racial issues.

Education     Cory Booker: Supports "Race to the Top" education reform.     Cory Booker: Government should not profit from student debt.     Cory Booker: Investment in education helps the whole society.

Energy & Oil     Andrew Yang: 10 years too late on climate change, move to higher ground.     Jay Inslee: Decade-long track record on climate change.     Jay Inslee: Climate change threatens environment & national security.     Jay Inslee: Spur green R&D; restrict power plants and emissions.     Jay Inslee: Establish solar-cell; expand use of electric ferries.     Jay Inslee: Fighting climate change crucial, and profitable.     Joe Manchin III: 2010 ad: Shot a hole in the cap and trade bill.     John Hickenlooper: Pro-environment but there's room for fossil fuels.     Kamala Harris: Climate change important, but not only issue.

Foreign Policy     Beto O`Rourke: Help refugee asylum seekers at home in Northern Triangle.     Donald Trump: U.S. has become dumping ground for everybody else's problems.     Eric Brakey: Deposing secular dictators in Mid-East empowers our enemies.     Jon Huntsman: Notion of national decline is "un-American".     Josh Mandel: Leave Iraq & Afghanistan strategically, without date certain.     Mike Pompeo: Prevented G7 statement by insisting on using "Wuhan virus".     Mitt Romney: Reject philosophy of national decline in all of its variants.     Rick Perry: Hasn't called for defense cuts; hasn't endorsed Bush's wars.     Rick Perry: Tolerating vicious ideas is weakness: condemn ISIS & Putin.     Rick Perry: Warsaw Pact failed & NATO survived: we keep our commitments.     Tulsi Gabbard: U.S. should focus on fighting terrorism, not regime change.

Free Trade     John Delaney: Supports trade but government must help those it has hurt.

Government Reform     Elizabeth Warren: Supports a lifetime ban on officials becoming lobbyists.

Gun Control     Eric Swalwell: After mass shootings, time to make gun control an issue.     Jay Inslee: Arming teachers with guns is ridiculous.     Tim Ryan: Soured on NRA after Sandy Hook.

Immigration     Amy Klobuchar: Immigrants crucial to labor & management.     Beto O`Rourke: Stop refugee issue by dealing with what's driving them here.     Michael Bennet: Trump is anti-immigrant; immigrants are a positive force.     Michael Bennet: America is a unique place for refugees to succeed.

Jobs     Abby Finkenauer: Opposed state bill reducing collective bargaining rights.     Andrew Yang: Most new jobs are gig, temporary, or contractor.     Kevin Faulconer: Only one-sixth of staff are white, heterosexual males.     Tim Ryan: Progressive goals should be sold as job creation.

Principles & Values     Ben Carson: 2010: Vetted for Lt. Gov., but decision to run "up to God".     Charlie Crist: I stand for fairness and trying to treat people right.     Donald Trump: OpEd: criminal act to try to get A.G. to unrecuse.     Donald Trump: OpEd: impeachable act to fire FBI's Comey.     Donald Trump: OpEd: impeachable act to investigate Hillary Clinton.     Donald Trump: OpEd: Trump's crew tried to collude, like Keystone Kollusion.     Michael Bennet: Most Democrats are not socialists and should say so.     Paul Ryan: I credit Ayn Rand for getting me involved in public service.     Rick Perry: Western ideology respects others; ISIS ideology does not.     Scott Walker: 19 Walker associates involved in "John Doe" scandal.     Tom Steyer: Trump is a criminal, nothing at all like me.     Cornel West: Everybody could gain by having a relationship with Jesus.

Social Security     Cory Booker: Don't raise retirement age, except maybe for young workers.     Julian Castro: Trust Fund needs immigrants to shore up Baby Boomers.

Tax Reform     Cory Booker: Helped people claim earned-income tax credit.     Elizabeth Warren: Making housing affordable by raising estate tax.     Kamala Harris: Payments to needy, not tax breaks for the rich.

Technology     Cory Booker: Millionaire from Silicon Valley-funded tech startup.

War & Peace     Bill Weld: Supports libertarian "restraint" on military action.     Hillary Clinton: Not helping Free Syrian Army left vacuum for ISIS to fill.     Jason Kander: Iraq War was a huge strategic error, and I said so then.     Jason Kander: Engage ISIS, including ground troops as a last resort.     Mike Pompeo: Negotiate from strength to denuclearize North Korea.     Mike Pompeo: Caution with history of deceit by North Korea.     Rex Tillerson: Create right conditions for negotiations with North Korea.

Welfare & Poverty     Eric Brakey: Disallow using food stamps to purchase junk food.

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