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Prof. Tom Davis on SenateMatch |
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Strongly Favors
topic 1: Abortion is a woman's right (+5 points on Social scale) | Abortion is a woman's right: Strongly Favors topic 1 |
No opinion on
topic 2: Require hiring more women & minorities (0 points on Economic scale) | Require hiring women & minorities is too fuzzy to answer: Neutral on topic 2 |
Strongly Favors
topic 3: Same-sex domestic partnership benefits (+5 points on Social scale) | Sexual orientation should be protected by civil rights law: Strongly Favors topic 3 |
No opinion on
topic 4: Teacher-led prayer in public schools (0 points on Social scale) | Teach family values? Whose family's values?: Neutral on topic 4 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 8: Death Penalty (+5 points on Social scale) | Opposes the death penalty: Strongly Opposes topic 8 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (+5 points on Social scale) | Opposes mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws.: Strongly Opposes topic 9 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (-5 points on Economic scale) | Absolute right to gun ownership: Strongly Opposes topic 10 |
No opinion on
topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (0 points on Economic scale) | More federal funding for health coverage too fuzzy to say: Neutral on topic 5 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 6: Privatize Social Security (-5 points on Economic scale) | Don't privatize social security: Strongly Opposes topic 6 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (-5 points on Economic scale) | No vouchers the way they're defined today: Strongly Opposes topic 7 |
Strongly Favors
topic 18: Replace coal & oil with alternatives (-5 points on Economic scale) | Renewables ok; nuclear fission, no: Strongly Favors topic 18 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (+5 points on Social scale) | Immoral is a lousy reason for drug law: Strongly Opposes topic 19 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (-5 points on Economic scale) | Churches can provide welfare, but not funded by state: Strongly Opposes topic 20 |
No opinion on
topic 11: Make taxes more progressive (0 points on Economic scale) | Make taxes more progressive is unanswerable: Neutral on topic 11 |
Favors
topic 12: Illegal immigrants earn citizenship (+2 points on Social scale) | Allow some illegal immigrants to earn citizenship: Favors topic 12 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 13: Support & expand free trade (-5 points on Economic scale) | The phrase "free trade" is a lie: Strongly Opposes topic 13 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 15: Expand the armed forces (+5 points on Social scale) | Cover our obligations from unjust wars: Strongly Opposes topic 15 |
Strongly Favors
topic 16: Stricter limits on political campaign funds (-5 points on Economic scale) | Stricter limits on political campaign funds: Strongly Favors topic 16 |
Strongly Favors
topic 14: The Patriot Act harms civil liberties (+5 points on Social scale) | The Patriot Act harms civil liberties: Strongly Favors topic 14 |
Strongly Favors
topic 17: US out of Iraq (+5 points on Social scale) | Get US troops out of Iraq: Strongly Favors topic 17 |