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Lindsey Graham on SenateMatch

 

 



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Strongly Opposes topic 1:
Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right
(-5 points on Social scale)
Federal crime to harm fetus during an assault: Opposes topic 1
Protect the sanctity of life: Strongly Opposes topic 1
Defund Planned Parenthood: they harvest organs of the unborn: Strongly Opposes topic 1
Reinforce Mexico City policy: defund overseas abortions: Strongly Opposes topic 1
Eliminate abortion on demand at 20 weeks: Strongly Opposes topic 1
Rated 0% by NARAL, indicating a pro-life voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 1
Rated 100% by the NRLC, indicating a pro-life stance: Strongly Opposes topic 1
Prohibit transporting minors across state lines for abortion: Opposes topic 1
Prohibit federal funding for abortion: Strongly Opposes topic 1
Voted YES to protect infant survivors of abortion: 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
No opinion on topic 2:
Legally require hiring women & minorities
(0 points on Economic scale)
Supported removal of battle flag following shooting: Favors topic 2
Rated 11% by the NAACP, indicating an anti-affirmative-action stance: Strongly Opposes topic 2
Increase funding for occupational & physical therapy: Favors topic 2
Strongly Opposes topic 3:
Support transgender and LGBTQ+ rights
(-5 points on Social scale)
Support the constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage: Strongly Opposes topic 3
Respect Supreme Court decision & fight for religious liberty: Neutral on topic 3
Supreme Court decided gay marriage; it's the law of the land: Favors topic 3
Rated 0% by the HRC, indicating an anti-gay-rights stance: Strongly Opposes topic 3
Amend Constitution to define traditional marriage: Strongly Opposes topic 3
Anti-transgender bathrooms, according to CC survey: Strongly Opposes topic 3
Strongly Favors topic 4:
America was founded on Christian values
(-5 points on Social scale)
Before the 60s, we were able to say a prayer in school: Strongly Favors topic 4
Sex education about abstinence, not contraception: Favors topic 4
Support traditional families & right to pray: Strongly Favors topic 4
Fund welfare via religious & community-based NPOs: Strongly Favors topic 4
Let schools display the words "God Bless America": Strongly Favors topic 4
Supports anti-flag desecration amendment: Favors topic 4
Supports requiring schools to allow prayer: Favors topic 4
Rated 100% by the Christian Coalition: a pro-Family-Value voting record: Strongly Favors topic 4
Sponsored $110M per year to teach abstinence in public schools: Favors topic 4
Supports a Constitutional Amendment for school prayer: Strongly Favors topic 4
Strongly Opposes topic 5:
Expand ObamaCare
(+5 points on Economic scale)
Let ObamaCare show itself as a continuing debacle: Strongly Opposes topic 5
Opposed ObamaCare from day one: Strongly Opposes topic 5
ObamaCare takes money from some & gives free care to others: Strongly Opposes topic 5
COVID: no one attacked Wilson when he got Spanish flu: Strongly Opposes topic 5
Rated 12% by APHA, indicating a anti-public health voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 5
Expand medical savings accounts for employers & individuals: Opposes topic 5
Establishment of Office of Health Care Fraud Prevention: Opposes topic 5
Favors topic 6:
Privatize Social Security
(+2 points on Economic scale)
Half of seniors would be in poverty without Soc.Sec. check: Strongly Opposes topic 6
I don't want a lecture about Soc.Sec,; I want to save it: Opposes topic 6
Link size of cost of living increases to income: Opposes topic 6
Create personal retirement accounts within Social Security: Strongly Favors topic 6
Rated 20% by the ARA, indicating an anti-senior voting record: Strongly Favors topic 6
Rated 9% by ARA, indicating a pro-privatization stance: Strongly Favors topic 6
Reduce taxes on Social Security earnings: Favors topic 6
Strongly Favors topic 7:
Vouchers for school choice
(+5 points on Economic scale)
States were bribed and coerced into adopting Common Core: Favors topic 7
States were bribed & coerced into adopting Common Core: Favors topic 7
I made homeschool graduates eligible for military service: Strongly Favors topic 7
