John F. Kennedy 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)
Strongly Favors topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (-5 points on Economic scale)	1961: created Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity: Strongly Favors topic 2 Encouraged federal offices to hire blacks: Strongly Favors topic 2 1960s: hasten school desegregation; integrate public places: Strongly Favors topic 2 Impatient for school desegregation in early 1960s: Strongly Favors topic 2 Civil rights in public, not private intermarriage: Favors topic 2
No opinion on topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Opposes topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (+5 points on Social scale)	1960: separate Catholic identity from public life: Strongly Opposes topic 4 Pray ourselves, if courts won't allow school prayer: Strongly Opposes topic 4
Strongly Favors topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (-5 points on Economic scale)	Attempted unsuccessfully to create retirement-based Medicare: Strongly Favors topic 5
Opposes topic 6: Privatize Social Security (-3 points on Economic scale)	1962: Increased minimum wage and Social Security benefits: Opposes topic 6
Strongly Opposes topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (-5 points on Economic scale)	1950s: Supported federal aid to parochial schools: Strongly Favors topic 7 Refused any federal financial help to parochial schools: Strongly Opposes topic 7 Refused any federal financial help to parochial schools: Strongly Opposes topic 7 Liberty without learning is always in peril: Opposes topic 7 Aid to Education Bill defeated when private schools excluded: Strongly Opposes topic 7 1963 Higher Education Act: more grants; more colleges: Strongly Opposes topic 7 Comprehensive education from pre-school to post-college: Opposes topic 7
Strongly Opposes topic 8: Human needs over animal rights (+5 points on Social scale)	1962: Supported anti-DDT conclusions of "Silent Spring": Strongly Opposes topic 8 Youth Conservation Corps: develop outdoor resources: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Invest in facilities for the important resources of the seas: Strongly Opposes topic 8
No opinion on topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Opposes topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (+2 points on Economic scale)	1962: Paradoxically raise revenues by cutting tax rates: Opposes topic 11 Heavy deficit spending to recover from 1961 recession: Favors topic 11 1961: We need tax cut to keep drive from running out of gas: Opposes topic 11 Lower top income tax rate from 91% to 65%: Favors topic 11 Cut personal & corporate taxes to stimulate economy: Opposes topic 11
Strongly Favors topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (+5 points on Social scale)	1950s: Voted for liberalized immigration laws: Favors topic 12 We say same of Mexicans that we said about Irish & Italians: Favors topic 12 Opponents have called to stop immigration since 1797: Strongly Favors topic 12 Limiting specific nations defies "all men are created equal": Strongly Favors topic 12 National origin quotas are indefensible racial preferences: Strongly Favors topic 12 Remove distinction between native-born & naturalized citizen: Strongly Favors topic 12
Opposes topic 13: Support & expand free trade (-3 points on Economic scale)	Send surplus wheat to Russians, while subsidizing US farmers: Opposes topic 13
Strongly Opposes topic 14: Maintain US sovereignty from UN (-5 points on Social scale)	"World safe for diversity", instead of "safe for democracy": Strongly Opposes topic 14 1961: Created the Peace Corps: Strongly Opposes topic 14 Alianza para el Progreso: development aid for Latin America: Opposes topic 14
Favors topic 15: Expand the military (-3 points on Social scale)	Increase military spending to fight domino effect in SE Asia: Favors topic 15 1963: Test Ban Treaty: no nukes in space nor oceans: Opposes topic 15 Defense spending should not be limited by budget amount: Strongly Favors topic 15 Increased defense spending, but also increased efficiency: Favors topic 15 Increased anti-guerilla forces; founded the Green Berets: Favors 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)
No opinion on topic 17: Stay out of Iran (0 points on Social scale)	1963: Planned to remove all troops from Vietnam by 1965: Favors topic 17 Bay of Pigs defeat enhanced Castro's stature: Opposes topic 17
Favors topic 18: Prioritize green energy (-3 points on Economic scale)	Supplement oil resources with atomic energy: Favors topic 18
No opinion on topic 19: Never legalize marijuana (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (+5 points on Economic scale)	Heavy deficit spending to recover from 1961 recession: Strongly Favors topic 20 1961: Added 13-week unemployment benefits in recession: Strongly Favors topic 20 Cut personal & corporate taxes to stimulate economy: Strongly Opposes topic 20 More interested in federal programs than in cutting deficit: Strongly Favors topic 20 Government programs help people do what they can't do alone: Strongly Favors topic 20