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VoteMatch Question & Answer (Click on question for explanation and background)	Based on these stances: (Click on topic for excerpt & citation)
Strongly Favors topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (+5 points on Social scale)	Protect the right to bodily autonomy, reproductive freedom: Strongly Favors topic 1
No opinion on topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 3: Support transgender and LGBTQ+ rights (+5 points on Social scale)	Won case guaranteeing rights for same-sex couples: 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)	Defended the Affordable Care Act from legal attack: Strongly Favors topic 5
No opinion on topic 6: Privatize Social Security (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Opposes topic 8: Businesses have a right to pollute (+5 points on Social scale)	Defended Obama-era climate change protections: Strongly Opposes topic 8
Favors topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (-3 points on Social scale)	Increased protections for survivors of human trafficking: Favors topic 9
Strongly Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+5 points on Economic scale)	Ban the sale of assault weapons and high-capacity magazines: Strongly Favors topic 10
Strongly Favors topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (-5 points on Economic scale)	Surtax on big banks makes state's tax system fairer: Strongly Favors topic 11
Strongly Favors topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (+5 points on Social scale)	Opposed Muslim Travel Ban; blocked rescinding DACA: Strongly Favors topic 12
No opinion on topic 13: Support & expand free trade (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 14: Stay away from the UN & Globalism (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 15: Peace through Strength (0 points on Social scale)	Strengthened consumer protections for veterans, military : Neutral on topic 15
Strongly Favors topic 16: Make voter registration easier (+5 points on Social scale)	Secured the largest campaign finance penalty in history: Strongly Favors topic 16
No opinion on topic 17: Stay out of foreign wars (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 18: Prioritize green energy (-5 points on Economic scale)	Trump's clean energy rule is neither affordable nor clean: Strongly Favors topic 18
Strongly Opposes topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (+5 points on Social scale)	Prepared to defend state marijuana legalization against DOJ : Strongly Opposes topic 19
No opinion on topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)

Bob Ferguson is a Progressive Libertarian
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