Phil Bryant on VoteMatch | |
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Strongly Opposes
topic 1:Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right
(-5 points on Social scale) | Signed "heartbeat bill": abortion ban after 15 weeks: Strongly Opposes topic 1 No abortion after 15 weeks of gestation, with no exceptions: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Make Mississippi safest place in America for an unborn child: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Supports the Personhood Initiative: protect the unborn: Strongly Opposes topic 1 |
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Favors
topic 2:Legally require hiring women & minorities
(-3 points on Economic scale) | Apprenticeship program boosts economy: Favors topic 2 Support Equal Opportunity for Students with Special Needs: Favors topic 2 |
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Strongly Opposes
topic 3:Comfortable with same-sex marriage
(-5 points on Social scale) | 2016: Let businesses refuse to serve LGBT people: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Backs bill for marriage between one man and one woman: Strongly Opposes topic 3 States' rights should stop gay marriage in Mississippi: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Banning same-sex marriage is good policy: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Constitutionally define marriage: one man and one woman: Strongly Opposes topic 3 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 4:Keep God in the public sphere
(-5 points on Social scale) | Add 'In God We Trust' to Mississippi State Seal: Strongly Favors topic 4 |
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Strongly Opposes
topic 5:Expand ObamaCare
(+5 points on Economic scale) | Medicaid patients are responsible for bad choices: Strongly Opposes topic 5 The feds won't pay for their share of Medicaid expansion: Strongly Opposes topic 5 ObamaCare adds 300,000 entitlements; get people off Medicaid: Opposes topic 5 Fight Obamacare; support insurance exchanges: Strongly Opposes topic 5 |
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No opinion on
topic 6:Privatize Social Security
(0 points on Economic scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
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Favors
topic 7:Vouchers for school choice
(+2 points on Economic scale) | Teachers deserve first pay raise since 2014: Strongly Opposes topic 7 Parents should have school choice: Strongly Favors topic 7 Remove barriers to charter schools: Favors topic 7 Supports "effective" public schools but not Initiative 42: Strongly Favors topic 7 Privately funded Opportunity Scholarship for failing schools: Strongly Favors topic 7 Close failing districts & implement charters: Favors topic 7 |
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Favors
topic 8:Fight EPA regulatory over-reach
(-3 points on Social scale) | Protect property rights; develop forest & agribusiness: Favors topic 8 |
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Favors
topic 9:Stricter punishment reduces crime
(-3 points on Social scale) | More Highway Patrol troopers on the road: Strongly Favors topic 9 $34M for new Department of Child Protection Services: Favors topic 9 Veterans treatment courts: 2nd chance for convicted vets: Opposes topic 9 Fight drug crime & punish sexual predators: Favors topic 9 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 10:Absolute right to gun ownership
(+5 points on Economic scale) | Protect schools from violence with active shooter drills: Strongly Favors topic 10 Concealed carry without permit; that's a fundamental right: Strongly Favors topic 10 Defend the Second Amendment: Strongly Favors topic 10 |
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Opposes
topic 11:Higher taxes on the wealthy
(+2 points on Economic scale) | Implement a state lottery; Arkansas got $80M last year: Opposes topic 11 Tax cuts for people before corporations: Favors topic 11 Work towards creating a tax dividend for low income people: Neutral on topic 11 Lower taxes to spur economic growth and job creation: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Lower taxes; end the marriage penalty; free markets: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Supports the Taxpayer Protection Pledge: Strongly Opposes topic 11 |
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Strongly Opposes
topic 12:Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens
(-5 points on Social scale) | Strongest anti-illegal immigration law in MS history: Strongly Opposes topic 12 E-verify at work; proof of citizenship in traffic stops: Strongly Opposes topic 12 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 13:Support & expand free trade
(+5 points on Economic scale) | Mississippi is part of global market, from Tel Aviv to Tokyo: Strongly Favors topic 13 Secure global businesses located in Mississippi: Favors topic 13 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 14:Support American Exceptionalism
(+5 points on Economic scale) | Do everything possible to keep Syrian refugees out of MS: Strongly Favors topic 14 |
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Favors
topic 15:Expand the military
(-3 points on Social scale) | Tax credit for hiring unemployed veterans: Favors topic 15 Keep C-130J aircraft production in Mississippi; we need them: Favors topic 15 |
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No opinion on
topic 16:Make voter registration easier
(0 points on Social scale) | Created Imagine Mississippi PAC for post-term-limit career: Opposes topic 16 Hold elected officials accountable via open government: Favors topic 16 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 17:Avoid foreign entanglements
(+5 points on Social scale) | Against nuclear deal with Iran; keep state sanctions: Strongly Favors topic 17 Divest state contracts from any investments in Iran: Favors topic 17 |
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Strongly Opposes
topic 18:Prioritize green energy
(+5 points on Economic scale) | Support energy development and investment: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Supports both conventional and unconventional energy sources: Strongly Opposes topic 18 |
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Favors
topic 19:Marijuana is a gateway drug
(-3 points on Social scale) | Supports very restricted medical marijuana only: Favors topic 19 More drug testing for unemployment insurance applicants: Strongly Favors topic 19 Drug courts work; fully fund them: Opposes topic 19 Rated D by NORML, indicating a "hard-on-drugs" stance: Strongly Favors topic 19 |
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Strongly Opposes
topic 20:Stimulus better than market-led recovery
(+5 points on Economic scale) | Growing business is best jobs program: Opposes topic 20 Mississippi Model: Cutting red tape increases jobs: Strongly Opposes topic 20 My first job: every Mississippian who wants a job has one: Strongly Opposes topic 20 |
Phil Bryant is a Libertarian-Leaning Conservative
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