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VoteMatch Question & Answer
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Strongly Favors
topic 1:Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right
(+5 points on Social scale)
| End laws restricting woman's right to direct her health care: Strongly Favors topic 1
FactCheck: No, would not execute babies after birth: Favors topic 1
Repeal sonogram requirement to get an abortion: Favors topic 1
Led fight against transvaginal ultrasound requirement: Strongly Favors topic 1
Protect women's reproductive rights: Strongly Favors topic 1
Keep abortion funding for women carrying fetal abnormalities: Strongly Favors topic 1
Opposes restrictive TRAP laws & dangerous personhood bill: Strongly Favors topic 1 |
Strongly Favors
topic 2:Legally require hiring women & minorities
(-5 points on Economic scale)
| Remove discriminatory language from Virginia laws: Favors topic 2
Outed for blackface photo in 1984 medical school yearbook: Opposes topic 2
Ratify the Equal Rights Amendment: Strongly Favors topic 2
Look harder for diverse candidates for leadership roles: Strongly Favors topic 2
Blacks are twice as likely to be arrested for pot possession: Strongly Favors topic 2
Stop the Republican war on women: Strongly Favors topic 2 |
Strongly Favors
topic 3:Comfortable with same-sex marriage
(+5 points on Social scale)
| Backs marriage rights for same-sex couples: Strongly Favors topic 3
Tie-breaking vote against gay workplace discrimination: Strongly Favors topic 3
Treat same-sex couples equally and fairly under the law: Strongly Favors topic 3 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 4:Keep God in the public sphere
(+5 points on Social scale)
| Religious sectarianism has no place in politics: Strongly Opposes topic 4 |
Strongly Favors
topic 5:Expand ObamaCare
(-5 points on Economic scale)
| Fund doula services for pregnant women: Favors topic 5
Expand Medicare, address racial disparities of pandemic: Favors topic 5
When people are healthy, they contribute to our economy: Strongly Favors topic 5
Remove age cap on insurance coverage for autism: Strongly Favors topic 5
No family should be one illness away from financial demise: Strongly Favors topic 5
Proud voice in favor of Medicaid expansion: Strongly Favors topic 5
Expand access to Medicaid for 400,000 of our citizens: Favors topic 5
Medicaid expansion will save taxpayers billions: Favors topic 5 |
No opinion on
topic 6:Privatize Social Security
(0 points on Economic scale)
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Strongly Opposes
topic 7:Vouchers for school choice
(-5 points on Economic scale)
| $30 billion to rebuild, reimagine all K-12 schools in state: Strongly Opposes topic 7
$95 million for early childhood education for at-risk kids: Strongly Opposes topic 7
Pay raise for teachers, to retain the best and brightest: Opposes topic 7
Federal grant to create 3,000 pre-K education spots: Strongly Opposes topic 7
Invest in early childhood education: Opposes topic 7
Historically strong commitment to public education: Strongly Opposes topic 7
Restore and increase funding for K-12 education: Strongly Opposes topic 7 |
Opposes
topic 8:Fight EPA regulatory over-reach
(+2 points on Social scale)
| $12 million into natural resources agencies: Strongly Favors topic 8
Modernize regulations; strengthen enforcement: Strongly Opposes topic 8
Transportation bill including investments in mass transit: Opposes topic 8
I reject idea that environmental regulations harm economy: Strongly Opposes topic 8 |
Opposes
topic 9:Stricter punishment reduces crime
(+2 points on Social scale)
| It's time to end the death penalty in Virginia: Strongly Opposes topic 9
Capital crime for murder of law enforcement officers: Strongly Favors topic 9
Raise threshold for felony larceny; 2nd chance after mistake: Strongly Opposes topic 9
Spare our first responders from devastating budget cuts: Favors topic 9 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 10:Absolute right to gun ownership
(-5 points on Economic scale)
| Appreciate thoughts & prayers but need commonsense gun laws: Strongly Opposes topic 10
Common sense gun laws do not violate Second Amendment: Strongly Opposes topic 10
Ban assault-style weapons and high-capacity magazines: Strongly Opposes topic 10
More deaths due to guns than car accidents: so let's act: Strongly Opposes topic 10
Start with universal background checks: Strongly Opposes topic 10
Supports universal background checks: Strongly Opposes topic 10
No concealed carry without a permit: Opposes topic 10
Keep guns out of the hands of criminals & the mentally ill: Opposes topic 10 |
Strongly Favors
topic 11:Higher taxes on the wealthy
(-5 points on Economic scale)
| Raise income tax rate by 1% for income over $500,000: Strongly Favors topic 11 |
Strongly Favors
topic 12:Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens
(+5 points on Social scale)
| Opposed requiring local police to enforce immigration laws: Strongly Favors topic 12
Stand up against ICE; our doors are open: Strongly Favors topic 12
Support driver's licenses for illegal immigrants: Strongly Favors topic 12
Work with federal government to enforce immigration laws: Opposes topic 12 |
No opinion on
topic 13:Support & expand free trade
(0 points on Economic scale)
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No opinion on
topic 14:Support American Exceptionalism
(0 points on Economic scale)
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Favors
topic 15:Expand the military
(-3 points on Social scale)
| Tuition assistance for National Guard, plus Tech Talent: Favors topic 15
Strengthen Virginia's relationship with the Armed Services: Favors topic 15 |
Strongly Favors
topic 16:Make voter registration easier
(+5 points on Social scale)
| Amend constitution so that ex-cons can vote automatically: Strongly Favors topic 16
We need to make it easier to vote, not harder: Strongly Favors topic 16
Finally allow no-excuse absentee voting: Strongly Favors topic 16
End unnecessary restrictions: no-excuse absentee ballots: Strongly Favors topic 16
Make absentee voting easier: Strongly Favors topic 16
Nonpartisan redistricting so voters, not pols, pick reps: Strongly Favors topic 16
Mid-decade redistricting bill is borderline corruption: Favors topic 16 |
No opinion on
topic 17:Avoid foreign entanglements
(0 points on Social scale)
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Strongly Favors
topic 18:Prioritize green energy
(-5 points on Economic scale)
| Make Virginia 100% carbon free by 2050: Strongly Favors topic 18
Create clean energy jobs in rural communities: Strongly Favors topic 18
Restrict offshore oil and gas drilling off Virginia coast: Strongly Favors topic 18
We must act to address climate change: Favors topic 18 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 19:Marijuana is a gateway drug
(+5 points on Social scale)
| Time to join 16 others states, make marijuana legal: Strongly Opposes topic 19
Release unthreatening older or terminally offenders: Strongly Opposes topic 19
Think innovatively about treating pain, to avoid opioids: Opposes topic 19
Make marijuana possession a civil penalty only: Strongly Opposes topic 19
Be open-minded about medicinal plants like marijuana: Strongly Opposes topic 19
We spend $67 million a year enforcing our marijuana laws: Strongly Opposes topic 19
Drug problems are not confined to youth and minorities: Opposes topic 19 |
Favors
topic 20:Stimulus better than market-led recovery
(-3 points on Economic scale)
| Broadband is as critical now as electricity in 1900s: Favors topic 20
$25 million new dollars to housing trust fund: Strongly Favors topic 20
Affordable housing attracts jobs & builds communities: Strongly Favors topic 20
Strengthen workforce development and expand apprenticeships: Favors topic 20
Cut spending by $4.6 billion to keep our budget balanced: Strongly Opposes topic 20
Tiebreaker in favor of increasing the minimum wage: Favors topic 20 |