Kevin Wade on SenateMatch | |
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Strongly Opposes
topic 1:Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right
(-5 points on Social scale) | Not proud that Delaware has highest abortion rate: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Funding to Planned Parenthood ok if not used for abortions: Opposes topic 1 Our rights are given to us by our Creator at our conception: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Opposes public abortion funding: Opposes topic 1 Supports parental notification for abortions: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Supports banning embryonic stem cell research: Opposes topic 1 Opposes churches providing birth control: Opposes topic 1 |
No opinion on
topic 2:Legally require hiring women & minorities
(0 points on Economic scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
Strongly Opposes
topic 3:Comfortable with same-sex marriage
(-5 points on Social scale) | Marriage is fundamental building block for any community: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Same-sex marriage is a "fringe issue" and a distraction: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Supports defining traditional marriage: Opposes topic 3 Supports banning military gay marriage: Opposes topic 3 |
Strongly Favors
topic 4:Keep God in the public sphere
(-5 points on Social scale) | Let families pass on their faith without recrimination: Strongly Favors topic 4 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 5:Expand ObamaCare
(+5 points on Economic scale) | Affordable Care Act violates the Constitution: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Supports repealing ObamaCare: Strongly Opposes topic 5 |
No opinion on
topic 6:Privatize Social Security
(0 points on Economic scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
Favors
topic 7:Vouchers for school choice
(+2 points on Economic scale) | Department of Education has been an abysmal failure: Favors topic 7 |
Strongly Favors
topic 8:Fight EPA regulatory over-reach
(-5 points on Social scale) | EPA water authority is unaccountable & unconstitutional: Strongly Favors topic 8 |
No opinion on
topic 9:Stricter punishment reduces crime
(0 points on Social scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
Favors
topic 10:Absolute right to gun ownership
(+2 points on Economic scale) | Opposes restricting the Second Amendment: Favors topic 10 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 11:Higher taxes on the wealthy
(+5 points on Economic scale) | It's not hard to come here legally; follow the right away: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Tax code adds 12.5 percent to the cost of everything: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Remove deductions and loopholes so GE pays some tax: Favors topic 11 We're passing on a lifetime of cruel punitive taxation: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Supports the Taxpayer Protection Pledge: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Opposes increasing tax rates: Opposes topic 11 Supports eliminating the inheritance tax: Opposes topic 11 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 12:Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens
(-5 points on Social scale) | Secure the border; return lost children to home countries: Strongly Opposes topic 12 |
No opinion on
topic 13:Support & expand free trade
(0 points on Economic scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
Favors
topic 14:Support American Exceptionalism
(+2 points on Economic scale) | Aid Israel & serve as a transformative force in Mideast: Favors topic 14 |
Strongly Favors
topic 15:Expand the military
(-5 points on Social scale) | Welcome home America's veterans and serve them: Strongly Favors topic 15 |
Favors
topic 16:Make voter registration easier
(+2 points on Social scale) | Career politicians can't change Washington: Favors topic 16 |
Opposes
topic 17:Avoid foreign entanglements
(-3 points on Social scale) | Unwinnable situation in Afghanistan & all of Mideast: Favors topic 17 Our people will bow to no King and to no mortal man: Strongly Opposes topic 17 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 18:Prioritize green energy
(+5 points on Economic scale) | Lottery to distribute 600M acres of oil and gas resources: Strongly Opposes topic 18 More oil drilling on U.S. soil: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Don't raise taxes on gas by 25 cents per gallon: Strongly Opposes topic 18 |
No opinion on
topic 19:Marijuana is a gateway drug
(0 points on Social scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
Strongly Opposes
topic 20:Stimulus better than market-led recovery
(+5 points on Economic scale) | Don't pass on a lifetime sentence of foreign debt: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Trust ourselves to make their own choices: Opposes topic 20 |