Richard Douglas on SenateMatch | |
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topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (-3 points on Social scale) | Defending unborn life is not extremist: Opposes topic 1 |
No opinion on
topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (0 points on Economic scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
Opposes
topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (-3 points on Social scale) | Traditional marriage produces healthy well-adjusted children: Opposes 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 Opposes
topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (+5 points on Economic scale) | ObamaCare corrodes American consensus and consent: Strongly Opposes topic 5 |
No opinion on
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) | (No votes on which to base response) |
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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 (0 points on Social scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
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topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (0 points on Economic scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
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topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (0 points on Economic scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
Strongly Opposes
topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (-5 points on Social scale) | Decriminalize hiring American; protect them from foreigners: Strongly Opposes topic 12 |
No opinion on
topic 13: Support & expand free trade (0 points on Economic scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
Strongly Favors
topic 14: Support American Exceptionalism (+5 points on Economic scale) | Reform policies on Russian aggression, ISIS, Syria, and Iran: Strongly Favors topic 14 |
Favors
topic 15: Expand the military (-3 points on Social scale) | Senate weakness leaves us vulnerable to threats: Favors topic 15 |
No opinion on
topic 16: Make voter registration easier (0 points on Social scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
Opposes
topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (-3 points on Social scale) | When the Senate fails, Iran gets the bomb: Opposes topic 17 If the Senate fails, we fail, like Iran nuke deal: Opposes topic 17 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 18: Prioritize green energy (+5 points on Economic scale) | Vote YES on Keystone pipeline; it's a call to arms: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Build Keystone and other common sense fossil fuel solutions: Strongly Opposes topic 18 |
Strongly Favors
topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (-5 points on Social scale) | Served as counter-narcotics deputy under George W. Bush: Strongly Favors topic 19 |
Opposes
topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (+2 points on Economic scale) | Balanced federal budget is an eminently achievable goal: Opposes topic 20 |