Cory Booker on VoteMatch

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No opinion on topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (-3 points on Economic scale)	Supports Women, Minority and Small Business Assistance: Strongly Favors topic 2 Until college, tolerated gays but was disgusted personally: Opposes topic 2 Growing up gay today is like growing up Black decades ago: Strongly Favors topic 2
Strongly Favors topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (+5 points on Social scale)	Equal marriage rights for same-sex couples are coming: Strongly Favors topic 3 Equal marriage rights for same-sex couples are coming: Strongly Favors topic 3
Opposes topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (+2 points on Social scale)	Resided in housing project after law school, to help tenants: Opposes topic 4
Strongly Favors topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (-5 points on Economic scale)	We need a national solution and also local solutions: Favors topic 5 Newark Rx: affordable medications for uninsured Newarkers: Strongly Favors topic 5
No opinion on topic 6: Privatize Social Security (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (+2 points on Economic scale)	Brother runs a charter school in inner-city Memphis: Favors topic 7 Charters & alternatives for persistently failing schools: Favors topic 7 Vouchers and charters can work in inner cities: Favors topic 7
Opposes topic 8: Human needs over animal rights (+2 points on Social scale)	Businesses realize a return on our infrastructure investment: Opposes topic 8 Save our environment while creating jobs and wealth: Opposes topic 8
Favors topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (-3 points on Social scale)	Ran off armed assailant: "Not in our city anymore!": Favors topic 9 Got celebrities to donate cash for police equipment: Favors topic 9 ReLeSe: Pro bono legal services to ex-offenders: Opposes topic 9
Opposes topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (-3 points on Economic scale)	Insane to carry concealed loaded weapons cross-state: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Coalition "Mayors Against Illegal Guns"; Keep state laws: Strongly Opposes topic 10 $1,000 reward for crime tips leading to gun recovery: Favors topic 10
Favors topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (-3 points on Economic scale)	Replace spending with tax incentives to stimulate hiring: Opposes topic 11 Raise taxes because quick fix of cuts wasn't enough: Favors topic 11 One-time building sale, plus tax increase, to balance budget: Favors topic 11 Budget crisis: cut $60M in spending; cut municipal taxes: Opposes topic 11 Assist beneficiaries with earned income tax credit: Favors topic 11
Strongly Favors topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (+5 points on Social scale)	Blocking the DREAM Act is crazy; it's how we built America: Strongly Favors topic 12 Against involving city police in immigration matters: Strongly Favors topic 12 Against involving city police in immigration matters: Favors topic 12
No opinion on topic 13: Support & expand free trade (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 14: Maintain US sovereignty from UN (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Opposes topic 15: Expand the military (+2 points on Social scale)	Incentives to train & hire troops returning home: Opposes topic 15
No opinion on topic 16: Stricter limits on political campaign funds (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 17: Stay out of Iran (+5 points on Social scale)	We're spending billions on a war based on unjust pretenses: Strongly Favors topic 17
Strongly Favors topic 18: Prioritize green energy (-5 points on Economic scale)	Create green economy with lower carbon output: Strongly Favors topic 18
Strongly Opposes topic 19: Never legalize marijuana (+5 points on Social scale)	The war on drugs has failed; support medical marijuana: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Community courts for minor crimes like drug possession: Opposes topic 19
Favors topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (+2 points on Economic scale)	Raise taxes because quick fix of cuts wasn't enough: Favors topic 20 One-time building sale, plus tax increase, to balance budget: Favors topic 20