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Strongly Opposes topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (-5 points on Social scale)	Voted for "heartbeat bill": abortion ban after 15 weeks: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Protect all innocent life, including unborn children: Strongly Opposes topic 1 No abortion after 15 weeks of gestation, with no exceptions: Strongly Opposes topic 1
Strongly Opposes topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (+5 points on Economic scale)	Refused ride-along with lone female reporter: Strongly Opposes topic 2 Being discriminated against is part of our free society: Strongly Opposes topic 2 2015: Never heard anyone being offended by our state flag: Strongly Opposes topic 2
Strongly Opposes topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (-5 points on Social scale)	Denying services to gays different than denying to blacks: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Let businesses deny service to gays for religious reasons: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Let businesses refuse to serve LGBT people: Strongly Opposes topic 3
Favors topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (-3 points on Social scale)	Conservative outsider; aligned with Trump on social media: Favors topic 4
Favors topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (-3 points on Economic scale)	Work with federal government to expand Medicaid in MS: Favors topic 5 Everyone has access to healthcare; issue is affordability: Favors topic 5 Consider some form of Medicaid expansion: Favors topic 5 Reform Medicaid to cover 300,000 more Mississippians: Favors topic 5 ObamaCare is bad policy, but let's get Mississippi our share: Favors topic 5 Expand Medicaid with contribution of monthly fee: Favors topic 5 Reform our monopolistic Certificate of Need laws: Opposes topic 5
No opinion on topic 6: Privatize Social Security (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Opposes topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (-3 points on Economic scale)	Make pay raise for teachers a priority in Jackson: Opposes topic 7 School choice has its place, but we must be very careful: Opposes topic 7 Allow autonomy for school districts to experiment: Favors topic 7 Why build duplicate private schools and public schools?: Opposes topic 7
Strongly Favors topic 8: Fight EPA regulatory over-reach (-5 points on Social scale)	Stand with farmers; fight EPA over-regulation: Favors topic 8 Enact sunset legislation; roll back rules and regulations: Strongly Favors topic 8
Favors topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (-3 points on Social scale)	Help nonviolent offenders; often a better solution: Opposes topic 9 Police officers don't shoot at people unless they need to: Strongly Favors topic 9 People have to respect police officers and answer questions: Strongly Favors topic 9 Reduce recidivism by differentiating non-violent offenders: Opposes topic 9
Strongly Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+5 points on Economic scale)	Second amendment is final check & balance in Constitution: Strongly Favors topic 10
Opposes topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (+2 points on Economic scale)	Eliminate Mississippi's personal income tax: Strongly Favors topic 11 Gas tax instead of income tax, for infrastructure: Favors topic 11 Cut the franchise tax; it's a regressive tax on businesses: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Sales taxes are best; poor pay more but are taken care of: Strongly Opposes topic 11 A tax on business means a tax on job creation: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Excise and sales tax, rather than income and property tax: Strongly Opposes topic 11
Strongly Opposes topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (-5 points on Social scale)	Liberal governors ignore federal immigration law: Opposes topic 12 No sanctuary: report illegal criminals: Strongly Opposes topic 12
Strongly Opposes topic 13: Support & expand free trade (-5 points on Economic scale)	Support tariffs on China; assist farmers when hurt by them: Strongly 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)
No opinion on topic 16: Make voter registration easier (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 18: Prioritize green energy (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Opposes topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (+2 points on Social scale)	We can't punish someone out of addiction: Opposes topic 19 Full-on prohibition of drugs does not work: Opposes topic 19
Favors topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (-3 points on Economic scale)	Resist flashy projects, but must do critical infrastructure: Favors topic 20

Robert Foster is a Moderate Populist Conservative
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