Tommy Thompson on VoteMatch | |
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Strongly Opposes
topic 1:Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right
(-5 points on Social scale) | God-given rights begin at conception: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Pro-choice GOP nominee problem for GOP platform: Opposes topic 1 Both pro-life and pro-stem cell research: Neutral on topic 1 Legal abortion only for rape, incest, or mother’s health: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Ban partial birth abortions: Opposes topic 1 Opposes public abortion funding: Opposes topic 1 Opposes churches providing birth control: Opposes topic 1 |
Favors
topic 2:Legally require hiring women & minorities
(-3 points on Economic scale) | Supports eliminating racial and ethnic disparities in health: Favors topic 2 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 3:Comfortable with same-sex marriage
(-5 points on Social scale) | Ok for private business to fire employees for being gay: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Supports defining traditional marriage: Opposes topic 3 |
Strongly Favors
topic 4:Keep God in the public sphere
(-5 points on Social scale) | Replace welfare program with self-sufficiency program: Favors topic 4 Replace Welfare with the Tools to Succeed: Favors topic 4 Early leader in welfare reform: Favors topic 4 Teacher-led voluntary prayer in public schools: Strongly Favors topic 4 1950s common sense taught by families, schools, & churches: Strongly Favors topic 4 Supports block grants to foster state experimentation: Favors topic 4 Supports school prayer: Strongly Favors topic 4 Supports banning funding of offensive art: Favors topic 4 |
No opinion on
topic 5:Expand ObamaCare
(0 points on Economic scale) | Repeal ObamaCare: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Transform health care into wellness & prevention system: Favors topic 5 Vows to protect Medicare, add drug benefit: Favors topic 5 Support small business insurance pool for uninsured: Opposes topic 5 Goal is for all WI residents to have health benefits: Strongly Favors topic 5 Supports prescription drug savings plan for poor seniors: Favors topic 5 BadgerCare will provide uninsured with affordable care: Favors topic 5 Let states reform Medicaid; fight “one size fits all”: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Supports repealing ObamaCare: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Maintain Medicare funding of HMO benefits: Favors topic 5 Protect state tobacco settlement funds from federal seizure: Neutral on topic 5 |
Opposes
topic 6:Privatize Social Security
(-3 points on Economic scale) | Make Social Security solvent: Opposes topic 6 |
Strongly Favors
topic 7:Vouchers for school choice
(+5 points on Economic scale) | School funding & mandates from states, not Feds: Strongly Favors topic 7 Choice and local accountability are keys to good schools: Favors topic 7 New ideas to improve schools conflict with teachers unions: Favors topic 7 School choice for religious schools in low-income areas: Strongly Favors topic 7 School choice is a philosophy that parents know best: Strongly Favors topic 7 School choice is a philosophy that parents know best: Strongly Favors topic 7 Use Milwaukee charters & private choice as model for US: Strongly Favors topic 7 Use Milwaukee charters & private choice as model for US: Strongly Favors topic 7 Created the nation’s first private school choice program: Strongly Favors topic 7 Instituted $5,100 vouchers for religious schools: Strongly Favors topic 7 Instituted $5,100 vouchers for religious schools: Strongly Favors topic 7 Instituted statewide Charter School system: Favors topic 7 School choice has made a difference for low-income families: Strongly Favors topic 7 Supports school vouchers: Strongly Favors topic 7 |
Strongly Favors
topic 8:Fight EPA regulatory over-reach
(-5 points on Social scale) | Oppose UN's Agenda 21 sustainable development: Strongly Favors topic 8 Preserve state's natural resources without federal mandates: Strongly Favors topic 8 |
Strongly Favors
topic 9:Stricter punishment reduces crime
(-5 points on Social scale) | Death penalty for terrorism convicts: Favors topic 9 Two strikes and you’re out for serious child sex crimes: Strongly Favors topic 9 Three strikes and you’re out for felony convictions: Strongly Favors topic 9 Zero tolerance approach to crime: Strongly Favors topic 9 Truth in Sentencing, no exceptions: Strongly Favors topic 9 Life means life, no possibility of parole: Favors topic 9 All felons will serve complete prison sentence: Strongly Favors topic 9 Zero tolerance: swift & certain justice makes safety: Strongly Favors topic 9 Life means life: Abolish mandatory release laws: Strongly Favors topic 9 Children First: father pay child support or go to jail: Favors topic 9 |
