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Kate Brown on VoteMatch |
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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 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 2:Legally require hiring women & minorities
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Prosecute discrimination cases; support affirmative action: Strongly Favors topic 2 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Favors
topic 6:Privatize Social Security
(+2 points on Economic scale) | More options & opportunities to save for retirement: Favors topic 6 |
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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 |
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Strongly Opposes
topic 8:Fight EPA regulatory over-reach
(+5 points on Social scale) | Supports watershed planning & reservoir drawdowns: Strongly Opposes topic 8 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Strongly Opposes
topic 14:Support American Exceptionalism
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Open the doors of opportunity for Syrian refugees: Strongly Opposes topic 14 |
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No opinion on
topic 15:Expand the military
(0 points on Social scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
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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 |
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No opinion on
topic 17:Avoid foreign entanglements
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
Kate Brown is a Hard-Core Liberal
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