Charles Booker on SenateMatch

VoteMatch Responses (Click here for VoteMatch quiz)
VoteMatch Question & Answer (Click on question for explanation and background)	Based on these stances: (Click on topic for excerpt & citation)
Strongly Favors topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (+5 points on Social scale)	Women have the right to choose; Roe v. Wade must be upheld: Strongly Favors topic 1 Microphone cut off during speech against anti-abortion bill: Strongly Favors topic 1 Oppose abortion restrictions based on sex, race, disability: Strongly Favors topic 1
Favors topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (-3 points on Economic scale)	Rand Paul believes that racism is a winning strategy: Strongly Favors topic 2 Have to tackle structural racism and inequity head-on: Neutral on topic 2
Strongly Favors topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (+5 points on Social scale)	Ban conversion therapy and sex/gender discrimination: Strongly Favors topic 3
No opinion on topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (-5 points on Economic scale)	Expanding Medicaid under ACA led to economic boom: Strongly Favors topic 5 As diabetic knows reality of rationing insulin due to cost: Strongly Favors topic 5 More expensive to do nothing than implement Medicare for all: Favors topic 5 Has diabetes & rationed insulin: need Medicare for All: Strongly Favors topic 5 Supports Medicare for All & Green New Deal: Strongly Favors topic 5
No opinion on topic 6: Privatize Social Security (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Opposes topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (-5 points on Economic scale)	Teachers want to fully and equitably fund public schools: Strongly Opposes topic 7
Strongly Opposes topic 8: Fight EPA regulatory over-reach (+5 points on Social scale)	Marginalized communities harmed by pollution must be heard: Strongly Opposes topic 8
Strongly Opposes topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (+5 points on Social scale)	Need criminal justice reform & ending mass incarceration: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Supports criminal justice reform to address racial bias: Strongly Opposes topic 9
Strongly Opposes topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (-5 points on Economic scale)	Supports gun control; background checks; no assault weapons: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Oppose concealed carry of guns without license & training: Strongly Opposes topic 10
Strongly Favors topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (-5 points on Economic scale)	Close loopholes for wealthy, ease burden on working families: Strongly Favors topic 11
Strongly Favors topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (+5 points on Social scale)	Create a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants: Strongly Favors topic 12 Supports path to citizenship for undocumented: Strongly Favors topic 12
No opinion on topic 13: Support & expand free trade (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 14: Support American Exceptionalism (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 15: Expand the military (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 16: Make voter registration easier (+5 points on Social scale)	Remove barriers to democratic participation: Strongly Favors topic 16 Restore voting rights to those who paid for their crimes: Strongly Favors topic 16
No opinion on topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 18: Prioritize green energy (-5 points on Economic scale)	Climate crisis is great economic opportunity for Kentucky: Strongly Favors topic 18 Reclaim old coal land; black lung benefits for miners: Strongly Favors topic 18 Refers to Green New Deal as "Kentucky New Deal": Strongly Favors topic 18 Kentucky should lead the way to a green new deal: Strongly Favors topic 18 No on utilities paying customers less for excess solar power: Favors topic 18
Strongly Opposes topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (+5 points on Social scale)	Legalize cannabis, commute sentences, expunge records: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Legalize cannabis and expunge records related to it: Strongly Opposes topic 19
Strongly Favors topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (-5 points on Economic scale)	Supports Universal Basic Income; poverty is immoral: Strongly Favors topic 20 A universal basic income will address racism and poverty: Strongly Favors topic 20

Charles Booker is a Hard-Core Liberal
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