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Jay Williams on SenateMatch |
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Strongly Favors
topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (+5 points on Social scale) | Passing laws that restrict abortions won't stop abortions: Strongly Favors topic 1 Supports public funding for abortion services: Strongly Favors topic 1 |
Strongly Favors
topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (-5 points on Economic scale) | Far too often, Native Americans are forgotten & ignored: Strongly Favors topic 2 |
No opinion on
topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (0 points on Social scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
No opinion on
topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (0 points on Social scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
Strongly Favors
topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (-5 points on Economic scale) | Health care is a basic human right: Strongly Favors topic 5 Opposes repealing mandated health insurance: Strongly Favors topic 5 Opposes keeping the Affordable Care Act: Favors topic 5 |
Favors
topic 6: Privatize Social Security (+2 points on Economic scale) | Eliminate taxable maximum of $118,500: Favors topic 6 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (-5 points on Economic scale) | Every South Dakotan deserves an excellent education: Opposes topic 7 I moved back to SD for quality of schools; focus on that: Strongly Opposes topic 7 Served a term on the Yankton school board: Opposes topic 7 |
No opinion on
topic 8: Fight EPA regulatory over-reach (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) | Our criminal justice system is broken: Strongly Opposes topic 9 |
Opposes
topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (-3 points on Economic scale) | Common sense measures like background checks: Opposes topic 10 Address the growing problem of income inequality: No opin. on topic 10 Supports restrictions on right to bear arms: Opposes topic 10 |
Strongly Favors
topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (-5 points on Economic scale) | A call for rationality: Tax is NOT a dirty word: Strongly Favors topic 11 Pushed for $1.4M property tax to fund school operations: Favors topic 11 Supports increasing income tax rates: Strongly Favors topic 11 |
Strongly Favors
topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (+5 points on Social scale) | Get ten million undocumented immigrants out of the shadows: Strongly Favors topic 12 |
No opinion on
topic 13: Support & expand free trade (0 points on Economic scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
Strongly Opposes
topic 14: Support American Exceptionalism (-5 points on Economic scale) | Welcome Syrian refugees fleeing religious intolerance: Strongly Opposes topic 14 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 15: Expand the military (+5 points on Social scale) | Cut defense spending: 6 aircraft carriers instead of 11: Strongly Opposes topic 15 |
Favors
topic 16: Make voter registration easier (+2 points on Social scale) | Campaign spending is out of control: Favors topic 16 |
Favors
topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (+2 points on Social scale) | Negotiate with Iran over nuclear weapons: Favors topic 17 |
Strongly Favors
topic 18: Prioritize green energy (-5 points on Economic scale) | This planet is our only home; curb carbon emissions: Strongly Favors topic 18 Opposes restricting domestic oil exploration and drilling: Favors topic 18 |
Opposes
topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (+2 points on Social scale) | Yes, I did use illegal drugs, like other angry young men: Opposes topic 19 |
Strongly Favors
topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (-5 points on Economic scale) | Raise minimum wage to $12 and then $15: Strongly Favors topic 20 |