Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on VoteMatch

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Strongly Favors topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (+5 points on Social scale)	Repeal Hyde amendment; it's about inequality: Favors topic 1 Women should have access to quality reproductive healthcare: Strongly Favors topic 1 Pro-choice, according to PVS survey: Strongly Favors topic 1
Strongly Favors topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (-5 points on Economic scale)	Reagan's "welfare queens" are a racist caricature: Strongly Favors topic 2 Election winners didn't look like me; now maybe more will: Strongly Favors topic 2 State of the Union: protest ignoring sexual assaults: Favors topic 2 Activism is inherently divisive, like MLK was: Favors topic 2 Voted YES on private lawsuits for school race discrimination: Favors topic 2 Trump models disrespectful rhetoric & policies toward women: Favors topic 2 Sponsored bill for ratifying Equal Rights Amendment: Strongly Favors topic 2 Sponsored "Combating International Islamophobia Act": Strongly Favors topic 2
Strongly Favors topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (+5 points on Social scale)	Make discrimination by gender & sexual orientation illegal: 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)	Hyde amendment about healthcare for poor & women of color: Strongly Favors topic 5 Medicare-for-All offers affordable healthcare to everyone: Favors topic 5 Medicare-for-All saves money; an investment for our future: Strongly Favors topic 5
Strongly Opposes topic 6: Privatize Social Security (-5 points on Economic scale)	GOP will dismantle any semblance of public safety net: Strongly Opposes topic 6 Avid supporter of Social Security; wants to see it expanded: Strongly Opposes topic 6
Strongly Opposes topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (-5 points on Economic scale)	Public option for elementary education is vitally important: Strongly Opposes topic 7 Expand national education into tuition-free public colleges: Opposes topic 7
No opinion on topic 8: Fight EPA regulatory over-reach (0 points on Social scale)	Keep existing nuclear power plants but block new ones: Favors topic 8 Green New Deal: economic & environmental transformation: Opposes topic 8
Opposes topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (+2 points on Social scale)	Total renovation of justice system; end mass incarceration: Opposes topic 9 Asked Biden Administration to abolish federal death penalty: Opposes topic 9 Stricter rules for law enforcement accountability: Opposes topic 9
Opposes topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (-3 points on Economic scale)	Believes in common-sense approach to reforming gun control: Strongly Opposes topic 10 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
Strongly Favors topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (-5 points on Economic scale)	Questioned Guatemalan asylum seeker at hearing in Spanish: Strongly Favors topic 11 Workers & government should not pay for billionaires: Strongly Favors topic 11 70% marginal tax rate on income above $10M/year: Strongly Favors topic 11 Raise taxes on the wealthy and on corporations: Strongly Favors topic 11 PVS:Increase taxes to balance budget: Favors topic 11
Strongly Favors topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (+5 points on Social scale)	ICE must end; it's unaccountable to standards of due process: Strongly Favors topic 12 Opposes border wall, according to CC survey: 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)	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)	Sponsored bill to monitor forced Uyghur labor in Xinjiang: Strongly Favors topic 14 Asked State Dept to oppose Israeli annexation of West Bank: Strongly Opposes topic 14
Strongly Opposes topic 15: Expand the military (+5 points on Social scale)	Pay for 65% of Medicare with defense waste (FactCheck: 20%): Strongly Opposes topic 15 Build global ties & stronger economy by bringing troops home: Strongly Opposes topic 15 Honors and thanks all veterans for their service: Favors topic 15 PVS:Cut defense to balance budget: Strongly Opposes topic 15
Strongly Favors topic 16: Make voter registration easier (+5 points on Social scale)	First pledge to voters: clean up campaign finances: Strongly Favors topic 16 Puerto Ricans suffer neglect from not having a federal vote: 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
Favors topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (+2 points on Social scale)	Research should help everyone, including developing nations: Opposes topic 17 Signed letter opposing Israeli annexation of territories: Strongly Opposes topic 17 PVS:No U.S. military intervention in the Mideast: Favors topic 17 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
Strongly Favors topic 18: Prioritize green energy (-5 points on Economic scale)	Move to a carbon-free, 100% renewable energy system: 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 Sponsored Green New Deal: 10-year national mobilization: Strongly 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)	Stand up to pharmaceutical lobbies that entice addiction: Opposes topic 19 PVS:Support recreational marijuana: Strongly Opposes topic 19
Strongly Favors topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (-5 points on Economic scale)	Insisted on a living wage for her congressional staff: Strongly Favors topic 20 Bills to chip away at economic injustice: "A Just Society": Strongly Favors topic 20 Endorses a Federal Jobs Guarantee program with benefits: Strongly 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

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a Hard-Core Liberal
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