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Kathy Hochul on VoteMatch

 

 



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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
We need to expand involuntary commitment into a hospital: 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
Put our state on a pathway to universal childcare : 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
Stop the rinse and repeat cycle of offenders being released: Strongly Favors topic 9
Strongly Opposes topic 10:
Absolute right to gun ownership
(-5 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
Prevent handguns from being turned into machine guns: Strongly Opposes topic 10
Favors topic 11:
Higher taxes on the wealthy
(-3 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
I'm calling for a sweeping middle-class income tax cut: Favors 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
Regulate for-profit bond companies focusing on immigrants: Favors 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
$1B investment to further the transition to zero emissions: Strongly Favors topic 18
$5 billion in tax credits for alternative energy projects: Favors topic 18
Strongly Opposes topic 19:
Marijuana is a gateway drug
(+5 points on Social scale)
Allow cannabis cultivation in New York prior to legal sales: Strongly Opposes topic 19
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
Housing is the number one driver of our affordability crisis: 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 Populist-Leaning Liberal
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Gubernatorial races 2025:
New Jersey Governor:
Virginia Governor:
    Democratic primary June 17 cancelled:
  • Abigail Spanberger, U.S.Rep., VA-7 (2019-2024); Dem. nominee 2025
  • Levar Stoney, VA Secretary of the Commonwealth (2014-2016); (withdrew to run for Lt. Gov.)

    Republican primary June 17 cancelled:
  • Winsome Earle-Sears, Lt. Gov. since 2022; GOP nominee 2025
  • Amanda Chase, State Senate District 11 (2016-2023); failed to make ballot
  • Denver Riggleman, U.S.Rep. (R-VA-5); exploratory committee as Independent
  • Glenn Youngkin, Incumbent Governor , (2022-2025), term-limited
Mayoral races 2025:
NYC Mayor Democratic primary June 24, 2025:
  • Adrienne Adams, speaker of the City Council
  • Andrew Cuomo, former governor of New York, 2011-2021.
    Republican June 24 primary cancelled; general election Nov. 4:
  • Eric Adams, incumbent Democratic mayor running as an independent
  • Jim Walden, Independent; Former assistant U.S. Attorney
  • Curtis Sliwa, Republican; CEO of the Guardian Angels

Jersey City Mayor (Non-partisan)
    Non-partisan general election Nov. 4:
  • Mussab Ali, former president of the Jersey City Board of Education
  • Bill O'Dea, Hudson County commissioner (since 1997)
  • Jim McGreevey, former N.J. Governor (2002-2004)
  • James Solomon, city councilor (since 2017)
  • Joyce Watterman, president of the Jersey City Council (since 2023)

Oakland CA Mayor
    Non-partisan special election April 14, 2025:
  • Barbara Lee, U.S.Rep CA-12 (1998-2025)
  • Loren Taylor, Oakland City Council (2019-2023), lost general election
  • Sheng Thao, Oakland Mayor, lost recall election Nov. 5, 2024
Abortion
Budget/Economy
Civil Rights
Corporations
Crime
Drugs
Education
Energy/Oil
Environment
Families/Children
Foreign Policy
Free Trade
Govt. Reform
Gun Control
Health Care
Homeland Security
Immigration
Infrastructure/Technology
Jobs
Local Issues
Principles/Values
Social Security
Tax Reform
War/Iraq/Mideast
Welfare/Poverty

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