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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)	Require half the legislature be female for new abortion laws: Strongly Favors topic 1
Strongly Favors topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (-5 points on Economic scale)	State should license black farmers for medical marijuana: Strongly Favors topic 2
Strongly Favors topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (+5 points on Social scale)	Updated personnel policies to ban LGBTQ discrimination: Strongly Favors topic 3 Banning transgender kids in sports is peddling hate: 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)
Favors topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (-3 points on Economic scale)	Criticized Florida AG for joining anti-ACA lawsuit: Favors topic 5
No opinion on topic 6: Privatize Social Security (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Opposes topic 8: Fight EPA regulatory over-reach (+5 points on Social scale)	Initiated a plan to phase out the use of Styrofoam products: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Asks that manatees again be listed as "endangered" species: Strongly Opposes topic 8 State needs to deal with potentially polluting gypsum stacks: Strongly Opposes topic 8
Opposes topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (+2 points on Social scale)	Supported posthumous clemency for Groveland Four: Opposes topic 9
Opposes topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (-3 points on Economic scale)	Kicked the NRA out of weapons license permitting: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Supports common-sense gun violence prevention reforms: Opposes topic 10 Kicked the NRA out of weapons license permitting: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Holds medical marijuana card and concealed-weapons permit: Favors topic 10
No opinion on topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (+5 points on Social scale)	Fought against Florida ban on "sanctuary cities": Strongly Favors topic 12
Opposes topic 13: Support & expand free trade (-3 points on Economic scale)	Opposed Trump trade deal, foreign produce dumping: Opposes topic 13
No opinion on topic 14: Support American Exceptionalism (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 15: Expand the military (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 16: Make voter registration easier (+5 points on Social scale)	Republicans engage in voter suppression: Strongly Favors topic 16 Would reverse restrictions on voting rights: Strongly Favors topic 16
Strongly Opposes topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (-5 points on Social scale)	I am supporting the American-Israeli relationship: Strongly Opposes topic 17
Favors topic 18: Prioritize green energy (-3 points on Economic scale)	Proposed a state-federal partnership on carbon farming: Strongly Favors topic 18 Middle of the road policies got C-minus from Sierra Club: Opposes topic 18
Strongly Opposes topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (+5 points on Social scale)	Advocated for medical marijuana & legalization: Strongly Opposes topic 19 As lobbyist, helped legalize smokable medical cannabis: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Advocated for medical marijuana & legalization: Strongly Opposes topic 19
Favors topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (-3 points on Economic scale)	We need to be bringing in new industries to our state: Favors topic 20

Nikki Fried is a Libertarian-Leaning Progressive
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