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Tea Party on VoteMatch |
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Opposes
topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (-3 points on Social scale) | Disdained narrow exemptions for churches on birth control: Opposes topic 1 Regulate abortion clinics more; oppose right to abortion: Opposes topic 1 Moral opposition to abortion, but not a focal issue: Opposes topic 1 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (+5 points on Economic scale) | Racial minorities seen as undeserving, but so are whites: Opposes topic 2 Equality of opportunity, not equality of outcomes: Strongly Opposes topic 2 OpEd: Few African-Americans at Tea Party events: Opposes topic 2 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (-5 points on Social scale) | Majority oppose gay marriage or civil unions: Strongly Opposes topic 3 |
Strongly Favors
topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (-5 points on Social scale) | Defining book: The Five Thousand Year Leap: Strongly Favors topic 4 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (+5 points on Economic scale) | The Tea Party revolution was all about opposing ObamaCare: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Replace ObamaCare with healthcare interstate compacts: Strongly Opposes topic 5 ObamaCare was forced down our throats: Strongly Opposes topic 5 ObamaCare was forced down our throats: Strongly Opposes topic 5 OpEd: Tea Party came from angry "No to ObamaCare!": Strongly Opposes topic 5 OpEd: Tea Party came from angry "No to ObamaCare!": Strongly Opposes topic 5 Civil society is reasserting itself at the ballot: Opposes topic 5 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 6: Privatize Social Security (-5 points on Economic scale) | Older citizens have earned Social Security: Opposes topic 6 Increase the payroll tax to sustain Social Security: Strongly Opposes topic 6 Think Tanks support privatization; grassroots does not: Opposes topic 6 |
Favors
topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (+2 points on Economic scale) | Common Core is "ObamaCore" or "Commie Core": Strongly Opposes topic 7 Taxes support school subjects you might not want taught: Strongly Favors topic 7 Vouchers give students and parents the power of choice: Strongly Favors topic 7 Vouchers work: Schools either get better, or they close: Strongly Favors topic 7 |
Strongly Favors
topic 8: Fight EPA regulatory over-reach (-5 points on Social scale) | Outraged at phase out of incandescent lightbulbs: Strongly Favors topic 8 |
Opposes
topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (+2 points on Social scale) | Reduce punishments for some federal offenses: Opposes topic 9 |
Favors
topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+2 points on Economic scale) | Important goal to safeguard Second Amendment rights: Favors topic 10 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (+5 points on Economic scale) | Corporate tax rate worldwide declining, except in US: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Government jobs (takers) replacing manufacturing (makers): Opposes topic 11 FairTax & flat tax: on consumption instead of production: Strongly Opposes topic 11 80% oppose taxing the rich, compared to 56% in GOP: Strongly Opposes topic 11 T.E.A.: Taxed Enough Already: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Permanently repeal capital gains & death taxes: Strongly Opposes topic 11 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (-5 points on Social scale) | Oppose use of government services by illegal immigrants: 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) |
No opinion on
topic 14: Support American Exceptionalism (0 points on Economic scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
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topic 15: Expand the military (0 points on Social scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
Favors
topic 16: Make voter registration easier (+2 points on Social scale) | True the Vote: like driving and seeing police following you: Strongly Opposes topic 16 Get state legislative "voice votes" on the record: Strongly Favors topic 16 Pressure Congress for moratorium on pork: Favors topic 16 Moratorium on all earmarks until budget is balanced: Strongly Favors topic 16 |
No opinion on
topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (0 points on Social scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
Strongly Opposes
topic 18: Prioritize green energy (+5 points on Economic scale) | All-of-the-Above instead of Cap-and-Trade: Strongly Opposes topic 18 |
No opinion on
topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (0 points on Social scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
Strongly Opposes
topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (+5 points on Economic scale) | Against Bush's bailout bill & against Obama's stimulus bill: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Taxation & regulation replaces wisdom of the market: Strongly Opposes topic 20 T.E.A.: Taxed Enough Already: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Movement born in objection to stimulus plan: Strongly Opposes topic 20 |
Tea Party is a Libertarian-Leaning Conservative
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