Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on VoteMatch

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Strongly Favors topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (+5 points on Social scale)	Supports abortion rights, but every abortion is a tragedy: Favors topic 1 Keep government away from women's childbearing choices: Strongly Favors topic 1
Favors topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (-3 points on Economic scale)	Address racial healing through Targeted Community Repair: Favors topic 2
Strongly Opposes topic 3: Support transgender and LGBTQ+ rights (-5 points on Social scale)	Against biological males participating in women's sports: Strongly Opposes topic 3
Strongly Favors topic 4: America was founded on Christian values (-5 points on Social scale)	Un-American to end religious exemptions for vaccinations: Strongly Favors topic 4
Opposes topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (+2 points on Economic scale)	We will move from a sick care system to a wellness society: Favors topic 5 Would put Dr. Fauci on trial over COVID vaccines: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Public option not right thing, unless part of single-payer: Opposes topic 5
Favors topic 6: Privatize Social Security (+2 points on Economic scale)	Protect Social Security; needs more study: Favors topic 6
Strongly Favors topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (+5 points on Economic scale)	Invest in public schools but with vouchers & parental choice: Strongly Favors topic 7
Opposes topic 8: Businesses have a right to pollute (+2 points on Social scale)	Riverkeepers: Sue polluters to clean up Hudson River: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Criticizes anti-cryptocurrency policies under Biden: Strongly Favors topic 8 We will protect wild lands from further development: Strongly Opposes topic 8
Strongly Opposes topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (+5 points on Social scale)	Instead of defunding the police, transform the police: Strongly Opposes topic 9 We will never weaponize the law against political opponents: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Release Sirhan Sirhan; doesn't believe he shot RFK: Strongly Opposes topic 9
Opposes topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (-3 points on Economic scale)	Mass shootings linked to antidepressants & video games : Favors topic 10 Common sense gun control, and assault weapons ban: Strongly Opposes topic 10
Strongly Opposes topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (+5 points on Economic scale)	Exempt conversion of bitcoin from capital gains taxes : Strongly Opposes topic 11 Stimulate economy without raising taxes: Opposes topic 11
Strongly Opposes topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (-5 points on Social scale)	I will enforce a secure border & expand LEGAL immigration: Strongly Opposes topic 12
Favors topic 13: Support & expand free trade (+2 points on Economic scale)	Industry ruined by 40 years of misguided free trade schemes: Strongly Opposes topic 13 Compete with China and we win without war: Favors topic 13 CHIPS Act: Don't subsidize rich nor cut off trade with China: Strongly Favors topic 13
Opposes topic 14: Stay away from the UN & Globalism (-3 points on Economic scale)	Stop weaponizing the US dollar to avoid world currency: Strongly Opposes topic 14 Our priority will be to restore America's moral leadership: Favors topic 14
Strongly Opposes topic 15: Peace through Strength (+5 points on Social scale)	End the imperial project and attend to what's been neglected: Strongly Opposes topic 15 1960s FBI and CIA posed threats to democracy: Opposes topic 15
Favors topic 16: Make voter registration easier (+2 points on Social scale)	Podcasts allow deplatformed candidates to reach voters: Favors topic 16
Favors topic 17: Stay out of foreign wars (+2 points on Social scale)	End the proxy wars, bombing campaigns, covert operations: Strongly Favors topic 17 Find a diplomatic solution that brings peace to Ukraine: Opposes topic 17 Russia's invasion of Ukraine is brutal; but not "unprovoked": Favors topic 17
Favors topic 18: Prioritize green energy (-3 points on Economic scale)	Incentivize industry to zero-waste cycles, clean energy : Strongly Favors topic 18 Climate crisis used to push totalitarian controls on society: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Stop subsidizing carbon--and nuclear plants cost too much: Strongly Favors topic 18
Strongly Opposes topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (+5 points on Social scale)	End War on Drugs, amnesty for nonviolent drug offenders: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Federally decriminalize cannabis : Strongly Opposes topic 19 War on Drugs creates desperate conditions south of border: Opposes topic 19
Strongly Favors topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (-5 points on Economic scale)	Shift budget from military to domestic spending: Favors topic 20 American economy is in trouble for most people: Favors topic 20 Our kids can't buy homes because of corporate accumulation: Favors topic 20 Guaranteed 3% mortgage for first-time homebuyers: Strongly Favors topic 20

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a Moderate Libertarian Liberal
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