Rated 27% by the NEA, indicating anti-public education votes: Strongly Favors topic 7
Sponsored denouncing the Common Core State Standards: Strongly Favors topic 7
Favors topic 8:
Businesses have a right to pollute
(-3 points on Social scale)
Manage forest underbrush better, to avoid raging wildfires: Opposes topic 8
Rated 5% by the LCV, indicating anti-environment votes: Strongly Favors topic 8
Allow longer than 10 years to rebuild depleted fisheries: Favors topic 8
Regulatory relief for smaller banks stimulates growth: Favors topic 8
Loosen restrictions on predator control in Alaska: Strongly Favors topic 8
Strongly Favors topic 9:
Stricter punishment reduces crime
(-5 points on Social scale)
Capital punishment for child rapists: Strongly Favors topic 9
I believe in reform but cops need our support more than ever: Favors topic 9
Rated 30% by CURE, indicating anti-rehabilitation crime votes: Strongly Favors topic 9
Facilitate recovering crime victim restitution fees: Strongly Favors topic 9
Rated 55% by the NAPO, indicating a moderate stance on police issues: Neutral on topic 9
Support law enforcement, according to CC survey: Favors topic 9
Let ex-cons apply freely, according to CC survey: Strongly Favors topic 9
More prisons, more enforcement, effective death penalty: Favors topic 9
Strongly Favors topic 10:
Absolute right to gun ownership
(+5 points on Economic scale)
Rated A by the NRA, indicating a pro-gun rights voting record: Strongly Favors topic 10
National cross-state standard for concealed carry: Strongly Favors topic 10
Reciprocity across state lines for concealed carry: Strongly Favors topic 10
Ban gun registration & trigger lock law in Washington DC: Strongly Favors topic 10
Allow firearms in National Parks: Strongly Favors topic 10
Apply concealed carry permit to all other states where legal: Strongly Favors topic 10
Dangerousness, not mental incompetence, limits gun rights: 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)
Increase revenues to reduce national debt: Strongly Favors topic 11
Phaseout the death tax: Strongly Opposes topic 11
Rated 81% by NTU, indicating a "Taxpayer's Friend" on tax votes: Strongly Opposes topic 11
Rated 0% by the CTJ, indicating opposition to progressive taxation: Strongly Opposes topic 11
Member of the Congressional Flat Tax Caucus: Strongly Opposes topic 11
Taxpayer Protection Pledge: no new taxes: Strongly Opposes topic 11
Supports the Taxpayer Protection Pledge: Strongly Opposes topic 11
Reduce corporate tax rates from 35% to 21% to create jobs: 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
Repeal marriage tax; cut middle class taxes: Opposes topic 11
No opinion on topic 12:
Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens
(0 points on Social scale)
Secure border now in place with comprehensive immigration: Favors topic 12
New amnesty is tough and ends incoming illegals: Strongly Favors topic 12
Streamline and quicken deportations: Strongly Opposes topic 12
Need comprehensive reform, not partial executive action: Opposes topic 12
Driving out 11 million illegals impractical; fix the system: Favors topic 12
Legal status for undocumented workers: Strongly Favors topic 12
LEGISLATIVE path to citizenship, NOT via executive action: Favors topic 12
We can't deport 11M illegals, but we can start: Opposes topic 12
Increase legal immigration because we need workers: Favors topic 12
Those who stay will have to learn our language: Opposes topic 12
Sanctuary cities are symptom of a broken system: Favors topic 12
If we declare war on Islamic faith, we're all going to lose: Strongly Favors topic 12
Change asylum law to not apply to illegal border crossers: Strongly Opposes topic 12
No northern border wall, yet there's no illegal Canadians: Opposes topic 12
DACA recipients came here at age; this is their home: Strongly Opposes topic 12
Sponsored comprehensive immigration reform, without amnesty: Strongly Favors topic 12
Rated 27% by USBC, indicating an open-border stance: Strongly Favors topic 12
Support national emergency at the Southern border: Strongly Opposes topic 12
Pro-border security, according to CC survey: Strongly Opposes topic 12
Declared English the official language of the US: Opposes topic 12
Opposes topic 13:
Support & expand free trade
(-3 points on Economic scale)
NAFTA drained away textile trade from Upstate SC: Opposes topic 13
