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![]() Supreme Court decisions 2010-2019 ![]() Top 10 Visionaries that Changed the World, by George Ilian ![]() MA newspaper: The Boston Globe ![]() CA newspaper: The Los Angeles Times ![]() California state legislative records ![]() Courage and Consequence, by Karl Rove ![]() The Governator, by Ian Halperin ![]() Third World America, by Arianna Huffington ![]() To Save America: Stopping Obama's Secular-Socialist Machine, by Newt Gingrich ![]() 2010 Governor's State of the State speeches ![]() Political coverage by the Associated Press ![]() California Archives ![]() Survey of Gubernatorial campaign websites, 2001-2009 ![]() 2009 Governor's State of the State speeches ![]() Real Change, by Speaker Newt Gingrich ![]() State of Emergency: The Third World Invasion and Conquest of America, by Patrick J. Buchanan ![]() Giving, by Bill Clinton ![]() Stand For Something, by John Kasich ![]() Minutemen, by Jim Gilchrist & Jerome Corsi ![]() Condi vs. Hillary: The Next Great Presidential Race ![]() A Patriot`s Handbook, selected and introduced by Caroline Kennedy ![]() 2004 Republican Convention speeches ![]() Recall Debate, California State University at Sacramento ![]() Fanatics and Fools, by Arianna Huffington (click a picture above for excerpts orother books and debates by or about Arnold_Schwarzenegger) | |
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| VoteMatch Responses (Click here for VoteMatch quiz) | |
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| VoteMatch Question & Answer (Click on question for explanation and background) | Based on these stances: (Click on topic for excerpt & citation) |
| Favors topic 1:Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (+2 points on Social scale) | State funding for stem cell research, despite Bush ban:Favors topic 1 Pro-choice but no partial-birth abortion:Favors topic 1 Supports current family planning programs:Strongly Favors topic 1 Opposes partial birth abortion:Opposes topic 1 Supports parental notification, with limits:Opposes topic 1 Pro-choice; not a cultural conservative:Favors topic 1 |
| Favors topic 2:Legally require hiring women & minorities (-3 points on Economic scale) | Eliminate racial inequality in employment:Strongly Favors topic 2 Advisor to US English, an anti-bilingual organization:Opposes topic 2 |
| Favors topic 3:Comfortable with same-sex marriage (+2 points on Social scale) | Gay marriage should be between a man and a woman:Opposes topic 3 Changed bodybuilding culture from gay to straight:Favors topic 3 2004: override San Francisco gay marriages with state ruling:Strongly Opposes topic 3 Rated D by National Review on pro-gay issues:Opposes topic 3 Expand civil right act to cover orientation & gender:Strongly Favors topic 3 Domestic partnership but not gay marriage:Favors topic 3 Supports gay rights, including adoption rights:Strongly Favors topic 3 |
| No opinion on topic 4:Keep God in the public sphere (0 points on Social scale) | Supports school prayer:Strongly Favors topic 4 In land of opportunity, millions are left behind:Strongly Opposes topic 4 |
| Strongly Favors topic 5:Expand ObamaCare (-5 points on Economic scale) | Discount drugs to 6 million low-income Californians:Favors topic 5 Must insure the low-income families, especially the children:Strongly Favors topic 5 Tax credits for those without employee health insurance:Strongly Favors topic 5 $350 billion for prescriptions for poor seniors:Favors topic 5 3.2% funding increase for National Institutes of Health:Strongly Favors topic 5 |
| Strongly Favors topic 6:Privatize Social Security (+5 points on Economic scale) | 2005: privatize public employee pensions:Strongly Favors topic 6 |
| Favors topic 7:Vouchers for school choice (+2 points on Economic scale) | Until now, children were trapped in low-performing schools:Favors topic 7 Until now, children were trapped in low-performing schools:Strongly Favors topic 7 Measure student progress and school progress:Favors topic 7 Supports public school choice and community control:Opposes topic 7 Supports limited school vouchers:Favors topic 7 Participate in federal program Race to the Top:Favors topic 7 |
| Opposes topic 8:Fight EPA regulatory over-reach (+2 points on Social scale) | Global Warming Solutions: cut greenhouse gas by 25% by 2020:Strongly Opposes topic 8 Improve our economy without impairing our environment:Favors topic 8 Supports grants for brownfields remediation:Strongly Opposes topic 8 |
| Strongly Favors topic 9:Stricter punishment reduces crime (-5 points on Social scale) | Allow private prisons to compete, to spend less on prisons:Opposes topic 9 Ban motorists from holding cell phones while driving:Favors topic 9 Tookie Williams insufficiently remorseful; so execution on:Strongly Favors topic 9 Death penalty is a necessary and effective deterrent:Strongly Favors topic 9 Keep Three Strikes law:Strongly Favors topic 9 |
| Opposes topic 10:Absolute right to gun ownership (-3 points on Economic scale) | Strong supporter of the second amendment:Strongly Favors topic 10 Support Brady Bill; assault weapon ban; safety locks:Strongly Opposes topic 10 Close the gun show loophole:Opposes topic 10 Im for gun control; Im a peace-loving guy:Opposes topic 10 |
| Opposes topic 11:Higher taxes on the wealthy (+2 points on Economic scale) | Our economy is 21st century & our tax system is 20th century:Favors topic 11 Impose constitutional limit on spending and balanced budget:Opposes topic 11 Californians are overtaxed; find a better way:Strongly Opposes topic 11 Pledges against raising taxes, except in emergencies:Strongly Opposes topic 11 Rescind the car tax; believes in lower taxes:Opposes topic 11 $12B in federal economic stimulus as state block grants:Favors topic 11 |
| Opposes topic 12:Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (-3 points on Social scale) | Voted for Prop. 187 in 1994; apologized for it in 2006:Favors topic 12 1983 naturalization was "realization of my dream":Favors topic 12 Against giving drivers licenses to illegal immigrants:Opposes topic 12 Against giving drivers licenses to illegal immigrants:Opposes topic 12 Restrict illegal immigrant rights-theyre a security risk:Strongly Opposes topic 12 Voted for Prop. 187, denying services to illegal immigrants:Opposes topic 12 Address undocumented immigrants living underground:Favors topic 12 No drivers licenses to illegal aliens:Opposes topic 12 |
| Favors topic 13:Support & expand free trade (+2 points on Economic scale) | Promote the Andean Free Trade Agreement:Strongly Favors topic 13 Declined state commitment to CAFTA:Opposes topic 13 |
| Favors topic 14:Support American Exceptionalism (+2 points on Economic scale) | You dont reason with terrorists, you defeat them:Favors topic 14 |
| 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) | Supreme Court should disallow partisan gerrymandering:Strongly Favors topic 16 2004: Self-financed campaign; no special interest money: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) | The future is sustainable green energy:Strongly Favors topic 18 Cut greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020:Strongly Favors topic 18 Improve our economy without impairing our environment:Favors topic 18 Override federal exemption of new air pollution sources:Favors topic 18 Promote watershed management to clean up bays and rivers:Favors topic 18 Calls himself an environmentalist but drives a Humvee:Opposes topic 18 Make EPA into a Cabinet department:Strongly Favors topic 18 Set goal of 25% renewable energy by 2025:Strongly Favors topic 18 |
| Opposes topic 19:Marijuana is a gateway drug (+2 points on Social scale) | Admitted to marijuana usage, but no hard drugs:Opposes topic 19 No legalization except for the medicinal use of marijuana:Opposes topic 19 |
| No opinion on topic 20:Stimulus better than market-led recovery (0 points on Economic scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |

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