Jon Ossoff on SenateMatch

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Strongly Favors topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (+5 points on Social scale)	Will only confirm judges pledged to uphold Roe v. Wade: Strongly Favors topic 1 Will only vote to confirm judges who will uphold Roe v. Wade: Strongly Favors topic 1 Defend a woman's right to choose and Planned Parenthood: Strongly Favors topic 1 Judicially liberal, according to CC survey: Favors topic 1 Pro-Planned Parenthood, according to CC survey: Strongly Favors topic 1 Anti-parental notification, according to CC survey: Favors topic 1 Pro-choice, according to PVS survey: Strongly Favors topic 1
Strongly Favors topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (-5 points on Economic scale)	We need a new Civil Rights Act to deal with systemic bias: Strongly Favors topic 2 Can no longer go down a path of racism: Favors topic 2
Strongly Favors topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (+5 points on Social scale)	Endorsed by Human Rights Campaign: Strongly Favors topic 3 Supports LGBTQ rights & Equality Act: Strongly Favors topic 3 For Equality Act, opposes any military ban: Strongly Favors topic 3 Fight discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation: Strongly Favors topic 3 Pro-transgender bathrooms, according to CC survey: Favors topic 3
Favors topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (-3 points on Social scale)	His faith informs his approach to politics: Favors topic 4
Strongly Favors topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (-5 points on Economic scale)	Supports public option over Medicare-for-All: Strongly Favors topic 5 Improve ACA, not repeal it: Strongly Favors topic 5 COVID: Trump's response "gross incompetence": Strongly Favors topic 5 COVID: out of control because government ignored science: Strongly Favors topic 5 Expand Medicaid, invest in new public health clinics: Strongly Favors topic 5 Will oppose ongoing efforts to defund Medicare: Strongly Favors topic 5 Empower Medicare to negotiate lower drug prices: Strongly Favors topic 5 More federal support for eldercare in America: Strongly Favors topic 5 Ensure all Americans have insurance, for public option: Strongly Favors topic 5 Defend Medicare and Medicaid and affordable health care: Strongly Favors topic 5 Maintain funding for CDC pandemic infrastructure: Favors topic 5 Pro-ObamaCare, according to PVS survey: Favors topic 5
Strongly Opposes topic 6: Privatize Social Security (-5 points on Economic scale)	Strengthen and protect Social Security benefits: Strongly Opposes topic 6 A civilized nation cannot abandon its elders to destitution: Opposes topic 6 Pro-entitlement, according to PVS survey: Strongly Opposes topic 6
Strongly Opposes topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (-5 points on Economic scale)	Hire great teachers, and reduce class sizes: Strongly Opposes topic 7
Opposes topic 8: Fight EPA regulatory over-reach (+2 points on Social scale)	Reverse Trump rollbacks of environmental standards: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Aggressive protection of endangered species and habitats: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Investigate failures to enforce environmental laws: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Pro-GHG restrictions, according to PVS survey: Strongly Favors topic 8
Strongly Opposes topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (+5 points on Social scale)	Establish national standards for use of force by police: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Crimes under Trump: act prudently, but accountability: Favors topic 9 Demilitarize the police; ban private prisons: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Reverse militarization of police; ban private prisons: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Don't defund the police; answer is to reform the police: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Task forces to fight organized crime & political corruption: Opposes topic 9 Defund the police, according to CC survey: Strongly Opposes topic 9
Strongly Opposes topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (-5 points on Economic scale)	Endorsed by Everytown for Gun Safety: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Supports background checks, assault weapon ban: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Background checks; red flag laws; assault weapon ban: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Pro-gun rights, according to CC survey: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Pro-gun control, according to PVS survey: Opposes topic 10
Favors topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (-3 points on Economic scale)	Doesn't support increase in income tax rates: Strongly Opposes topic 11 We borrow trillions to cut taxes for the wealthy: Strongly Favors topic 11 Lower taxes for all but the wealthiest Americans: Strongly Favors topic 11 Reduce tax burden on small businesses & simplify tax filing: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Undo tax cuts, according to CC survey: Strongly Favors topic 11 Tax to balance budget, according to PVS survey: Favors topic 11
Strongly Favors topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (+5 points on Social scale)	DREAMers are Americans and here to stay: Strongly Favors topic 12 Strengthen borders, path for undocumented immigrants: Strongly Favors topic 12 Unconstitutional to slander or ban entire religious groups: Strongly Favors topic 12 Anti-border security, according to CC survey: Favors topic 12 Anti-border wall, according to PVS survey: Strongly Favors topic 12
No opinion on topic 13: Support & expand free trade (0 points on Economic scale)	Attack unfair practices by overseas competitors: Favors topic 13 Empower our community's businesses to compete globally: Opposes topic 13
Strongly Opposes topic 14: Support American Exceptionalism (-5 points on Economic scale)	Defend the NATO alliance & multinational military exercises: Strongly Opposes topic 14
No opinion on topic 15: Expand the military (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 16: Make voter registration easier (+5 points on Social scale)	End Citizens United; get dark money out of politics: Strongly Favors topic 16 We need a new Voting Rights Act: Strongly Favors topic 16 Trying to take away sacred right to vote is disgraceful: Strongly Favors topic 16 Investigate corrupt politicians and organized crime: Strongly Favors topic 16
Opposes topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (-3 points on Social scale)	Supports Israel, continuing U.S. military aid: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Supports blocking arm sales to Saudi Arabia: Favors topic 17 US should play active role in Israel/Palestine diplomacy: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Avoid reckless, destabilizing missteps like the Iraq War: Strongly Favors topic 17 Destroy ISIS without deploying regular US ground forces: Opposes topic 17 Stay out of Israeli wars, according to CC survey: Favors topic 17
Strongly Favors topic 18: Prioritize green energy (-5 points on Economic scale)	Climate change is a major threat, invest in clean energy: Strongly Favors topic 18 Human-driven climate change threatens global prosperity: Strongly Favors topic 18 Pro-renewable energy, according to PVS survey: Strongly Favors topic 18
Strongly Opposes topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (+5 points on Social scale)	Past time to legalize, regulate, and tax cannabis: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Locking up nonviolent drug offenders doesn't make sense: Strongly Opposes topic 19
Strongly Favors topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (-5 points on Economic scale)	COVID: Another round of $1,200 stimulus checks: Strongly Favors topic 20 Republican Senate will mean paralysis and gridlock: Strongly Favors topic 20 For stricter government oversight; cut duplicate programs: Opposes topic 20 More regulation of banks, reinstate Glass-Steagall Act: Strongly Favors topic 20 COVID: Put families & small business ahead on relief: Strongly Favors topic 20 COVID: we need more direct relief from federal government: Strongly Favors topic 20 Fund public media, guarantee editorial independence: Strongly Favors topic 20 Pro-stimulus spending, according to PVS survey: Strongly Favors topic 20

Jon Ossoff is a Hard-Core Liberal
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