Andrew Gillum on VoteMatch

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Strongly Favors topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (+5 points on Social scale)	Decision should be made by women & their doctors: Strongly Favors topic 1 Defunding Planned Parenthood jeopardizes women's health: Favors topic 1
Strongly Favors topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (-5 points on Economic scale)	Legally require hiring more women & minorities: Strongly Favors topic 2 Take down Confederate monuments: Favors topic 2
Strongly Favors topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (+5 points on Social scale)	Invited same-sex couples to get married in Tallahassee: Strongly Favors topic 3 Oppose discrimination based on gender identity: Strongly Favors topic 3 Supports same-sex marriage: Strongly Favors topic 3 Staunch supporter of LGBT rights: Strongly Favors topic 3
Favors topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (-3 points on Social scale)	Keep God in the public sphere: Favors topic 4 Religious-political dialogue good: Favors topic 4
Strongly Favors topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (-5 points on Economic scale)	Expand Medicaid in Florida; work toward Medicare-for-All: Strongly Favors topic 5 Medicare-for-All, paid $1B restoration of corporate tax cuts: Strongly Favors topic 5 Medicare for all: universal health care is a right: Strongly Favors topic 5 Extend Medicaid to one million Floridians: Strongly Favors topic 5 Expand ObamaCare; Medicare for Al: Strongly Favors topic 5 Healthcare should be a fundamental right: Strongly Favors topic 5
Strongly Opposes topic 6: Privatize Social Security (-5 points on Economic scale)	Fight any attempt to privatize Social Security: Strongly Opposes topic 6
Strongly Opposes topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (-5 points on Economic scale)	$1 billion Fair Share investment in public schools: Strongly Opposes topic 7 $1B on education: set minimum teacher salary at $50,000: Opposes topic 7 End punitive high-stakes testing regime: Strongly Opposes topic 7 Opposes vouchers for school choice: Opposes topic 7 Digital Harmony Project: computers & internet for schoolkids: Opposes topic 7
Strongly Opposes topic 8: Fight EPA regulatory over-reach (+5 points on Social scale)	Redirect freshwater flow, with pollution standards: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Properly fund Florida Forever and Everglades restorations: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Greater emphasis on light rail and mass transit: Strongly Opposes topic 8 EPA has critical role in protecting us from toxic pollution: Strongly Opposes topic 8 EPA protects our families from corporate toxic pollution: Strongly Opposes topic 8
Opposes topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (+2 points on Social scale)	Stricter punishment doesn't reduce crime: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Ban the box: re-entry of returning citizens into job market: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Restorative justice programs to reduce teen recidivism: Opposes topic 9 Operation Safe Neighborhood: community crime watch: Strongly Favors topic 9
Strongly Opposes topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (-5 points on Economic scale)	Universal background checks & assault weapon ban: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Prohibit bump stocks and assault weapons: Strongly Opposes topic 10 No right to guns for domestic abusers or mentally ill: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Favors strong gun laws: Strongly Opposes topic 10
Strongly Favors topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (-5 points on Economic scale)	Trump tax cuts gave billions to our richest corporations: Strongly Favors topic 11 Raise corporate taxes from 5.5% to 7.75%: Strongly Favors topic 11 90% of businesses pay no corporate income tax, & too little: Strongly Favors topic 11 Economy should works for all, not just those at the top: Strongly Favors topic 11
Favors topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (+2 points on Social scale)	DACA is unconstitutional; opposes any path to citizenship: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Protect borders without criminalizing undocumented people: Strongly Favors topic 12 Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens: Strongly Favors topic 12 Protect Dreamers from end of DACA: Strongly Favors topic 12
Favors topic 13: Support & expand free trade (+2 points on Economic scale)	Trump's tariffs threaten Florida's workers, farmers: Favors topic 13 Support free trade with restrictions: Favors topic 13
Favors topic 14: Support American Exceptionalism (+2 points on Economic scale)	Support American Exceptionalism: Favors topic 14
Opposes topic 15: Expand the military (+2 points on Social scale)	Opposes expanding the military: Opposes topic 15
Strongly Favors topic 16: Make voter registration easier (+5 points on Social scale)	Voting rights to former felons: they deserve a second chance: Strongly Favors topic 16 Make voter registration easier: Favors topic 16 Limit corporate money in campaigns: Strongly Favors topic 16
Opposes topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (-3 points on Social scale)	America should be world's human rights champion: Opposes topic 17
Strongly Favors topic 18: Prioritize green energy (-5 points on Economic scale)	Withdrawal from Paris Climate accord is reckless: Strongly Favors topic 18 Make Florida world leader in rooftop solar energy production: Strongly Favors topic 18 Transition Florida to clean energy as rapidly as possible: Strongly Favors topic 18 Climate change is a real; transition to clean energy: Strongly Favors topic 18
Strongly Opposes topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (+5 points on Social scale)	legalize marijuana, and tax it: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Marijuana isn't a gateway drug: Opposes topic 19 Focus on opioid epidemic as medical issue: Opposes topic 19
Strongly Favors topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (-5 points on Economic scale)	Address income inequality; remake an innovation economy: Strongly Favors topic 20 Stimulus better than market-led recovery: Favors topic 20 Corporate tax cuts can create jobs, support training: Strongly Favors topic 20