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Stacey Abrams on Abortion
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OR background on Abortion.
- Women protested "fetal heartbeat bill" written by white men. (Jun 2020)
- Roe v. Wade achieved a measure of reproductive justice. (Feb 2019)
- Don't jeopardize access to birth control. (Nov 2018)
- Expand reproductive freedom to under-served areas. (Sep 2017)
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Stacey Abrams on Civil Rights
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OR background on Civil Rights.
- Add race, gender, and class to "Founding Fathers". (Jun 2020)
- LGBTQ+ played identity politics for 150 years. (Jun 2020)
- Remove evil Confederate monuments, but not top priority. (Jun 2020)
- Voter suppression is rigging the game. (Aug 2019)
- Voter suppression is an existential crisis in the US. (May 2019)
- Inspire running for office:You cannot be what you cannot see. (Mar 2019)
- Entered politics in 1992 with Rodney King riots. (Mar 2019)
- Call racism what it is: wrong. (Feb 2019)
- Takes a strong stand against voter suppression efforts. (Feb 2019)
- Those who paid debt to society should be re-enfranchised. (Jan 2019)
- Upholding military transgender ban is an abomination. (Jan 2019)
- Basic fairness: we must ensure that every vote is counted. (Nov 2018)
- Leaders should show that differences needn't be barriers. (Apr 2018)
- For women & people of color, double standards are a constant. (Apr 2018)
- No discrimination, including against LGBTQ. (Sep 2017)
- No discrimination, including against LGBTQ. (Aug 2017)
- Reflect on terrible Confederacy in museums, not monuments. (Aug 2017)
- Welcome everyone, instead of "religious liberty". (Apr 2016)
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Stacey Abrams on Corporations
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OR background on Corporations.
- Founded company "Insomnia"; motto "We don't deal with jerks". (Mar 2019)
- Republican tax bill rigged the system against working class. (Feb 2019)
- Invest in community businesses. (Aug 2017)
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Stacey Abrams on Crime
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OR background on Crime.
- Prison gerrymandering: vote where they lived before prison. (Jun 2020)
- In 1992 riots, police treated all young blacks as guilty. (Mar 2019)
- Justice should not be determined by your paycheck. (Aug 2017)
- Voted YES on criminalizing "up-skirting". (Mar 2017)
- Voted NO on 10-year minimum for assaulting a cop. (Mar 2017)
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Stacey Abrams on Drugs
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OR background on Drugs.
- For medical marijuana; open to legalizing recreational use. (Nov 2018)
- Expand list of conditions for medical marijuana. (Mar 2017)
- Add fentanyl to list of criminalized opioids. (Mar 2017)
- Allow onsite testing for drug-free workplace program. (Apr 2007)
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Stacey Abrams on Education
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OR background on Education.
- Lower-income neighborhoods have lower-ranked schools. (Jun 2020)
- 4-year degree gains white family $55,900 & black only $4,800. (Mar 2019)
- Invest what is necessary for education from cradle to career. (Feb 2019)
- Needs-based college tuition for low-income students. (Nov 2018)
- A college degree is no guarantee of opportunity. (Apr 2018)
- No money for school vouchers. (Sep 2017)
- Must offer many paths for higher education. (Sep 2017)
- Help students from early learning thru post-secondary school. (May 2017)
- Chief Turnaround Officers for low-performing schools. (Mar 2017)
- Voted NO on $42M more tax credits for private schools. (Mar 2017)
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Stacey Abrams on Families & Children
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OR background on Families & Children.
- Government can foster change for families like mine. (Mar 2019)
- Family values: faith, service, education & responsibility. (Feb 2019)
- Learning begins at birth. (Sep 2017)
- We must help our most vulnerable citizens. (Sep 2017)
- Learning begins at birth. (Aug 2017)
- Sometimes sex offenders get parental consent. (May 2008)
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Stacey Abrams on Foreign Policy
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OR background on Foreign Policy.
- Understand global issues for intersectionality of policies. (Jun 2020)
- We've returned to isolationism, driven by fear-mongering. (May 2019)
- Our moral credibility in the world has been diminished. (May 2019)
- Representation matters in our foreign service. (May 2019)
- Concerned China building infrastructure, relationships. (May 2019)
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Stacey Abrams on Free Trade
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OR background on Free Trade.
