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Strongly Opposes topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (-5 points on Social scale)	We continue to slaughter 4,000 babies a day: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Under my presidency, life would be really deemed precious: Strongly Opposes topic 1 If GOP capitulates on life, they lose voters like me: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Pro-life includes improving life after birth: Opposes topic 1 Outlaw all abortions; err on the side of life: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Even Americans who are pro-choice are pro-life: Strongly Favors topic 1 Supports woman’s right-to-know legislation: Opposes topic 1 Abortions are legal but they're NOT safe: Strongly Opposes topic 1 By deciding abortion is OK, we're our own god: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Apply Constitutional rights from conception: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Abortion should be illegal but not criminal: Opposes topic 1 Litmus test for Supreme Court justices on rights of unborn: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Apply 5th and 14th amendments to unborn child: Strongly Opposes topic 1 As president, would push for the repeal of Roe v. Wade: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Will lead fight for constitutional ban on abortion: Strongly Opposes topic 1 No states rights for moral issues like abortion: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Led Arkansas to human life amendment in state constitution: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Pro-life, but respects choice as mandated law: Opposes topic 1 End Planned Parenthood funding by tying to debt limit vote: Strongly Opposes topic 1 No tax funding for organizations that promote abortion: Opposes topic 1 Eliminate public funding for abortion organizations: Strongly Opposes topic 1
Opposes topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (+2 points on Economic scale)	South Carolina was right to remove the confederate flag: Strongly Favors topic 2 Banning confederate flag is an issue for the states: Opposes topic 2 Chivalry is respect for women, not sexism: Opposes topic 2 No affirmative action for state contracts nor colleges: Strongly Opposes topic 2 Women's liberation resulted in women's impoverishment: Strongly Opposes topic 2 Support principles embodied in the Equal Rights Amendment: Favors topic 2
Strongly Opposes topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (-5 points on Social scale)	The court's ruling on gay marriage was unconstitutional: Strongly Opposes topic 3 No paid transgender surgery for members of the military: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Military is not social experiment: no transgendered soldiers: Opposes topic 3 Don't force children to accept transgender choice by others: Opposes topic 3 Amendment to overturn Supreme Court decision on gay marriage: Strongly Opposes topic 3 If GOP abdicates on gay marriage, they lose guys like me: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Supreme Court can't allow gay marriage all by itself: Opposes topic 3 Opposes “hate crimes” legislation: Opposes topic 3 Marriage relationship between one man, one woman, for life: Strongly Opposes topic 3 No “sexual orientation” in Employment Non-Discrimination Act: Opposes topic 3 Gay tolerance reflects lack of fixed societal standards: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Respect gay couples but no gay adoptions: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Signed legislation outlawing same-sex marriage in Arkansas: Strongly Opposes topic 3 No civil unions; only one-man-one-woman marriage: Strongly Opposes topic 3
Strongly Favors topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (-5 points on Social scale)	Free speech should include Christian worldview: Strongly Favors topic 4 Shift federal social programs to church, family, & community: Strongly Favors topic 4 Impeach judges for barring legislature prayers to Jesus: Favors topic 4 No Fairness Doctrine: no equal time if morally objectionable: Favors topic 4 Ending school prayer was one step in society’s moral decay: Strongly Favors topic 4 Teach kids immovable standards of right & wrong: Strongly Favors topic 4 Incorporate character education into school curriculum: Strongly Favors topic 4 First Amendment never intended to shut out voices of faith: Strongly Favors topic 4 Supports Charitable Choice for funding faith-based providers: Strongly Favors topic 4 Support displaying the Ten Commandments in public schools: Strongly Favors topic 4 Supports “covenant marriage”: Favors topic 4 NEA opposes school prayer despite teachers' conservatism: Strongly Favors topic 4 Don't ignore building character in our classrooms: Favors topic 4 10 Commandments: principles to live by, not just pop culture: Strongly Favors topic 4 Ok if church identifies candidates who favor its principles: Favors topic 4
