Tommy Thompson on VoteMatch

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Strongly Opposes topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (-5 points on Social scale)	God-given rights begin at conception: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Pro-choice GOP nominee problem for GOP platform: Opposes topic 1 Both pro-life and pro-stem cell research: Neutral on topic 1 Legal abortion only for rape, incest, or mother’s health: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Ban partial birth abortions: Opposes topic 1 Opposes public abortion funding: Opposes topic 1 Opposes churches providing birth control: Opposes topic 1
Favors topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (-3 points on Economic scale)	Supports eliminating racial and ethnic disparities in health: Favors topic 2
Strongly Opposes topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (-5 points on Social scale)	Ok for private business to fire employees for being gay: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Supports defining traditional marriage: Opposes topic 3
Strongly Favors topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (-5 points on Social scale)	Replace welfare program with self-sufficiency program: Favors topic 4 Replace Welfare with the Tools to Succeed: Favors topic 4 Early leader in welfare reform: Favors topic 4 Teacher-led voluntary prayer in public schools: Strongly Favors topic 4 1950s common sense taught by families, schools, & churches: Strongly Favors topic 4 Supports block grants to foster state experimentation: Favors topic 4 Supports school prayer: Strongly Favors topic 4 Supports banning funding of offensive art: Favors topic 4
No opinion on topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (0 points on Economic scale)	Repeal ObamaCare: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Transform health care into wellness & prevention system: Favors topic 5 Vows to protect Medicare, add drug benefit: Favors topic 5 Support small business insurance pool for uninsured: Opposes topic 5 Goal is for all WI residents to have health benefits: Strongly Favors topic 5 Supports prescription drug savings plan for poor seniors: Favors topic 5 BadgerCare will provide uninsured with affordable care: Favors topic 5 Let states reform Medicaid; fight “one size fits all”: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Supports repealing ObamaCare: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Maintain Medicare funding of HMO benefits: Favors topic 5 Protect state tobacco settlement funds from federal seizure: Neutral on topic 5
Opposes topic 6: Privatize Social Security (-3 points on Economic scale)	Make Social Security solvent: Opposes topic 6
Strongly Favors topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (+5 points on Economic scale)	School funding & mandates from states, not Feds: Strongly Favors topic 7 Choice and local accountability are keys to good schools: Favors topic 7 New ideas to improve schools conflict with teachers unions: Favors topic 7 School choice for religious schools in low-income areas: Strongly Favors topic 7 School choice is a philosophy that parents know best: Strongly Favors topic 7 School choice is a philosophy that parents know best: Strongly Favors topic 7 Use Milwaukee charters & private choice as model for US: Strongly Favors topic 7 Use Milwaukee charters & private choice as model for US: Strongly Favors topic 7 Created the nation’s first private school choice program: Strongly Favors topic 7 Instituted $5,100 vouchers for religious schools: Strongly Favors topic 7 Instituted $5,100 vouchers for religious schools: Strongly Favors topic 7 Instituted statewide Charter School system: Favors topic 7 School choice has made a difference for low-income families: Strongly Favors topic 7 Supports school vouchers: Strongly Favors topic 7
Strongly Favors topic 8: Fight EPA regulatory over-reach (-5 points on Social scale)	Oppose UN's Agenda 21 sustainable development: Strongly Favors topic 8 Preserve state's natural resources without federal mandates: Strongly Favors topic 8
Strongly Favors topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (-5 points on Social scale)	Death penalty for terrorism convicts: Favors topic 9 Two strikes and you’re out for serious child sex crimes: Strongly Favors topic 9 Three strikes and you’re out for felony convictions: Strongly Favors topic 9 Zero tolerance approach to crime: Strongly Favors topic 9 Truth in Sentencing, no exceptions: Strongly Favors topic 9 Life means life, no possibility of parole: Favors topic 9 All felons will serve complete prison sentence: Strongly Favors topic 9 Zero tolerance: swift & certain justice makes safety: Strongly Favors topic 9 Life means life: Abolish mandatory release laws: Strongly Favors topic 9 Children First: father pay child support or go to jail: Favors topic 9
Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+2 points on Economic scale)	Against gun control: Favors topic 10 Zero tolerance for guns, violence, drugs in schools: Neutral on topic 10 Opposes restricting the Second Amendment: Favors topic 10
Strongly Opposes topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (+5 points on Economic scale)	FactCheck: Tax cuts would save top 1% $87,000 each: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Limit federal revenue to 18.5% of GDP; and 15% flat tax form: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Tax cuts are an investment in working families: Opposes topic 11 Vetoed 255 spending bills totalling $43M: Opposes topic 11 Bring state spending in line with ability to pay: Strongly Opposes topic 11 1986: Tax cuts to show WI was good place to do business: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Exclude 60% of capital gains from taxation: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Cut $1B in property tax without a general tax increase: Strongly Opposes topic 11 No national sales tax or VAT: Neutral on topic 11 Opposes increasing tax rates: Opposes topic 11
Opposes topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (-3 points on Social scale)	Deport illegal immigrants who have committed felonies: Opposes topic 12 Make English the official language: Opposes topic 12 No amnesty; secure the border first: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Ease Canadian border-crossing rules: Favors topic 12
Favors topic 13: Support & expand free trade (+2 points on Economic scale)	Strong trade policies help keep state economy strong: Favors topic 13 Ease Canadian border-crossing rules: Favors topic 13 Grant fast-track authority to the President: Favors topic 13
No opinion on topic 14: Support American Exceptionalism (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 15: Expand the military (-3 points on Social scale)	24-hour-a-day war on bioterrorism: Favors topic 15
Opposes topic 16: Make voter registration easier (-3 points on Social scale)	Allow voter ID by repealing Help America Vote Act: Strongly Opposes topic 16 Limit individual, corporate, & PAC political contributions: Favors topic 16
No opinion on topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (0 points on Social scale)	Congressional Declaration of War for any use of force: Favors topic 17 Saddam starved Iraqi people of basic health care: Opposes topic 17
Opposes topic 18: Prioritize green energy (+2 points on Economic scale)	Oppose cap-and-trade laws or regulations: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Great emission reduction achieved with voluntary program: Favors topic 18 Funded $170M in “conservation easement” land purchases: Favors topic 18 Replace MTBE in gasoline with cleaner ethanol: Neutral on topic 18 Voluntary partnerships reduce greenhouse gases economically: Neutral on topic 18 Kyoto Treaty must include reductions by all countries: Opposes topic 18
Favors topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (-3 points on Social scale)	Created alternative to prison for 1st time drug offenders: Opposes topic 19 More resources to target meth production: Strongly Favors topic 19 More federal funding for all aspects of Drug War: Favors topic 19
Strongly Opposes topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (+5 points on Economic scale)	Tax-and-spend policies are out of the mainstream: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Addressing runaway spending is defining issue of our day: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Replace alternative minimum tax with flat tax: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Cut taxes 91 times in Wisconsin, totaling $16.7 billion: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Bring state spending in line with ability to pay: Opposes topic 20 1986: Tax cuts to show WI was good place to do business: Opposes topic 20 Cut $1B in property tax without a general tax increase: Strongly Opposes topic 20

Tommy Thompson is a Populist-Leaning Conservative
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