- Trade wars have real effect on everyday consumers. (Jun 2020)
- Trade policy should not be based on brinksmanship. (May 2019)
- Tariffs on Chinese steel are a terrible idea. (Nov 2018)
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Stacey Abrams on Government Reform
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OR background on Government Reform.
- Ensure everyone trusts the system, and it's worthy of that. (Jan 2021)
- Only obligation we have is make sure every vote is counted. (Jan 2021)
- You don't win county by county; you win person by person. (Jan 2021)
- Fair Fight Georgia helped Biden and Democratic Senate. (Nov 2020)
- Restore our public administration infrastructure. (Jun 2020)
- We don't lose gun rights by non-use; why voting rights? (Jun 2020)
- Incumbents abuse system to keep out black election winners. (Jun 2020)
- Voter impersonation found 31 cases out of a billion. (Jun 2020)
- Souls to the polls: Sunday early voting. (Jun 2020)
- Holiday for Election Day, or paid time off to vote. (Jun 2020)
- Electoral College protected slaveholders, not small states. (Jun 2020)
- Get rid of classist, racist Electoral College. (Feb 2020)
- The electoral college is racist and classist. (Nov 2019)
- Elections are rigged when poor communities' voting hindered. (Mar 2019)
- Investigated for registering 86,000 voters in one year. (Mar 2019)
- Register 75,000 out of 800,000 unregistered people of color. (Mar 2019)
- Fair Fight: Bedrock guarantee of right to vote. (Feb 2019)
- Federal shutdowns are a stunt: furloughs hurt workers. (Feb 2019)
- Deliberate interference & disenfranchisement in `18 election. (Nov 2018)
- Disenfranchisement was death by 1,000 cuts. (Nov 2018)
- Sued in 2016 to stop "exact match" on voter registration. (Oct 2018)
- Raising campaign funds asks others to invest in your vision. (Apr 2018)
- Protect voter's rights against voter suppression tactics. (Aug 2017)
- Founded voter registration project. (Aug 2017)
- Head of a voter registration group; focus on minorities. (Apr 2017)
- Exact-match process violates Voting Rights Act. (Mar 2017)
- Stop redistricting voters of color to dilute their votes. (Mar 2017)
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Stacey Abrams on Gun Control
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OR background on Gun Control.
- AR-15s are not necessary on our streets. (Nov 2018)
- Gun-carry license doesn't apply to "campus carry". (Mar 2017)
- State should enact reasonable restrictions on guns. (Jul 2016)
- Voted NO on "campus carry;" it won't make students safer. (Mar 2016)
- Rated 7% by the NRA, indicating a pro-gun control voting record. (Oct 2017)
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Stacey Abrams on Health Care
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OR background on Health Care.
- Disaster preparedness includes global pandemic preparation. (Jun 2020)
- ObamaCare navigators explain new health insurance systems. (Jun 2020)
- Increase production for coronavirus testing; expand Medicaid. (Apr 2020)
- His personal debt was from caring for father with cancer. (Nov 2019)
- Protect progress of ObamaCare, instead of lawsuits. (Feb 2019)
- Medicaid expansion for reduced cost & preexisting conditions. (Nov 2018)
- Paying for uncompensated care brings money back. (Nov 2018)
- Expand Medicaid; explore universal coverage. (Aug 2017)
- Let ObamaCare plans cover abortion. (Mar 2014)
- Tax breaks for high deductible insurance; no aid for insured. (Apr 2008)
- Allow asbestos lawsuits before physical impairment occurs. (Apr 2007)
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Stacey Abrams on Immigration
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OR background on Immigration.
- States' refugee resettlement refusal is emulated globally. (Jun 2020)
- 21st-century Immigration plan, not walls nor open borders. (Feb 2019)
- Advocates a clean DREAM Act. (Nov 2018)
- Colleges need not act as immigration enforcement officers. (Mar 2017)
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Stacey Abrams on Jobs
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OR background on Jobs.
- For living wage and right to form unions. (Sep 2017)
- For living wage and right to form unions. (Aug 2017)
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Stacey Abrams on Principles & Values
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OR background on Principles & Values.
