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Strongly Favors topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (+5 points on Social scale)	No Supreme Court nominees who oppose legal abortion: Strongly Favors topic 1 Staunch Pro-Abortion stance: Strongly Favors topic 1 Supports public abortion funding: Strongly Favors topic 1 Supports churches providing birth control: Strongly Favors topic 1 Ban anti-abortion limitations on abortion services: Strongly Favors topic 1 Access safe, legal abortion without restrictions: Strongly Favors topic 1 Keep federal funding for family planning clinics: Strongly Favors topic 1 Endorsed Endorsed by EMILY's list for pro-choice Democratic women: Strongly Favors topic 1
Strongly Favors topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (-5 points on Economic scale)	Criminal justice system is racist front to back: Strongly Favors topic 2 Calling me "Pocahontas" is a racial slur: Favors topic 2 Battle bigotry--wherever, whenever, whatever: Strongly Favors topic 2 Rental market has discrimination just like housing market: Favors topic 2 We need a reliable vote for equal pay for equal work: Strongly Favors topic 2 Warren has fought for women throughout her career: Favors topic 2 Endorsed by The Feminist Majority indicating a pro-women's rights stance: Strongly Favors topic 2 More funding & services for victims of domestic violence: Strongly Favors topic 2 Enforce against wage discrimination based on gender: Strongly Favors topic 2 YES on reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act: Favors topic 2
Strongly Favors topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (+5 points on Social scale)	Build future for ALL our kids, including transgendered: Strongly Favors topic 3 Repeal DOMA; repeal DADT; support ENDA: Strongly Favors topic 3 Opposes defining traditional marriage: Strongly Favors topic 3 Enforce against anti-gay discrimination in public schools: Strongly Favors topic 3 Let states recognize same sex marriage: Favors topic 3 Maintain LGBT health info on federal websites: Strongly Favors topic 3
Strongly Opposes topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (+5 points on Social scale)	Comprehensive sex ed for sexually-active adolescents: Opposes topic 4 Religious freedom means no religious registry: Strongly Opposes topic 4
Strongly Favors topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (-5 points on Economic scale)	Too many huge federal giveaways to the drug industry: Opposes topic 5 Insurance isn't on/off: real coverage vs. faux coverage: Strongly Favors topic 5 Obvious solution is universal single-payer healthcare: Strongly Favors topic 5 No Medicare vouchers and no privatization: Favors topic 5 ObamaCare provides free preventive care for women: Strongly Favors topic 5 No privatizing Medicare, nor voucher program: Strongly Favors topic 5 Supports the President's Affordable Care Act: Strongly Favors topic 5 Opposes repealing ObamaCare: Strongly Favors topic 5
Strongly Opposes topic 6: Privatize Social Security (-5 points on Economic scale)	Retirement benefits are about our values, not about math: Strongly Opposes topic 6 No unnecessary cuts or risky privatization schemes: Strongly Opposes topic 6 Modest changes will save Social Security, not privatization: Strongly Opposes topic 6 Opposes investing part of your payroll tax: Strongly Opposes topic 6 Sponsored keeping CPI for benefits instead of lower "Chained CPI": Strongly Opposes topic 6 Rated 100% by ARA, indicating a pro-Trust Fund stance: Strongly Opposes topic 6
Strongly Opposes topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (-5 points on Economic scale)	Invest in public education & universal preschool: Strongly Opposes topic 7 Focus on public schools & public universities: Opposes topic 7
Strongly Opposes topic 8: Fight EPA regulatory over-reach (+5 points on Social scale)	Endorsed by Sierra Club and Clean Water Action: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Upgrade our aging infrastructure and invest in the future: Opposes topic 8 Require labeling genetically engineered food: Opposes topic 8 YES on protecting ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes ecosystems: Opposes topic 8
Favors topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (-3 points on Social scale)	Supports anti-gang, safe neighborhood initiatives: Favors topic 9 Unfair: Kid in trouble for petty theft; CEO steals billions: Strongly Favors topic 9 Advocates stiff punishment for corporate offenders: Strongly Favors topic 9 Oppose death penalty but won't fight it for Marathon Bomber: Opposes topic 9 Rated 64% by the NAPO, indicating a moderate stance on police issues: Neutral on topic 9
Strongly Opposes topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (-5 points on Economic scale)	Huge difference between sportsmen's guns and assault weapons: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Handguns kill 8 kids a day; why don't we mobilize?: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Extend the federal assault weapons ban: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Supports gun control: Opposes topic 10 Supports restricting the Second Amendment: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Ban large-capacity ammunition: Opposes topic 10 YES on banning high-capacity magazines of over 10 bullets: Strongly Opposes topic 10
