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John Cox on VoteMatch |
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Strongly Opposes
topic 1:Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right
(-5 points on Social scale) | Define unborn life as a fundamental right: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Personal history--conceived in rape--makes him anti-abortion: Opposes topic 1 There is no ‘right of privacy' in the Constitution: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Christians & Jews believe in the right to life: Opposes topic 1 Nominate only judges who refuse to legislate from the bench: Opposes topic 1 Save "snowflake babies": no experiments on frozen embryos: Opposes topic 1 No tax funding for organizations that promote abortion: Opposes topic 1 |
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Strongly Opposes
topic 2:Legally require hiring women & minorities
(+5 points on Economic scale) | Affirmative action based on race is racist: Strongly Opposes topic 2 |
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Strongly Opposes
topic 3:Comfortable with same-sex marriage
(-5 points on Social scale) | Swift passage of the Federal Marriage Amendment: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Favors amendment to the Constitution to define marriage: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Respect people's freedom but don't sanction gay behavior: Opposes topic 3 Stand up for proper behavior or we end up with bestiality: Opposes topic 3 Marriage about protecting children; not homosexual largesse: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Opposes "hate crimes" legislation: Opposes topic 3 Schools forfeit funds if they expose kids to gay propaganda: Opposes topic 3 No "sexual orientation" in Employment Non-Discrimination Act: Opposes topic 3 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 4:Keep God in the public sphere
(-5 points on Social scale) | Students should not be forced to pray, but should be allowed: Favors topic 4 Impeach judges for barring legislature prayers to Jesus: Favors topic 4 Present scientific facts that support creationism: Favors topic 4 Government should be family friendly: Favors topic 4 Disallow lawsuits that stop public officials invoking God: Strongly Favors topic 4 Ok if church identifies candidates who favor its principles: Favors topic 4 Protect military chaplains' right to pray in preferred faith: Favors topic 4 Allow Christian symbols in national war memorials: Favors topic 4 Constitution does not require freedom FROM religion: Favors topic 4 No Fairness Doctrine: no equal time if morally objectionable: Favors topic 4 |
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Strongly Opposes
topic 5:Expand ObamaCare
(+5 points on Economic scale) | Competition brings down costs and improves efficiency: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Supply-and-demand will improve the health care crisis: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Oppose mandated health insurance and universal coverage: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Public-private partnership to get vaccinations done: Neutral on topic 5 Opposed vaccination mandate for health care workers: Strongly Opposes topic 5 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 6:Privatize Social Security
(+5 points on Economic scale) | Private retirement accounts are best reform: Strongly Favors topic 6 Social Security was an overreaction to the Great Depression: Strongly Favors topic 6 Personal retirement accounts allow investing in one's future: Favors topic 6 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 7:Vouchers for school choice
(+5 points on Economic scale) | School monopoly is problem; competition is answer: Strongly Favors topic 7 Eliminate Department of Education; allow local school choice: Favors topic 7 School choice avoids transvestite teachers: Strongly Favors topic 7 Tax-credited programs for Christian schooling: Strongly Favors topic 7 COVID: Let parents utilize open private or public schools: Favors topic 7 I am a school choice advocate; I will push to end tenure: Strongly Favors topic 7 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 8:Fight EPA regulatory over-reach
(-5 points on Social scale) | Environmental regs crush business: Strongly Favors topic 8 Blaming climate change for wildfires unacceptable: Strongly Favors topic 8 Replace Environmental Quality Act to allow building: Strongly Favors topic 8 |
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Strongly Opposes
topic 9:Stricter punishment reduces crime
(+5 points on Social scale) | Morally opposed to death penalty, even for Tim McVeigh: Strongly Opposes topic 9 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 10:Absolute right to gun ownership
(+5 points on Economic scale) | Gun control doesn't work: Strongly Favors topic 10 Gun control is a waste of time: Strongly Favors topic 10 |
