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Mike Nikitin on SenateMatch |
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Strongly Opposes
topic 1: Abortion is a woman's right (-5 points on Social scale) | Abortion is not a woman's right: Strongly Opposes topic 1 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 2: Require hiring more women & minorities (+5 points on Economic scale) | Don't require companies to hire more women and minorities: Strongly Opposes topic 2 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 3: Same-sex domestic partnership benefits (-5 points on Social scale) | Sexual orientation not protected by civil rights law: Strongly Opposes topic 3 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 4: Teacher-led prayer in public schools (+5 points on Social scale) | Teach basics in public schools, not family values: Strongly Opposes topic 4 |
Favors
topic 8: Death Penalty (-3 points on Social scale) | Death penalty only for rape, murder & child assault: Favors topic 8 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (+5 points on Social scale) | Jury system instead of mandatory sentencing laws: Strongly Opposes topic 9 |
Strongly Favors
topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+5 points on Economic scale) | Absolute right to gun ownership: Strongly Favors topic 10 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (+5 points on Economic scale) | Zero funding for health coverage--it's unconctitutional: Strongly Opposes topic 5 |
Strongly Favors
topic 6: Privatize Social Security (+5 points on Economic scale) | Abolish social security--it's unconctitutional: Strongly Favors topic 6 |
Strongly Favors
topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (+5 points on Economic scale) | Parents choose schools via vouchers: Strongly Favors topic 7 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 18: Replace coal & oil with alternatives (+5 points on Economic scale) | Let market decide between oil & alternatives: Strongly Opposes topic 18 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (+5 points on Social scale) | The war on drugs is a farce: Strongly Opposes topic 19 |
Strongly Favors
topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (+5 points on Economic scale) | Churches already provide welfare services: Strongly Favors topic 20 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 11: Make taxes more progressive (+5 points on Economic scale) | Every tax shrinks freedom: Strongly Opposes topic 11 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 12: Illegal immigrants earn citizenship (-5 points on Social scale) | Disllow illegal immigrants to earn citizenship: Strongly Opposes topic 12 |
Strongly Favors
topic 13: Support & expand free trade (+5 points on Economic scale) | Let market expand free trade: Strongly Favors topic 13 |
Strongly Favors
topic 15: Expand the armed forces (-5 points on Social scale) | More spending on armed forces: Strongly Favors topic 15 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 16: Stricter limits on political campaign funds (+5 points on Economic scale) | No restrictions on campaign funds: Strongly Opposes topic 16 |
Favors
topic 14: The Patriot Act harms civil liberties (+2 points on Social scale) | Some parts of Patriot Act ok, some not: Favors topic 14 |
Opposes
topic 17: US out of Iraq (-3 points on Social scale) | No UN in Iraq: Opposes topic 17 |