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Strongly Favors topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (+5 points on Social scale)	Ban anti-abortion limitations on abortion services: Strongly Favors topic 1 Access safe, legal abortion without restrictions: Strongly Favors topic 1 Supports public funding for abortion services: Strongly Favors topic 1 Supports pro-choice legislation: Strongly Favors topic 1
Strongly Favors topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (-5 points on Economic scale)	Women earn less for same job as male colleagues: Strongly Favors topic 2
Strongly Favors topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (+5 points on Social scale)	Supports same-sex marriage: Strongly Favors topic 3
No opinion on topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (-5 points on Economic scale)	Expand Medicaid to ensure that no American is uninsured: Strongly Favors topic 5 Opposes repealing mandated health insurance: Strongly Favors topic 5 Opposes repealing the 2010 affordable care act: Strongly Favors topic 5
Strongly Opposes topic 6: Privatize Social Security (-5 points on Economic scale)	Fight any attempt to privatize or voucherize: Strongly Opposes topic 6 Opposes diverting some FICA into personal accounts: Strongly Opposes topic 6
Strongly Opposes topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (-5 points on Economic scale)	Don't divert funding to private schools through vouchers: Strongly Opposes topic 7 Restore budget cuts for K-12 public education: Strongly Opposes topic 7
Opposes topic 8: Fight EPA regulatory over-reach (+2 points on Social scale)	Polluters have determined our environmental policy: Strongly Favors topic 8 Rated Deregulating banks encourages discriminatory practices: Opposes topic 8 Rated Keep restrictive rules for predator control in Alaska: Strongly Opposes topic 8
Strongly Opposes topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (+5 points on Social scale)	End the for-profit prison industry in America: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Require police body cameras, to address injustice: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Audit the cost of capital punishment: Strongly Opposes topic 9 First step: reduce recidivism & mass incarceration: Opposes topic 9
Strongly Opposes topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (-5 points on Economic scale)	The NRA exists only to protect the big gun companies: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Background checks for mental health before gun purchase: Opposes topic 10 Supports restrictions on right to bear arms: Opposes topic 10 Supports gun-control legislation: Strongly Opposes topic 10
Strongly Favors topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (-5 points on Economic scale)	End the absurd carried interest tax loophole: Strongly Favors topic 11 Supports increasing income tax rates: Strongly Favors topic 11 Opposes eliminating the death tax: Favors topic 11 Supports tax increases to balance the budget: Favors topic 11 Rated Reducing tax rates balloons federal deficit & cuts programs: Favors topic 11
Strongly Favors topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (+5 points on Social scale)	Families immigrate to America seeking the American dream: Favors topic 12 Pass comprehensive reform with clear pathway to citizenship: Strongly Favors topic 12 Provide lawyers and evidence for children being deported: Favors topic 12 Opposes requiring illegals to return to country of origin: Favors topic 12
No opinion on topic 13: Support & expand free trade (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Opposes topic 14: Support American Exceptionalism (-5 points on Economic scale)	Rated Maintain World Bank funding as part of multilateralism: Strongly Opposes topic 14
Opposes topic 15: Expand the military (+2 points on Social scale)	Focus on veterans, not defense company lobbyists: Opposes topic 15
Strongly Favors topic 16: Make voter registration easier (+5 points on Social scale)	Constitutional amendment to overturn Citizen United: Strongly Favors topic 16 Approved legislative majority-minority redistricting: Favors topic 16 Establish "My Voice Voucher" small campaign contributions: Strongly Favors topic 16 Public financing of federal campaigns by voter vouchers: Favors topic 16 Statehood for the District of Columbia: Favors topic 16 Automatic voter registration for all citizens: Strongly Favors topic 16
No opinion on topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 18: Prioritize green energy (-5 points on Economic scale)	Transfer money from big oil to renewable energy portfolio: Strongly Favors topic 18 Supports federally developing renewable energy: Strongly Favors topic 18 Supports regulation of greenhouse gas emission: Strongly Favors topic 18
Strongly Opposes topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (+5 points on Social scale)	Opposes jail sentences for non-violent drug offenders: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Rated Voted NO on additional Drug War funding for synthetic drugs: Strongly Opposes topic 19
Strongly Favors topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (-5 points on Economic scale)	Wall Street blames homeowners for the foreclosure crisis: Strongly Favors topic 20

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