Tony Evers on VoteMatch

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Strongly Favors topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (+5 points on Social scale)	Government out of women's personal health decisions: Strongly Favors topic 1 Veto requiring false information given to abortion patients: Strongly Favors topic 1 Challenge 1849 law: overturn state abortion ban: Strongly Favors topic 1 I will veto any bill that takes away reproductive freedom: Strongly Favors topic 1 Fought like hell to restore access to safe, legal abortion: Strongly Favors topic 1
Strongly Favors topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (-5 points on Economic scale)	Ordered agencies to create equity and inclusion plans: Strongly Favors topic 2
Strongly Favors topic 3: Support transgender and LGBTQ+ rights (+5 points on Social scale)	Fight clandestine discrimination against LGBTQ people: Strongly Favors topic 3 Will veto any bill that makes Wisconsin less inclusive: Strongly Favors topic 3 All Wisconsinites should be able to marry who they love: Strongly Favors topic 3
No opinion on topic 4: America was founded on Christian values (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (-5 points on Economic scale)	Support ObamaCare; support Medicaid expansion: Strongly Favors topic 5 Healthy Communities Initiative: increase access via Medicaid: Strongly Favors topic 5 Exit Obamacare lawsuit; keep pre-existing coverage: Strongly Favors topic 5 Fund state alternatives to ObamaCare: Opposes topic 5 No one should call an ambulance and wonder if it will come: Strongly Favors topic 5 Veto discrimination by providers in direct care agreements: Strongly Favors topic 5 New resources to expand school-based mental health services: Favors topic 5 We're going to develop a statewide Mental Health Action Plan: Strongly Favors topic 5 Remove the sales tax on over-the-counter medications: Strongly Favors topic 5 No work requirement for adults under 50 receiving Medicaid: Strongly Favors topic 5
No opinion on topic 6: Privatize Social Security (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Opposes topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (-5 points on Economic scale)	Increase school funding $1.4B; freeze charters: Strongly Opposes topic 7 $600M to restore special needs funding: Strongly Opposes topic 7 COVID: Hold schools harmless for enrollment reductions: Opposes topic 7 Invest $20 million to increase literacy-related programming: Strongly Opposes topic 7 New public school funding for mental health services: Strongly Opposes topic 7
Strongly Opposes topic 8: Businesses have a right to pollute (+5 points on Social scale)	More than $100M to take a three-pronged approach on PFAS: Strongly Opposes topic 8
No opinion on topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (0 points on Social scale)	Granted the first pardons in our state in nine years: Strongly Opposes topic 9 As long as I'm governor, we back the blue!: Favors topic 9 Reform laws to help victims of sex trafficking: Strongly Favors topic 9 Veto increase placement in Serious Juvenile Offender Program: Strongly Opposes topic 9 AdWatch: should have fired teacher caught viewing porn: Favors topic 9
Strongly Opposes topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (-5 points on Economic scale)	Universal background checks; ban bump stocks: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Responsible gun owners don't worry about red flag laws : Strongly Opposes topic 10 Take steps to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people: Strongly Opposes topic 10
Strongly Favors topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (-5 points on Economic scale)	Cap corporate credit to pay for tax relief: Strongly Favors topic 11 $130 million tax relief through child/caregiver tax credits: Favors topic 11 State workers should contact lawyer if ICE shows up: Favors topic 11 Raise taxes on wealthy to pay for public services: Strongly Favors topic 11 Provided a 10% tax cut for Wisconsin families: Opposes topic 11 15% middle class tax cut of largest in state history: Favors topic 11 Big tax breaks for wealthiest 20% of earners is reckless: Strongly Favors topic 11 Signed tax relief primarily targeted to the middle class: Favors topic 11
Strongly Favors topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (+5 points on Social scale)	Protect DREAMers brought to US illegally as kids: Strongly Favors topic 12
Strongly Favors topic 13: Support & expand free trade (+5 points on Economic scale)	Opposes Trump's tariffs on China: Favors topic 13 Build Wisconsin's dairy brand in international markets: Strongly Favors topic 13 Trump's tariffs are not good for our country, simple as that: Strongly Favors topic 13
No opinion on topic 14: Stay away from the UN & Globalism (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 15: Peace through Strength (-5 points on Social scale)	$5 million for mental health and wellness for National Guard: Strongly Favors topic 15
Strongly Favors topic 16: Make voter registration easier (+5 points on Social scale)	Close the chapter of voter suppression in Wisconsin: Strongly Favors topic 16 Create a nonpartisan redistricting commission: Strongly Favors topic 16 End gerrymandering, stop legislature from destroying records: Strongly Favors topic 16 We begin with a new Legislature elected under new, fair maps: Strongly Favors topic 16
No opinion on topic 17: Stay out of foreign wars (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 18: Prioritize green energy (-5 points on Economic scale)	Global warming is a real, serious threat: Strongly Favors topic 18 We brought science back to the state of Wisconsin: Favors topic 18
Strongly Opposes topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (+5 points on Social scale)	Legalize medical use; referendum on recreational use: Strongly Opposes topic 19
Strongly Favors topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (-5 points on Economic scale)	$40 million for Rural Innovation Fund: Strongly Favors topic 20 Use surplus to give $150 surplus refund to every resident: Strongly Favors topic 20 $150M for small business & Innovation Grants: Strongly Favors topic 20 Republicans should release $125M funding to combat PFAS: Strongly Favors topic 20 54% of Wisconsinites today live in a child care desert: Strongly Favors topic 20 Make sure every kid has a healthy breakfast and lunch: Strongly Favors topic 20 Incentivize in-state pharmaceutical, medical equipment: Strongly Favors topic 20

Tony Evers is a Hard-Core Liberal
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