Opposes topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (+2 points on Economic scale)	Declare war to cure the four biggest chronic diseases: Favors topic 5 Individually-controlled insurance, not government SCHIP: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Oppose mandated health insurance and universal coverage: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Dems want government in charge; GOP want consumers in charge: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Focus on health & prevention, not just disease treatment: Strongly Favors topic 5 STOP the culture of chronic disease via self-discipline: Favors topic 5 We don’t have a health-care system but a disease-care system: Favors topic 5 Guaranteed medical care not government’s responsibility: Strongly Opposes topic 5 ARKids First program: record decreases in uninsured: Favors topic 5 Protect state tobacco settlement funds from federal seizure: Neutral on topic 5
Opposes topic 6: Privatize Social Security (-3 points on Economic scale)	White-collar workers ok to work until 70 but not blue-collar: Opposes topic 6 Entitlements are earned benefits, not welfare: Opposes topic 6 Don't use Social Security Trust Fund to borrow more money: Strongly Opposes topic 6 Personalization of retirement funds, not privatization: Favors topic 6 Personal retirement accounts allow investing in one’s future: Favors topic 6 Maintain federal Social Services Block Grant funding: Favors topic 6 Maintain long-term solvency of Social Security and Medicare: Opposes topic 6 Maintain federal funding of Social Services Block Grants: Favors topic 6
Favors topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (+2 points on Economic scale)	School choice for all: public or private for all kids: Strongly Favors topic 7 I'm against Common Core; it differs from its original intent: Favors topic 7 Common Core morphed into a frankenstandard that I oppose: Strongly Favors topic 7 Tax-credited programs for Christian schooling: Strongly Favors topic 7 Authorize & advance more charter schools: Favors topic 7 Replace entire school board for failing schools: Strongly Favors topic 7 Decline in school quality due to NEA union: Strongly Favors topic 7 Sends his kids to public school; says other officials should: Strongly Opposes topic 7 Reformed AR education with Smart Start & Next Step: Opposes topic 7 Supported creation of Arkansas charter schools: Favors topic 7 Raise teacher salaries; hire more teachers: Opposes topic 7
Opposes topic 8: Fight EPA regulatory over-reach (+2 points on Social scale)	Hunters are some of our most dedicated environmentalists: Strongly Favors topic 8 2006: Smoke-free workplace across all of Arkansas: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Stewardship of the air and land and soil is very important: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Infrastructure: Stimulus, Safety, Security, & Sustainability: Opposes topic 8 Every $1B spent on infrastructure creates 47,500 jobs: Opposes topic 8 Spend on our infrastructure instead of other countries’: Opposes topic 8 Follow Boy Scout rule: leave earth better than we found it: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Conservatives believe in conservation: Strongly Opposes topic 8 The earth is the Lord’s; we are merely its caretakers: Strongly Opposes topic 8 More state autonomy on brownfields & Superfund cleanups: Favors topic 8
Favors topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (-3 points on Social scale)	Authorized 16 executions while governor, record for Arkansas: Strongly Favors topic 9 Carried out death penalty more than any other AR governor: Strongly Favors topic 9 Nonsense of Three-Strikes makes system overrun with people: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Death penalty is necessary part of criminal justice system: Favors topic 9 Defends death penalty biblically as well as politically: Strongly Favors topic 9 Pro-life and pro-death penalty, & sees them as far different: Favors topic 9 Supports death penalty, but only reluctantly: Favors topic 9 Eliminating parole gives no incentive for rehabilitation: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Three Strikes based more on revenge than restoration: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Commuted death penalty sentence due to problems at trial: Opposes topic 9 Build more prisons, and privatize their management: Strongly Favors topic 9 Comfortable with death penalty biblically & politically: Strongly Favors topic 9 Supports flexible federal block grants for crime programs: Neutral on topic 9 Tougher juvenile crime penalties; but let states set them: Favors topic 9