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Strongly Opposes
topic 11:Higher taxes on the wealthy
(+5 points on Economic scale) | Eliminate the IRS; support the Fair Tax: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Eliminate the Death Tax; veto all tax increases: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Scrap the Tax Code and get rid of the income tax: Strongly Opposes topic 11 National sales tax doesn't hit the poor: Opposes topic 11 California is over-taxed and over-regulated: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Roll back tide of tax increases & job killing regulations: Strongly Opposes topic 11 I will reduce California's sky-high sales taxes, gas taxes: Strongly Opposes topic 11 |
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Strongly Opposes
topic 12:Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens
(-5 points on Social scale) | Amnesty is not the answer, nor are guest workers: Strongly Opposes topic 12 We need to seal our borders, but don't bash immigrants: Opposes topic 12 12 million illegal immigrants need to leave: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Don't reward illegal behavior with social programs: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Rescind Bush's order allowing Mexican trucks on US roads: Opposes topic 12 Oppose amnesty & guest workers until unemployment under 5%: Opposes topic 12 No guest worker program; it creates second class citizens: Opposes topic 12 Border wall needs to be built, to keep out MS-13: Strongly Favors topic 12 Sanctuary State law puts our families at risk: Strongly Opposes topic 12 |
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Opposes
topic 13:Support & expand free trade
(-3 points on Economic scale) | Level playing field for family farms over corporate farms: Opposes topic 13 I support free but fair trade policies: Strongly Opposes topic 13 End discrimination against domestic manufacturers: Opposes topic 13 Trade is a weapon of peace: Favors topic 13 Trade sanctions on Saudi Arabia for persecuting Christians: Opposes topic 13 China trade contingent on human rights & product safety: Opposes topic 13 No NAFTA Superhighway from Canada to Mexico: Opposes topic 13 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 14:Support American Exceptionalism
(+5 points on Economic scale) | Monitor the eradication of legal slavery in Sudan: Favors topic 14 Avoid ratifying Law of the Sea Treaty: Strongly Favors topic 14 Never surrender the sovereignty of the United States: Strongly Favors topic 14 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 15:Expand the military
(-5 points on Social scale) | Nuclear shield to make nuclear weapons obsolete: Strongly Favors topic 15 Increase the size of the military: Strongly Favors topic 15 |
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Favors
topic 16:Make voter registration easier
(+2 points on Social scale) | Disclosure is best disinfectant for diseased campaign system: Strongly Opposes topic 16 Smaller districts better against special interests: Favors topic 16 I'm the outsider, not beholden to any donors: Favors topic 16 Signed term limit pledge: 6 years House; 12 years Senate: Favors topic 16 |
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Opposes
topic 17:Avoid foreign entanglements
(-3 points on Social scale) | Don't pressure Israel to give up land for promise of peace: Strongly Favors topic 17 Must win in Iraq; fight terror over there, not over here: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Supported war; but now a disaster since oil pumping so low: Opposes topic 17 Right to take the fight to the terrorists in Iraq: Opposes topic 17 Redeploy after Muslim forces replace Americans: Opposes topic 17 Success in Iraq means economy prospers & unemployment down: Opposes topic 17 Opposes troop surge in Iraq: Favors topic 17 Saddam was a threat to US because he had oil: Opposes topic 17 Autonomy for Christians in Iraq's Nineveh region: Opposes topic 17 |
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Strongly Opposes
topic 18:Prioritize green energy
(+5 points on Economic scale) | Support domestic drilling; oppose Kyoto Treaty: Strongly Opposes topic 18 We must employ an all-of-the-above strategy: Strongly Opposes topic 18 |
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Favors
topic 19:Marijuana is a gateway drug
(-3 points on Social scale) | If we have to, we're gonna force people to get treatment: Strongly Favors topic 19 Denied wanting to hospitalize marijuana addicts: Opposes topic 19 |
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Strongly Opposes
topic 20:Stimulus better than market-led recovery
(+5 points on Economic scale) | Veto every federal budget that is not balanced, period: Opposes topic 20 Rein in out-of-control spending and balance the budget: Opposes topic 20 Worried about COVID restrictions on hospitality, jobs: Strongly Opposes topic 20 |
John Cox is a Hard-Core Conservative
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