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Nikki Fried on VoteMatch | 
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Strongly Favors
 topic 1:Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right
 (+5 points on Social scale)  | Require half the legislature be female for new abortion laws: Strongly Favors topic 1 | 
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Strongly Favors
 topic 2:Legally require hiring women & minorities
 (-5 points on Economic scale)  | State should license black farmers for medical marijuana: Strongly Favors topic 2 | 
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Strongly Favors
 topic 3:Comfortable with same-sex marriage
 (+5 points on Social scale)  | Updated personnel policies to ban LGBTQ discrimination: Strongly Favors topic 3 Banning transgender kids in sports is peddling hate: Strongly Favors topic 3  | 
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No opinion on
 topic 4:Keep God in the public sphere
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Favors
 topic 5:Expand ObamaCare
 (-3 points on Economic scale)  | Criticized Florida AG for joining anti-ACA lawsuit: Favors topic 5 | 
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No opinion on
 topic 6:Privatize Social Security
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No opinion on
 topic 7:Vouchers for school choice
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Strongly Opposes
 topic 8:Fight EPA regulatory over-reach
 (+5 points on Social scale)  | Initiated a plan to phase out the use of Styrofoam products: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Asks that manatees again be listed as "endangered" species: Strongly Opposes topic 8 State needs to deal with potentially polluting gypsum stacks: Strongly Opposes topic 8  | 
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Opposes
 topic 9:Stricter punishment reduces crime
 (+2 points on Social scale)  | Supported posthumous clemency for Groveland Four: Opposes topic 9 | 
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Opposes
 topic 10:Absolute right to gun ownership
 (-3 points on Economic scale)  | Kicked the NRA out of weapons license permitting: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Supports common-sense gun violence prevention reforms: Opposes topic 10 Kicked the NRA out of weapons license permitting: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Holds medical marijuana card and concealed-weapons permit: Favors topic 10  | 
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No opinion on
 topic 11:Higher taxes on the wealthy
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Strongly Favors
 topic 12:Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens
 (+5 points on Social scale)  | Fought against Florida ban on "sanctuary cities": Strongly Favors topic 12 | 
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Opposes
 topic 13:Support & expand free trade
 (-3 points on Economic scale)  | Opposed Trump trade deal, foreign produce dumping: Opposes topic 13 | 
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No opinion on
 topic 14:Support American Exceptionalism
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No opinion on
 topic 15:Expand the military
 (0 points on Social scale)  | (No votes on which to base response) | 
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Strongly Favors
 topic 16:Make voter registration easier
 (+5 points on Social scale)  | Republicans engage in voter suppression: Strongly Favors topic 16 Would reverse restrictions on voting rights: Strongly Favors topic 16  | 
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Strongly Opposes
 topic 17:Avoid foreign entanglements
 (-5 points on Social scale)  | I am supporting the American-Israeli relationship: Strongly Opposes topic 17 | 
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Favors
 topic 18:Prioritize green energy
 (-3 points on Economic scale)  | Proposed a state-federal partnership on carbon farming: Strongly Favors topic 18 Middle of the road policies got C-minus from Sierra Club: Opposes topic 18  | 
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Strongly Opposes
 topic 19:Marijuana is a gateway drug
 (+5 points on Social scale)  | Advocated for medical marijuana & legalization: Strongly Opposes topic 19 As lobbyist, helped legalize smokable medical cannabis: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Advocated for medical marijuana & legalization: Strongly Opposes topic 19  | 
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Favors
 topic 20:Stimulus better than market-led recovery
 (-3 points on Economic scale)  | We need to be bringing in new industries to our state: Favors topic 20 | 
Nikki Fried is a Libertarian-Leaning Progressive
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