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No opinion on
topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right
(0 points on Social scale)
| (No votes on which to base response) |
Strongly Favors
topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities
(-5 points on Economic scale)
| Increase disability funding; we all succeed together: Strongly Favors topic 2 Sustained $125B federal investment in HBCUs: Strongly Favors topic 2 Trump is only against immigration for non-white people: Strongly Favors topic 2 |
Strongly Favors
topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage
(+5 points on Social scale)
| Transgendered hate crimes: unequivocally prosecute severely: Strongly Favors topic 3 Represent LGBT rights in human rights action abroad: Strongly Favors topic 3 Directly fund academic research to find cure for AIDS: Strongly Favors topic 3 Collect census data on LGBTQ status: Strongly Favors topic 3 |
No opinion on
topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere
(0 points on Social scale)
| (No votes on which to base response) |
Strongly Favors
topic 5: Expand ObamaCare
(-5 points on Economic scale)
| Supports public option; allow private insurance: Favors topic 5 More funding is needed for mental health care: Strongly Favors topic 5 |
Opposes
topic 6: Privatize Social Security
(-3 points on Economic scale)
| Great countries don't break their major promises: Opposes topic 6 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 7: Vouchers for school choice
(-5 points on Economic scale)
| Hold charter schools to same standards as public schools: Opposes topic 7 I will tackle the student debt crisis head on: Strongly Opposes topic 7 |
Opposes
topic 8: Fight EPA regulatory over-reach
(+2 points on Social scale)
| Environmental justice means clean air & water: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Nuclear energy is risky & not cost competitive: Favors topic 8 |
Strongly Favors
topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime
(-5 points on Social scale)
| Focus on white supremacist violence as domestic terrorism: Strongly Favors topic 9 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership
(-5 points on Economic scale)
| Gun violence is a public health epidemic: Strongly Opposes topic 10 I will declare gun violence a public health epidemic: Strongly Opposes topic 10 |
Strongly Favors
topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy
(-5 points on Economic scale)
| Supports higher estate tax, annual wealth tax: Strongly Favors topic 11 Repeal Trump tax cuts; close corporate tax loopholes: Strongly Favors topic 11 Calculate CA corporate income tax based on in-state sales: Strongly Favors topic 11 |
Favors
topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens
(+2 points on Social scale)
| Decriminalize unauthorized border crossings: Favors topic 12 |
Favors
topic 13: Support & expand free trade
(+2 points on Economic scale)
| Undo Trump tariffs; negotiate trade deals for U.S. workers: Favors topic 13 No trade war, but stand up to China on intellectual property: Favors topic 13 Trump tax plan & trade war are failures; I can show how: Favors topic 13 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 14: Support American Exceptionalism
(-5 points on Economic scale)
| Set a strategy: What are we trying to accomplish in Mideast?: Strongly Opposes topic 14 America's brand in the world our most important protection: Opposes topic 14 Rebuild traditional multilateral alliances like NATO: Strongly Opposes topic 14 More foreign aid for Central America: Opposes topic 14 Unilateral action, without allies, makes absolutely no sense: Strongly Opposes topic 14 |
Opposes
topic 15: Expand the military
(+2 points on Social scale)
| National Service Plan: $50B for public service: Favors topic 15 Refocus and reduce U.S. military spending: Strongly Opposes topic 15 |
Strongly Favors
topic 16: Make voter registration easier
(+5 points on Social scale)
| The right to vote is gateway to inclusive democracy: Strongly Favors topic 16 Break the corporate stranglehold of our government: Strongly Favors topic 16 |
Favors
topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements
(+2 points on Social scale)
| Withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan: Strongly Favors topic 17 Keep US troops in northern Syria: Opposes topic 17 Diplomatic measures must always be the first choice: Favors topic 17 |
Strongly Favors
topic 18: Prioritize green energy
(-5 points on Economic scale)
| Supports Green New Deal & carbon-neutrality by 2045: Strongly Favors topic 18 On Day 1: declare climate crisis a national emergency: Strongly Favors topic 18 End subsidies & tax breaks for fossil fuels: Strongly Favors topic 18 We need to lead the world on climate, with allies abroad: Strongly Favors topic 18 Ban fracking: Favors topic 18 |
Favors
topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug
(-3 points on Social scale)
| 72,000 died from opioids last year; that's a health crisis: Favors topic 19 |
Strongly Favors
topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery
(-5 points on Economic scale)
| Billions for affordable housing; market won't do it: Strongly Favors topic 20 Increase the earned income tax credit: Favors topic 20 Our affordable housing situation is a crisis: Strongly Favors topic 20 Break up monopolies but we should focus on the positive: Favors topic 20 |