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Strongly Favors topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (+5 points on Social scale)	Roe v. Wade achieved a measure of reproductive justice: Strongly Favors topic 1 Don't jeopardize access to birth control: Strongly Favors topic 1 Expand reproductive freedom to under-served areas: Strongly Favors topic 1 Let ObamaCare plans cover abortion: Favors topic 1
Favors topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (-3 points on Economic scale)	Representation matters in our foreign service: Favors topic 2 Call racism what it is: wrong: Strongly Favors topic 2 Reflect on terrible Confederacy in museums, not monuments: Strongly Opposes topic 2
Strongly Favors topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (+5 points on Social scale)	LGBTQ+ played identity politics for 150 years: Strongly Favors topic 3 Upholding military transgender ban is an abomination: Strongly Favors topic 3 No discrimination, including against LGBTQ: Strongly Favors topic 3 No discrimination, including against LGBTQ: Strongly Favors topic 3 Welcome everyone, instead of "religious liberty": Favors topic 3
Strongly Opposes topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (+5 points on Social scale)	Oppose monument to Ten Commandments at State Capitol: Strongly Opposes topic 4
Strongly Favors topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (-5 points on Economic scale)	Increase production for coronavirus testing; expand Medicaid: Strongly Favors topic 5 His personal debt was from caring for father with cancer: Strongly Favors topic 5 Protect progress of ObamaCare, instead of lawsuits: Strongly Favors topic 5 Medicaid expansion for reduced cost & preexisting conditions: Strongly Favors topic 5 Paying for uncompensated care brings money back: Strongly Favors topic 5 Expand Medicaid; explore universal coverage: Strongly Favors topic 5 Tax breaks for high deductible insurance; no aid for insured: Favors topic 5
Strongly Favors topic 6: Privatize Social Security (+5 points on Economic scale)	We must help our most vulnerable citizens: Strongly Favors topic 6 We must help our most vulnerable citizens: Strongly Favors topic 6
Opposes topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (-3 points on Economic scale)	Invest what is necessary for education from cradle to career: Strongly Favors topic 7 No money for school vouchers: Strongly Opposes topic 7 Help students from early learning thru post-secondary school: Opposes topic 7 Chief Turnaround Officers for low-performing schools: Opposes topic 7 Voted NO on $42M more tax credits for private schools: Strongly Opposes topic 7
Opposes topic 8: Fight EPA regulatory over-reach (+2 points on Social scale)	Hurricane recovery is a 10-month process, not 10 days: Opposes topic 8 Stay on top of environmental waste & clean-up: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Allow asbestos lawsuits before physical impairment occurs: Favors topic 8
Opposes topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (+2 points on Social scale)	Justice should not be determined by your paycheck: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Voted YES on criminalizing "up-skirting": Favors topic 9 Voted NO on 10-year minimum for assaulting a cop: Opposes topic 9 Sometimes sex offenders get parental consent: Opposes topic 9
Strongly Opposes topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (-5 points on Economic scale)	AR-15s are not necessary on our streets: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Gun-carry license doesn't apply to "campus carry": Strongly Opposes topic 10 State should enact reasonable restrictions on guns: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Voted NO on "campus carry;" it won't make students safer: Opposes topic 10 Rated 7% by the NRA, indicating a pro-gun control voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 10
Strongly Favors topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (-5 points on Economic scale)	Reducing the top not enough on income inequality: Opposes topic 11 Republican tax bill rigged the system against working class: Strongly Favors topic 11 Ask everyone to do their fair share: Strongly Favors topic 11 Keep graduated income tax instead of 5.4% flat tax: Strongly Favors topic 11
Strongly Favors topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (+5 points on Social scale)	21st-century Immigration plan, not walls nor open borders: Strongly Favors topic 12 Advocates a clean DREAM Act: Favors topic 12 Colleges need not act as immigration enforcement officers: Favors topic 12
Strongly Favors topic 13: Support & expand free trade (+5 points on Economic scale)	Trade wars have real effect on everyday consumers: Strongly Favors topic 13 Trade policy should not be based on brinksmanship: Strongly Favors topic 13 Tariffs on Chinese steel are a terrible idea: Strongly Favors topic 13
Strongly Opposes topic 14: Support American Exceptionalism (-5 points on Economic scale)	We've returned to isolationism, driven by fear-mongering: Strongly Opposes topic 14 Our moral credibility in the world has been diminished: Strongly Opposes topic 14
Favors topic 15: Expand the military (-3 points on Social scale)	US should be judicious & careful with our use of military: Favors topic 15 Give military base residents tuition & teaching certificates: Favors topic 15
Strongly Favors topic 16: Make voter registration easier (+5 points on Social scale)	Ensure everyone trusts the system, and it's worthy of that: Strongly Favors topic 16 Only obligation we have is make sure every vote is counted: Strongly Favors topic 16 You don't win county by county; you win person by person: Strongly Favors topic 16 Fair Fight Georgia helped Biden and Democratic Senate: Strongly Favors topic 16 Prison gerrymandering: vote where they lived before prison: Strongly Favors topic 16 Electoral College protected slaveholders, not small states: Strongly Favors topic 16 Get rid of classist, racist Electoral College: Strongly Favors topic 16 The electoral college is racist and classist: Strongly Favors topic 16 Voter suppression is rigging the game: Strongly Favors topic 16 Voter suppression is an existential crisis in the US: Strongly Favors topic 16 Investigated for registering 86,000 voters in one year: Strongly Favors topic 16 Takes a strong stand against voter suppression efforts: Strongly Favors topic 16 Fair Fight: Bedrock guarantee of right to vote: Strongly Favors topic 16 Deliberate interference & disenfranchisement in `18 election: Strongly Favors topic 16 Disenfranchisement was death by 1,000 cuts: Strongly Favors topic 16 Basic fairness: we must ensure that every vote is counted: Strongly Favors topic 16 Sued in 2016 to stop "exact match" on voter registration: Strongly Favors topic 16 Protect voter's rights against voter suppression tactics: Strongly Favors topic 16 Founded voter registration project: Strongly Favors topic 16 Head of a voter registration group; focus on minorities: Strongly Favors topic 16 Exact-match process violates Voting Rights Act: Strongly Favors topic 16 Stop redistricting voters of color to dilute their votes: Favors topic 16
No opinion on topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (0 points on Social scale)	Concerned China building infrastructure, relationships: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Those who paid debt to society should be re-enfranchised: Strongly Favors topic 17
Strongly Favors topic 18: Prioritize green energy (-5 points on Economic scale)	Clean energy key to jobs & innovation: Strongly Favors topic 18
Opposes topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (+2 points on Social scale)	For medical marijuana; open to legalizing recreational use: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Expand list of conditions for medical marijuana: Opposes topic 19 Add fentanyl to list of criminalized opioids: Favors topic 19 No mandatory drug testing for food stamp recipients: Opposes topic 19 Allow onsite testing for drug-free workplace program: Favors topic 19
Strongly Favors topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (-5 points on Economic scale)	Federal shutdowns are a stunt: furloughs hurt workers: Favors topic 20 Invest in community businesses: Strongly Favors topic 20 Invest in community businesses: Strongly Favors topic 20

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