Joe Scarborough on VoteMatch

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Strongly Opposes topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (-5 points on Social scale)	YES on barring transporting minors to get an abortion: Strongly Opposes topic 1 YES on banning partial-birth abortions: Opposes topic 1 YES on banning Family Planning funding in US aid abroad: Opposes topic 1 YES on Unknown roll call for 2001-89: Opposes topic 1
Opposes topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (+2 points on Economic scale)	YES on ending preferential treatment by race in college admissions: Opposes topic 2
Opposes topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (-3 points on Social scale)	YES on banning gay adoptions in DC: Opposes topic 3
Favors topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (-3 points on Social scale)	Supports a Constitutional Amendment for school prayer: Strongly Favors topic 4 NO on responsible fatherhood via faith-based organizations: Opposes topic 4 YES on treating religious organizations equally for tax breaks: Strongly Favors topic 4
Opposes topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (+2 points on Economic scale)	YES on subsidizing private insurance for Medicare Rx drug coverage: Opposes topic 5
Strongly Favors topic 6: Privatize Social Security (+5 points on Economic scale)	Create personal retirement accounts within Social Security: Strongly Favors topic 6 Reduce taxes on Social Security earnings: Favors topic 6 YES on reducing tax payments on Social Security benefits: Favors topic 6 YES on raising 401(k) limits & making pension plans more portable: Favors topic 6
Strongly Favors topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (+5 points on Economic scale)	YES on vouchers for private & parochial schools: Strongly Favors topic 7 YES on allowing vouchers in DC schools: Favors topic 7
Opposes topic 8: Fight EPA regulatory over-reach (+2 points on Social scale)	It's the job of conservatives to conserve: Opposes topic 8
Favors topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (-3 points on Social scale)	Moratorium on death penalty; more DNA testing: Opposes topic 9 Require DNA testing for all federal executions: Opposes topic 9 More prisons, more enforcement, effective death penalty: Favors topic 9 YES on making federal death penalty appeals harder: Strongly Favors topic 9 YES on maintaining right of habeas corpus in Death Penalty Appeals: Opposes topic 9 YES on more prosecution and sentencing for juvenile crime: Favors topic 9 NO on funding for alternative sentencing instead of more prisons.: Strongly Favors topic 9
Strongly Opposes topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (-5 points on Economic scale)	NO on decreasing gun waiting period from 3 days to 1: Strongly Opposes topic 10
Strongly Opposes topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (+5 points on Economic scale)	Phaseout the death tax: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Repeal marriage tax; cut middle class taxes: Opposes topic 11 YES on eliminating the "marriage penalty": Opposes topic 11 YES on Tax cut package of $958 B over 10 years: Opposes topic 11 YES on reducing Marriage Tax by $399B over 10 years: Opposes topic 11 YES on eliminating the Estate Tax ("death tax"): Opposes topic 11
Neutral on topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (0 points on Social scale)	Declared English the official language of the US: Opposes topic 12 YES on more immigrant visas for skilled workers: Favors topic 12
Strongly Opposes topic 13: Support & expand free trade (-5 points on Economic scale)	NO on 'Fast Track' authority for trade agreements: Strongly Opposes topic 13 YES on withdrawing from the WTO: Strongly Opposes topic 13
Strongly Favors topic 14: Support American Exceptionalism (+5 points on Economic scale)	Don't allow military units to run humanitarian missions: Favors topic 14 Be wary of using US troops to promote social policy globally: Strongly Favors topic 14 Go to war as a last resort, and then come home: Favors topic 14 YES on withholding $244M in UN Back Payments until US seat restored: Strongly Favors topic 14
Favors topic 15: Expand the military (-3 points on Social scale)	No US troops under UN command; more defense spending: Favors topic 15 YES on $266 billion Defense Appropriations bill: Favors topic 15 YES on deploying SDI: Favors topic 15
Opposes topic 16: Make voter registration easier (-3 points on Social scale)	Restrict campaign donations from foreigners or 3rd parties: Favors topic 16 NO on banning soft money and issue ads: Opposes topic 16 NO on banning soft money donations to national political parties: Opposes topic 16
Opposes topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (-3 points on Social scale)	Many mistakes in Iraq may end well because of the Surge: Opposes topic 17 Iraq war's main rationale proved to be false: Strongly Favors topic 17 2002: Supported wars in Iraq and Afghanistan: Strongly Opposes topic 17
Opposes topic 18: Prioritize green energy (+2 points on Economic scale)	Repeal the gas tax: Strongly Opposes topic 18 NO on starting implementation of Kyoto Protocol: Strongly Opposes topic 18 YES on raising CAFE standards; incentives for alternative fuels: Strongly Favors topic 18 NO on prohibiting oil drilling & development in ANWR: Strongly Opposes topic 18
Neutral on topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Neutral on topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)

Joe Scarborough is a Moderate Conservative
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