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Opposes topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (-3 points on Social scale)	Eliminating abortion makes society pro-child, pro-family: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Abortion rights should be regulated by state legislatures : Opposes topic 1 Unborn babies are not inconveniences to be discarded: Opposes topic 1 Preserve access to Mifepristone medication abortion : Favors topic 1 People don't want blanket abortion bans; exceptions ok: Favors topic 1 ONLY exception is strict life of the mother exception: Opposes topic 1 Democracy is messy; let voters decide in each state: Opposes topic 1
Opposes topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (+2 points on Economic scale)	Generals should read less about white rage, whatever that is: Strongly Opposes topic 2 Black Lives Matter movement destroyed many towns and cities: Strongly Opposes topic 2 Enforce Court decision ending college affirmative action: Strongly Opposes topic 2 Segregated neighborhoods invisible to white residents: Favors topic 2 Cultural isolation makes whites susceptible to xenophobia: Favors topic 2 Don't be too quick to leave a marriage to violent spouse: Opposes topic 2 Working moms support families by doing "women's work": Favors topic 2 Welfare queens are poor whites as often as black moms: Favors topic 2
Strongly Opposes topic 3: Support transgender and LGBTQ+ rights (-5 points on Social scale)	OpEd: Mocked AOC for Native American phrase for non-binary: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Criminalize gender-affirming care of a minor: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Passport Sanity Act: There are only two genders: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Same-sex & interracial marriage is a distraction: Favors topic 3 I'll stop saying "groomers" when they stop sexualizing kids: Opposes topic 3 Oppose Respect for Marriage Act: no same-sex marriage: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Protecting transgender workers betrays traditionalists: Opposes topic 3
Strongly Favors topic 4: America was founded on Christian values (-5 points on Social scale)	Some schools are unfairly funded, but deal with moral issues: Favors topic 4 Public policy views aligned with Catholic social teaching: Strongly Favors topic 4 Excluding God violates fundamental Founder principles: Strongly Favors topic 4 Churches integral to civic engagement since the founding: Strongly Favors topic 4
Strongly Opposes topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (+5 points on Economic scale)	COVID: against vax passports, mask mandates: Strongly Opposes topic 5 COVID: Clearly Tony Fauci lied to the American people: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Medicaid is a safety net but shouldn't de-incentivize work: Opposes topic 5 Question validity of ObamaCare's individual mandate: Opposes topic 5 Repeal and replace the ObamaCare disaster: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Let individuals (and parents) decide on vaccinations: Opposes topic 5
Strongly Opposes topic 6: Privatize Social Security (-5 points on Economic scale)	Get more people in labor force, to bolster Social Security: Opposes topic 6 No cuts; privatizing social security is a bad idea: Strongly Opposes topic 6 Problems with the trust fund may be overstated: Opposes topic 6
Strongly Favors topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (+5 points on Economic scale)	No money for critical race theory & radical gender ideology: Strongly Favors topic 7 Vouchers partly overcome residence-based school segregation: Strongly Favors topic 7 Give parents money for early ed, instead of Head Start: Strongly Favors topic 7
Strongly Favors topic 8: Businesses have a right to pollute (-5 points on Social scale)	ESG is a massive racket at the expense of workers: Strongly Favors topic 8 EPA Admin: Vance will oppose arbitrary regulatory burdens: Strongly Favors topic 8 Environmental justice is an excuse to offshore American jobs: Strongly Favors topic 8 Too many unfunded Clean Water Act mandates in Ohio cities: Strongly Favors topic 8 Environmental justice policies ship jobs to China: Strongly Favors topic 8 Railway Safety Act: Reasonable regulation to enhance safety: Opposes topic 8
Favors topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (-3 points on Social scale)	Violent crime spike because police afraid to do their jobs: Strongly Favors topic 9 Back the Blue: protect police; don't reform police: Strongly Favors topic 9 We know the president has to have immunity to do his job: Strongly Opposes topic 9
Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+2 points on Economic scale)	School shootings are a fact of life: harden security: Strongly Favors topic 10 Grandmother gave tough love, discipline; owned 19 handguns: Strongly Favors topic 10 I will fight the gun grabbers punishing law-abiding citizens: Strongly Favors topic 10 Red Flag laws eliminate rights without any due process: Strongly Opposes topic 10
