Owen Pickett on VoteMatch |
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Strongly Favors
topic 1:Abortion is a woman's right
(+5 points on Social scale) | NO on barring transporting minors to get an abortion: Strongly Favors topic 1 NO on banning partial-birth abortions: Favors topic 1 |
Favors
topic 2:Require hiring more women & minorities
(-3 points on Economic scale) | NO on ending preferential treatment by race in college admissions: Favors topic 2 |
Opposes
topic 3:Same-sex domestic partnership benefits
(-3 points on Social scale) | YES on banning gay adoptions in DC.: Opposes topic 3 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 4:Teacher-led prayer in public schools
(+5 points on Social scale) | NO on giving federal aid only to schools allowing voluntary prayer: Strongly Opposes topic 4 |
Strongly Favors
topic 8:Death Penalty
(-5 points on Social scale) | NO on replacing death penalty with life imprisonment: Strongly Favors topic 8 YES on making federal death penalty appeals harder: Strongly Favors topic 8 NO on maintaining right of habeas corpus in Death Penalty Appeals: Favors topic 8 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 9:Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws
(+5 points on Social scale) | NO on more prosecution and sentencing for juvenile crime: Opposes topic 9 YES on funding for alternative sentencing instead of more prisons.: Strongly Opposes topic 9 |
Neutral on
topic 10:Absolute right to gun ownership
(0 points on Economic scale) | Individual right to self-defense at home and as self-defense: Strongly Favors topic 10 NO on decreasing gun waiting period from 3 days to 1: Strongly Opposes topic 10 |
Favors
topic 5:More federal funding for health coverage
(-3 points on Economic scale) | Expand medical savings accounts for employers & individuals: Opposes topic 5 NO on establishing tax-exempt Medical Savings Accounts: Favors topic 5 NO on subsidizing private insurance for Medicare Rx drug coverage: Favors topic 5 |
Opposes
topic 6:Privatize Social Security
(-3 points on Economic scale) | YES on strengthening the Social Security Lockbox: Opposes topic 6 NO on reducing tax payments on Social Security benefits: Opposes topic 6 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 7:Parents choose schools via vouchers
(-5 points on Economic scale) | NO on vouchers for private & parochial schools: Strongly Opposes topic 7 NO on allowing vouchers in DC schools: Opposes topic 7 |
Strongly Favors
topic 18:Replace coal & oil with alternatives
(-5 points on Economic scale) | YES on starting implementation of Kyoto Protocol: Strongly Favors topic 18 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 19:Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it
(+5 points on Social scale) | NO on prohibiting needle exchange & medical marijuana in DC: Strongly Opposes topic 19 |
Neutral on
topic 20:Allow churches to provide welfare services
(0 points on Economic scale) | Increase the earned income tax credit: Opposes topic 20 YES on responsible fatherhood via faith-based organizations: Favors topic 20 |
Opposes
topic 11:Make taxes more progressive
(+2 points on Economic scale) | Make employee educational assistance tax-deductible: Favors topic 11 YES on eliminating the "marriage penalty": Opposes topic 11 YES on $46 billion in tax cuts for small business: Opposes topic 11 |
Neutral on
topic 12:Illegal immigrants earn citizenship
(0 points on Social scale) | Declared English the official language of the US: Opposes topic 12 YES on more immigrant visas for skilled workers: Favors topic 12 |
Strongly Favors
topic 13:Support & expand free trade
(+5 points on Economic scale) | YES on 'Fast Track' authority for trade agreements: Strongly Favors topic 13 YES on Permanent Normal Trade Relations with China: Strongly Favors topic 13 NO on withdrawing from the WTO: Strongly Favors topic 13 |
Favors
topic 15:Expand the armed forces
(-3 points on Social scale) | YES on $266 billion Defense Appropriations bill: Favors topic 15 YES on deploying SDI: Favors topic 15 |
Favors
topic 16:Stricter limits on political campaign funds
(-3 points on Economic scale) | YES on banning soft money and issue ads: Favors topic 16 |
Neutral on
topic 14:The Patriot Act harms civil liberties
(0 points on Social scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
Neutral on
topic 17:US out of Iraq & Afghanistan
(0 points on Social scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |