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Kathy Hochul on VoteMatch |
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Strongly Favors
topic 1:Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right
(+5 points on Social scale) | Endorsed by NARAL Pro-Choice New York: Strongly Favors topic 1 Overturning Roe changed nothing in NY, because I'm governor: Strongly Favors topic 1 Endorsed Endorsed by EMILY's list for pro-choice Democratic women: Strongly Favors topic 1 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 2:Legally require hiring women & minorities
(-5 points on Economic scale) | If men don't change attitudes there will be consequences: Strongly Favors topic 2 No longer barriers/ceiling to women in government: Strongly Favors topic 2 She believes in equal pay for equal work: Strongly Favors topic 2 Constitutional Amendment for women's equal rights: Strongly Favors topic 2 Endorsed as "preferred" by The Feminist Majority indicating pro-women's rights: Strongly Favors topic 2 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 3:Comfortable with same-sex marriage
(+5 points on Social scale) | In Congress supported same-sex marriage & abortion rights: Strongly Favors topic 3 Supported same-sex marriage & abortion rights: Strongly Favors topic 3 Prohibit sexual-identity discrimination at schools: Strongly Favors topic 3 |
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Favors
topic 4:Keep God in the public sphere
(-3 points on Social scale) | Catholic upbringing: care for poor, imprisoned, & homeless: Favors topic 4 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 5:Expand ObamaCare
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Don't replace Medicare with vouchers: Strongly Favors topic 5 Support for ACA contraception mandate cost her re-election: Strongly Favors topic 5 Pay healthcare worked a retention bonus up to $3000: Favors topic 5 $1B and critical policy changes for mental health care: Strongly Favors topic 5 |
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Strongly Opposes
topic 6:Privatize Social Security
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Endorsed by National Committee to Preserve Social Security: Strongly Opposes topic 6 by NCPSSM indicating a pro-Social Security stance: Strongly Opposes topic 6 |
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Strongly Opposes
topic 7:Vouchers for school choice
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Partnerships between employers and educational institutions: Opposes topic 7 Free tuition for medical students if they remain in New York: Strongly Opposes topic 7 |
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Strongly Opposes
topic 8:Fight EPA regulatory over-reach
(+5 points on Social scale) | EPA cleanup of intolerable odors & emissions in Attica: Strongly Opposes topic 8 |
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Opposes
topic 9:Stricter punishment reduces crime
(+2 points on Social scale) | Created transitional home for victims of domestic violence: Favors topic 9 Spearheaded campaign against college sexual assaults: Favors topic 9 Jails-to-Jobs: get incarcerated people training for jobs: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Signed "Less is More Act" to reform parole system: Opposes topic 9 I stand by bail reform but there's room for improvement: Strongly Opposes topic 9 |
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topic 10:Absolute right to gun ownership
(-3 points on Economic scale) | Streamlined the Pistol Permit process: Favors topic 10 Top rating from National Rifle Association: Strongly Favors topic 10 State senate too afraid of NRA to vote on "red flag" bill: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Double down on strategies to combat gun violence: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Raise the age to buy semiautomatic rifle to 21: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Illegal guns are from out of state; need a national response: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Developed new strategies to deal with rise in gun violence: Strongly Opposes topic 10 |
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topic 11:Higher taxes on the wealthy
(0 points on Economic scale) | Remove Thruway tolls & new license plate mandate: Opposes topic 11 Tax cuts for low/middle incomes, not for billionaires: Strongly Favors topic 11 Provide $1 billion middle-class property tax rebate: Opposes topic 11 |
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topic 12:Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens
(-3 points on Social scale) | Top rating from National Rifle Association: Opposes topic 12 2007: No drivers licenses to undocumented immigrants: Opposes topic 12 Submit temporary guest worker applications online: Favors topic 12 Once opposed driver's licenses for undocumented immigrants: Opposes topic 12 |
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Opposes
topic 13:Support & expand free trade
(-3 points on Economic scale) | Impose tariffs against countries which manipulate currency: Opposes topic 13 Require open markets for US goods in all trade agreements: Opposes topic 13 Rated 25% by the USAE, indicating support for trade sanctions: Opposes topic 13 |
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topic 14:Support American Exceptionalism
(+2 points on Economic scale) | National movements for equality were all started in New York: Favors topic 14 |
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topic 15:Expand the military
(-3 points on Social scale) | Served as counsel to a homeland security corporation: Favors topic 15 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 16:Make voter registration easier
(+5 points on Social scale) | Enact two-term limits for statewide elected officials: Favors topic 16 Ban stock trading based on Congressional insider knowledge: Strongly Favors topic 16 |
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Strongly Opposes
topic 17:Avoid foreign entanglements
(-5 points on Social scale) | Boycott & sanctions against Iran for terrorism & nukes: Opposes topic 17 Counter Iran's growing presence in Latin America: Strongly Opposes topic 17 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 18:Prioritize green energy
(-5 points on Economic scale) | $500 million investment in offshore wind energy: Strongly Favors topic 18 EmPower Plus helps low-income families retrofit their homes: Strongly Favors topic 18 End new fossil-fuel-powered heating equipment by 2030: Strongly Favors topic 18 $5 billion in tax credits for alternative energy projects: Favors topic 18 |
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topic 19:Marijuana is a gateway drug
(0 points on Social scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
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Strongly Favors
topic 20:Stimulus better than market-led recovery
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Housing Compact has goal of 800,000 new homes in a decade: Strongly Favors topic 20 Grow programs that train for jobs actually in demand: Favors topic 20 $1 billion investment in digital infrastructure: Strongly Favors topic 20 Housing plan to create and preserve 100,000 affordable homes: Strongly Favors topic 20 Increase debt limit from $14.3 trillion to $16.7 trillion: Favors topic 20 |
Kathy Hochul is a Populist-Leaning Liberal
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