Vladimir Putin on VoteMatch

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Opposes topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (-3 points on Social scale)	Convince women not to have abortions, and help raise child: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Dissuade women from abortion due to population decline: Opposes topic 1 In the modern world the decision is up to the woman herself: Strongly Favors topic 1
Opposes topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (+2 points on Economic scale)	Don't care about skin color: no reverse discrimination: Strongly Opposes topic 2 Russians treated equally regardless of race, gender, belief: Favors topic 2
Strongly Opposes topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (-5 points on Social scale)	Monstrous to teach children that a boy can become a girl: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Signed "gay propaganda" law denying minors information: Strongly Opposes topic 3
Strongly Favors topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (-5 points on Social scale)	Has given the church a major voice in society: Strongly Favors topic 4 Foundations of Orthodox culture are taught in public schools: Strongly Favors topic 4 Positioned as a defender of traditional Christian values: Strongly Favors topic 4
No opinion on topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (0 points on Economic scale)	Increased obligatory medical insurance tax from 3.1% to 5.1%: Strongly Favors topic 5 Shouldn't mandate; convince people vaccination is better: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Pension reform unpopular despite indexing for inflation: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Top priority is to improve public health-care services: Strongly Favors topic 5
Opposes topic 6: Privatize Social Security (-3 points on Economic scale)	Raised retirement ages to 60 for women, 65 for men: Opposes topic 6
Strongly Opposes topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (-5 points on Economic scale)	Supports holding esports tournaments in schools: Strongly Opposes topic 7 Annual education camps for high-schoolers at military park: Strongly Opposes topic 7
Strongly Opposes topic 8: Fight EPA regulatory over-reach (+5 points on Social scale)	Sanction online platforms for censoring Russian media: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Increased regulations of non-government organizations: Strongly Opposes topic 8
Favors topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (-3 points on Social scale)	Opposition leader sentenced to notorious penal camp: Strongly Favors topic 9 Softens punishment for first-time offenders for hate crimes: Opposes topic 9
Strongly Opposes topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (-5 points on Economic scale)	School shooting leads to tightening of gun laws: Strongly Opposes topic 10
Strongly Favors topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (-5 points on Economic scale)	Raise tax to 15% for income over 5 million rubles ($72,000): Strongly Favors topic 11 Increased mineral extraction tax three times in a year: Strongly Favors topic 11
No opinion on topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (0 points on Social scale)	Reduced time for Russian passports for some occupations: Favors topic 12 Resisted calls for visa requirements for migrant workers: Favors topic 12 Praised Trump for stopping migrants and drugs from Mexico: Strongly Opposes topic 12
Strongly Favors topic 13: Support & expand free trade (+5 points on Economic scale)	More preferential agreements with largest trading partners: Strongly Favors topic 13 Russia is courting India to sign a free trade agreement: Strongly Favors topic 13 Working on free trade area involving Israel and Egypt: Strongly Favors topic 13
Opposes topic 14: Support American Exceptionalism (-3 points on Economic scale)	Patriotism is Russia's national idea: Strongly Favors topic 14 US "democracy promotion" sounds like "toppling regime": Strongly Opposes topic 14 2008: Ukraine as part of NATO is a direct threat to Russia: Strongly Opposes topic 14
Strongly Favors topic 15: Expand the military (-5 points on Social scale)	Kremlin abandons plans to freeze defense spending: Strongly Favors topic 15 Moscow's strategic objectives include "social turmoil" in US: Favors topic 15 Russia returns to top 5 defense spending countries: Strongly Favors topic 15
Strongly Opposes topic 16: Make voter registration easier (-5 points on Social scale)	Claimed elections were free and fair, held openly: Strongly Opposes topic 16 Barred opponents from running, charges of election fraud: Strongly Opposes topic 16
Opposes topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (-3 points on Social scale)	Georgia & Ukraine in NATO was a red line since late 2000s: Strongly Favors topic 17 We will continue to work with China on a bilateral basis: Strongly Opposes topic 17 May remove Taliban from list of terrorist organizations: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Admit no mistakes in Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea: Strongly Opposes topic 17 NATO expansion opposed across the Russian political spectrum: Strongly Favors topic 17
Strongly Opposes topic 18: Prioritize green energy (+5 points on Economic scale)	Green transition should be smooth instead of drastic steps: Strongly Opposes topic 18 We'll end up in caves if we rely on solar/wind power: Strongly Opposes topic 18
Strongly Favors topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (-5 points on Social scale)	Refute the lie of safe and civilized use of soft drugs: Favors topic 19 Drugs are the way towards the degradation of a nation: Strongly Favors topic 19
Strongly Favors topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (-5 points on Economic scale)	Focus on ensuring growth of real incomes of citizens: Strongly Favors topic 20 Ordered third stimulus package in wake of pandemic: Strongly Favors topic 20

Vladimir Putin is a Conservative-Leaning Populist
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