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Mike Padgett on Abortion
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Mike Padgett on Budget & Economy
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Mike Padgett on Civil Rights
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Mike Padgett on Corporations
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Mike Padgett on Crime
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Mike Padgett on Drugs
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Mike Padgett on Education
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Mike Padgett on Energy & Oil
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  • Pain at the gas pump while oil industry gets tax breaks. (Jun 2008)
Mike Padgett on Environment
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Mike Padgett on Families & Children
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Mike Padgett on Foreign Policy
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Mike Padgett on Free Trade
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  • Promote fair trade with tax policy to keep jobs in US. (Jun 2008)
Mike Padgett on Government Reform
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Mike Padgett on Gun Control
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Mike Padgett on Health Care
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  • Private sector can't make health accessible and affordable. (Jun 2008)
Mike Padgett on Homeland Security
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Mike Padgett on Immigration
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  • Immigration reform that's fair, tough, & practical. (Jun 2008)
Mike Padgett on Jobs
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Mike Padgett on Principles & Values
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  • Small business owner, then public service since 1984. (Apr 2008)
Mike Padgett on Social Security
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Mike Padgett on Tax Reform
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  • Shift tax burden back from middle class to wealthy. (Jun 2008)
Mike Padgett on Technology
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Mike Padgett on War & Peace
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  • Bring home our troops and our billions of dollars. (Mar 2008)
Mike Padgett on Welfare & Poverty
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VoteMatch Responses
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VoteMatch Question & Answer
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No opinion on topic 1:
Abortion is a woman's right
(0 points on Social scale)
(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 2:
Require hiring more women & minorities
(0 points on Economic scale)
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No opinion on topic 3:
Same-sex domestic partnership benefits
(0 points on Social scale)
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No opinion on topic 4:
Teacher-led prayer in public schools
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No opinion on topic 8:
Death Penalty
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No opinion on topic 9:
Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws
(0 points on Social scale)
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No opinion on topic 10:
Absolute right to gun ownership
(0 points on Economic scale)
(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 5:
More federal funding for health coverage
(-5 points on Economic scale)
Private sector can't make health accessible and affordable: Strongly 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:
Parents choose schools via vouchers
(0 points on Economic scale)
(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 18:
Replace coal & oil with alternatives
(-3 points on Economic scale)
Pain at the gas pump while oil industry gets tax breaks: Favors topic 18
No opinion on topic 19:
Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it
(0 points on Social scale)
(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 20:
Allow churches to provide welfare services
(0 points on Economic scale)
(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 11:
Make taxes more progressive
(-5 points on Economic scale)
Shift tax burden back from middle class to wealthy: Strongly Favors topic 11
Strongly Favors topic 12:
Illegal immigrants earn citizenship
(+5 points on Social scale)
Immigration reform that's fair, tough, & practical: Strongly Favors topic 12
Strongly Opposes topic 13:
Support & expand free trade
(-5 points on Economic scale)
Promote fair trade with tax policy to keep jobs in US: Strongly Opposes topic 13
No opinion on topic 15:
Expand the armed forces
(0 points on Social scale)
(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 16:
Stricter limits on political campaign funds
(0 points on Economic scale)
(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 14:
The Patriot Act harms civil liberties
(0 points on Social scale)
(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 17:
US out of Iraq
(+5 points on Social scale)
Bring home our troops and our billions of dollars: Strongly Favors topic 17

Mike Padgett is a Moderate Liberal.
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