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Stacey Abrams on VoteMatch |
VoteMatch Responses
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Strongly Favors
topic 1:Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right
(+5 points on Social scale) | Roe v. Wade achieved a measure of reproductive justice: Strongly Favors topic 1 Expand reproductive freedom to under-served areas: Strongly Favors topic 1 Let ObamaCare plans cover abortion: Favors topic 1 |
No opinion on
topic 2:Legally require hiring women & minorities
(0 points on Economic scale) | Call racism what it is: wrong: Strongly Favors topic 2 Reflect on terrible Confederacy in museums, not monuments: Strongly Opposes topic 2 |
Strongly Favors
topic 3:Comfortable with same-sex marriage
(+5 points on Social scale) | No discrimination, including against LGBTQ: Strongly Favors topic 3 No discrimination, including against LGBTQ: Strongly Favors topic 3 Welcome everyone, instead of "religious liberty": Favors topic 3 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 4:Keep God in the public sphere
(+5 points on Social scale) | Oppose monument to Ten Commandments at State Capitol: Strongly Opposes topic 4 |
Strongly Favors
topic 5:Expand ObamaCare
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Protect progress of ObamaCare, instead of lawsuits: Strongly Favors topic 5 Medicaid expansion for reduced cost & preexisting conditions: Strongly Favors topic 5 Paying for uncompensated care brings money back: Strongly Favors topic 5 Expand Medicaid; explore universal coverage: Strongly Favors topic 5 |
Strongly Favors
topic 6:Privatize Social Security
(+5 points on Economic scale) | We must help our most vulnerable citizens: Strongly Favors topic 6 We must help our most vulnerable citizens: Strongly Favors topic 6 |
Opposes
topic 7:Vouchers for school choice
(-3 points on Economic scale) | Invest what is necessary for education from cradle to career: Strongly Favors topic 7 No money for school vouchers: Strongly Opposes topic 7 Help students from early learning thru post-secondary school: Opposes topic 7 Chief Turnaround Officers for low-performing schools: Opposes topic 7 Voted NO on $42M more tax credits for private schools: Strongly Opposes topic 7 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 8:Fight EPA regulatory over-reach
(+5 points on Social scale) | Hurricane recovery is a 10-month process, not 10 days: Opposes topic 8 Stay on top of environmental waste & clean-up: Strongly Opposes topic 8 |
Opposes
topic 9:Stricter punishment reduces crime
(+2 points on Social scale) | Justice should not be determined by your paycheck: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Voted YES on criminalizing "up-skirting": Favors topic 9 Voted NO on 10-year minimum for assaulting a cop: Opposes topic 9 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 10:Absolute right to gun ownership
(-5 points on Economic scale) | AR-15s are not necessary on our streets: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Gun-carry license doesn't apply to "campus carry": Strongly Opposes topic 10 State should enact reasonable restrictions on guns: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Voted NO on "campus carry;" it won't make students safer: Opposes topic 10 Rated 7% by the NRA, indicating a pro-gun control voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 10 |
Strongly Favors
topic 11:Higher taxes on the wealthy
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Republican tax bill rigged the system against working class: Strongly Favors topic 11 Ask everyone to do their fair share: Strongly Favors topic 11 Keep graduated income tax instead of 5.4% flat tax: Strongly Favors topic 11 |
No opinion on
topic 12:Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens
(0 points on Social scale) | 21st-century Immigration plan, not walls nor open borders: Strongly Favors topic 12 Colleges need not act as immigration enforcement officers: Strongly Opposes topic 12 |
No opinion on
topic 13:Support & expand free trade
(0 points on Economic scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
No opinion on
topic 14:Support American Exceptionalism
(0 points on Economic scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
Favors
topic 15:Expand the military
(-3 points on Social scale) | Give military base residents tuition & teaching certificates: Favors topic 15 |
Strongly Favors
topic 16:Make voter registration easier
(+5 points on Social scale) | Fair Fight: Bedrock guarantee of right to vote: Strongly Favors topic 16 Deliberate interference & disenfranchisement in `18 election: Strongly Favors topic 16 Disenfranchisement was death by 1,000 cuts: Strongly Favors topic 16 Sued in 2016 to stop "exact match" on voter registration: Strongly Favors topic 16 Protect voter's rights against voter suppression tactics: Strongly Favors topic 16 Founded voter registration project: Strongly Favors topic 16 Head of a voter registration group; focus on minorities: Strongly Favors topic 16 Exact-match process violates Voting Rights Act: Strongly Favors topic 16 Stop redistricting voters of color to dilute their votes: 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) | Clean energy key to jobs & innovation: Strongly Favors topic 18 |
Opposes
topic 19:Marijuana is a gateway drug
(+2 points on Social scale) | Expand list of conditions for medical marijuana: Opposes topic 19 Add fentanyl to list of criminalized opioids: Favors topic 19 No mandatory drug testing for food stamp recipients: Opposes topic 19 |
Strongly Favors
topic 20:Stimulus better than market-led recovery
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Federal shutdowns are a stunt: furloughs hurt workers: Favors topic 20 Invest in community businesses: Strongly Favors topic 20 Invest in community businesses: Strongly Favors topic 20 |