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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 Opposes topic 1:Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (-5 points on Social scale) | Fight for the rights of the unborn:Strongly Opposes topic 1 No embryonic stem cell research:Opposes topic 1 Human life begins at conception:Strongly Opposes topic 1 Don't require 24 hours after ultrasound; 1 hour is enough:Favors topic 1 Against the radical left pushing taxpayer-funded abortion:Strongly Opposes topic 1 Prohibit federal funding for abortion:Strongly Opposes topic 1 Prohibiting forced abortions by UN Population Fund:Opposes topic 1 Prohibit federal funding to groups like Planned Parenthood:Strongly Opposes topic 1 Opposes public funding for abortion services:Strongly Opposes topic 1 Supports parental notification for abortions by minors:Strongly Opposes topic 1 Supports judges who strictly interpret Constitution:Strongly Favors topic 1 Include pre-born human beings in 14th Amendment protection:Strongly Opposes topic 1 Voted YES to protect infant survivors of abortion:Opposes topic 1 |
| No opinion on topic 2:Legally require hiring women & minorities (0 points on Economic scale) | Our family went from cotton to Congress in one lifetime:Favors topic 2 Require state employees to undergo implicit bias training:Strongly Favors topic 2 Hear me clearly: America is not a racist country:Strongly Opposes topic 2 Chair of segregationist Strom Thurmond's Senate campaign:Opposes topic 2 |
| Strongly Opposes topic 3:Support transgender and LGBTQ+ rights (-5 points on Social scale) | Sanctity of traditional marriage: one man one woman:Strongly Opposes topic 3 Government shouldn't redefine marriage:Strongly Opposes topic 3 Opposes same-sex marriage:Strongly Opposes topic 3 State definition of marriage supersedes federal gay marriage:Strongly Opposes topic 3 Respect faith-based opposition to same-sex marriage:Strongly Opposes topic 3 |
| Strongly Favors topic 4:America was founded on Christian values (-5 points on Social scale) | Judeo-Christian values established our government framework:Strongly Favors topic 4 Americans asked for grace and God has supplied it:Strongly Favors topic 4 I will preserve one nation, under God, indivisible:Strongly Favors topic 4 Our Judeo-Christian values have made us the greatest nation:Strongly Favors topic 4 Restoring our Christian values will help this nation:Strongly Favors topic 4 |
| Strongly Opposes topic 5:Expand ObamaCare (+5 points on Economic scale) | Fight against government takeover of health care:Strongly Opposes topic 5 Fight the billion-dollar mandate of ObamaCare:Strongly Opposes topic 5 Repeal ObamaCare; it's not a government responsibility:Strongly Opposes topic 5 Defund, repeal, & replace federal care with free market:Strongly Opposes topic 5 Repeal any federal health care takeover:Strongly Opposes topic 5 Repeal the Job-Killing Health Care Law:Strongly Opposes topic 5 Repeal ObamaCare reporting requirements for small business:Opposes topic 5 Supports repealing mandated health insurance:Strongly Opposes topic 5 |
| Strongly Favors topic 6:Privatize Social Security (+5 points on Economic scale) | Rated 0% byARA, indicating a pro-privatization stance:Strongly Favors topic 6 |
| Strongly Favors topic 7:Vouchers for school choice (+5 points on Economic scale) | Kids, not unions, should be focus of our public education:Strongly Favors topic 7 Oppose nationwide Common Core standards:Strongly Favors topic 7 For choice: public, private, charter, virtual or home school:Strongly Favors topic 7 COVID: direct some relief funding to school choice programs:Strongly Favors topic 7 COVID: school closures are clearest case for school choice:Strongly Opposes topic 7 In America a good education is the closest thing to magic:Neutral on topic 7 Embrace education freedom and empower parents:Strongly Favors topic 7 Started the School Choice Caucus & they work:Strongly Favors topic 7 Halting growth of charter schools leads to segregation:Strongly Favors topic 7 Denounce the Common Core State Standards:Favors topic 7 |
| Strongly Favors topic 8:Businesses have a right to pollute (-5 points on Social scale) | Reverse Waters of the United States: leave it to owners:Strongly Favors topic 8 Allow longer than 10 years to rebuild depleted fisheries:Favors topic 8 Regulatory relief for smaller banks stimulates growth:Favors topic 8 Loosen restrictions on predator control in Alaska:Strongly Favors topic 8 |
| Favors topic 9:Stricter punishment reduces crime (-3 points on Social scale) | I have felt the humiliation from being targeted by police:Strongly Opposes topic 9 Losing grants for inaction is defunding the police:Strongly Favors topic 9 Increase penalties for targeting law enforcement officers:Strongly Favors topic 9 First step: reduce recidivism & mass incarceration:Opposes topic 9 Rated 55% by theNAPO, indicating a moderate stance on police issues:Neutral on topic 9 |
| Strongly Favors topic 10:Absolute right to gun ownership (+5 points on Economic scale) | Second Amendment is cornerstone of our democracy:Strongly Favors topic 10 Opposes more gun restrictions:Strongly Favors topic 10 Opposes restricting gun purchase & possession:Strongly Favors topic 10 Loosen restrictions on interstate gun purchases:Strongly Favors topic 10 Allow veterans to register unlicensed guns acquired abroad:Favors topic 10 Opposes restrictions on right to bear arms:Strongly Favors topic 10 |
