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VoteMatch Question & Answer (Click on question for explanation and background)	Based on these stances: (Click on topic for excerpt & citation)
No opinion on topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (0 points on Social scale)	Secure Roe v. Wade regardless of federal action: Strongly Favors topic 1 No abortion for 16-year-olds; keep 24-hour waiting periods: Strongly Opposes topic 1
Strongly Favors topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (-5 points on Economic scale)	Focus on equity in recovery/infrastructure spending: Strongly Favors topic 2 Social equity loans for those impacted by cannabis arrests: Strongly Favors topic 2 No disclosure of salary history; equal pay for equal work: Strongly Favors topic 2
Strongly Favors topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (+5 points on Social scale)	Provide comprehensive LGBTQ-inclusive sex education: Strongly Favors topic 3 Include gender identity in public accommodation rules: 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)	Establish a single-payer "Medicare for All" system: Strongly Favors topic 5 COVID: universal masking in schools, indoor public spaces: Strongly Favors topic 5 Patients First: mental health & COVID: 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)	Universal early education; debt-free public college: Strongly Opposes topic 7 Fought for $1.5 billion in new aid to K-12 districts: 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)	For criminal justice reform, repeal racist sentencing rules: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Wrote law banning chokeholds & racial profiling: Strongly Opposes topic 9
No opinion on topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (+2 points on Social scale)	Proposed path for in-state college tuition for undocumented: Favors topic 12
No opinion on topic 13: Support & expand free trade (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
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)
Strongly Favors topic 16: Make voter registration easier (+5 points on Social scale)	Increase the number of minority-majority districts: Strongly Favors topic 16 Signed letter urging federal action on voting rights: Strongly Favors topic 16 Allow online voter registration, early voting, vote by mail: Strongly Favors topic 16
No opinion on topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 18: Prioritize green energy (-5 points on Economic scale)	100% renewable, carbon-free electric grid by 2030: Strongly Favors topic 18 Create jobs through the state's green energy transition: Strongly Favors topic 18 Expand public transit; move to a fare-free system: Strongly Favors topic 18 Supports green public transportation: Favors topic 18 Next-generation roadmap for climate policy: Strongly Favors topic 18
Strongly Opposes topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (+5 points on Social scale)	Make retail cannabis market accessible to smaller players: Strongly Opposes topic 19
Strongly Favors topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (-5 points on Economic scale)	Make investments aimed at ending homelessness: Strongly Favors topic 20 $1.8B for production and preservation of affordable housing: Strongly Favors topic 20

Sonia Chang-Diaz is a Moderate Liberal
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