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Vicente Gonzalez on VoteMatch |
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Strongly Favors
topic 1:Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right
(+5 points on Social scale) | Increase funding for family planning services: Strongly Favors topic 1 |
Strongly Favors
topic 2:Legally require hiring women & minorities
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Support equal pay for equal work for women: Strongly Favors topic 2 Voted YES on private lawsuits for school race discrimination: Favors topic 2 |
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topic 3:Comfortable with same-sex marriage
(0 points on Social scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
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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) | Treat healthcare as a basic human right: Strongly Favors topic 5 Opposes repealing the 2010 affordable care act: Strongly Favors topic 5 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 6:Privatize Social Security
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Oppose privatization of safety nets: Strongly Opposes topic 6 Opposes diverting some FICA into personal accounts: Strongly Opposes topic 6 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 7:Vouchers for school choice
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Fight for pre-kindergarten and Head Start: Strongly Opposes topic 7 |
Strongly Favors
topic 8:Fight EPA regulatory over-reach
(-5 points on Social scale) | Regulatory relief for smaller banks stimulates growth: Favors topic 8 Loosen restrictions on predator control in Alaska: Strongly Favors topic 8 |
Favors
topic 9:Stricter punishment reduces crime
(-3 points on Social scale) | Increase investments & resources for local law enforcement: Strongly Favors topic 9 First step: reduce recidivism & mass incarceration: Opposes topic 9 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 10:Absolute right to gun ownership
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Supports gun-control legislation: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Require background check for every firearm sale and transfer: Strongly Opposes topic 10 |
Favors
topic 11:Higher taxes on the wealthy
(-3 points on Economic scale) | Supports tax increases to balance the budget: Favors topic 11 Rated Reducing tax rates balloons federal deficit & cuts programs: Favors topic 11 |
Strongly Favors
topic 12:Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens
(+5 points on Social scale) | Common-sense compassionate reform like DACA: Strongly Favors topic 12 Opposes requiring illegals to return to country of origin: Favors topic 12 Increase both high-skill and family-based visa caps: Favors topic 12 |
Strongly Favors
topic 13:Support & expand free trade
(+5 points on Economic scale) | Strengthen trade ties along the Texas-Mexico border: Strongly Favors topic 13 Implement USMCA for improved North American trade: Strongly Favors topic 13 |
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topic 14:Support American Exceptionalism
(+2 points on Economic scale) | Cut World Bank funding to enforce against terrorism: Favors topic 14 Two-state solution despite Israeli settlements on West Bank: Favors topic 14 Voted YES to monitor forced Uyghur labor in Xinjiang: Favors topic 14 |
Favors
topic 15:Expand the military
(-3 points on Social scale) | Fulfill our promise to veterans: Favors topic 15 |
Strongly Favors
topic 16:Make voter registration easier
(+5 points on Social scale) | Automatic voter registration for all citizens: Strongly Favors topic 16 Holiday on election day; revamp for easier voting access: Favors topic 16 |
Strongly Favors
topic 17:Avoid foreign entanglements
(+5 points on Social scale) | Remove US Forces from Hostilities Against Yemen: Favors topic 17 No military force against Iran without Congress approval: Strongly Favors topic 17 |
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topic 18:Prioritize green energy
(-3 points on Economic scale) | Voted YES to assist rural electric renewable energy: Favors topic 18 |
Strongly Favors
topic 19:Marijuana is a gateway drug
(-5 points on Social scale) | Sponsored bill for combatting epidemic of synthetic drugs: Strongly Favors topic 19 |
Strongly Favors
topic 20:Stimulus better than market-led recovery
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Cut bureaucratic red-tape that burdens job-creators: Strongly Favors topic 20 Sponsored bill for $900 billion COVID relief package: Strongly Favors topic 20 |
Vicente Gonzalez is a Liberal Populist
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