| Strongly Opposes topic 11:Higher taxes on the wealthy (+5 points on Economic scale) | Address fiscal cliff with sequestration & tax cut extension:Strongly Opposes topic 11 Critical to have a tax code should encourage growth:Strongly Opposes topic 11 Taxpayer Protection Pledge: no new taxes:Strongly Opposes topic 11 Adopt a single-rate tax system:Strongly Opposes topic 11 Repeal tax hikes in capital gains and death tax:Strongly Opposes topic 11 Replace income tax & estate tax with 23% sales tax:Strongly Opposes topic 11 Permanently repeal the estate tax:Opposes topic 11 Supports the Taxpayer Protection Pledge:Strongly Opposes topic 11 Opposes increasing income tax rates:Opposes topic 11 Supports eliminating the death tax:Strongly Opposes topic 11 Reduce corporate tax rates from 35% to 21% to create jobs:Strongly Opposes topic 11 |
| Strongly Opposes topic 12:Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (-5 points on Social scale) | Protect the borders; prevent illegal entry:Strongly Opposes topic 12 Expel illegal immigrants, fully fund the border wall:Strongly Opposes topic 12 Opposes a pathway to citizenship:Strongly Opposes topic 12 Supports additional border infrastructure:Strongly Favors topic 12 Rated Support national emergency at the Southern border:Strongly Opposes topic 12 |
| Opposes topic 13:Support & expand free trade (-3 points on Economic scale) | Opposes currency manipulation as trade negotiation topic:Favors topic 13 Yes to trade adjustment; Yes to fast-track:Favors topic 13 Declare Turkish rebar subject to anti-dumping duties:Strongly Opposes topic 13 Voted YES to kill reauthorization of Ex-Im Bank:Opposes topic 13 Implement USMCA for improved North American trade:Strongly Favors topic 13 Rated 38% by theUSAE, indicating support for trade sanctions:Opposes topic 13 Ban imports from Xinjiang made by Uyghur forced labor:Opposes topic 13 |
| Strongly Favors topic 14:Stay away from the UN & Globalism (+5 points on Economic scale) | Beauty of American Dream is we define it for ourselves:Favors topic 14 Americans have won the lottery of citizenship:Strongly Favors topic 14 America not in decline; America is the city on the hill:Strongly Favors topic 14 A world without America is a very dark place:Strongly Favors topic 14 Sponsored opposing the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty:Strongly Favors topic 14 Oppose the United Nations' Arms Trade Treaty:Favors topic 14 Disallow Palestine from joining ICC to threaten Israel:Favors topic 14 Supports standing with the nation of israel:Favors topic 14 Two-state solution despite Israeli settlements on West Bank:Favors topic 14 |
| Strongly Favors topic 15:Peace through Strength (-5 points on Social scale) | Maintain a superior nuclear arsenal:Strongly Favors topic 15 Rebuild a lethal, powerful military so adversaries fear us:Strongly Favors topic 15 Invest heavily so military can fight on three continents:Strongly Favors topic 15 Finish the wall; get military-grade surveillance at border:Strongly Favors topic 15 $515B for military plus $89B off sequester for wars:Favors topic 15 |
| Favors topic 16:Make voter registration easier (+2 points on Social scale) | Photo ID for voting:Strongly Opposes topic 16 Democratic voting rights bill would rig future elections:Strongly Opposes topic 16 Jim Crow 2.0 exaggerates compared to historical Jim Crow:Favors topic 16 Ban stock trading based on Congressional insider knowledge:Strongly Favors topic 16 Public financing of federal campaigns by voter vouchers:Favors topic 16 Signed term limit pledge: 6 years House; 12 years Senate:Favors topic 16 Constitutional amendment for Congressional term limits:No opin. on topic 16 |
| Strongly Opposes topic 17:Stay out of foreign wars (-5 points on Social scale) | China started economic Cold War; America will finish it:Strongly Opposes topic 17 Don't negotiate with evil like Hamas & Iran; destroy it:Strongly Opposes topic 17 Our vital interest in Ukraine is degrading Russian military:Strongly Opposes topic 17 Boycott & sanctions against Iran for terrorism & nukes:Opposes topic 17 Iranian nuclear weapons: prevention instead of containment:Strongly Opposes topic 17 Iran must accept long-term intrusive nuke inspection:Opposes topic 17 No nuclear deal with Iran without Congressional input:Opposes topic 17 Rated President ok to use military force against Iran:Opposes topic 17 |
| Strongly Opposes topic 18:Prioritize green energy (+5 points on Economic scale) | No subsidies for wind and solar:Strongly Opposes topic 18 Not just energy independent; we should be energy dominant:Strongly Opposes topic 18 Signed the No Climate Tax Pledge byAFP:Strongly Opposes topic 18 Cap-and-trade has no impact on global temperatures:Strongly Opposes topic 18 Explore proven energy reserves & keep energy prices low:Opposes topic 18 |
| Strongly Favors topic 19:Marijuana is a gateway drug (-5 points on Social scale) | Marijuana is unhealthy, but states' rights are important too:Favors topic 19 Rated D byNORML, indicating a "hard-on-drugs" stance:Strongly Favors topic 19 |
| Opposes topic 20:Stimulus better than market-led recovery (+2 points on Economic scale) | Free enterprise is the key to national prosperity:Strongly Opposes topic 20 Rein in the left's out-of-control spending, cut taxes:Strongly Opposes topic 20 Opportunity Zone jobs have seen up to 8% wage increase:Favors topic 20 Limit federal spending growth to per-capita inflation rate:Strongly Opposes topic 20 Supports the Cut-Cap-and-Balance Pledge:Opposes topic 20 Disapprove of increasing the debt limit:Opposes topic 20 Audit the Federal Reserve & its actions on mortgage loans:Opposes topic 20 Supports constitutional amendment for balanced budget:Favors topic 20 Voted YES on $900 billion COVID relief package:Favors topic 20 |
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