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Strongly Favors topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (+5 points on Social scale)	Endorsed by NARAL Pro-Choice New York: Strongly Favors topic 1 Overturning Roe changed nothing in NY, because I'm governor: Strongly Favors topic 1 Extremists won't stop at any one particular drug or service: 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)	If men don't change attitudes there will be consequences: Strongly Favors topic 2 No longer barriers/ceiling to women in government: Strongly Favors topic 2 She believes in equal pay for equal work: Strongly Favors topic 2 Constitutional Amendment for women's equal rights: Strongly Favors topic 2 Endorsed as "preferred" by The Feminist Majority indicating pro-women's rights: Strongly Favors topic 2
Strongly Favors topic 3: Support transgender and LGBTQ+ rights (+5 points on Social scale)	In Congress supported same-sex marriage & abortion rights: Strongly Favors topic 3 Supported same-sex marriage & abortion rights: Strongly Favors topic 3 Prohibit sexual-identity discrimination at schools: Strongly Favors topic 3
Favors topic 4: America was founded on Christian values (-3 points on Social scale)	Catholic upbringing: care for poor, imprisoned, & homeless: Favors topic 4
Strongly Favors topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (-5 points on Economic scale)	Don't replace Medicare with vouchers: Strongly Favors topic 5 Support for ACA contraception mandate cost her re-election: Strongly Favors topic 5 Pay healthcare worked a retention bonus up to $3000: Favors topic 5 $1B and critical policy changes for mental health care: Strongly Favors topic 5 Require hospitals to screen for mental health conditions: Strongly Favors topic 5
Strongly Opposes topic 6: Privatize Social Security (-5 points on Economic scale)	Endorsed by National Committee to Preserve Social Security: Strongly Opposes topic 6 by NCPSSM indicating a pro-Social Security stance: Strongly Opposes topic 6
Strongly Opposes topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (-5 points on Economic scale)	Partnerships between employers and educational institutions: Opposes topic 7 Free tuition for medical students if they remain in New York: Strongly Opposes topic 7
Strongly Opposes topic 8: Businesses have a right to pollute (+5 points on Social scale)	EPA cleanup of intolerable odors & emissions in Attica: Strongly Opposes topic 8
Favors topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (-3 points on Social scale)	Expand eligibility for prosecution as hate crimes: Strongly Favors topic 9 Created transitional home for victims of domestic violence: Favors topic 9 Spearheaded campaign against college sexual assaults: Favors topic 9 Jails-to-Jobs: get incarcerated people training for jobs: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Signed "Less is More Act" to reform parole system: Opposes topic 9 I stand by bail reform but there's room for improvement: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Strengthen penalties for assaulting a retail worker: Strongly Favors topic 9
Opposes topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (-3 points on Economic scale)	Streamlined the Pistol Permit process: Favors topic 10 Top rating from National Rifle Association: Strongly Favors topic 10 State senate too afraid of NRA to vote on "red flag" bill: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Double down on strategies to combat gun violence: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Raise the age to buy semiautomatic rifle to 21: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Illegal guns are from out of state; need a national response: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Developed new strategies to deal with rise in gun violence: Strongly Opposes topic 10
No opinion on topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (0 points on Economic scale)	Remove Thruway tolls & new license plate mandate: Opposes topic 11 Tax cuts for low/middle incomes, not for billionaires: Strongly Favors topic 11 Provide $1 billion middle-class property tax rebate: Opposes topic 11
Opposes topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (-3 points on Social scale)	Top rating from National Rifle Association: Opposes topic 12 2007: No drivers licenses to undocumented immigrants: Opposes topic 12 Submit temporary guest worker applications online: Favors topic 12 Once opposed driver's licenses for undocumented immigrants: Opposes topic 12
Opposes topic 13: Support & expand free trade (-3 points on Economic scale)	Impose tariffs against countries which manipulate currency: Opposes topic 13 Require open markets for US goods in all trade agreements: Opposes topic 13 Rated 25% by the USAE, indicating support for trade sanctions: Opposes topic 13
Favors topic 14: Stay away from the UN & Globalism (+2 points on Economic scale)	National movements for equality were all started in New York: Favors topic 14
Favors topic 15: Peace through Strength (-3 points on Social scale)	Served as counsel to a homeland security corporation: Favors topic 15
Strongly Favors topic 16: Make voter registration easier (+5 points on Social scale)	Enact two-term limits for statewide elected officials: Favors topic 16 Ban stock trading based on Congressional insider knowledge: Strongly Favors topic 16
Strongly Opposes topic 17: Stay out of foreign wars (-5 points on Social scale)	Boycott & sanctions against Iran for terrorism & nukes: Opposes topic 17 Counter Iran's growing presence in Latin America: Strongly Opposes topic 17
Strongly Favors topic 18: Prioritize green energy (-5 points on Economic scale)	$500 million investment in offshore wind energy: Strongly Favors topic 18 EmPower Plus helps low-income families retrofit their homes: Strongly Favors topic 18 End new fossil-fuel-powered heating equipment by 2030: Strongly Favors topic 18 $5 billion in tax credits for alternative energy projects: Favors topic 18
No opinion on topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (-5 points on Economic scale)	Housing Compact has goal of 800,000 new homes in a decade: Strongly Favors topic 20 Grow programs that train for jobs actually in demand: Favors topic 20 $1 billion investment in digital infrastructure: Strongly Favors topic 20 Create consortium to purchase and share AI computing power: Strongly Favors topic 20 Housing plan to create and preserve 100,000 affordable homes: Strongly Favors topic 20 Increase debt limit from $14.3 trillion to $16.7 trillion: Favors topic 20

Kathy Hochul is a Liberal Populist
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