Favors
topic 10:Absolute right to gun ownership
(+2 points on Economic scale) | Against gun control: Favors topic 10 Zero tolerance for guns, violence, drugs in schools: Neutral on topic 10 Opposes restricting the Second Amendment: Favors topic 10 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 11:Higher taxes on the wealthy
(+5 points on Economic scale) | FactCheck: Tax cuts would save top 1% $87,000 each: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Limit federal revenue to 18.5% of GDP; and 15% flat tax form: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Tax cuts are an investment in working families: Opposes topic 11 Vetoed 255 spending bills totalling $43M: Opposes topic 11 Bring state spending in line with ability to pay: Strongly Opposes topic 11 1986: Tax cuts to show WI was good place to do business: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Exclude 60% of capital gains from taxation: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Cut $1B in property tax without a general tax increase: Strongly Opposes topic 11 No national sales tax or VAT: Neutral on topic 11 Opposes increasing tax rates: Opposes topic 11 |
Opposes
topic 12:Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens
(-3 points on Social scale) | Deport illegal immigrants who have committed felonies: Opposes topic 12 Make English the official language: Opposes topic 12 No amnesty; secure the border first: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Ease Canadian border-crossing rules: Favors topic 12 |
Favors
topic 13:Support & expand free trade
(+2 points on Economic scale) | Strong trade policies help keep state economy strong: Favors topic 13 Ease Canadian border-crossing rules: Favors topic 13 Grant fast-track authority to the President: Favors topic 13 |
No opinion on
topic 14:Support American Exceptionalism
(0 points on Economic scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
Favors
topic 15:Expand the military
(-3 points on Social scale) | 24-hour-a-day war on bioterrorism: Favors topic 15 |
Opposes
topic 16:Make voter registration easier
(-3 points on Social scale) | Allow voter ID by repealing Help America Vote Act: Strongly Opposes topic 16 Limit individual, corporate, & PAC political contributions: Favors topic 16 |
No opinion on
topic 17:Avoid foreign entanglements
(0 points on Social scale) | Congressional Declaration of War for any use of force: Favors topic 17 Saddam starved Iraqi people of basic health care: Opposes topic 17 |
Opposes
topic 18:Prioritize green energy
(+2 points on Economic scale) | Oppose cap-and-trade laws or regulations: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Great emission reduction achieved with voluntary program: Favors topic 18 Funded $170M in “conservation easement” land purchases: Favors topic 18 Replace MTBE in gasoline with cleaner ethanol: Neutral on topic 18 Voluntary partnerships reduce greenhouse gases economically: Neutral on topic 18 Kyoto Treaty must include reductions by all countries: Opposes topic 18 |
Favors
topic 19:Marijuana is a gateway drug
(-3 points on Social scale) | Created alternative to prison for 1st time drug offenders: Opposes topic 19 More resources to target meth production: Strongly Favors topic 19 More federal funding for all aspects of Drug War: Favors topic 19 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 20:Stimulus better than market-led recovery
(+5 points on Economic scale) | Tax-and-spend policies are out of the mainstream: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Addressing runaway spending is defining issue of our day: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Replace alternative minimum tax with flat tax: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Cut taxes 91 times in Wisconsin, totaling $16.7 billion: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Bring state spending in line with ability to pay: Opposes topic 20 1986: Tax cuts to show WI was good place to do business: Opposes topic 20 Cut $1B in property tax without a general tax increase: Strongly Opposes topic 20 |
Tommy Thompson is a Populist-Leaning Conservative
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