VoteMatch Responses
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VoteMatch Question & Answer (Click on question for explanation and background) |
Based on these stances: (Click on topic for excerpt & citation) |
Strongly Favors
topic 1:Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right
(+5 points on Social scale)
| Pro-choice, according to PVS survey: Strongly Favors topic 1 |
Strongly Favors
topic 2:Legally require hiring women & minorities
(-5 points on Economic scale)
| Voted YES on private lawsuits for school race discrimination: Favors topic 2 Sponsored bill for ratifying Equal Rights Amendment: Strongly Favors topic 2 Combat international and domestic Islamophobia: Favors topic 2 |
Strongly Favors
topic 3:Comfortable with same-sex marriage
(+5 points on Social scale)
| Will work to end discrimination against LGBT+ people: Strongly Favors topic 3 |
No opinion on
topic 4:Keep God in the public sphere
(0 points on Social scale)
| (No votes on which to base response) |
Strongly Favors
topic 5:Expand ObamaCare
(-5 points on Economic scale)
| Medicare-for-All is first step toward basic morality: Strongly Favors topic 5 Health care is a basic human right, period: Strongly Favors topic 5 Medicare-for-All; address prescription drug cost: Strongly Favors topic 5 Keep ObamaCare, according to PVS survey: Favors topic 5 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 6:Privatize Social Security
(-5 points on Economic scale)
| Make wealthy pay more to protect Social Security: Strongly Opposes topic 6 Fight efforts at Social Security privatization: Opposes topic 6 |
Opposes
topic 7:Vouchers for school choice
(-3 points on Economic scale)
| Universal public education, starting with preschool: Strongly Opposes topic 7 PVS:States decide standards, not federal government: Favors topic 7 |
No opinion on
topic 8:Fight EPA regulatory over-reach
(0 points on Social scale)
| (No votes on which to base response) |
Strongly Opposes
topic 9:Stricter punishment reduces crime
(+5 points on Social scale)
| Advocates criminal justice reform for fairer system: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Asked Biden Administration to abolish federal death penalty: Opposes topic 9 Sponsored stricter rules for police accountability: Strongly Opposes topic 9 |
Opposes
topic 10:Absolute right to gun ownership
(-3 points on Economic scale)
| Support gun-control, according to PVS survey: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Require background check for every firearm sale and transfer: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Sponsored bill for background checks for private transfers: Strongly Favors topic 10 |
Favors
topic 11:Higher taxes on the wealthy
(-3 points on Economic scale)
| PVS:Increase taxes to balance budget: Favors topic 11 |
Strongly Favors
topic 12:Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens
(+5 points on Social scale)
| Founded IRATE:Immigration Reform/Advocacy/Training/Education: Strongly Favors topic 12 PVS:Let illegal immigrants apply for citizenship: Strongly Favors topic 12 Increase both high-skill and family-based visa caps: Favors topic 12 Sponsored bill to disallow religion-based immigration ban: Strongly Favors topic 12 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 13:Support & expand free trade
(-5 points on Economic scale)
| Need trade policy to support workers, planet, not free trade: Strongly Opposes topic 13 Make increasing living standards a part of all trade deals: Opposes topic 13 Too many of our jobs have been offshored or contracted out: Opposes topic 13 Too many jobs have been offshored and privatized: Opposes topic 13 Rated Oppose USMCA until more environmental & job protections: Strongly Opposes topic 13 |
No opinion on
topic 14:Support American Exceptionalism
(0 points on Economic scale)
| (No votes on which to base response) |
Strongly Opposes
topic 15:Expand the military
(+5 points on Social scale)
| PVS:Cut defense to balance budget: Strongly Opposes topic 15 |
Strongly Favors
topic 16:Make voter registration easier
(+5 points on Social scale)
| Supports election reform & overturning Citizens United: Strongly Favors topic 16 Turn democracy from a spectator sport to participation sport: Strongly Favors topic 16 PVS:Regulate campaign donations from corporations: Favors topic 16 Holiday on election day; revamp for easier voting access: Favors topic 16 Sponsored bill to expand voter registration and voter access: Strongly Favors topic 16 |
Strongly Favors
topic 17:Avoid foreign entanglements
(+5 points on Social scale)
| Sponsored bill to remove US forces from Yemen: Strongly Favors topic 17 No military force against Iran without Congress approval: Strongly Favors topic 17 Repeal 2002 Military Force Authorization against Iraq: Favors topic 17 |
Favors
topic 18:Prioritize green energy
(-3 points on Economic scale)
| Stopping global warming is moral imperative: Strongly Favors topic 18 PVS:Fund renewable energy like wind and solar: Strongly Favors topic 18 PVS:Regulate greenhouse gas emissions: Strongly Favors topic 18 Green New Deal: 10-year national mobilization: Favors topic 18 Rated Voted NO on assisting rural electric renewable energy: Strongly Opposes topic 18 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 19:Marijuana is a gateway drug
(+5 points on Social scale)
| PVS:Support recreational marijuana: Strongly Opposes topic 19 |
Favors
topic 20:Stimulus better than market-led recovery
(-3 points on Economic scale)
| No Worker Left Behind: 120,000 jobs during Great Recession: Favors topic 20 Green infrastructure plan for roads, water, and trains: Favors topic 20 PVS:Federal spending for economic stimulus: Strongly Favors topic 20 Rated Voted NO on $900 billion COVID relief package: Strongly Opposes topic 20 $1.9 trillion ARPA bill for COVID relief: Favors topic 20 |