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Jon Ossoff on SenateMatch |
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Strongly Favors
topic 1:Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right
(+5 points on Social scale) | Defend a woman's right to choose and Planned Parenthood: Strongly Favors topic 1 Will only vote to confirm judges who will uphold Roe v. Wade: Strongly Favors topic 1 Will only confirm judges pledged to uphold Roe v. Wade: Strongly Favors topic 1 Judicially liberal, according to CC survey: Favors topic 1 Pro-Planned Parenthood, according to CC survey: Strongly Favors topic 1 Anti-parental notification, according to CC survey: Favors topic 1 Pro-choice, according to PVS survey: Strongly Favors topic 1 |
Strongly Favors
topic 2:Legally require hiring women & minorities
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Can no longer go down a path of racism: Favors topic 2 We need a new Civil Rights Act to deal with systemic bias: Strongly Favors topic 2 |
Strongly Favors
topic 3:Support transgender and LGBTQ+ rights
(+5 points on Social scale) | Fight discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation: Strongly Favors topic 3 For Equality Act, opposes any military ban: Strongly Favors topic 3 Supports LGBTQ rights & Equality Act: Strongly Favors topic 3 Endorsed by Human Rights Campaign: Strongly Favors topic 3 Pro-transgender bathrooms, according to CC survey: Favors topic 3 |
Favors
topic 4:America was founded on Christian values
(-3 points on Social scale) | His faith informs his approach to politics: Favors topic 4 |
Strongly Favors
topic 5:Expand ObamaCare
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Defend Medicare and Medicaid and affordable health care: Strongly Favors topic 5 Maintain funding for CDC pandemic infrastructure: Favors topic 5 Ensure all Americans have insurance, for public option: Strongly Favors topic 5 Improve ACA, not repeal it: Strongly Favors topic 5 COVID: Trump's response "gross incompetence": Strongly Favors topic 5 Will oppose ongoing efforts to defund Medicare: Strongly Favors topic 5 Empower Medicare to negotiate lower drug prices: Strongly Favors topic 5 More federal support for eldercare in America: Strongly Favors topic 5 Supports public option over Medicare-for-All: Strongly Favors topic 5 COVID: out of control because government ignored science: Strongly Favors topic 5 Expand Medicaid, invest in new public health clinics: Strongly Favors topic 5 Pro-ObamaCare, according to PVS survey: Favors topic 5 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 6:Privatize Social Security
(-5 points on Economic scale) | A civilized nation cannot abandon its elders to destitution: Opposes topic 6 Strengthen and protect Social Security benefits: Strongly Opposes topic 6 Pro-entitlement, according to PVS survey: Strongly Opposes topic 6 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 7:Vouchers for school choice
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Hire great teachers, and reduce class sizes: Strongly Opposes topic 7 |
Opposes
topic 8:Businesses have a right to pollute
(+2 points on Social scale) | Investigate failures to enforce environmental laws: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Aggressive protection of endangered species and habitats: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Reverse Trump rollbacks of environmental standards: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Pro-GHG restrictions, according to PVS survey: Strongly Favors topic 8 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 9:Stricter punishment reduces crime
(+5 points on Social scale) | Task forces to fight organized crime & political corruption: Opposes topic 9 Reverse militarization of police; ban private prisons: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Don't defund the police; answer is to reform the police: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Establish national standards for use of force by police: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Crimes under Trump: act prudently, but accountability: Favors topic 9 Demilitarize the police; ban private prisons: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Defund the police, according to CC survey: Strongly Opposes topic 9 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 10:Absolute right to gun ownership
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Background checks; red flag laws; assault weapon ban: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Supports background checks, assault weapon ban: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Endorsed by Everytown for Gun Safety: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Pro-gun rights, according to CC survey: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Pro-gun control, according to PVS survey: Opposes topic 10 Sponsored bill for background checks for private transfers: Strongly Favors topic 10 |
Favors
topic 11:Higher taxes on the wealthy
(-3 points on Economic scale) | Reduce tax burden on small businesses & simplify tax filing: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Lower taxes for all but the wealthiest Americans: Strongly Favors topic 11 We borrow trillions to cut taxes for the wealthy: Strongly Favors topic 11 Doesn't support increase in income tax rates: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Undo tax cuts, according to CC survey: Strongly Favors topic 11 Tax to balance budget, according to PVS survey: Favors topic 11 |
Strongly Favors
topic 12:Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens
(+5 points on Social scale) | Unconstitutional to slander or ban entire religious groups: Strongly Favors topic 12 Strengthen borders, path for undocumented immigrants: Strongly Favors topic 12 DREAMers are Americans and here to stay: Strongly Favors topic 12 Anti-border security, according to CC survey: Favors topic 12 Anti-border wall, according to PVS survey: Strongly Favors topic 12 Sponsored bill to disallow religion-based immigration ban: Strongly Favors topic 12 |
No opinion on
topic 13:Support & expand free trade
(0 points on Economic scale) | Empower our community's businesses to compete globally: Opposes topic 13 Attack unfair practices by overseas competitors: Favors topic 13 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 14:Stay away from the UN & Globalism
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Defend the NATO alliance & multinational military exercises: Strongly Opposes topic 14 |
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) | Investigate corrupt politicians and organized crime: Strongly Favors topic 16 End Citizens United; get dark money out of politics: Strongly Favors topic 16 We need a new Voting Rights Act: Strongly Favors topic 16 Trying to take away sacred right to vote is disgraceful: Strongly Favors topic 16 Sponsored bill to expand voter registration and voter access: Strongly Favors topic 16 |
Favors
topic 17:Stay out of foreign wars
(+2 points on Social scale) | US should play active role in Israel/Palestine diplomacy: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Supports blocking arm sales to Saudi Arabia: Favors topic 17 Supports Israel, continuing U.S. military aid: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Avoid reckless, destabilizing missteps like the Iraq War: Strongly Favors topic 17 Destroy ISIS without deploying regular US ground forces: Opposes topic 17 Stay out of Israeli wars, according to CC survey: Favors topic 17 Sponsored resolution to repeal 2002 AUMF against Iraq: Strongly Favors topic 17 |
Strongly Favors
topic 18:Prioritize green energy
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Human-driven climate change threatens global prosperity: Strongly Favors topic 18 Climate change is a major threat, invest in clean energy: Strongly Favors topic 18 Pro-renewable energy, according to PVS survey: Strongly Favors topic 18 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 19:Marijuana is a gateway drug
(+5 points on Social scale) | Locking up nonviolent drug offenders doesn't make sense: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Past time to legalize, regulate, and tax cannabis: Strongly Opposes topic 19 |
Strongly Favors
topic 20:Stimulus better than market-led recovery
(-5 points on Economic scale) | More regulation of banks, reinstate Glass-Steagall Act: Strongly Favors topic 20 COVID: we need more direct relief from federal government: Strongly Favors topic 20 For stricter government oversight; cut duplicate programs: Opposes topic 20 Fund public media, guarantee editorial independence: Strongly Favors topic 20 COVID: Put families & small business ahead on relief: Strongly Favors topic 20 Republican Senate will mean paralysis and gridlock: Strongly Favors topic 20 COVID: Another round of $1,200 stimulus checks: Strongly Favors topic 20 Pro-stimulus spending, according to PVS survey: Strongly Favors topic 20 $1.9 trillion ARPA bill for COVID relief: Favors topic 20 |
Jon Ossoff is a Hard-Core Liberal
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