Strongly Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+5 points on Economic scale)	Completely insane to make buying a gun even harder: Strongly Favors topic 10 Litmus test for Supreme Court justices on Second Amendment: Strongly Favors topic 10 Second Amendment is about freedom, not about hunting: Strongly Favors topic 10 Owns firearms; enjoys hunting; supports 2nd amendment: Strongly Favors topic 10 Supports self-defense and ‘castle doctrine’: Strongly Favors topic 10 Allow concealed carry: Favors topic 10 Restrictive gun laws don't stop culture of violence: Favors topic 10
Opposes topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (+2 points on Economic scale)	Stop punishing manufacturing; stop punishing work: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Tax system punishes people for working & productivity: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Supported Bush tax cuts then; I support them now: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Gut this incredibly complex and arcane tax code: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Attacked as tax-and-spend by several anti-tax groups: Favors topic 11 Illustrated hypocrisy with “Tax Me More Fund”: Strongly Favors topic 11 Remove the poorest taxpayers from the tax rolls: Favors topic 11 Remove sales tax on food; it's regressive: Strongly Favors topic 11 FactCheck: 90 cuts + 23 tax increases: net $505M increase: Favors topic 11 First governor in Arkansas history to ever lower taxes: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Eliminated AR marriage penalty & capital gains on home sales: Strongly Favors topic 11 FairTax is better than punishing productivity: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Bottom 1/3 of economy benefits most from the FairTax: Opposes topic 11 FairTax puts Going-Out-of-Business sign on IRS: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Supports national flat tax to keep up with globalization: Strongly Opposes topic 11 No national sales tax or VAT: Neutral on topic 11
Opposes topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (-3 points on Social scale)	Give DREAMers legal status & let them apply for citizenship: Favors topic 12 2006: rational path to citizenship; 2015: no amnesty: Opposes topic 12 Let illegal immigrant kids in college despite parents' crime: Favors topic 12 Illegal immigrants must go home and start over: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Pathway to citizenship must start at back of line, out of US: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Send illegals home so all in US can hold their heads high: Opposes topic 12 Some anti-immigration advocates are based on racism: Strongly Favors topic 12 People are angry at government for failing to track illegals: Opposes topic 12 Problems with McCain-Kennedy: credibility; secrecy; spending: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Allow in professionals as legal immigrants, but seal border: Favors topic 12 Path to citizenship if illegals admit guilt & pay fine: Favors topic 12 Deport the illegal immigrants who don’t do it the right way: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Seal the borders in a responsible way: Opposes topic 12 Share costs of legal immigration between states & federal: Neutral on topic 12 Federal government should deal with criminal repatriation: Neutral on topic 12 Import farm workers from Mexico: Favors topic 12
Opposes topic 13: Support & expand free trade (-3 points on Economic scale)	Globalists & corporatists are making US more like China: Opposes topic 13 Trans Pacific Partnership isn't fair trade or free trade: Strongly Opposes topic 13 Supports NAFTA & CAFTA, if partners “hafta” abide by rules: Opposes topic 13 Fair trade includes lead-free products & playing by rules: Opposes topic 13 A free country must feed, fuel, & fight for itself: Opposes topic 13 We need fair trade because we’re losing jobs: Opposes topic 13 Trade sanctions on Saudi Arabia for persecuting Christians: Opposes topic 13 China trade contingent on human rights & product safety: Opposes topic 13 No NAFTA Superhighway from Canada to Mexico: Opposes topic 13 Marketplace pushes innovation to top & prices to bottom: Strongly Favors topic 13 Farm subsidies ok because Europe & Asia do same: Opposes topic 13 Enforce trade law against subsidized Canadian lumber imports: Favors topic 13 Bound under state commitment to CAFTA: Favors topic 13
Strongly Favors topic 14: Support American Exceptionalism (+5 points on Economic scale)	Not our role to create desire for democracy in Afghanistan: Opposes topic 14 President is responsible for protecting us, not Islam: Favors topic 14 Impeach judges who yield on our sovereignty: Strongly Favors topic 14 Monitor the eradication of legal slavery in Sudan: Favors topic 14 Avoid ratifying Law of the Sea Treaty: Strongly Favors topic 14 Muslim nations must fight ISIS; sanction those that don't: Strongly Favors topic 14