Strongly Favors topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (-5 points on Economic scale)	Demand the wealthy pay their fair share of taxes: Strongly Favors topic 11 Balanced approach to deficit reduction: Favors topic 11 Stop protecting loopholes for millionaires: Strongly Favors topic 11 Rebuild the middle class instead of CEO tax breaks: Strongly Favors topic 11 Supports increasing tax rates: Strongly Favors topic 11
Strongly Favors topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (+5 points on Social scale)	Supports President Obama's immigration reform: Strongly Favors topic 12 Support the DREAM Act: let immigrants into army or college: Strongly Favors topic 12 Strongly supports the DREAM Act: Strongly Favors topic 12 Support the DREAM Act: Let kids stay: Strongly Favors topic 12 Opposes "Secure Communities" immigration enforcement program: Strongly Favors topic 12 Bring people out of shadow economy & help social security: Strongly Favors topic 12 Provide lawyers and evidence for children being deported: Favors topic 12
Opposes topic 13: Support & expand free trade (-3 points on Economic scale)	Alternative to bad trade deals is not to shut down all trade: Favors topic 13 Why can corporations sue on trade deals, but workers can't?: Opposes topic 13 Middle-class are angry at trade deals: Opposes topic 13 Strong export economy means influence around the world: Favors topic 13 Key is fair, enforceable agreements that protect workers: Favors topic 13 Against a Pacific Trade Deal that only works for rich: Opposes topic 13 Make trade deals transparent, even if that causes opposition: Opposes topic 13 No secrecy in Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations: Opposes topic 13 Fair trade respecting worker rights and environment: Opposes topic 13 Fight Chinese predatory trade practices on car tires: Strongly Opposes topic 13 Rated Voted FOR reauthorizing Ex-Im Bank: Strongly Favors topic 13
Favors topic 14: Support American Exceptionalism (+2 points on Economic scale)	No UN membership for Palestine until two-state solution: Favors topic 14
Opposes topic 15: Expand the military (+2 points on Social scale)	Reagan military spending meant more bombs & fewer textbooks: Strongly Opposes topic 15 Unequivocally support Israel's qualitative military edge: Favors topic 15 Reduce size of standing army to reduce deficit: Strongly Opposes topic 15 #1 responsibility: protect Americans from terrorism: Favors topic 15 Military action that kill civilians may create radicalism: Strongly Opposes topic 15 Non-proliferation includes disposing of nuclear materials: Opposes topic 15 Exempt Veterans Affairs from federal hiring freeze: Favors topic 15
Strongly Favors topic 16: Make voter registration easier (+5 points on Social scale)	Instead of voter suppression, do everything to help register: Strongly Favors topic 16 Congress must represent the people and be held accountable: Favors topic 16 Matching fund for small donors, with debate requirements: Favors topic 16 Public financing of federal campaigns by voter vouchers: Favors topic 16
No opinion on topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (0 points on Social scale)	Strong sanctions against Iranian nukes, with other countries: Opposes topic 17 Bring US troops home from Afghanistan before 2014: Strongly Favors topic 17 Take nothing off the table with Iran's nuclear weapon: Opposes topic 17 Get out of Afghanistan as fast as possible: Strongly Favors topic 17 Military action possible to stop Iranian nukes: Opposes topic 17 Iran must accept long-term intrusive nuke inspection: Opposes topic 17
Strongly Favors topic 18: Prioritize green energy (-5 points on Economic scale)	Cannot support export bill just cause big oil does: Strongly Favors topic 18 Invest now in 21st-century energy: Strongly Favors topic 18 Invest in our kids instead of subsidizing Big oil: Strongly Favors topic 18 Transition to green energy now for long-term growth: Strongly Favors topic 18 Lead the world in using green technology: Strongly Favors topic 18 50% clean and carbon free electricity by 2030: Strongly Favors topic 18
Opposes topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (+2 points on Social scale)	Legalizing marijuana will reduce opioid deaths: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Opposes the outright legalization of marijuana: Favors topic 19 Rated B by NORML, indicating a pro-drug-reform stance: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Immunity for banks offering services to marijuana businesses: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Keep ObamaCare's prevention, treatment, & recovery services: Opposes topic 19 Criminalize imports of opioid precursors: Favors topic 19
Strongly Favors topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (-5 points on Economic scale)	Middle class built by investing in infrastructure & research: Strongly Favors topic 20 End tax breaks to the already-rich and already-powerful: Favors topic 20 New regulatory regime to protect financial consumers: Strongly Favors topic 20 Foreclosures made recession's biggest victims: Strongly Favors topic 20 Raise the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour by 2016: Favors topic 20