Make currency manipulation a key issue in trade negotiations: Opposes topic 13
China has more to lose in trade war than US: Strongly Opposes topic 13
Protect the American steel industry from Chinese dumping: Strongly Opposes topic 13
Rated 17% by CATO, indicating a pro-fair trade voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 13
Free trade with post-Orange Revolution Ukraine: Favors topic 13
Declare Turkish rebar subject to anti-dumping duties: Strongly Opposes topic 13
Voted FOR reauthorizing Ex-Im Bank: Strongly Favors topic 13
Implement USMCA for improved North American trade: Strongly Favors topic 13
Rated 88% by the USAE, indicating support for trade engagement: Strongly Favors topic 13
Favors topic 14:
Stay away from the UN & Globalism
(+2 points on Economic scale)
America is the glue that holds the free world together: Strongly Favors topic 14
Without American leadership the world disintegrates rapidly: Strongly Favors topic 14
Let China choose: clenched fist or open hand: Favors topic 14
More vetting from failed stats ok, but no Muslim ban: Opposes topic 14
Educating kids damages radical Islam more than any bomb: Strongly Opposes topic 14
State Department budget means "soft power" abroad: Strongly Opposes topic 14
Russia's Putin is disrupting democracy everywhere: Opposes topic 14
Recognize Jerusalem as capital of Israel: Strongly Favors topic 14
Prohibit torture of terrorists in US custody: Opposes topic 14
Oppose the United Nations' Arms Trade Treaty: Favors topic 14
Disallow Palestine from joining ICC to threaten Israel: Favors topic 14
No transfers of Gitmo prisoners to US or abroad: Strongly Favors topic 14
Two-state solution despite Israeli settlements on West Bank: Favors topic 14
Strongly Favors topic 15:
Peace through Strength
(-5 points on Social scale)
Cuts to military systems will leave us with a hollow force: Strongly Favors topic 15
More budget & more than 440,000 troops against North Korea: Strongly Favors topic 15
Fill Guantanamo with more terrorists instead of closing it: Favors topic 15
Restore defense cuts made automatically by sequestration: Strongly Favors topic 15
Give military leaders anything they need: Strongly Favors topic 15
Problems in V.A. are real; threats to homeland are real: Strongly Favors topic 15
America is already great; make America strong again: Strongly Favors topic 15
Rated 0% by SANE, indicating a pro-military voting record: Strongly Favors topic 15
Sponsored bill for Iraq budget to be part of defense budget: Opposes topic 15
Extend reserve retirement pay parity back to 9/11: Favors topic 15
Set minimum spending on defense at 4% of GDP: Strongly Favors topic 15
Secure the grid, according to CC survey: Strongly Favors topic 15
No US troops under UN command; more defense spending: Favors topic 15
Favors topic 16:
Make voter registration easier
(+2 points on Social scale)
Increase campaign contribution limits; but no foreigners: Strongly Opposes topic 16
Constitutional amendment to limit spending by super PACs: Favors topic 16
Require Internet disclosure of all earmarks: Favors topic 16
Matching fund for small donors, with debate requirements: Favors topic 16
Signed term limit pledge: 6 years House; 12 years Senate: Favors topic 16
Restrict campaign donations from foreigners or 3rd parties: Favors topic 16
Strongly Opposes topic 17:
Stay out of foreign wars
(-5 points on Social scale)
Create a democratic noose around Putin's Russia: Opposes topic 17
Sanctions against Putin; arm & train the Ukrainians: Opposes topic 17
Destroy Iran's nuclear program, & also its air force & navy: Strongly Opposes topic 17
Congress will not approve Iran nuclear deal: Opposes topic 17
Putin hates democracy and hates coalitions of democracies: Strongly Opposes topic 17
Intervention in Syria to degrade Assad's chemical weapons: Strongly Favors topic 17
Getting Syria wrong leads to Iranian nukes & war with Israel: Strongly Favors topic 17
Support the Syrian rebels against Assad & Iran: Strongly Opposes topic 17
Syria: Assad must go, and small arms won't do it: Strongly Opposes topic 17
Slow Afghan withdrawal, with 15,000 US troops left behind: Strongly Opposes topic 17
Get involved in Syria to protect against al Qaeda and Iran: Strongly Opposes topic 17
Obama "screams loudly & carries no stick," in Russia & Syria: Opposes topic 17