Opposes topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (+2 points on Economic scale)	Reinvigorate American families; tax code penalizes marriage: Opposes topic 11 Get rid of marriage penalty; make it easier to raise family: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Tax "social justice" nonprofits, pay down their endowments: Strongly Favors topic 11 Oppose redistribution of income; support raising families: Opposes topic 11  Eliminate SALT deduction: it's massively redistributive: Opposes topic 11
Strongly Opposes topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (-5 points on Social scale)	Those who complain about southern border get called racist: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Oppose amnesty; build the wall; double border agents: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Secure OUR border, instead of foreign borders: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Open to deporting anyone who came to the country illegally: Strongly Opposes topic 12
Strongly Opposes topic 13: Support & expand free trade (-5 points on Economic scale)	Stop favoring multinationals; tax exporting jobs: Strongly Opposes topic 13 U.S. companies struggle with unfair competition from China: Opposes topic 13 Trump scrapped terrible trade deals, and he was right: Opposes topic 13 GOP used to be okay with trade deals with China; not anymore: Strongly Opposes topic 13 We are pushing other nations into the arms of the Chinese: Strongly Opposes topic 13 Raise taxes on companies that ship jobs overseas: Strongly Opposes topic 13 Experts lied about cheaper goods from offshoring: Strongly Opposes topic 13 Cut taxes; we'll take a lot of money with tariffs on imports: Opposes topic 13 Put more people to work by rebuilding our industrial base: Opposes topic 13 Chips from Taiwan power the modern economy: Favors topic 13
Strongly Favors topic 14: Stay away from the UN & Globalism (+5 points on Economic scale)	Put Americans first in response to Russia-Ukraine war: Strongly Favors topic 14 Our military should not be used to "nation build": Strongly Favors topic 14 US most prosperous nation, our leaders let it decline: Strongly Favors topic 14
Favors topic 15: Peace through Strength (-3 points on Social scale)	Stop using America's military as social justice side project: Favors topic 15 Marine Corps prepares students well for college: Favors topic 15 Facilitate peace in Russia-Ukraine, instead of US support: Opposes topic 15
Opposes topic 16: Make voter registration easier (-3 points on Social scale)	End mail-in voting bonanza, make Election Day a holiday: Opposes topic 16 Investigate 2020 election, but we already know what happened: Opposes topic 16 Universal voter ID, but make it easier to get: Favors topic 16 It's time to end the COVID-era changes to our elections: Strongly Opposes topic 16 Politicians and even lobbyists are not all crooks: Favors topic 16
Favors topic 17: Stay out of foreign wars (+2 points on Social scale)	Putin is a bad guy, but there's no Domino Theory in Europe: Favors topic 17 Let Israel prosecute this war the way they see fit: Favors topic 17 Only global elites profit from endless nation-building wars: Strongly Favors topic 17 Marines in Iraq trained on respecting Muslim culture: Opposes topic 17 Iraq War was ill-advised years-long overseas entanglement: Favors topic 17
Strongly Opposes topic 18: Prioritize green energy (+5 points on Economic scale)	Climate is changing; solution is nuclear power: Opposes topic 18 Subsidizing electric vehicle technology helps China, not US: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Scrap federal tax credits for Electric Vehicles : Strongly Opposes topic 18 Drive American: Chinese-made EVs don't solve climate crisis: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Europe has become weaker pursuing a green energy agenda: Strongly Opposes topic 18
Strongly Favors topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (-5 points on Social scale)	Tackle drug epidemic, eliminate drugs coming into community: Strongly Favors topic 19 Border wall would stop flow of fentanyl: Strongly Favors topic 19 Addictions based on grim future without hope: Opposes topic 19 Prescription "hillbilly heroin" was invited, not invaded : Favors topic 19 Rated C by NORML: "Not a fan" of recreational marijuana: Strongly Favors topic 19
Strongly Opposes topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (+5 points on Economic scale)	It's time to get inflation under control: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Spending like American Rescue Plan drove up costs : Strongly Opposes topic 20 Economic collapse due to social decay, not just job loss: Favors topic 20 Infrastructure bill spends billions on bad priorities: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Homeownership policies moved bad neighborhoods to suburbs: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Biden/Harris plan drove cost of housing higher by 60%: Strongly Opposes topic 20

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