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Strongly Opposes topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (-5 points on Social scale)	Pro life and support Medical Freedom: Opposes topic 1 Life begins at conception: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Strong pro-life from womb to tomb: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Endorsed by Oregon Right to Life, pro-life all the way: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Why kill an innocent baby due to act of a criminal: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Enforce life beginning at conception, according to AFA survey: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Strongly Anti-Planned Parenthood, according to AFA survey: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Strongly support Born Alive Survivors, according to AFA survey: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Strict Constitutionalist, according to CC survey: Opposes topic 1 Anti-Planned Parenthood, according to CC survey: Opposes topic 1 Pro-parental notification, according to CC survey: Strongly Opposes topic 1
Strongly Opposes topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (+5 points on Economic scale)	I do not believe racism is a threat to domestic security: Strongly Opposes topic 2 Black wealth gap due to welfare rules, not redlining: Strongly Opposes topic 2 Strongly anti-reparations, according to AFA survey: Strongly Opposes topic 2
Strongly Opposes topic 3: Support transgender and LGBTQ+ rights (-5 points on Social scale)	Business liberty over gay marriage, according to AFA survey: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Strongly anti-gender identity, according to AFA survey: Strongly Opposes topic 3
Strongly Favors topic 4: America was founded on Christian values (-5 points on Social scale)	Most of our laws are based on Biblical principles: Strongly Favors topic 4 Strongly protect religious liberty, according to AFA survey: Strongly Favors topic 4 Strongly pro-Judeo-Christian morality, according to AFA survey: Strongly Favors topic 4
Strongly Opposes topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (+5 points on Economic scale)	Supports parents' right not to vaccinate children: Strongly Opposes topic 5 ObamaCare alternative so medical insurance won't skyrocket: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Parents have the right to choose not to vaccinate kids: Opposes topic 5 COVID: Against lockdown: "That is a communist country": Strongly Opposes topic 5 No masks; I don't need to be a doctor--I know how to read: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Veterans earned right to choose their medical care: Favors topic 5 Strongly anti-universal coverage, according to AFA survey: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Strongly pro-private insurance, according to AFA survey: Strongly Opposes topic 5
Strongly Favors topic 6: Privatize Social Security (+5 points on Economic scale)	System broken for decades; stop borrowing from Trust Fund: Strongly Favors topic 6 Let younger people use individual retirement account: Strongly Favors topic 6
Favors topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (+2 points on Economic scale)	Education is best dealt with at the local level: Favors topic 7
Strongly Favors topic 8: Businesses have a right to pollute (-5 points on Social scale)	Reduce U.S. Forest Service presence on our land: Strongly Favors topic 8 State management of lands, not feds: Strongly Favors topic 8 Change Federal Land Management, let state be in charge: Strongly Favors topic 8 Questions constitutionally of the EPA: Strongly Favors topic 8 For proper logging of forests, get government out of the way: Strongly Favors topic 8
Strongly Favors topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (-5 points on Social scale)	Answer to police shooting blacks: "stop committing crime": Strongly Favors topic 9 Support law enforcement, according to CC survey: Favors topic 9
Strongly Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+5 points on Economic scale)	Disarming people keeps them from self-protection: Strongly Favors topic 10 I support the 2nd Amendment as it is written: Strongly Favors topic 10 Rated B+ by Oregon Firearms Federation: Strongly Favors topic 10 Limit gun rights, according to CC survey: Strongly Favors topic 10
Strongly Opposes topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (+5 points on Economic scale)	Wealthy pay disproportionately high share of taxes: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Pro-tax cuts, according to CC survey: Strongly Opposes topic 11 End the Death Tax, according to CC survey: Strongly Opposes topic 11
Strongly Opposes topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (-5 points on Social scale)	Construct wall along the Mexican border: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Yes to wall; no to illegal aliens: Strongly Opposes topic 12 For border wall, against "sanctuary status": Strongly Opposes topic 12 Give Dreamers opportunity to become citizens, no Federal aid: Favors topic 12 Let courts decide if illegally entering country is a felony: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Strongly pro-border wall, according to AFA survey: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Strongly pro-ICE, according to AFA survey: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Strongly anti-sanctuary city, according to AFA survey: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Strongly pro-E-verify, according to AFA survey: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Pro-border security, according to CC survey: Strongly Opposes topic 12
No opinion on topic 13: Support & expand free trade (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 14: Stay away from the UN & Globalism (+5 points on Economic scale)	Strongly pro-free enterprise, according to AFA survey: Strongly Favors topic 14 Strongly anti-Israel boycott, according to AFA survey: Strongly Favors topic 14
Strongly Favors topic 15: Peace through Strength (-5 points on Social scale)	Make sure our military is fully funded: Strongly Favors topic 15 Strongly supports strong military, according to AFA survey: Strongly Favors topic 15
Opposes topic 16: Make voter registration easier (-3 points on Social scale)	12-year term limits; no more career politicians: Favors topic 16 Strongly supports Electoral College, according to AFA survey: Strongly Opposes topic 16
Strongly Opposes topic 17: Stay out of foreign wars (-5 points on Social scale)	Military force against nuclear proliferation and for Israel: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Pro-Israel, according to CC survey: Opposes topic 17
Strongly Opposes topic 18: Prioritize green energy (+5 points on Economic scale)	Trees need CO2; I prefer a warmer earth: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Already have tools to cleanly burn fossil fuels: Strongly Opposes topic 18
Favors topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (-3 points on Social scale)	Don't legalize marijuana federally; leave it to the states: Favors topic 19
Strongly Opposes topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (+5 points on Economic scale)	Shrink government; cut BLM, USFS, and the Fed: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Stop spending tax dollars on pork project earmarks: Strongly Opposes topic 20 End out of control spending, cut bloated federal agencies: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Strongly Anti-livable income, according to AFA survey: Strongly Opposes topic 20

Jo Rae Perkins is a Hard-Core Conservative
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