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Strongly Favors topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (+5 points on Social scale)	Repeal the Hyde Amendment: Strongly Favors topic 1 Right to abortion regardless of ability to pay: Strongly Favors topic 1 Supports embryonic stem cell research: Favors topic 1 Defend women’s reproductive rights & abortion on demand: Strongly Favors topic 1
Strongly Favors topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (-5 points on Economic scale)	Close wage gap; end gender division of labor: Strongly Favors topic 2 Oppose making English an official language: Strongly Favors topic 2 Schools should reflect community; students on school boards: Strongly Favors topic 2 Affirmative action is under attack just when redress began: Strongly Favors topic 2 Pay reparations, with interest, for slavery: Strongly Favors topic 2
Strongly Favors topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (+5 points on Social scale)	Longtime supporter of LGBTQ rights; in first march in 1979: Strongly Favors topic 3 Equal marriage rights for all LGBT: Strongly Favors topic 3
Strongly Opposes topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (+5 points on Social scale)	Rational social & economic planning, rather than “market”: Strongly Opposes topic 4
Strongly Favors topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (-5 points on Economic scale)	Healthcare is a right; create single-payer system: Strongly Favors topic 5 Free quality health care for all: Strongly Favors topic 5 Create a universal healthcare system: Strongly Favors topic 5
No opinion on topic 6: Privatize Social Security (0 points on Economic scale)	Cap benefits to three times those receiving minimum: Strongly Opposes topic 6 No privatization of Social Security: Strongly Favors topic 6
Strongly Opposes topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (-5 points on Economic scale)	End unpaid internships; allow student workers to unionize: Strongly Opposes topic 7 Guaranteed free education from pre-K through college: Strongly Opposes topic 7 Privatizing schools is just to reap profit: Strongly Opposes topic 7
Strongly Opposes topic 8: Fight EPA regulatory over-reach (+5 points on Social scale)	Support use of recycled materials in public projects: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Environmental racism pollutes our neighborhoods: Opposes topic 8 Increase fuel efficiency standards; and don't build nukes: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Restore & reconstruct 155,000 U.S. bridges: Opposes topic 8
Strongly Opposes topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (+5 points on Social scale)	End racism, police brutality, mass incarceration: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Allow prisoners to unionize to negotiate living conditions: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Restrict employers' asking about criminal records: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Opposes capital punishment; shut down most prisons: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Eliminate the racist prison-industrial complex: Strongly Opposes topic 9
Strongly Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+5 points on Economic scale)	Support right of working class to own and bear arms: Favors topic 10 Second Amendment guarantees individual gun ownership: Strongly Favors topic 10
Strongly Favors topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (-5 points on Economic scale)	Increase tax rate for high incomes; no tax below $50,000: Strongly Favors topic 11
Strongly Favors topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (+5 points on Social scale)	Abolish all anti-immigrant laws, shut down ICE: Strongly Favors topic 12 Full citizenship rights upon six months residency: Strongly Favors topic 12 For 8 days accompanied 2018 refugee caravan to reach US: Strongly Favors topic 12 Protect full rights of undocumented immigrants: Strongly Favors topic 12 Full rights and equality for all undocumented immigrants: Strongly Favors topic 12
Strongly Opposes topic 13: Support & expand free trade (-5 points on Economic scale)	Support global transformation from capitalism to socialism: Opposes topic 13 Free trade enriches capitalists and displaces humans: Strongly Opposes topic 13
Strongly Opposes topic 14: Support American Exceptionalism (-5 points on Economic scale)	Demands an end of U.S. aid to the state of Israel: Strongly Opposes topic 14 Immediate lifting of the U.S. blockade on Cuba: Strongly Opposes topic 14 Close all US bases abroad; and exit all war zones: Strongly Opposes topic 14
Strongly Opposes topic 15: Expand the military (+5 points on Social scale)	Abolish CIA, NSA, FBI; disband NATO: Strongly Opposes topic 15 Eliminate military hardware &missile defense programs: Strongly Opposes topic 15 Transfer billions from Pentagon budget to jobs: Strongly Opposes topic 15
Strongly Favors topic 16: Make voter registration easier (+5 points on Social scale)	Lower voting age to 15: Strongly Favors topic 16 Uniform ballot access; eliminate Electoral College: Strongly Favors topic 16 Eliminate corporate campaign contributions: Strongly Favors topic 16
Strongly Favors topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (+5 points on Social scale)	Won Cuba's Friendship Medal for opposing US blockade: Favors topic 17 Replace US global domination with solidarity among peoples: Favors topic 17 Exit Iraq immediately, and pay reparations: Strongly Favors topic 17
Strongly Favors topic 18: Prioritize green energy (-5 points on Economic scale)	Stop destruction of Native lands by mining interests: Strongly Favors topic 18 Use sustainable energy, stop fossil fuel pollution: Strongly Favors topic 18 International and domestic rules to reduce climate change: Strongly Favors topic 18 Our planet is facing a crisis from carbon dioxide build-up: Strongly Favors topic 18 Cap-and-trade allows polluters the right to pollute: Favors topic 18
Strongly Opposes topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (+5 points on Social scale)	Disability pay for people in substance abuse programs: Strongly Opposes topic 19
Strongly Favors topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (-5 points on Economic scale)	Increase housing subsides; allow rent control: Strongly Favors topic 20 Raise minimum wage to $15 an hour: Strongly Favors topic 20

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