Susan Bysiewicz on VoteMatch

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Strongly Favors topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (+5 points on Social scale)	Always protect a woman's right to choose: Strongly Favors topic 1 Required "Plan B" contraception at Catholic hospitals: Favors topic 1
Strongly Favors topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (-5 points on Economic scale)	Require companies to pay women equally for equal work: Strongly Favors topic 2
Strongly Favors topic 3: Support transgender and LGBTQ+ rights (+5 points on Social scale)	Same-sex couples deserve same rights as straight marrieds: Strongly Favors topic 3
No opinion on topic 4: America was founded on Christian values (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (-5 points on Economic scale)	Quality, affordable health care for every American: Strongly Favors topic 5 Many are just one bad medical test away from losing all: Strongly Favors topic 5
Opposes topic 6: Privatize Social Security (-3 points on Economic scale)	Fight to keep Social Security program intact and strong: Opposes topic 6
Strongly Opposes topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (-5 points on Economic scale)	Improve our public schools as long-term job strategy: Strongly Opposes topic 7
No opinion on topic 8: Businesses have a right to pollute (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)
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 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (-5 points on Economic scale)	End preferential tax treatment for hedge fund gains: Strongly Favors topic 11 Repeal Bush tax cuts and end corporate welfare: Strongly Favors topic 11
Strongly Favors topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (+5 points on Social scale)	End corporate welfare & Bush tax cuts for wealthy: Strongly Favors topic 12 Accountability pledge: ensure path to citizenship: Strongly Favors topic 12
Strongly Opposes topic 13: Support & expand free trade (-5 points on Economic scale)	Renegotiate NAFTA; it cost 1 million manufacturing jobs: Strongly Opposes topic 13 Free trade must be fair trade with good labor regs: Strongly Opposes topic 13 Make changes to NAFTA; close loopholes to send jobs overseas: Strongly Opposes topic 13
No opinion on topic 14: Stay away from the UN & Globalism (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Opposes topic 15: Peace through Strength (+2 points on Social scale)	Maintain veterans' care; maintain New London sub base: Favors topic 15 Close bases overseas and bring troops home: Strongly Opposes topic 15
Strongly Favors topic 16: Make voter registration easier (+5 points on Social scale)	Open primaries & public financing for state elections: Strongly Favors topic 16 Repeal Citizens United; end loopholes for special interests: Favors topic 16 Public financing for federal elections: Strongly Favors topic 16
Favors topic 17: Stay out of foreign wars (+2 points on Social scale)	Remove all troops from Iraq as soon as safely possible: Favors topic 17 War only as a last resort against Iran: Favors topic 17
Strongly Favors topic 18: Prioritize green energy (-5 points on Economic scale)	Build clean-energy industries and jobs: Strongly Favors topic 18 Security transactional tax to invest in green technology: Strongly Favors topic 18 Require energy buybacks from solar panels and windmills: Strongly Favors topic 18
Favors topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (-3 points on Social scale)	Never smoked marijuana: Favors topic 19
Strongly Favors topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (-5 points on Economic scale)	Tax securities transactions $150B to fund mortgage relief: Strongly Favors topic 20

Susan Bysiewicz is a Populist-Leaning Liberal
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