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)
| Disagrees with son: she's pro-choice, he's pro-life: Strongly Favors topic 1 |
Strongly Favors
topic 2:
Legally require hiring women & minorities
(-5 points on Economic scale)
| Confident black women inadvertently intimidate certain men: Favors topic 2
Senate blocked police reforms & new Voting Rights Act: Strongly Favors topic 2
Diversity is America's strength, including national security: Strongly Favors topic 2 |
Strongly Favors
topic 3:
Comfortable with same-sex marriage
(+5 points on Social scale)
| Under Obama LGBT employees treated same as co-workers: Strongly Favors topic 3 |
No opinion on
topic 4:
Keep God in the public sphere
(0 points on Social scale)
| (No votes on which to base response) |
Strongly Favors
topic 5:
Expand ObamaCare
(-5 points on Economic scale)
| Prepared "pandemic for dummies" playbook for successors: Strongly Favors topic 5
Under Obama we foresaw pandemics & prepared for them: Strongly Favors topic 5 |
No opinion on
topic 6:
Privatize Social Security
(0 points on Economic scale)
| (No votes on which to base response) |
No opinion on
topic 7:
Vouchers for school choice
(0 points on Economic scale)
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No opinion on
topic 8:
Fight EPA regulatory over-reach
(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)
| Supports George Floyd Justice in Policing Act: Strongly Opposes topic 9 |
No opinion on
topic 10:
Absolute right to gun ownership
(0 points on Economic scale)
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No opinion on
topic 11:
Higher taxes on the wealthy
(0 points on Economic scale)
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No opinion on
topic 12:
Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens
(0 points on Social scale)
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Strongly Favors
topic 13:
Support & expand free trade
(+5 points on Economic scale)
| Deal with challenge from China in lockstep with allies: Strongly Favors topic 13
US beneficiary of free trade; don't cede leadership to China: Strongly Favors topic 13 |
No opinion on
topic 14:
Support American Exceptionalism
(0 points on Economic scale)
| Coronavirus: Crisis should explode myth of "America First": Strongly Opposes topic 14
Viruses have no nationality and respect no borders: Opposes topic 14
Worked to bring allies together to address challenges: Strongly Favors topic 14
Fierce love of country should override disagreements: Favors topic 14 |
Favors
topic 15:
Expand the military
(-3 points on Social scale)
| Withdrawal of troops from Germany is special gift to Putin: Strongly Favors topic 15
Use civilians where possible; military reserves predictably: Opposes topic 15
Military should convert from conventional war to new needs: Strongly Favors topic 15 |
Strongly Favors
topic 16:
Make voter registration easier
(+5 points on Social scale)
| 2020 Election: Our democracy has held: Strongly Favors topic 16
Supports National Voter Registration Day: Favors topic 16 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 17:
Avoid foreign entanglements
(-5 points on Social scale)
| Foreign economic & domestic imperatives deeply intertwined: Strongly Opposes topic 17
As Rhodes Scholar, urged divesting from South Africa: Strongly Opposes topic 17
1994: Regrets no U.S. intervention in Rwandan genocide: Opposes topic 17
Russia may have helped stir up violent protests: Strongly Opposes topic 17
Fell short in Libya by failing to be engaged in aftermath: Strongly Opposes topic 17
Humanitarian crisis: sometimes intervene, sometimes not: Opposes topic 17
Small U.S. military presence in Syria fought ISIS threat: Opposes topic 17
We sold out the Kurds in Syria: Strongly Opposes topic 17 |
Strongly Favors
topic 18:
Prioritize green energy
(-5 points on Economic scale)
| Failed to take climate change seriously, now making efforts: Strongly Favors topic 18 |
Opposes
topic 19:
Marijuana is a gateway drug
(+2 points on Social scale)
| Admitted to past drug use, none since 1990: Opposes topic 19 |
No opinion on
topic 20:
Stimulus better than market-led recovery
(0 points on Economic scale)
| (No votes on which to base response) |