Dan Whitfield on SenateMatch

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Favors topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (+2 points on Social scale)	Pro-choice but focus on sex ed & access to contraceptives: Favors topic 1
Strongly Favors topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (-5 points on Economic scale)	Solving systemic racism will improve life for Americans: Strongly Favors topic 2
Strongly Favors topic 3: Support transgender and LGBTQ+ rights (+5 points on Social scale)	No discrimination for sexual orientation or identity: Strongly Favors topic 3
No opinion on topic 4: America was founded on Christian values (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (-5 points on Economic scale)	Universal healthcare, like every other industrialized nation: Strongly Favors topic 5 Medicare for All--human misery should never be monetized: 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)	Raise teachers' salaries from $33K to $40K: Strongly Opposes topic 7 Promote vocational training for those not going to college: Opposes topic 7 Raise teacher's minimum salary to $40,000: Strongly Opposes topic 7
No opinion on topic 8: Businesses have a right to pollute (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Opposes topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (+5 points on Social scale)	End the corruption of private prisons: Opposes topic 9 Greater firepower is not solution; deal with systemic racism: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Need to reform, not "defund," the police: Strongly Opposes topic 9
Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+2 points on Economic scale)	Disarming citizens against everything America stands for: Strongly Favors topic 10 Disarming citizens unconstitutional, but check backgrounds: Opposes topic 10
Strongly Favors topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (-5 points on Economic scale)	Close loopholes so corporations pay more than zero in taxes: Strongly Favors topic 11 Close loopholes for wealthy; lower taxes for working class: Strongly Favors topic 11
Favors topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (+2 points on Social scale)	End migrant child detention facilities: use foster care: Favors topic 12
No opinion on topic 13: Support & expand free trade (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Opposes topic 14: Stay away from the UN & Globalism (-3 points on Economic scale)	Coronavirus: China is not the enemy; COVID-19 is: Opposes topic 14
Strongly Favors topic 15: Peace through Strength (-5 points on Social scale)	Invest in the VA: education on bases for soldiers' children: Strongly Favors topic 15
Strongly Favors topic 16: Make voter registration easier (+5 points on Social scale)	Corporate spending is not speech; end Citizens United: Strongly Favors topic 16 Sued over signature requirement for ballot during pandemic: Strongly Favors topic 16 Denied ballot access in 2020, not dropping fight for 2022: Strongly Favors topic 16 Favors ranked choice voting: Strongly Favors topic 16 End gerrymandering, use computer algorithm to draw lines: Strongly Favors topic 16
Strongly Favors topic 17: Stay out of foreign wars (+5 points on Social scale)	America has been in the business of war for far too long: Strongly Favors topic 17 Bring troops home; stop destabilizing foreign governments: Strongly Favors topic 17
Strongly Favors topic 18: Prioritize green energy (-5 points on Economic scale)	Climate change exists even if we pretend it doesn't: Strongly Favors topic 18 Climate change is real; make Arkansas leader in clean energy: Strongly Favors topic 18
Strongly Opposes topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (+5 points on Social scale)	Marijuana should be federally decriminalized: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Let voters in each state determine how to treat marijuana: Strongly Opposes topic 19
No opinion on topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)

Dan Whitfield is a Libertarian-Leaning Progressive
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