Gloria La Riva on VoteMatch

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Strongly Favors topic 1: Abortion is a woman's right (+5 points on Social scale)	Defend women's reproductive rights & abortion on demand: Strongly Favors topic 1
Strongly Favors topic 2: Require hiring more women & minorities (-5 points on Economic scale)	Affirmative action is under attack just when redress began: Strongly Favors topic 2 Pay reparations, with interest, for slavery: Strongly Favors topic 2
Strongly Favors topic 3: Same-sex domestic partnership benefits (+5 points on Social scale)	Equal marriage rights for all LGBT: Strongly Favors topic 3
No opinion on topic 4: Teacher-led prayer in public schools (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 8: Death Penalty (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Opposes topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (+5 points on Social scale)	Eliminate the racist prison-industrial complex: Strongly Opposes topic 9
No opinion on topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (-5 points on Economic scale)	Free quality health care for all: Strongly Favors topic 5 Create a universal healthcare system: Strongly Favors topic 5
Strongly Favors topic 6: Privatize Social Security (+5 points on Economic scale)	No privatization of Social Security: Strongly Favors topic 6
Strongly Opposes topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (-5 points on Economic scale)	Privatizing schools is just to reap profit: Strongly Opposes topic 7
Strongly Favors topic 18: Replace coal & oil with alternatives (-5 points on Economic scale)	Our planet is facing a crisis from carbon dioxide build-up: Strongly Favors topic 18 Cap-and-trade allows polluters the right to pollute: Favors topic 18
Strongly Opposes topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (+5 points on Social scale)	Disability pay for people in substance abuse programs: Strongly Opposes topic 19
Strongly Opposes topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (-5 points on Economic scale)	Rational social & economic planning, rather than "market": Strongly Opposes topic 20
No opinion on topic 11: Make taxes more progressive (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 12: Illegal immigrants earn citizenship (+5 points on Social scale)	Full rights and equality for all undocumented immigrants: Strongly Favors topic 12
Strongly Opposes topic 13: Support & expand free trade (-5 points on Economic scale)	Free trade enriches capitalists and displaces humans: Strongly Opposes topic 13
Strongly Opposes topic 15: Expand the armed forces (+5 points on Social scale)	Transfer billions from Pentagon budget to jobs: Strongly 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 14: The Patriot Act harms civil liberties (+5 points on Social scale)	The Patriot Act is racist profiling: Strongly Favors topic 14
Strongly Favors topic 17: US out of Iraq (+5 points on Social scale)	Replace US global domination with solidarity among peoples: Favors topic 17 Exit Iraq immediately, and pay reparations: Strongly Favors topic 17