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Strongly Favors topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (+5 points on Social scale)	Fight any efforts to limit reproductive health services: Strongly Favors topic 1 Supports public abortion funding: Strongly Favors topic 1 Supports churches providing birth control: Strongly Favors topic 1 I consider myself pro-choice: Strongly Favors topic 1 Ban anti-abortion limitations on abortion services: Strongly Favors topic 1 Access safe, legal abortion without restrictions: Strongly Favors topic 1 Rated Funding abortion avoids discrimination against poor women: Strongly Favors topic 1 Rated Constitutional right to terminate pregnancy for health: Strongly Favors topic 1 Protect the reproductive rights of women: Strongly Favors topic 1
Strongly Favors topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (-5 points on Economic scale)	Pay equity for women: Strongly Favors topic 2 Endorsed as "preferred" by The Feminist Majority indicating pro-women's rights: Strongly Favors topic 2 Sponsored removing deadline for ratification of the ERA: Strongly Favors topic 2 More funding & services for victims of domestic violence: Strongly Favors topic 2 Enforce against wage discrimination based on gender: Strongly Favors topic 2 Recognize 1961 Freedom Riders against segregated buses: Strongly Favors topic 2 Establish a Women's Bureau in Dept. of Veterans Affairs: Favors topic 2 YES on reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act: Favors topic 2
Strongly Favors topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (+5 points on Social scale)	Don't measure worth by the gender of your spouse: Strongly Favors topic 3 Kennedy leads task force for transgender equality: Strongly Favors topic 3 Right to love and marry whom you choose: Strongly Favors topic 3 Opposes defining traditional marriage: Strongly Favors topic 3 Don't elevate gender identity as a protected class: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Let states recognize same sex marriage: Favors topic 3
Strongly Opposes topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (+5 points on Social scale)	Co-sponsored Do No Harm Act: keep church and state separate: Strongly Opposes topic 4 Religious freedom means no religious registry: Strongly Opposes topic 4
Strongly Favors topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (-5 points on Economic scale)	ACA has done good things for people in need: Strongly Favors topic 5 Defend the progress we've made with ObamaCare: Strongly Favors topic 5 Opposes repealing ObamaCare: Strongly Favors topic 5 Opposes repealing ObamaCare: Favors topic 5 Rated GOP can't beat ObamaCare, so they pretend it's a "disaster": Strongly Favors topic 5 Supports repealing mandated health insurance: Strongly Opposes topic 5
Strongly Opposes topic 6: Privatize Social Security (-5 points on Economic scale)	No means testing; no age changes; no privatization: Strongly Opposes topic 6 Rated 100% by ARA, indicating a pro-Trust Fund stance: Strongly Opposes topic 6
Strongly Opposes topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (-5 points on Economic scale)	I support the President's Race to the Top program: Opposes topic 7 Supports federal grants for education reforms: Opposes topic 7 Rated No-strings-attached block grant will kill transparency: Opposes topic 7 Rated Oppose private and religious school voucher programs: Strongly Opposes topic 7
Neutral on topic 8: Fight EPA regulatory over-reach (0 points on Social scale)	Necessary regulations costs are crippling: Favors topic 8 Voted YES to require GMO labeling: Opposes topic 8
Opposes topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (+2 points on Social scale)	Opposes capital punishment: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Sponsored evidence-based & proven prevention for street gangs: Opposes topic 9 Rated 85% by the NAPO, indicating a tough-on-crime stance: Favors topic 9
Opposes topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (-3 points on Economic scale)	Keep assault weapons ban; end gun-show loophole: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Supports restrictions on gun purchases: Opposes topic 10 Opposes restrictions on right to bear arms: Strongly Favors topic 10 Require background check for every firearm sale and transfer: Strongly Opposes topic 10
Favors topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (-3 points on Economic scale)	Tax system where everyone pays fair share: Strongly Favors topic 11 Supports increasing tax rates: Strongly Favors topic 11 Opposes eliminating the inheritance tax: Strongly Favors topic 11 Supports an income tax increase: Favors topic 11 Rated Raising estate tax to 1990s level means $448B in new revenue: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Opposes increasing income tax rates: Opposes topic 11 Make employee educational assistance tax-deductible: Favors topic 11
Strongly Favors topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (+5 points on Social scale)	Build a wall and my generation will tear it down: Strongly Favors topic 12 To all the DREAMers: Vamos a luchar por ustedes: Strongly Favors topic 12 Kennedy promises to fight for DACA recipients: Strongly Favors topic 12 Provide an opportunity to earn citizenship: Strongly Favors topic 12 Opposes exiting US to apply for citizenship: Favors topic 12 Rated Voted to legalize DREAMer immigrants via military service: Strongly Favors topic 12 Provide lawyers and evidence for children being deported: Favors topic 12 Increase both high-skill and family-based visa caps: Favors topic 12
Strongly Favors topic 13: Support & expand free trade (+5 points on Economic scale)	$25B more loans from Export-Import Bank: Strongly Favors topic 13
Favors topic 14: Support American Exceptionalism (+2 points on Economic scale)	Supports targeting suspected terrorists, according to PVS: Strongly Favors topic 14 Condemn China's organ harvesting from Falun Gong prisoners: Opposes topic 14 $500M and 3,000 troops to Africa to fight Ebola: Opposes topic 14 Supports standing with the nation of israel: Favors topic 14
Strongly Opposes topic 15: Expand the military (+5 points on Social scale)	Reduce defense spending, not Medicaid/Medicare: Strongly Opposes topic 15 Supports reducing defense spending: Strongly Opposes topic 15
Strongly Favors topic 16: Make voter registration easier (+5 points on Social scale)	Citizens United decision should be reversed: Strongly Favors topic 16 Full disclosure of campaign spending: Strongly Favors topic 16 Matching fund for small donors, with debate requirements: Favors topic 16 No photo IDs to vote; they suppress the vote: Favors topic 16 Establish "My Voice Voucher" small campaign contributions: Strongly Favors topic 16 Public financing of federal campaigns by voter vouchers: Favors topic 16 Statehood for the District of Columbia: Favors topic 16 Automatic voter registration for all citizens: Strongly Favors topic 16 Holiday on election day; revamp for easier voting access: Favors topic 16
Favors topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (+2 points on Social scale)	Opposed 2003 Iraq war; opposed 2013 Syria war: Strongly Favors topic 17 Stay vigilant with Iran as we leave Afghanistan: Opposes topic 17 Bring troops home quickly & prudently before end of 2014: Strongly Favors topic 17 Crippling sanctions on Iran to ensure no nuclear arms: Opposes topic 17 No military force against Iran without Congress approval: Strongly Favors topic 17
Strongly Favors topic 18: Prioritize green energy (-5 points on Economic scale)	Invest in renewable and energy-efficiency technologies: Favors topic 18 Human activity is contributing to climate change: Strongly Favors topic 18 Supports regulating greenhouse gas emissions: Strongly Favors topic 18 Voted YES on banning offshore oil drilling in Gulf of Mexico: Strongly Favors topic 18 50% clean and carbon free electricity by 2030: Strongly Favors topic 18 Green New Deal: 10-year national mobilization: Favors topic 18
Strongly Favors topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (-5 points on Social scale)	Concerns with marijuana legalization: take a deep breath: Strongly Favors topic 19 Rated D by NORML, indicating a "hard-on-drugs" stance: Strongly Favors topic 19
Favors topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (-3 points on Economic scale)	Raise the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour by 2016: Favors topic 20 Supports constitutional amendment for balanced budget: Favors topic 20 NO on prioritizing spending in case debt limit is reached: Favors topic 20

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