Thomas Ravenel on SenateMatch

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VoteMatch Question & Answer (Click on question for explanation and background)	Based on these stances: (Click on topic for excerpt & citation)
Favors topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (+2 points on Social scale)	Hired abortion activist as campaign Communications Director: Favors topic 1
No opinion on topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (+5 points on Social scale)	Stay out of marriage, but if not, treat gays equally: Strongly Favors topic 3 Government should stay out of our bedrooms &our boardrooms: Favors topic 3
Strongly Favors topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (-5 points on Social scale)	Values taught by church, not enforced by mandate: Strongly Favors topic 4
Strongly Opposes topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (+5 points on Economic scale)	We can't afford any more socialized medicine: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Against ObamaCare: Opposes topic 5 Tort reform will reduce medical liability: Opposes topic 5
Strongly Favors topic 6: Privatize Social Security (+5 points on Economic scale)	Opt out of Medicare without forfeiting Social Security: Favors topic 6 Voluntary personal accounts for younger workers: Strongly Favors topic 6
Favors topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (+2 points on Economic scale)	Charter schools' success prove point of local empowerment: Favors topic 7
No opinion on topic 8: Fight EPA regulatory over-reach (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+5 points on Economic scale)	Second Amendment is the only gun law needed: Strongly Favors topic 10
Strongly Opposes topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (+5 points on Economic scale)	Cut wage taxes, death taxes, & corporate taxes: Strongly Opposes topic 11 New Deal & Great Society are examples of federal overreach: Opposes topic 11 Tax cuts lead to growing economy with higher revenues: Strongly Opposes topic 11
Opposes topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (-3 points on Social scale)	Finding bad guys among 11M illegals is needles in a haystack: Opposes topic 12 No welfare benefits for illegal immigrants: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Robust worker visa program, plus anything else reasonable: Favors topic 12
Favors topic 13: Support & expand free trade (+2 points on Economic scale)	Crony capitalism is not true free market capitalism: Opposes topic 13 Tariffs & other protectionist policies cost Americans jobs: Strongly Favors topic 13
Opposes topic 14: Support American Exceptionalism (-3 points on Economic scale)	Republicans are pro-invading this or that country: Opposes topic 14
Opposes topic 15: Expand the military (+2 points on Social scale)	No more blood & treasure on 'nation-building' in Iraq: Strongly Opposes topic 15 I want a military that defends America, not Germany or Japan: Strongly Opposes topic 15 We absolutely must have the world's strongest military: Favors topic 15 We need bold leadership combating terrorists & terror states: Strongly Favors topic 15
Favors topic 16: Make voter registration easier (+2 points on Social scale)	Signed term limit pledge: 6 years House; 12 years Senate: Favors topic 16
Strongly Favors topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (+5 points on Social scale)	Intervention in Iraq based on same nonsense as in past: Strongly Favors topic 17 U.S. military is over-involved overseas: Favors topic 17 Opposed to foreign interventions: Favors topic 17
Strongly Opposes topic 18: Prioritize green energy (+5 points on Economic scale)	Don't divert resources for folly of global warming: Strongly Opposes topic 18
Strongly Opposes topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (+5 points on Social scale)	Mexican border problems come from failed War on Drugs: Opposes topic 19 End the war on drugs; it's federal overreach & unsuccessful: Opposes topic 19 In favor of ending the war on drugs: Strongly Opposes topic 19
Strongly Opposes topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (+5 points on Economic scale)	Government over-reacted to Great Recession: enough is enough: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Federal spending is headed for a doomsday scenario: Opposes topic 20