Lucas Kunce on SenateMatch

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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)	Fully committed to reproductive freedom for all: Strongly Favors topic 1 Get rid of the filibuster and codify Roe v. Wade: Strongly Favors topic 1
Strongly Favors topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (-5 points on Economic scale)	Must address systemic racism across our state and country: Strongly Favors topic 2
Strongly Favors topic 3: Support transgender and LGBTQ+ rights (+5 points on Social scale)	Pass Equality Act; ban conversion therapy: Strongly Favors topic 3
Strongly Opposes topic 4: America was founded on Christian values (+5 points on Social scale)	Christian nationalism is about control, taking away freedom: Strongly Opposes topic 4
Strongly Favors topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (-5 points on Economic scale)	Health care is a human right, we need universal system: Strongly Favors topic 5
Strongly Opposes topic 6: Privatize Social Security (-5 points on Economic scale)	Strengthen Social Security, fight back against privatization: Strongly Opposes topic 6
Strongly Opposes topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (-5 points on Economic scale)	Relief from student loans; invest in Pre-K, K-12, HBCUs: Strongly Opposes topic 7
Opposes topic 8: Businesses have a right to pollute (+2 points on Social scale)	Corporations destroy our land and poison our people: Opposes topic 8
Strongly Opposes topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (+5 points on Social scale)	Failure to invest in our communities increases crime: Strongly Opposes topic 9 We need the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act : Strongly Opposes topic 9
Strongly Opposes topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (-5 points on Economic scale)	Raise the age limit to purchase a gun from 18 to 21: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Support red flag laws and background checks: Opposes topic 10
Strongly Favors topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (-5 points on Economic scale)	Trillions on corporate tax cuts and they pay $0: Strongly Favors topic 11 Tax cuts for everyone earning less than $400,000: Favors topic 11
Opposes topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (-3 points on Social scale)	Attracting educated immigrants transfers wealth to US: Favors topic 12 Fund more border patrol; end catch and release: Strongly Opposes topic 12
Opposes topic 13: Support & expand free trade (-3 points on Economic scale)	Reliance on Chinese manufacturing is dangerous: Opposes topic 13 Transfer costs of offshoring to China to corporations: Opposes topic 13 Trade pacts for family farms, not global commodity traders: Favors topic 13
No opinion on topic 14: Stay away from the UN & Globalism (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Opposes topic 15: Peace through Strength (+2 points on Social scale)	Expand services to veterans including mental health: Favors topic 15 Monopolists control the defense industry: Strongly Opposes topic 15 Negotiated for fewer arms, less chance of conflict: Strongly Opposes topic 15
Strongly Favors topic 16: Make voter registration easier (+5 points on Social scale)	The 2020 election was fair & honest: Favors topic 16 Expand voting access and voter registration: Strongly Favors topic 16
Strongly Favors topic 17: Stay out of foreign wars (+5 points on Social scale)	Intervene for self-defense, and then we need to leave: Strongly Favors topic 17
Strongly Favors topic 18: Prioritize green energy (-5 points on Economic scale)	We can build the energy of the future in the Heartland: Strongly Favors topic 18 Ditch all fossil fuels the same way we ditched whale oil: Strongly Favors topic 18 Impact of climate change taxes the military: Strongly Favors topic 18
Strongly Opposes topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (+5 points on Social scale)	Legalize cannabis nationwide; end the Opioid Epidemic: Strongly Opposes topic 19
Strongly Favors topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (-5 points on Economic scale)	We can create a Marshall Plan for the Midwest: Strongly Favors topic 20 Abandon the notion that the market is an untouchable force: Strongly Favors topic 20 Acknowledge policy role in market successes: Strongly Favors topic 20 I worked to upend the domination of corporate monopolies: Favors topic 20 Money spent on Iraq & Afghanistan should've been spent here: Strongly Favors topic 20

Lucas Kunce is a Hard-Core Liberal
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