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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 CC:Publicly fund abortions: Strongly Favors topic 1 Pro-choice, according to PVS survey: Strongly Favors topic 1 |
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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 |
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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 CC:Protect sexual preference as a civil right: Strongly Favors topic 3 |
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No opinion on
topic 4:America was founded on Christian values
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Strongly Favors
topic 5:Expand ObamaCare
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Supports universal coverage through a public option: Strongly Favors topic 5 Keep healthcare mandate, according to CC survey: Strongly Favors topic 5 Keep ObamaCare, according to PVS survey: Favors topic 5 |
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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 |
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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 CC:No vouchers for private schools: Opposes topic 7 PVS:Federal education standards in all states: Strongly Opposes topic 7 |
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No opinion on
topic 8:Businesses have a right to pollute
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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 |
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Opposes
topic 10:Absolute right to gun ownership
(-3 points on Economic scale) | Supports background checks, assault weapons ban: 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 |
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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 |
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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 Increase both high-skill and family-based visa caps: Favors topic 12 Sponsored bill to disallow religion-based immigration ban: Strongly Favors topic 12 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 CC:Secure the grid against terrorism: Favors topic 15 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 16:Make voter registration easier
(+5 points on Social scale) | Restore and modernize the Voting Rights Act: 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 |
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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 |
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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 PVS:Fund renewable energy like wind and solar: Strongly Favors topic 18 Sponsored bill to assist rural electric renewable energy: Strongly Favors topic 18 |
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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 |
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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 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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