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Maura Healey on VoteMatch |
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Strongly Favors
topic 1:Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right
(+5 points on Social scale) | I'm always going to stand up for abortion access: Strongly Favors topic 1 Ensure access to abortion, contraception, STI testing: Strongly Favors topic 1 Reproductive health care includes medication abortion: Strongly Favors topic 1 Judge's decision ran contrary to science, medicine and law: Strongly Favors topic 1 |
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topic 2:Legally require hiring women & minorities
(-3 points on Economic scale) | We put an equity lens on everything that we do: Favors topic 2 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 3:Support transgender and LGBTQ+ rights
(+5 points on Social scale) | Was lead counsel challenging Defense of Marriage Act: Strongly Favors topic 3 The first openly gay state attorney general in U.S. history: Strongly Favors topic 3 End the ban on LGBTQ+ blood donations: Strongly Favors topic 3 |
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topic 4:America was founded on Christian values
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Strongly Favors
topic 5:Expand ObamaCare
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Include health equity as part of Health Care Cost Trends: Strongly Favors topic 5 ACA remains the law of the land; peoples' lives depend on it: Strongly Favors topic 5 Treat mental health care as seriously as other health care: Strongly Favors topic 5 |
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topic 6:Privatize Social Security
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Strongly Opposes
topic 7:Vouchers for school choice
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Pandemic requires additional support for public schools: Strongly Opposes topic 7 Opposed ballot measure expanding number of charter schools: Strongly Opposes topic 7 Literacy Launch: make Massachusetts first in literacy: Opposes topic 7 Common Start: free child care for lowest-income families: Strongly Opposes topic 7 Gateway to Pre-K: universal preschool in Gateway Cities: Favors topic 7 |
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topic 8:Businesses have a right to pollute
(-5 points on Social scale) | Expects nuclear power plan to obey rules on reactor water: Strongly Favors topic 8 |
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topic 9:Stricter punishment reduces crime
(+2 points on Social scale) | Increase penalties for hate crimes, revamp current law: Favors topic 9 Supported 2020 reform bill repealing mandatory minimums: Strongly Opposes topic 9 |
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Strongly Opposes
topic 10:Absolute right to gun ownership
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Hold gun dealers & manufacturers accountable for marketing: Strongly Opposes topic 10 |
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topic 11:Higher taxes on the wealthy
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topic 12:Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens
(+5 points on Social scale) | Fought Muslim travel ban & family separation at border: Strongly Favors topic 12 End state involvement in federal immigration matters: Strongly Favors topic 12 |
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topic 13:Support & expand free trade
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topic 14:Stay away from the UN & Globalism
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topic 15:Peace through Strength
(-3 points on Social scale) | Named first cabinet-level Secretary of Veterans Services: Favors topic 15 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 16:Make voter registration easier
(+5 points on Social scale) | Voting rights is the most important issue of our time: Strongly Favors topic 16 Pass VOTES Act; same day voter registration: Strongly Favors topic 16 |
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topic 17:Stay out of foreign wars
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topic 18:Prioritize green energy
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Will harness all the levers in combating the climate crisis: Strongly Favors topic 18 Create a cabinet-level Climate Chief & electrify everything: Strongly Favors topic 18 Make Massachusetts the climate innovation lab for the world: Strongly Favors topic 18 |
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topic 19:Marijuana is a gateway drug
(-5 points on Social scale) | Regular pot users likely to try more dangerous drugs: Strongly Favors topic 19 |
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topic 20:Stimulus better than market-led recovery
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Stimulus checks cannot be seized by debt collectors: Favors topic 20 Encourage entrepreneurism with Office of Economic Assistance: Strongly Favors topic 20 Dealing with a housing shortage that's decades in the making: Strongly Favors topic 20 Allow communities to enact local rent stabilization policies: Strongly Favors topic 20 Build a transit system that is worthy of our economy: Strongly Favors topic 20 MBTA Communities Law: multi-family zoning near transit hubs: Strongly Favors topic 20 |
Maura Healey is a Populist-Leaning Liberal
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