Abdul El-Sayed on SenateMatch

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Strongly Favors topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (+5 points on Social scale)	Support pro-choice & support Planned Parenthood: Strongly Favors topic 1
Strongly Favors topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (-5 points on Economic scale)	Equal pay & more opportunity for women: Strongly Favors topic 2 Biracial families like mine inspire more diverse government: Strongly Favors topic 2
Strongly Favors topic 3: Support transgender and LGBTQ+ rights (+5 points on Social scale)	Sensitive to women's rights and transgender people's rights: Strongly Favors topic 3
Strongly Opposes topic 4: America was founded on Christian values (+5 points on Social scale)	Strict separation of church and state: Strongly Opposes topic 4
Strongly Favors topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (-5 points on Economic scale)	Public health suffers when you run government as a business: Favors topic 5 Supports universal healthcare: Strongly Favors topic 5 Will fight to bring universal health care to whole country: Strongly Favors topic 5
No opinion on topic 6: Privatize Social Security (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Opposes topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (-5 points on Economic scale)	Get profit motive out of public education: Strongly Opposes topic 7
Strongly Opposes topic 8: Businesses have a right to pollute (+5 points on Social scale)	Advocate for environmental justice on lead exposure: Strongly Opposes topic 8
Strongly Favors topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (-5 points on Social scale)	Move from prison to productive citizenship: Strongly Favors topic 9
Strongly Opposes topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (-5 points on Economic scale)	No gun possession for convicted domestic abusers: Opposes topic 10 Take on the corporate gun lobby; enough is enough: Strongly Opposes topic 10
Opposes topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (+2 points on Economic scale)	Limit tax foreclosures for over-assessed Detroit properties: Opposes topic 11
Strongly Favors topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (+5 points on Social scale)	People who look like me are not sitting on the sidelines: Strongly Favors topic 12 Support pathway to citizenship: Strongly Favors topic 12 We can enforce immigration law, ICE isn't about that: Favors topic 12
Strongly Opposes topic 13: Support & expand free trade (-5 points on Economic scale)	Free trade deals favor elites over workers: Strongly Opposes topic 13
No opinion on topic 14: Stay away from the UN & Globalism (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 15: Peace through Strength (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 16: Make voter registration easier (+5 points on Social scale)	Fundamental right to be heard at the ballot box: Strongly Favors topic 16
Strongly Favors topic 17: Stay out of foreign wars (+5 points on Social scale)	No legal authority for Iran war torching our tax dollars: Strongly Favors topic 17
Strongly Favors topic 18: Prioritize green energy (-5 points on Economic scale)	Green energy a priority: Strongly Favors topic 18 Electric user fee raises $3.3B for clean energy in 15 years: Strongly Favors topic 18
Strongly Opposes topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (+5 points on Social scale)	End marijuana prohibition; tax it and regulate it: Strongly Opposes topic 19
Strongly Favors topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (-5 points on Economic scale)	Invest in Detroit to keep millennials in Michigan: Favors topic 20 Raise minimum wage; support unions: Strongly Favors topic 20

Abdul El-Sayed is a Hard-Core Liberal
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