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Strongly Favors topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (+5 points on Social scale)	Abortions should always be legally available: Strongly Favors topic 1 Enacted requiring coverage for all for reproductive health: Strongly Favors topic 1 Endorsed Endorsed by EMILY's list for pro-choice Democratic women: Strongly Favors topic 1
Strongly Favors topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (-5 points on Economic scale)	Prosecute discrimination cases; support affirmative action: Strongly Favors topic 2
Strongly Favors topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (+5 points on Social scale)	Boosted LGBT rights in Oregon legislature: Strongly Favors topic 3 Family Fairness Act to protect LGBT rights: Favors topic 3 Let transgendered privately change name/sex on vital records: Strongly Favors topic 3 Ban the LGBTQ Panic Defense for second degree murder: Favors topic 3
Strongly Opposes topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (+5 points on Social scale)	Rated 16% by the Christian Coalition: an anti-Family-Value voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 4
Strongly Favors topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (-5 points on Economic scale)	Fund care for infants; disabled; seniors; & Oregon citizens: Strongly Favors topic 5 Access to healthcare improving, but there is more we must do: Strongly Favors topic 5 Ensure health care for all: expand Oregon Health Plan: Favors topic 5
Favors topic 6: Privatize Social Security (+2 points on Economic scale)	More options & opportunities to save for retirement: Favors topic 6
Strongly Opposes topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (-5 points on Economic scale)	Make it easier to opt out from Common Core testing: Favors topic 7 Seamless public education from cradle to career: Opposes topic 7 More state funds for low-income districts: Strongly Opposes topic 7 Future Ready Oregon: Prepare students for today's jobs: Opposes topic 7 Seamless system of education, from cradle to career: Strongly Opposes topic 7 Close opportunity gap and invest in rural education: Strongly Opposes topic 7
Strongly Opposes topic 8: Fight EPA regulatory over-reach (+5 points on Social scale)	Supports watershed planning & reservoir drawdowns: Strongly Opposes topic 8
Strongly Opposes topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (+5 points on Social scale)	Supports community policing; opposes death penalty: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Ban use of chokeholds by police with few exceptions: Strongly Opposes topic 9
Strongly Opposes topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (-5 points on Economic scale)	Require more background checks on gun sales: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Supports IP43 assault weapon ban and IP44 safe storage rules: Strongly Opposes topic 10
Strongly Favors topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (-5 points on Economic scale)	Need more taxes from business to support basic needs: Strongly Favors topic 11
Strongly Favors topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (+5 points on Social scale)	Expand state college aid to undocumented students: Strongly Favors topic 12 Oregon will accept refugees and help them rebuild lives: Strongly Favors topic 12 Undocumented families hurt by fires deserve assistance: Strongly Favors topic 12
Strongly Favors topic 13: Support & expand free trade (+5 points on Economic scale)	International trade supports a half million Oregon jobs: Strongly Favors topic 13 Support long-term reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank: Strongly Favors topic 13
Strongly Opposes topic 14: Support American Exceptionalism (-5 points on Economic scale)	Open the doors of opportunity for Syrian refugees: Strongly Opposes topic 14
No opinion on topic 15: Expand the military (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 16: Make voter registration easier (+5 points on Social scale)	Make voter registration easier; update campaign reporting: Strongly Favors topic 16 Automatic voter registration for all drivers: Strongly Favors topic 16 Oregon sees high turnout because of vote-by-mail: Strongly Favors topic 16 15 million ballots via vote-by-mail with only 9 fraud cases: Favors topic 16 Disclose lobbyist info & pay, on public website: Favors topic 16
No opinion on topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 18: Prioritize green energy (-3 points on Economic scale)	Require 1.5% solar energy technology in public construction: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Clean fuel bill critical; we are seeing a warming planet: Strongly Favors topic 18 Wean Oregon off coal and boost renewable sources: Strongly Favors topic 18 Closed our last coal power plant decades ahead of schedule: Strongly Favors topic 18
Strongly Opposes topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (+5 points on Social scale)	Liberalize recreational marijuana use but regulate it: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Support marijuana trade between states when federal laws end: Opposes topic 19 Rated A by NORML, indicating a pro-drug-reform stance: Strongly Opposes topic 19
Strongly Favors topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (-5 points on Economic scale)	Fund infrastructure; start-up businesses; and job retraining: Strongly Favors topic 20 Grow Our Own: develop existing Oregon businesses: Favors topic 20 Expand public transit to ease traffic congestion: Favors topic 20 An additional $400 million investment in affordable housing: Strongly Favors topic 20

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