- Joined corporate wing of Democrats, rather than Bernie wing. (May 2020)
- If I didn't speak up for myself, no one else would. (Apr 2020)
- Run for the job you want; I'm best on executive side. (Nov 2019)
- Prefers organizing systems for change to legislating. (May 2019)
- First black woman as major party governor nominee. (Mar 2019)
- Yale Law School; tax attorney and romance novelist. (Mar 2019)
- What do I want, and how do I get there? (Mar 2019)
- The best ideas & the best policies are collaborative. (Mar 2019)
- Short-sighted leaders have definite opinion about everything. (Mar 2019)
- I author romance novels, but I'm not married. (Mar 2019)
- Election loss: Something being legal does not make it right. (Nov 2018)
- Endorsed by Our Revolution national progressive group. (May 2018)
- Leadership requires confidence, insight, sheer bravado. (Apr 2018)
- Sometimes we fail, our task is to embrace the failure. (Apr 2018)
- When time not on our side, prepare for the long haul. (Apr 2018)
- Oppose monument to Ten Commandments at State Capitol. (Mar 2014)
- Endorsed Endorsed by Bernie Sanders/Our Revolution. (Nov 2018)
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Stacey Abrams on Technology
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OR background on Technology.
- 1/4 of rural residents lack broadband; no online census. (Jun 2020)
- We must invest in public infrastructure. (May 2017)
- Creates commission on Transit Governance and Funding. (Mar 2017)
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VoteMatch Responses
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Strongly Favors
topic 1:Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right
(+5 points on Social scale)
| Roe v. Wade achieved a measure of reproductive justice: Strongly Favors topic 1 Don't jeopardize access to birth control: Strongly Favors topic 1 Expand reproductive freedom to under-served areas: Strongly Favors topic 1 Let ObamaCare plans cover abortion: Favors topic 1 |
Favors
topic 2:Legally require hiring women & minorities
(-3 points on Economic scale)
| Representation matters in our foreign service: Favors topic 2 Call racism what it is: wrong: Strongly Favors topic 2 Reflect on terrible Confederacy in museums, not monuments: Strongly Opposes topic 2 |
Strongly Favors
topic 3:Comfortable with same-sex marriage
(+5 points on Social scale)
| LGBTQ+ played identity politics for 150 years: Strongly Favors topic 3 Upholding military transgender ban is an abomination: Strongly Favors topic 3 No discrimination, including against LGBTQ: Strongly Favors topic 3 No discrimination, including against LGBTQ: Strongly Favors topic 3 Welcome everyone, instead of "religious liberty": Favors topic 3 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 4:Keep God in the public sphere
(+5 points on Social scale)
| Oppose monument to Ten Commandments at State Capitol: Strongly Opposes topic 4 |
Strongly Favors
topic 5:Expand ObamaCare
(-5 points on Economic scale)
| Increase production for coronavirus testing; expand Medicaid: Strongly Favors topic 5 His personal debt was from caring for father with cancer: Strongly Favors topic 5 Protect progress of ObamaCare, instead of lawsuits: Strongly Favors topic 5 Medicaid expansion for reduced cost & preexisting conditions: Strongly Favors topic 5 Paying for uncompensated care brings money back: Strongly Favors topic 5 Expand Medicaid; explore universal coverage: Strongly Favors topic 5 Tax breaks for high deductible insurance; no aid for insured: Favors topic 5 |
Strongly Favors
topic 6:Privatize Social Security
(+5 points on Economic scale)
| We must help our most vulnerable citizens: Strongly Favors topic 6 We must help our most vulnerable citizens: Strongly Favors topic 6 |
Opposes
topic 7:Vouchers for school choice
(-3 points on Economic scale)
| Invest what is necessary for education from cradle to career: Strongly Favors topic 7 No money for school vouchers: Strongly Opposes topic 7 Help students from early learning thru post-secondary school: Opposes topic 7 Chief Turnaround Officers for low-performing schools: Opposes topic 7 Voted NO on $42M more tax credits for private schools: Strongly Opposes topic 7 |
Opposes
topic 8:Fight EPA regulatory over-reach
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| Hurricane recovery is a 10-month process, not 10 days: Opposes topic 8 Stay on top of environmental waste & clean-up: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Allow asbestos lawsuits before physical impairment occurs: Favors topic 8 |
Opposes
topic 9:Stricter punishment reduces crime
(+2 points on Social scale)
| Justice should not be determined by your paycheck: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Voted YES on criminalizing "up-skirting": Favors topic 9 Voted NO on 10-year minimum for assaulting a cop: Opposes topic 9 Sometimes sex offenders get parental consent: Opposes topic 9 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 10:Absolute right to gun ownership
(-5 points on Economic scale)
