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Strongly Opposes topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (-5 points on Social scale)	I am the most pro-life governor in America: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Latest abortion laws are straight-up infanticide: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Sued for closing state's only abortion provider: Strongly Opposes topic 1 We have a duty to protect unborn human life: Strongly Opposes topic 1
No opinion on topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Opposes topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (-5 points on Social scale)	Why not define marriage as a parent marrying their child?: Opposes topic 3 Marriage is between a man and a woman: Strongly Opposes 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)
Opposes topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (+2 points on Economic scale)	Ban use of tobacco products in schools: Favors topic 5 Work/school requirements for Medicaid: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Disband KYNECT immediately; transition to federal system: Opposes topic 5 Defund ObamaCare immediately, then repeal ObamaCare: Strongly Opposes topic 5
Favors topic 6: Privatize Social Security (+2 points on Economic scale)	401(k)-style plan for state employee pensions struck down: Favors topic 6 More state contribution to $43B unfunded state pension plan: Opposes topic 6 Increase taxes to fund Kentucky Retirement Systems: Favors topic 6 Replace public pension system with 401(k) for new employees: Favors topic 6
Strongly Favors topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (+5 points on Economic scale)	Legislature should decide teacher pensions, not judges: Favors topic 7 Proposed school cuts of $128M; legislature restored them: Favors topic 7 Create Charter Schools Advisory Council & implement charters: Favors topic 7 End education monopoly with school choice and vouchers: Strongly Favors topic 7 Limit federal one-size-fits-all role in education: Strongly Favors topic 7
Strongly Favors topic 8: Fight EPA regulatory over-reach (-5 points on Social scale)	Parents should be free to vaccinate their children or not: Strongly Favors topic 8 Opposes federal regulations like waterway protection: Strongly Favors topic 8 I don't support cockfighting, but don't criminalize it: Strongly Favors topic 8
Opposes topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (+2 points on Social scale)	Imperative to address backlog of forensic tests: Opposes topic 9
Strongly Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+5 points on Economic scale)	Guns aren't problem in schools; kids in my school had guns: Strongly Favors topic 10 Culture of violence, like zombie shows, cause mass shootings: Strongly Favors topic 10 School shootings caused by "culture of death" in media: Strongly Favors topic 10 Second Amendment is the lynchpin of the Bill of Rights: Strongly Favors topic 10
Strongly Opposes topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (+5 points on Economic scale)	Signed $106 million tax cut for banks & other institutions: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Reduce tax revenue: not simple revenue neutrality: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Higher taxes mean fewer private sector jobs: Strongly Opposes topic 11
Strongly Opposes topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (-5 points on Social scale)	Eliminate the magnets that attract illegal immigrants: Strongly Opposes topic 12
Opposes topic 13: Support & expand free trade (-3 points on Economic scale)	21st century reality means re-negotiating with China: Opposes topic 13
Strongly Favors topic 14: Support American Exceptionalism (+5 points on Economic scale)	Oppose the resettlement of Syrian refugees: Strongly Favors topic 14 Led public Pledge of Allegiance, & speeches about patriotism: Strongly Favors topic 14 No unilateral action in Eastern Europe: Opposes topic 14 Fight foreign treaties that weaken our sovereignty: Strongly Favors topic 14
Strongly Favors topic 15: Expand the military (-5 points on Social scale)	We must keep the strongest military in the world: Strongly Favors topic 15
Opposes topic 16: Make voter registration easier (-3 points on Social scale)	Overturn voting rights to ex-felons who completed sentences: Opposes topic 16 Restore felon voting rights, but only through legislature: Opposes topic 16 Signed term limit pledge: 6 years House; 12 years Senate: Favors topic 16
Favors topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (+2 points on Social scale)	No war unless Constitutional and in our national interest: Favors topic 17
Strongly Opposes topic 18: Prioritize green energy (+5 points on Economic scale)	Don't subsidize renewables; we didn't cause climate change: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Stand up for coal; we have hundreds of years of supply: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Fight against EPA's relentless attacks on the coal industry: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Support coal production and new nuclear power plants: Strongly Opposes topic 18
Favors topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (-3 points on Social scale)	Crack down on drug dealers and others who abuse the system: Favors topic 19 Random drug testing for welfare recipients: Strongly Favors topic 19 Rated B- by NORML, indicating a pro-drug-reform stance: Strongly Opposes topic 19
Strongly Opposes topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (+5 points on Economic scale)	Minimum wage stifles job creation; reduce to $7.25: Strongly Opposes topic 20 AdWatch: Supporting a debt-limit increase is too liberal: Strongly Opposes topic 20 No budget deal; let the sequester cuts take place: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Wall Street and auto bailouts made us pay for their mistakes: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Balanced Budget Amendment ends Congress' spending addiction: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Permanent ban on earmarks, with no loopholes: Strongly Opposes topic 20

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