Howie Hawkins on VoteMatch

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Strongly Favors topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (+5 points on Social scale)	Supports reproductive freedom: Strongly Favors topic 1 Health insurance must cover contraception, abortion: Strongly Favors topic 1
Strongly Favors topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (-5 points on Economic scale)	End racial profiling: Favors topic 2 Continue affirmative action programs: Strongly Favors topic 2 Reparations for African-Americans slavery: Strongly Favors topic 2 Support International Bill of Rights for Women: Strongly Favors topic 2
Strongly Favors topic 3: Support transgender and LGBTQ+ rights (+5 points on Social scale)	Sexual orientation protected by civil rights laws: Strongly Favors topic 3 Amend Civil Rights Act to include LGBTQIA+: Strongly Favors topic 3 Green New Deal can close racial income gap: Favors topic 3
Opposes topic 4: America was founded on Christian values (+2 points on Social scale)	Expand public works to guarantee an adequate income: Opposes topic 4
Strongly Favors topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (-5 points on Economic scale)	Supports Universal Medicare: Strongly Favors topic 5 National health service controlled by community: Strongly Favors topic 5
Strongly Opposes topic 6: Privatize Social Security (-5 points on Economic scale)	Universal Social Security via Basic Income Grants: Strongly Opposes topic 6 Apply FICA tax to all levels of income including investments: Strongly Opposes topic 6 Supports doubling Social Security benefits: Strongly Opposes topic 6 The most regressive tax of all is the FICA payroll tax: Strongly Opposes topic 6 The most regressive tax of all is the FICA payroll tax: Strongly Opposes topic 6
Strongly Opposes topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (-5 points on Economic scale)	Guarantee a quality education to everyone: Opposes topic 7 Lifelong, tuition free public education at any age: Strongly Opposes topic 7
Strongly Opposes topic 8: Businesses have a right to pollute (+5 points on Social scale)	Strengthen environmental regulation and enforcement: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Environmental collapse follows from capitalist system: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Convert corporate agribusiness to organic agriculture: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Polluters should have burden of proof of safe practices: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Strengthen Endangered Species & Clean Water Act: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Shut down waste incinerators; phase out landfills: Strongly Opposes topic 8
Opposes topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (+2 points on Social scale)	End the death penalty: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Opposes mandatory sentencing: Strongly Opposes topic 9 End the carceral surveillance state: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Ban private prisons; moratorium on prison construction: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Increased public oversight of police: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Criminalize purchasers of sex, not the prostitutes: Favors topic 9 Impeach Trump Now: Strongly Favors topic 9
Strongly Opposes topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (-5 points on Economic scale)	Strengthen existing federal gun restrictions: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Background checks, ban assault weapons, "red flag" law: Strongly Opposes topic 10
Strongly Favors topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (-5 points on Economic scale)	Shift to progressively-graduated income and wealth taxes: Strongly Favors topic 11 Simple, steeply progressive wealth & income taxes: Strongly Favors topic 11 Local property taxes upstate are the highest in the nation: Opposes topic 11 Graduated wealth tax & graduated estate tax: Strongly Favors topic 11 Better to tax the rich than borrow and pay interest to them: Strongly Favors topic 11
Strongly Favors topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (+5 points on Social scale)	Supports path to citizenship: Strongly Favors topic 12 Demand open borders where movement between nations is free: Strongly Favors topic 12 All seeking asylum should be given permanent resident status: Strongly Favors topic 12
Opposes topic 13: Support & expand free trade (-3 points on Economic scale)	Repeal NAFTA & CAFTA: Strongly Opposes topic 13 Trade agreements must benefit workers, protect environment: Favors topic 13
Strongly Opposes topic 14: Stay away from the UN & Globalism (-5 points on Economic scale)	Support the UN; oppose the Cuban embargo: Strongly Opposes topic 14 Oppose US military intervention for regime change: Strongly Opposes topic 14 Member of the community of nations; not above it: Opposes topic 14 Endless war follows from capitalist competition: Strongly Opposes topic 14
Strongly Opposes topic 15: Peace through Strength (+5 points on Social scale)	Halve defense spending & use funds domestically: Strongly Opposes topic 15 Convert arms monopolies to nonprofit public enterprises: Strongly Opposes topic 15 Cut military budget 75%; withdraw from 800 foreign bases: Strongly Opposes topic 15 Abolish nuclear weapons, WMDs, and land mines: Strongly Opposes topic 15 Better care & support services for veterans: Favors topic 15
Strongly Favors topic 16: Make voter registration easier (+5 points on Social scale)	Supports publicly financed campaigns: Strongly Favors topic 16 Broadcast debates for all ballot-qualified candidates: Favors topic 16 Voter suppression policies need to be reversed: Strongly Favors topic 16 Third parties force issues neglected by major parties: Strongly Favors topic 16
Favors topic 17: Stay out of foreign wars (+2 points on Social scale)	Supports a Palestinian right of return, and a single state: Strongly Opposes topic 17 End the War in Iraq: Strongly Favors topic 17 Replace Middle East occupation with peace: Favors topic 17 Immediate and unconditional withdrawal from Iraq: Strongly Favors topic 17 Goal: complete global nuclear disarmament: Strongly Favors topic 17 Supports 2015 Iran nuclear deal: Strongly Opposes topic 17
Strongly Favors topic 18: Prioritize green energy (-5 points on Economic scale)	Solar-Based Renewable Energy: Strongly Favors topic 18 More mass transportation, and fuel cell cars: Favors topic 18 Socialize Big Oil; reinvest in renewables: Strongly Favors topic 18 I'm the original Green New Dealer, since 2010: Strongly Favors topic 18 100% Clean Energy by 2030, rebuild manufacturing: Strongly Favors topic 18 End nuclear power, offshore drilling, & fracking: Strongly Favors topic 18 Free mass transit; reduce energy use 50%: Strongly Favors topic 18 Claims to be the "original Green New Dealer": Strongly Favors topic 18 Shut down nuclear energy: Strongly Favors topic 18 Prioritize rail over cars and trucks: Strongly Favors topic 18 Reparations and Green New Deal to close racial income gap: Strongly Favors topic 18
Strongly Opposes topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (+5 points on Social scale)	End the "War on Drugs": Strongly Opposes topic 19 Big Pharma pushes addictive opioids for profit: Opposes topic 19 Drug abuse treatment should be available on demand: Opposes topic 19 End war on drugs: for legalization, treatment of abuse: Strongly Opposes topic 19
Strongly Favors topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (-5 points on Economic scale)	Increase social services while decreasing military & police: Strongly Favors topic 20 Steady-state economy better than increasing GDP: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Income gap between rich and everyone else has grown: Strongly Favors topic 20 Income gap between rich and everyone else has grown: Strongly Favors topic 20 Build affordable housing & universal rent control: Strongly Favors topic 20

Howie Hawkins is a Hard-Core Liberal
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