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VoteMatch Question & Answer
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Based on these stances:
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Strongly Favors
topic 1:
Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right
(+5 points on Social scale)
| Require half the legislature be female for new abortion laws: Strongly Favors topic 1 |
Strongly Favors
topic 2:
Legally require hiring women & minorities
(-5 points on Economic scale)
| State should license black farmers for medical marijuana: Strongly Favors topic 2 |
Strongly Favors
topic 3:
Comfortable with same-sex marriage
(+5 points on Social scale)
| Updated personnel policies to ban LGBTQ discrimination: Strongly Favors topic 3
Banning transgender kids in sports is peddling hate: 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) |
Favors
topic 5:
Expand ObamaCare
(-3 points on Economic scale)
| Criticized Florida AG for joining anti-ACA lawsuit: 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)
| (No votes on which to base response) |
Strongly Opposes
topic 8:
Fight EPA regulatory over-reach
(+5 points on Social scale)
| Initiated a plan to phase out the use of Styrofoam products: Strongly Opposes topic 8
Asks that manatees again be listed as "endangered" species: Strongly Opposes topic 8
State needs to deal with potentially polluting gypsum stacks: Strongly Opposes topic 8 |
Opposes
topic 9:
Stricter punishment reduces crime
(+2 points on Social scale)
| Supported posthumous clemency for Groveland Four: Opposes topic 9 |
Opposes
topic 10:
Absolute right to gun ownership
(-3 points on Economic scale)
| Kicked the NRA out of weapons license permitting: Strongly Opposes topic 10
Supports common-sense gun violence prevention reforms: Opposes topic 10
Kicked the NRA out of weapons license permitting: Strongly Opposes topic 10
Holds medical marijuana card and concealed-weapons permit: Favors topic 10 |
No opinion on
topic 11:
Higher taxes on the wealthy
(0 points on Economic scale)
| (No votes on which to base response) |
Strongly Favors
topic 12:
Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens
(+5 points on Social scale)
| Fought against Florida ban on "sanctuary cities": Strongly Favors topic 12 |
Opposes
topic 13:
Support & expand free trade
(-3 points on Economic scale)
| Opposed Trump trade deal, foreign produce dumping: Opposes topic 13 |
No opinion on
topic 14:
Support American Exceptionalism
(0 points on Economic scale)
| (No votes on which to base response) |
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)
| Republicans engage in voter suppression: Strongly Favors topic 16
Would reverse restrictions on voting rights: Strongly Favors topic 16 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 17:
Avoid foreign entanglements
(-5 points on Social scale)
| I am supporting the American-Israeli relationship: Strongly Opposes topic 17 |
Favors
topic 18:
Prioritize green energy
(-3 points on Economic scale)
| Proposed a state-federal partnership on carbon farming: Strongly Favors topic 18
Middle of the road policies got C-minus from Sierra Club: Opposes topic 18 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 19:
Marijuana is a gateway drug
(+5 points on Social scale)
| Advocated for medical marijuana & legalization: Strongly Opposes topic 19
As lobbyist, helped legalize smokable medical cannabis: Strongly Opposes topic 19
Advocated for medical marijuana & legalization: Strongly Opposes topic 19 |
Favors
topic 20:
Stimulus better than market-led recovery
(-3 points on Economic scale)
| We need to be bringing in new industries to our state: Favors topic 20 |