Dan Whitfield on SenateMatch | |
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topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (+2 points on Social scale) | Pro-choice but focus on sex ed & access to contraceptives: Favors topic 1 |
Strongly Favors
topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (-5 points on Economic scale) | Solving systemic racism will improve life for Americans: Strongly Favors topic 2 |
Strongly Favors
topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (+5 points on Social scale) | No discrimination for sexual orientation or identity: 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) | Medicare for All--human misery should never be monetized: Strongly Favors topic 5 Universal healthcare, like every other industrialized nation: Strongly Favors topic 5 |
No opinion on
topic 6: Privatize Social Security (0 points on Economic scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
Strongly Opposes
topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (-5 points on Economic scale) | Promote vocational training for those not going to college: Opposes topic 7 Raise teacher's minimum salary to $40,000: Strongly Opposes topic 7 Raise teachers' salaries from $33K to $40K: Strongly Opposes topic 7 |
No opinion on
topic 8: Fight EPA regulatory over-reach (0 points on Social scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
Strongly Opposes
topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (+5 points on Social scale) | Need to reform, not "defund," the police: Strongly Opposes topic 9 End the corruption of private prisons: Opposes topic 9 Greater firepower is not solution; deal with systemic racism: Strongly Opposes topic 9 |
Favors
topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+2 points on Economic scale) | Disarming citizens unconstitutional, but check backgrounds: Opposes topic 10 Disarming citizens against everything America stands for: Strongly Favors topic 10 |
Strongly Favors
topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (-5 points on Economic scale) | Close loopholes for wealthy; lower taxes for working class: Strongly Favors topic 11 Close loopholes so corporations pay more than zero in taxes: Strongly Favors topic 11 |
Favors
topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (+2 points on Social scale) | End migrant child detention facilities: use foster care: Favors topic 12 |
No opinion on
topic 13: Support & expand free trade (0 points on Economic scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
Opposes
topic 14: Support American Exceptionalism (-3 points on Economic scale) | Coronavirus: China is not the enemy; COVID-19 is: Opposes topic 14 |
Strongly Favors
topic 15: Expand the military (-5 points on Social scale) | Invest in the VA: education on bases for soldiers' children: Strongly Favors topic 15 |
Strongly Favors
topic 16: Make voter registration easier (+5 points on Social scale) | Favors ranked choice voting: Strongly Favors topic 16 End gerrymandering, use computer algorithm to draw lines: Strongly Favors topic 16 Denied ballot access in 2020, not dropping fight for 2022: Strongly Favors topic 16 Corporate spending is not speech; end Citizens United: Strongly Favors topic 16 Sued over signature requirement for ballot during pandemic: Strongly Favors topic 16 |
Strongly Favors
topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (+5 points on Social scale) | Bring troops home; stop destabilizing foreign governments: Strongly Favors topic 17 America has been in the business of war for far too long: Strongly Favors topic 17 |
Strongly Favors
topic 18: Prioritize green energy (-5 points on Economic scale) | Climate change is real; make Arkansas leader in clean energy: Strongly Favors topic 18 Climate change exists even if we pretend it doesn't: Strongly Favors topic 18 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (+5 points on Social scale) | Let voters in each state determine how to treat marijuana: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Marijuana should be federally decriminalized: Strongly Opposes topic 19 |
No opinion on
topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (0 points on Economic scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
Dan Whitfield is a Libertarian-Leaning Progressive
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