| AR-15s are not necessary on our streets: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Gun-carry license doesn't apply to "campus carry": Strongly Opposes topic 10 State should enact reasonable restrictions on guns: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Voted NO on "campus carry;" it won't make students safer: Opposes topic 10 Rated 7% by the NRA, indicating a pro-gun control voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 10 |
Strongly Favors
topic 11:Higher taxes on the wealthy
(-5 points on Economic scale)
| Reducing the top not enough on income inequality: Opposes topic 11 Republican tax bill rigged the system against working class: Strongly Favors topic 11 Ask everyone to do their fair share: Strongly Favors topic 11 Keep graduated income tax instead of 5.4% flat tax: Strongly Favors topic 11 |
Strongly Favors
topic 12:Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens
(+5 points on Social scale)
| 21st-century Immigration plan, not walls nor open borders: Strongly Favors topic 12 Advocates a clean DREAM Act: Favors topic 12 Colleges need not act as immigration enforcement officers: Favors topic 12 |
Strongly Favors
topic 13:Support & expand free trade
(+5 points on Economic scale)
| Trade wars have real effect on everyday consumers: Strongly Favors topic 13 Trade policy should not be based on brinksmanship: Strongly Favors topic 13 Tariffs on Chinese steel are a terrible idea: Strongly Favors topic 13 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 14:Support American Exceptionalism
(-5 points on Economic scale)
| We've returned to isolationism, driven by fear-mongering: Strongly Opposes topic 14 Our moral credibility in the world has been diminished: Strongly Opposes topic 14 |
Favors
topic 15:Expand the military
(-3 points on Social scale)
| US should be judicious & careful with our use of military: Favors topic 15 Give military base residents tuition & teaching certificates: Favors topic 15 |
Strongly Favors
topic 16:Make voter registration easier
(+5 points on Social scale)
| Ensure everyone trusts the system, and it's worthy of that: Strongly Favors topic 16 Only obligation we have is make sure every vote is counted: Strongly Favors topic 16 You don't win county by county; you win person by person: Strongly Favors topic 16 Fair Fight Georgia helped Biden and Democratic Senate: Strongly Favors topic 16 Prison gerrymandering: vote where they lived before prison: Strongly Favors topic 16 Electoral College protected slaveholders, not small states: Strongly Favors topic 16 Get rid of classist, racist Electoral College: Strongly Favors topic 16 The electoral college is racist and classist: Strongly Favors topic 16 Voter suppression is rigging the game: Strongly Favors topic 16 Voter suppression is an existential crisis in the US: Strongly Favors topic 16 Investigated for registering 86,000 voters in one year: Strongly Favors topic 16 Takes a strong stand against voter suppression efforts: Strongly Favors topic 16 Fair Fight: Bedrock guarantee of right to vote: Strongly Favors topic 16 Deliberate interference & disenfranchisement in `18 election: Strongly Favors topic 16 Disenfranchisement was death by 1,000 cuts: Strongly Favors topic 16 Basic fairness: we must ensure that every vote is counted: Strongly Favors topic 16 Sued in 2016 to stop "exact match" on voter registration: Strongly Favors topic 16 Protect voter's rights against voter suppression tactics: Strongly Favors topic 16 Founded voter registration project: Strongly Favors topic 16 Head of a voter registration group; focus on minorities: Strongly Favors topic 16 Exact-match process violates Voting Rights Act: Strongly Favors topic 16 Stop redistricting voters of color to dilute their votes: Favors topic 16 |
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topic 17:Avoid foreign entanglements
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| Concerned China building infrastructure, relationships: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Those who paid debt to society should be re-enfranchised: Strongly Favors topic 17 |
Strongly Favors
topic 18:Prioritize green energy
(-5 points on Economic scale)
| Clean energy key to jobs & innovation: Strongly Favors topic 18 |
Opposes
topic 19:Marijuana is a gateway drug
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| For medical marijuana; open to legalizing recreational use: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Expand list of conditions for medical marijuana: Opposes topic 19 Add fentanyl to list of criminalized opioids: Favors topic 19 No mandatory drug testing for food stamp recipients: Opposes topic 19 Allow onsite testing for drug-free workplace program: Favors topic 19 |
Strongly Favors
topic 20:Stimulus better than market-led recovery
(-5 points on Economic scale)
| Federal shutdowns are a stunt: furloughs hurt workers: Favors topic 20 Invest in community businesses: Strongly Favors topic 20 Invest in community businesses: Strongly Favors topic 20 |
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