Abigail Spanberger on VoteMatch

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Strongly Favors topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (+5 points on Social scale)	Codify a woman's right to choose: Strongly Favors topic 1 Women should make their own reproductive healthcare choices: Strongly Favors topic 1 CC:Publicly fund abortions: Strongly Favors topic 1 Pro-choice, according to PVS survey: Strongly Favors topic 1
Strongly Favors topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (-5 points on Economic scale)	Inequity and bias impacts job opportunities and promotions: Strongly Favors topic 2 Voted YES on private lawsuits for school race discrimination: Favors topic 2 Sponsored bill for ratifying Equal Rights Amendment: Strongly Favors topic 2 Combat international and domestic Islamophobia: Favors topic 2
Strongly Favors topic 3: Support transgender and LGBTQ+ rights (+5 points on Social scale)	Full civil rights protections to the LGBTQ community: Strongly Favors topic 3 Strongly supports marriage equality & LGBTQ+ rights: Strongly Favors topic 3 All Virginians deserve the freedom to marry: Strongly Favors topic 3 CC:Protect sexual preference as a civil right: Strongly Favors topic 3
No opinion on topic 4: America was founded on Christian values (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (-5 points on Economic scale)	Supports universal coverage through a public option: Strongly Favors topic 5 Fought to lower prescription drug costs: Strongly Favors topic 5 Keep healthcare mandate, according to CC survey: Strongly Favors topic 5 Keep ObamaCare, according to PVS survey: Favors topic 5
Strongly Opposes topic 6: Privatize Social Security (-5 points on Economic scale)	Pledges to protect Social Security from privatization: Strongly Opposes topic 6 Social Security & Medicare: bedrock of dignified retirement: Strongly Opposes topic 6 Everyone should be able to count on full earned benefits : Strongly Opposes topic 6
Strongly Opposes topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (-5 points on Economic scale)	Opposed to efforts that seek to privatize public education: Strongly Opposes topic 7 Opposes efforts to privatize our public education system : Strongly Opposes topic 7 CC:No vouchers for private schools: Opposes topic 7 PVS:Federal education standards in all states: Strongly Opposes topic 7
Favors topic 8: Businesses have a right to pollute (-3 points on Social scale)	Urged EPA to hold off new rules aimed at herbicides: Favors topic 8
Strongly Opposes topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (+5 points on Social scale)	Reduce mass incarceration; end the school-to-prison pipeline: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Sponsored bill to abolish federal death penalty: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Stricter rules for law enforcement accountability: Opposes topic 9
Strongly Opposes topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (-5 points on Economic scale)	Supports background checks & assault weapons ban: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Helped pass the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Restrict right to bear arms, according to CC survey: Opposes topic 10 Support gun-control, according to PVS survey: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Require background check for every firearm sale and transfer: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Sponsored bill for background checks for private transfers: Strongly Favors topic 10
Favors topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (-3 points on Economic scale)	CC:Reverse federal income tax cuts: Favors topic 11 PVS:Increase taxes to balance budget: Favors topic 11
Strongly Favors topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (+5 points on Social scale)	No border wall; yes earned pathway to citizenship: Strongly Favors topic 12 Create an earned pathway to legal status for undocumented: Strongly Favors topic 12 Called out Trump for blocking bipartisan border bill: Favors topic 12 Increase both high-skill and family-based visa caps: Favors topic 12 Sponsored bill to disallow religion-based immigration ban: Strongly Favors topic 12
Strongly Favors topic 13: Support & expand free trade (+5 points on Economic scale)	Leading advocate for USMCA trade deal replacing NAFTA: Strongly Favors topic 13
Opposes topic 14: Stay away from the UN & Globalism (-3 points on Economic scale)	Reaffirm the importance of our relationships with key allies: Strongly Opposes topic 14 Voted YES to monitor forced Uyghur labor in Xinjiang: Favors topic 14
Favors topic 15: Peace through Strength (-3 points on Social scale)	Joined CIA on counterterrorism and enforced narcotics: Favors topic 15 Provide servicemembers with what they need : Favors topic 15 Our state is doing so much to support our veteran community: Favors topic 15 CC:Secure the grid against terrorism: Favors topic 15
Strongly Favors topic 16: Make voter registration easier (+5 points on Social scale)	Restore and modernize the Voting Rights Act: Strongly Favors topic 16 Those completing their sentences should have the vote: Strongly Favors topic 16 PVS:Regulate campaign donations from corporations: Favors topic 16 Holiday on election day; revamp for easier voting access: Favors topic 16 Sponsored bill to expand voter registration and voter access: Strongly Favors topic 16
Strongly Favors topic 17: Stay out of foreign wars (+5 points on Social scale)	Remove US Forces from Hostilities Against Yemen: Favors topic 17 No military force against Iran without Congress approval: Strongly Favors topic 17 Sponsored resolution to repeal 2002 AUMF against Iraq: Strongly Favors topic 17
Strongly Favors topic 18: Prioritize green energy (-5 points on Economic scale)	Climate change is a direct threat to society's safety: Strongly Favors topic 18 Viriginia should lead creating clean, affordable energy: Strongly Favors topic 18 PVS:Fund renewable energy like wind and solar: Strongly Favors topic 18 Sponsored bill to assist rural electric renewable energy: Strongly Favors topic 18
Opposes topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (+2 points on Social scale)	Remove marijuana from federal Controlled Substances list: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Worked as federal cop on narcotics and money laundering: Favors topic 19 Need a strategy to transition to legalized retail markets: Opposes topic 19
Strongly Favors topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (-5 points on Economic scale)	Supported all three coronavirus stimulus bills: Strongly Favors topic 20 Proud of financial assistance programs during the pandemic: Strongly Favors topic 20 CC:No Balanced Budget Constitutional Amendment: Favors topic 20 PVS:Federal spending for economic stimulus: Strongly Favors topic 20 Voted YES on $900 billion COVID relief package: Favors topic 20 $1.9 trillion ARPA bill for COVID relief: Favors topic 20

Abigail Spanberger is a Hard-Core Liberal
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