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Matt Bevin on VoteMatch |
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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 |
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No opinion on
topic 2:Legally require hiring women & minorities
(0 points on Economic scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
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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 |
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No opinion on
topic 4:Keep God in the public sphere
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Opposes
topic 9:Stricter punishment reduces crime
(+2 points on Social scale) | Imperative to address backlog of forensic tests: Opposes topic 9 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Opposes
topic 13:Support & expand free trade
(-3 points on Economic scale) | 21st century reality means re-negotiating with China: Opposes topic 13 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Favors
topic 17:Avoid foreign entanglements
(+2 points on Social scale) | No war unless Constitutional and in our national interest: Favors topic 17 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
Matt Bevin is a Libertarian-Leaning Conservative
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