Strongly Favors topic 15: Expand the military (-5 points on Social scale)	Rebuild military but we should not fight without clear goals: Favors topic 15 25% defense cuts have left us most unprepared since WWII: Strongly Favors topic 15 Our B-52s are from 1962; that's pretty scary: Favors topic 15 Fight terrorism by increasing spending on armed forces & CIA: Strongly Favors topic 15 Strength is more effective deterrent to war than weakness: Strongly Favors topic 15 We should go to war with the army that we need: Strongly Favors topic 15
Opposes topic 16: Make voter registration easier (-3 points on Social scale)	I'm sponsored by people like you, not by corporatists: Favors topic 16 Raise donor limit to largest self-donation, even if $5M: Strongly Opposes topic 16 Fundamental difference with McCain on campaign finance: Strongly Opposes topic 16 Limit campaign contributions, but no public funding: Favors topic 16 Disclose political gifts, but don’t prohibit them: Strongly Opposes topic 16
Strongly Opposes topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (-5 points on Social scale)	People won't bully us if we have best military in history: Opposes topic 17 Many don’t comprehend the threat: they want our obliteration: Opposes topic 17 Don’t second-guess Iraq; pullout would be bigger mistake: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Failing to find the WMDs doesn’t mean they weren’t there: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Don’t judge Iraq war while we’re in the middle of the war: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Iraq war has made us overlook domestic agenda: Favors topic 17 Opposing Bush’s troop surge is a dangerous position: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Make sure we finish the job in Iraq and finish it right: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Eradicate ISIS like you would eradicate any cancer: Strongly Opposes topic 17 We are at war with radical Islam: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Conflict with Iran is about survival of Western civilization: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Iranian nuclear deal arms & equips a terrorist state: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Islamic terrorism is the country's most pressing issue: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Don’t pressure Israel to give up land for promise of peace: Strongly Favors topic 17 We made Saudis rich; pressure them to help win with honor: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Include states in anti-terrorism planning: Neutral on topic 17
Strongly Opposes topic 18: Prioritize green energy (+5 points on Economic scale)	Become energy exporter to weaken Russia & Iran: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Climate change is questionable; address other issues instead: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Scientific predictions on climate change are inaccurate: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Kyoto was a mistake, but “Earth in the Balance” is not: Opposes topic 18 Shouldn’t limit oil production while increasing consumption: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Explore ways to harness nuclear power: Opposes topic 18 Promote alternative fuel technology: Favors topic 18 Voluntary partnerships reduce greenhouse gases economically: Neutral on topic 18 Kyoto Treaty must include reductions by all countries: Opposes topic 18 More funding to develop domestic energy supplies: Opposes topic 18 Share offshore oil development revenue with states: Opposes topic 18
No opinion on topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (0 points on Social scale)	Let states experiment with pot legalization: Opposes topic 19 Drug courts reduce both cost & recidivism: Opposes topic 19 1999: doubled methamphetamine sentences: Strongly Favors topic 19 More drug courts & rehab, instead of incarceration: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Drug education fails; drug punishment works: Strongly Favors topic 19 Supports drug courts for non-violent drug offendors: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Stricter penalties for drug-related crimes: Strongly Favors topic 19 Treatment for drug use instead of incarceration: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Informational videos don't work and never will: Favors topic 19 More federal funding for all aspects of Drug War: Favors topic 19
No opinion on topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (0 points on Economic scale)	Continue farm subsidies for low prices & competitiveness: Strongly Favors topic 20 Infrastructure projects: start immediately, for stimulus: Strongly Favors topic 20 Raising fees is the same as raising taxes: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Excessive taxes, red tape, and litigation cause job losses: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Rein in out-of-control spending and balance the budget: Opposes topic 20 Wouldn’t propose new taxes, but won’t pledge against taxes: Favors topic 20

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