VoteMatch Responses
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VoteMatch Question & Answer
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Strongly Favors
topic 1:
Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right
(+5 points on Social scale)
| Wrong to be more concerned about abortion than child poverty: Favors topic 1
Protect reproductive rights, end all forms of patriarchy: Strongly Favors topic 1 |
No opinion on
topic 2:
Legally require hiring women & minorities
(0 points on Economic scale)
| If you don't have deep solidarity, diversity means little: Opposes topic 2
Focusing on diversity is a very narrow criteria to use: Favors topic 2 |
Strongly Favors
topic 3:
Support transgender and LGBTQ+ rights
(+5 points on Social scale)
| Secure the rights of LGBTQ+ and Trans-Peoples: Strongly Favors topic 3 |
Strongly Favors
topic 4:
America was founded on Christian values
(-5 points on Social scale)
| Everybody could gain by having a relationship with Jesus: Strongly Favors topic 4 |
Strongly Favors
topic 5:
Expand ObamaCare
(-5 points on Economic scale)
| Guarantee health care to all like every other major country: Strongly Favors topic 5
Medicare for all including humane mental healthcare: Strongly Favors topic 5 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 6:
Privatize Social Security
(-5 points on Economic scale)
| Expand Social Security; forgive all student debt: Strongly Opposes topic 6 |
No opinion on
topic 7:
Vouchers for school choice
(0 points on Economic scale)
| (No votes on which to base response) |
No opinion on
topic 8:
Businesses have a right to pollute
(0 points on Social scale)
| (No votes on which to base response) |
Strongly Opposes
topic 9:
Stricter punishment reduces crime
(+5 points on Social scale)
| End surveillance, the drug war, and mass incarceration: Strongly Opposes topic 9
Demilitarize policing: Strongly Opposes topic 9 |
Opposes
topic 10:
Absolute right to gun ownership
(-3 points on Economic scale)
| Good to discuss gun control, but why only with white victims: Opposes topic 10 |
Strongly Favors
topic 11:
Higher taxes on the wealthy
(-5 points on Economic scale)
| Advocates taxing the rich; has $500K+ in federal tax liens: Strongly Favors topic 11 |
Strongly Favors
topic 12:
Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens
(+5 points on Social scale)
| Treat immigrants with same dignity as any other human being: Strongly Favors topic 12
Treat every migrant and asylum seeker with dignity: Strongly Favors topic 12 |
No opinion on
topic 13:
Support & expand free trade
(0 points on Economic scale)
| (No votes on which to base response) |
Strongly Opposes
topic 14:
Stay away from the UN & Globalism
(-5 points on Economic scale)
| America is one of the most anti-intellectual cultures: Strongly Opposes topic 14 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 15:
Peace through Strength
(+5 points on Social scale)
| Cut military spending, dissolve NATO; close foreign bases: Strongly Opposes topic 15 |
Strongly Favors
topic 16:
Make voter registration easier
(+5 points on Social scale)
| Enact Congressional term limits; switch to paper ballots : Favors topic 16
Public financing of elections; eliminate Electoral College: Strongly Favors topic 16 |
Favors
topic 17:
Stay out of foreign wars
(+2 points on Social scale)
| Stop all foreign military aid; close the bases; disband NATO: Strongly Favors topic 17
Pro-Palestinians are accused of being anti-Semitic or naive: Strongly Opposes topic 17
End senseless carnage with diplomatic resolution in Ukraine: Strongly Favors topic 17 |
Strongly Favors
topic 18:
Prioritize green energy
(-5 points on Economic scale)
| Remove oil and gas subsidies, invest in clean energy: Strongly Favors topic 18
Calls for an immediate halt to fossil fuel extraction: Strongly Favors topic 18
Shift from extraction to regenerative and renewable energy: Strongly Favors 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 Favors
topic 20:
Stimulus better than market-led recovery
(-5 points on Economic scale)
| Free college tuition, abolish poverty and houselessness: Strongly Favors topic 20 |