Kevin Faulconer on VoteMatch | |
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Strongly Favors
topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (+5 points on Social scale) | Pro-choice, pro-marriage equality, pro-gun control: Strongly Favors topic 1 |
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topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (-5 points on Economic scale) | Only one-sixth of staff are white, heterosexual males: Strongly Favors topic 2 |
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topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (+2 points on Social scale) | Called on Congress to adopt LGBTQ rights legislation: Strongly Favors topic 3 Keep treatment of LGBTQ young adults as sex offenders: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Supported same-sex marriage, LGBTQ rights legislation: Strongly Favors topic 3 |
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topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (0 points on Social scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
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topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (0 points on Economic scale) | COVID: I do not favor mandates; I favor education: Opposes topic 5 COVID: For vaccinating everyone, but not mandating: Favors topic 5 |
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topic 6: Privatize Social Security (0 points on Economic scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
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topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (0 points on Economic scale) | COVID: School closings not based on science: Favors topic 7 Better teacher salaries, give them tools they need: Opposes topic 7 |
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topic 8: Fight EPA regulatory over-reach (0 points on Social scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
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topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (-5 points on Social scale) | Won't forget your safety is the government's top priority: Favors topic 9 I strongly support the death penalty in California: Strongly Favors topic 9 We didn't defund police, we hired more and kept us safe: Strongly Favors topic 9 Time to have a governor who is going to put victims first: Strongly Favors topic 9 |
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topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (-3 points on Economic scale) | City gun storage law enacted without his signature: Neutral on topic 10 Keep California's tight restrictions, no need for changes: Strongly Opposes topic 10 |
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Strongly Opposes
topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (+5 points on Economic scale) | He will veto any tax increase that comes to his desk: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Incumbent backed higher taxes and destroyed jobs: Strongly Opposes topic 11 |
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topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (0 points on Social scale) | DREAMers are living in only country they've ever known: Strongly Favors topic 12 Repeal Medicaid expansion to undocumented immigrants: Strongly Opposes topic 12 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 13: Support & expand free trade (+5 points on Economic scale) | Supported USMCA trade pact, chaired pro-trade group: Strongly Favors topic 13 NAFTA has been phenomenally successful: Strongly Favors topic 13 |
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topic 14: Support American Exceptionalism (0 points on Economic scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
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topic 15: Expand the military (-3 points on Social scale) | Helping Our Heroes: exempt military retirement from taxes: Favors topic 15 |
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topic 16: Make voter registration easier (0 points on Social scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
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topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (0 points on Social scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
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topic 18: Prioritize green energy (-3 points on Economic scale) | Unleash technological might to become energy independent: Favors topic 18 |
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topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (0 points on Social scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
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Strongly Opposes
topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (+5 points on Economic scale) | COVID: important that we save both lives and livelihoods: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Conduct a top-to-bottom review of spending: Opposes topic 20 Cut red tape; promote policies to get people off the street: Opposes topic 20 Would veto elimination of single-family zoning: Strongly Opposes topic 20 |
Kevin Faulconer is a Centrist
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