| VoteMatch Responses
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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 Supports Abortion is a woman's right | Abortion: Threats to overturn Roe are “scare tactics” Abortion: No government role; let women privately decide Abortion: Roe v Wade is safe; GOP must back off pushing it |
| Strongly Supports Require companies to hire more women & minorities | Civil Rights: Long history of fighting in sexual politics |
| Strongly Supports Sexual orientation protected by civil rights laws | Defense: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell is discriminatory against gays Civil Rights: Nader supports gay marriage; but gay groups support Gore Civil Rights: Supports Civil Union in Vermont and elsewhere |
| No opinion Organized Prayer In Public Schools | Education: Teach democratic principles & citizenship in schools Education: Focus on civic & consumer education |
| Strongly Supports More Federal Funding for Health Coverage | Health Care: Cradle-to-grave health care better than Clinton’s plan Health Care: US should adopt Canadian single-payer system Health Care: Use Canadian system as a model for US Health Care: Health care is a universal human right |
| Strongly Opposes Privatize Social Security | Social Security: Social Security is solid; pending bankruptcy is nonsense Social Security: Social insurance is government at its noblest Social Security: Social Security privatization replaces certainty with risk Social Security: Fears loss of retirement funds in privatized investments |
| Opposes Parents Choose Schools via Vouchers | School Choice: Support choice within public schools |
| Strongly Opposes Death Penalty | Crime: Death penalty does not deter Crime: Moratorium on executions Crime: Some executed by death penalty were innocent Crime: Death penalty does not deter & is discriminatory |
| Opposes Mandatory "Three Strikes" Sentencing Laws | Crime: Decreasing unemployment reduces crime; not enforcement Crime: Focus on crime prevention instead of harsher sentences Crime: Police must follow the law too |
| Strongly Opposes Absolute right to gun ownership | Gun Control: Support Brady Bill & thoughtful gun control Gun Control: Supports trigger locks, licensing, & banning some guns |
| Strongly Opposes Make Income Tax Flatter & Lower | Tax Reform: Put meat in the process of progressive taxation Tax Reform: More taxpayer input into tax & spending policy Tax Reform: Focus on under-taxation of corporations, not income tax Tax Reform: Against flat tax; keep progressivity |
| Supports Immigration helps our economy-encourage it | Immigration: Immigrants don’t come for welfare; restore safety net Immigration: Don’t blame immigrants for social and economic problems |
| Strongly Opposes Support & Expand Free Trade | Free Trade: Renegotiate NAFTA & WTO “as if human beings mattered” Free Trade: It’s not free trade; it’s corporate-managed trade Free Trade: NAFTA failures: $50B Mexico bailout; 400,000 exported jobs Free Trade: WTO’s “trade uber alles” hurts environment, health, & safety |
| Supports Link Human Rights to trade with China | Free Trade: Subordinate the commercial to human rights, enviro, & labor China: Support human rights as cornerstone of US foreign policy China: China & other dictatorships have no real free trade |
| Strongly Opposes More Spending on Armed Forces Personnel | Defense: Stop spending on unneeded weapons & non-existent enemies Defense: Cut defense budget by $100B; time to demobilize Defense: Arms race is driven by corporate demand |
| Strongly Supports Reduce spending on Missile Defense ("Star Wars") | Defense: SDI doesn’t work; money better spent elsewhere Defense: Supports Test Ban Treaty & arms control |
| Supports Continue Foreign Aid to Russia, Israel, & others | Foreign Policy: Support foreign peasants instead of foreign dictators Foreign Policy: Support social and economic justice across the globe Foreign Policy: Assist Russia & Israel in moving towards better governments Foreign Policy: Selling arms is not a good way to conduct foreign affairs |
| Supports Spend Resources to Stop Global Warming | Environment: More renewables & more efficency to stave off global warming Environment: Raise CAFE standards; treat SUVs like cars Environment: Motor vehicles are the greatest environmental hazard |
| Opposes Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it | Drugs: Legalize marijuana, and treat addiction as a health problem Drugs: Remove industrial hemp from DEA drug list Drugs: Replace Drug War with treatment and alternative sentencing Drugs: Solution to addiction is information, not prohibition |
| No opinion Allow churches to provide welfare services | Welfare & Poverty: Homelessness is peaking despite good economy |