Bill de Blasio on VoteMatch

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Strongly Favors topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (+5 points on Social scale)	Supports abortion rights & funding Planned Parenthood: Strongly Favors topic 1 Fight defunding of Planned Parenthood: Strongly Favors topic 1 Crucial to protect women's right to choose in 2019: Strongly Favors topic 1 Women, not politicians, should control their bodies: Strongly Favors topic 1 Protect the right to choose: Strongly Favors topic 1
Strongly Favors topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (-5 points on Economic scale)	$500 million initiative to create 100,000 jobs in NYC: Strongly Favors topic 2 Signs legislation protecting against sexual harassment: Strongly Favors topic 2 Increase NYC usage of minority businesses from 3% to 10%: Strongly Favors topic 2
Strongly Favors topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (+5 points on Social scale)	NYC Unity Project: invest in LGBTQ youth: Strongly Favors topic 3 Co-sponsored the Gender Based Discrimination Protection law: Strongly Favors topic 3
No opinion on topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (-5 points on Economic scale)	Don't defend private health insurance; it's not working: Strongly Favors topic 5 Wife runs ThriveNYC for mental health reform: Favors topic 5 Expand mental health services at youth and runaway shelters: Favors topic 5 Require measles vaccinations, even for religious schools: Strongly Favors topic 5 Everyone has a right to health care: Strongly Favors topic 5 Health care is a human right; fight for single-payer: Strongly Favors topic 5 MetroPlus: public option for every single New Yorker: Strongly Favors topic 5 Guarantee health care for every New Yorker: Strongly Favors topic 5 Recruit & train nurses without need to go overseas: Favors topic 5 Enroll 600,000 more New Yorkers in ObamaCare by 2018: Strongly Favors topic 5 Train New Yorkers to fill 16,000 nursing positions: Favors topic 5
No opinion on topic 6: Privatize Social Security (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Opposes topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (-3 points on Economic scale)	OpEd: de Blasio has failed NYC schools: Strongly Opposes topic 7 Pre-K and 3-K for All: Opposes topic 7 Stop closures & develop a minimum of 100 community schools: Favors topic 7 Create an early warning system before school failures: Favors topic 7
Strongly Opposes topic 8: Fight EPA regulatory over-reach (+5 points on Social scale)	Ban Styrofoam in NYC; plastic straws are next: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Increase bicycling to 6% of all NYC trips by 2020: Opposes topic 8 SPARE pledge: Stop Polystyrene & Revitalize the Environment: Strongly Opposes topic 8
Strongly Opposes topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (+5 points on Social scale)	Abolish capital punishment: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Bringing police & community together drives down crime: Opposes topic 9 Federal policies responsible for mass incarceration crisis: Strongly Opposes topic 9 OpEd: de Blasio soft on crime, undercuts police: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Close Rikers; develop alternatives to incarceration: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Ban solitary confinement for youth; reduce it for adults: Opposes topic 9 $7 million program to hold domestic abusers accountable: Favors topic 9 Free phone calls for people in custody: Opposes topic 9 Eliminate cash bail: future without mass incarceration: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Fewer and fewer arrests, and crime goes down and down: Opposes topic 9 The era of mass incarceration has ended in NYC: Strongly Opposes topic 9 NYC enjoying major drop in crime rate: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Worried about why blacks need to be cautious around police: Opposes topic 9 Stop-and-frisk disproportionately targets people of color: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Invest in Shot Spotter technology: audio & video on streets: Favors topic 9
Strongly Opposes topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (-5 points on Economic scale)	Gun ownership should be treated very, very differently: Opposes topic 10 Project Fast Track focuses on gangs & illegal guns: Opposes topic 10 Gun laws are necessary to protect the city and ourselves: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Wall Street for Change: campaign to support gun divestment: Strongly Opposes topic 10
Favors topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (-3 points on Economic scale)	Favors tax increases on wealthy: Strongly Favors topic 11 OpEd: NYC property taxes favors the wealthy: Opposes topic 11 Plenty of money in NYC, but it's in the wrong hands: Strongly Favors topic 11 Keep MTA fares affordable via payroll tax: Favors topic 11
Strongly Favors topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (+5 points on Social scale)	Immigration policy & crisis does not reflect our values: Strongly Favors topic 12 Supports sanctuary cities; would abolish ICE: Strongly Favors topic 12 End cooperation & presence of ICE in NYC: Strongly Favors topic 12 Protect DACA immigrants, no matter what: Strongly Favors topic 12 NYC will always be the ultimate city of immigrants: Strongly Favors topic 12 Fight the inhumane detention of children at the border: Strongly Favors topic 12 Detaining Muslim travelers is simply un-American: Strongly Favors topic 12 Greater outreach and assistance to immigrant entrepreneurs: Favors topic 12 Created privately-funded the DREAM fellowship: Strongly Favors topic 12 Universal City ID for services for undocumented immigrants: Strongly Favors topic 12
Strongly Opposes topic 13: Support & expand free trade (-5 points on Economic scale)	USMCA is worse than NAFTA: Strongly Opposes topic 13 NAFTA was a disaster; we will not repeat mistake with TPP: Strongly Opposes topic 13
No opinion on topic 14: Support American Exceptionalism (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 15: Expand the military (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 16: Make voter registration easier (+5 points on Social scale)	Sue Board of Elections to make Early Voting easier: Strongly Favors topic 16 Same-day registration and no-excuse vote by mail: Strongly Favors topic 16 Battle corrupting influence of corporate money in politics: Favors topic 16 Citizens United is a body blow to our democracy: Strongly Favors topic 16
Favors topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (+2 points on Social scale)	No military action without approval of Congress: Favors topic 17
Strongly Favors topic 18: Prioritize green energy (-5 points on Economic scale)	Supports Green New Deal & Paris Climate Accords: Strongly Favors topic 18 40% reduction in emissions by 2030: Strongly Favors topic 18 NYC Green New Deal: energy-efficient buildings: Strongly Favors topic 18 Divest $5B from Big Oil; invest in renewable energy: Strongly Favors topic 18 No to fracking; yes to wind, solar, & geothermal: Strongly Favors topic 18
Opposes topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (+2 points on Social scale)	Ban all alcohol advertising on city property: Favors topic 19 Sue Big Pharma for opioid addiction; open overdose centers: Strongly Opposes topic 19 50,000 arrests for marijuana possession unjust and wrong: Strongly Opposes topic 19
Strongly Favors topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (-5 points on Economic scale)	There's plenty of money to invest; it's in the wrong hands: Strongly Favors topic 20 Put working people first, not wealthy corporations: Strongly Favors topic 20 Intensify City's anti-displacement and housing affordability: Favors topic 20 Create premiere tech hubs, and create 4.5M jobs: Favors topic 20