More intervention in Iraq avoids an American city in flames: Strongly Opposes topic 17
Returning from Iraq prematurely was a mistake: Strongly Opposes topic 17
Form regional coalition to enforce no-fly zone in Syria: Strongly Opposes topic 17
Ok to hold off Iranian sanctions but only while negotiating: Favors topic 17
Israel: stay as long as needed in Gaza to deal with Hamas: Opposes topic 17
Arm Ukraine; sanction Russia; more NATO troops to region: Opposes topic 17
U.S. ground troops to fight ISIL in Syria and Iraq: Strongly Opposes topic 17
We should have left 10,000 US troops in Iraq: Strongly Opposes topic 17
2012: Arm the Syrian rebels & fight Assad's air force: Strongly Opposes topic 17
Whatever it takes, as long as it takes, to defeat ISIL: Strongly Opposes topic 17
If we don't destroy ISIL soon, they're coming here: Strongly Opposes topic 17
Destroy radical Islam like Reagan destroyed the Evil Empire: Strongly Favors topic 17
I have a plan to fight ISIL: ground forces in Syria & Iraq: Strongly Opposes topic 17
Need substantial boots on the ground against ISIL: Strongly Opposes topic 17
Military commitment of regional troops in Syria is necessary: Strongly Opposes topic 17
Regional, not US, army would keep stability in Syria: Favors topic 17
American troops should partner with regional army: Opposes topic 17
Russia will back down if US provokes it in deposing Assad: Strongly Opposes topic 17
If France invokes Article V, NATO should declare war on ISIS: Strongly Opposes topic 17
Form army--90% them, 10% us--to destroy Caliphate: Strongly Opposes topic 17
10,000 US troops in Iraq; 10,000 in Syria; plus 90,000 Arabs: Strongly Opposes topic 17
Winning in Iraq is more important than safety: Strongly Opposes topic 17
Damage from war with North Korea would be worth it: Strongly Opposes topic 17
Keep 2,000 US troops in Syria so ISIS won't come back: Strongly Opposes topic 17
Iran nuke deal allows a bomb after 15 years: Opposes topic 17
Destroy Assad's air force; create safe zones in Syria: Strongly Opposes topic 17
Keep US troops in Syria so ISIS and Iran can't come back: Strongly Opposes topic 17
Hearings on Trump's decision to withdraw troops from Syria: Opposes topic 17
Arming Ukrainians against Russia will make things better: Favors topic 17
Sponsored prevention, not containment, for Iranian nukes: Strongly Opposes topic 17
Iran must accept long-term intrusive nuke inspection: Opposes topic 17
No nuclear deal with Iran without Congressional input: Opposes topic 17
Support the completion of the US mission in Iraq: Strongly Opposes topic 17
Sanctions on Iran to end nuclear program: Opposes topic 17
Pro-Israel, according to CC survey: Opposes topic 17
President ok to use military force against Iran: Opposes topic 17
Opposes topic 18:
Prioritize green energy
(+2 points on Economic scale)
Combat climate change without harming the economy: Favors topic 18
I'm no scientist, but 90% of them say climate change is real: Strongly Favors topic 18
Green New Deal is crazy; would destroy economy: Strongly Opposes topic 18
Green diesel regulations cost $367 per truck per year: Strongly Opposes topic 18
Climate change is real, but don't make a religion of it: Opposes topic 18
Rated 17% by the CAF, indicating opposition to energy independence: Opposes topic 18
Open the Outer Continental Shelf for oil & gas leasing: Strongly Opposes topic 18
Gas tax holiday for the summer: Opposes topic 18
Favors topic 19:
Marijuana is a gateway drug
(-3 points on Social scale)
For medical legalization; opposes recreational legalization: Favors topic 19
Enhance interdiction by criminalizing unflagged submarines: Strongly Favors topic 19
Rated B- by NORML, indicating a pro-drug-reform stance: Strongly Opposes topic 19
Opposes topic 20:
Stimulus better than market-led recovery
(+2 points on Economic scale)
Won't shut country down; getting back to business: Opposes topic 20
Supports the Cut-Cap-and-Balance Pledge: Opposes topic 20
Disapprove of increasing the debt limit: Opposes topic 20
Rated 14% by UFCW, indicating a pro-management voting record: Opposes topic 20
Audit the Federal Reserve & its actions on mortgage loans: Opposes topic 20
Voted YES on $900 billion COVID relief package: Favors topic 20

Lindsey Graham is a Hard-Core Conservative
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