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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)
| Supports abortion rights, but every abortion is a tragedy: Favors topic 1
Keep government away from women's childbearing choices: Strongly Favors topic 1 |
Favors
topic 2:
Legally require hiring women & minorities
(-3 points on Economic scale)
| Address racial healing through Targeted Community Repair: Favors topic 2 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 3:
Support transgender and LGBTQ+ rights
(-5 points on Social scale)
| Against biological males participating in women's sports: Strongly Opposes topic 3 |
Strongly Favors
topic 4:
America was founded on Christian values
(-5 points on Social scale)
| Un-American to end religious exemptions for vaccinations: Strongly Favors topic 4 |
Opposes
topic 5:
Expand ObamaCare
(+2 points on Economic scale)
| We will move from a sick care system to a wellness society: Favors topic 5
Would put Dr. Fauci on trial over COVID vaccines: Strongly Opposes topic 5
Public option not right thing, unless part of single-payer: Opposes topic 5 |
Favors
topic 6:
Privatize Social Security
(+2 points on Economic scale)
| Protect Social Security; needs more study: Favors topic 6 |
Strongly Favors
topic 7:
Vouchers for school choice
(+5 points on Economic scale)
| Invest in public schools but with vouchers & parental choice: Strongly Favors topic 7 |
Opposes
topic 8:
Businesses have a right to pollute
(+2 points on Social scale)
| Riverkeepers: Sue polluters to clean up Hudson River: Strongly Opposes topic 8
Criticizes anti-cryptocurrency policies under Biden: Strongly Favors topic 8
We will protect wild lands from further development: Strongly Opposes topic 8 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 9:
Stricter punishment reduces crime
(+5 points on Social scale)
| Instead of defunding the police, transform the police: Strongly Opposes topic 9
We will never weaponize the law against political opponents: Strongly Opposes topic 9
Release Sirhan Sirhan; doesn't believe he shot RFK: Strongly Opposes topic 9 |
Opposes
topic 10:
Absolute right to gun ownership
(-3 points on Economic scale)
| Mass shootings linked to antidepressants & video games : Favors topic 10
Common sense gun control, and assault weapons ban: Strongly Opposes topic 10 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 11:
Higher taxes on the wealthy
(+5 points on Economic scale)
| Exempt conversion of bitcoin from capital gains taxes : Strongly Opposes topic 11
Stimulate economy without raising taxes: Opposes topic 11 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 12:
Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens
(-5 points on Social scale)
| I will enforce a secure border & expand LEGAL immigration: Strongly Opposes topic 12 |
Favors
topic 13:
Support & expand free trade
(+2 points on Economic scale)
| Industry ruined by 40 years of misguided free trade schemes: Strongly Opposes topic 13
Compete with China and we win without war: Favors topic 13
CHIPS Act: Don't subsidize rich nor cut off trade with China: Strongly Favors topic 13 |
Opposes
topic 14:
Stay away from the UN & Globalism
(-3 points on Economic scale)
| Stop weaponizing the US dollar to avoid world currency: Strongly Opposes topic 14
Our priority will be to restore America's moral leadership: Favors topic 14 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 15:
Peace through Strength
(+5 points on Social scale)
| End the imperial project and attend to what's been neglected: Strongly Opposes topic 15
1960s FBI and CIA posed threats to democracy: Opposes topic 15 |
Favors
topic 16:
Make voter registration easier
(+2 points on Social scale)
| Podcasts allow deplatformed candidates to reach voters: Favors topic 16 |
Favors
topic 17:
Stay out of foreign wars
(+2 points on Social scale)
| End the proxy wars, bombing campaigns, covert operations: Strongly Favors topic 17
Find a diplomatic solution that brings peace to Ukraine: Opposes topic 17
Russia's invasion of Ukraine is brutal; but not "unprovoked": Favors topic 17 |
Favors
topic 18:
Prioritize green energy
(-3 points on Economic scale)
| Incentivize industry to zero-waste cycles, clean energy : Strongly Favors topic 18
Climate crisis used to push totalitarian controls on society: Strongly Opposes topic 18
Stop subsidizing carbon--and nuclear plants cost too much: Strongly Favors topic 18 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 19:
Marijuana is a gateway drug
(+5 points on Social scale)
| End War on Drugs, amnesty for nonviolent drug offenders: Strongly Opposes topic 19
Federally decriminalize cannabis : Strongly Opposes topic 19
War on Drugs creates desperate conditions south of border: Opposes topic 19 |
Strongly Favors
topic 20:
Stimulus better than market-led recovery
(-5 points on Economic scale)
| Shift budget from military to domestic spending: Favors topic 20
American economy is in trouble�for most people: Favors topic 20
Our kids can't buy homes because of corporate accumulation: Favors topic 20
Guaranteed 3% mortgage for first-time homebuyers: Strongly Favors topic 20 |