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Jesse Ventura on VoteMatch |
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Strongly Favors
topic 1:Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right
(+5 points on Social scale) | Illegalizing abortions won't stop abortions: Favors topic 1 Vetoed 4-hour waiting period for abortions: Strongly Favors topic 1 Keep abortion legal on privacy grounds: Favors topic 1 Constitution is designed to be interpreted: Favors topic 1 Doesn�t support abortion, but leave them legal: Favors topic 1 Abortion decision belongs with the woman and who she chooses: Strongly Favors topic 1 |
Favors
topic 2:Legally require hiring women & minorities
(-3 points on Economic scale) | Equal opportunity for women; but equal responsibility too: Favors topic 2 As football commentator, found name �Redskins� offensive: Neutral on topic 2 Crime statistics are distorted to encourage racism: Neutral on topic 2 Against the draft; for including women except in combat: Neutral on topic 2 Prosecution and sentencing should be colorblind: Neutral on topic 2 Support principles embodied in the Equal Rights Amendment: Favors topic 2 |
Favors
topic 3:Comfortable with same-sex marriage
(+2 points on Social scale) | Equal state benefits for gay employees and partners: Favors topic 3 Civil unions for gays AND hetero couples: Strongly Favors topic 3 Respect diversity, both cultural and lifestyle: Favors topic 3 Gay domestic partnership OK; not gay marriage: Opposes topic 3 |
Opposes
topic 4:Keep God in the public sphere
(+2 points on Social scale) | Only governor of 50 to not declare National Prayer Day: Strongly Opposes topic 4 Evolution for science teachers & Creation for Sunday school: Strongly Opposes topic 4 Requiring the Pledge of Allegiance brainwashes students: Opposes topic 4 Focus on results and standards: Favors topic 4 Transition from Welfare to Self-Sufficiency: Favors topic 4 Public schools can�t advocate religion; private prayer OK: Opposes topic 4 Teach �creation science� in church, not schools: Opposes topic 4 Religious Right & extreme left are both �morality brokers�: Opposes topic 4 Focus welfare on jobs & training: Favors topic 4 Religion a "crutch for weak-minded people": Strongly Opposes topic 4 Problem is with fundamentalist fanatics, not religion: Opposes topic 4 Believes in private charity, not government charity: Strongly Favors topic 4 |
Opposes
topic 5:Expand ObamaCare
(+2 points on Economic scale) | Individual responsibility for unhealthy lifestyle choices: Opposes topic 5 Focus on prevention, children, and results: Opposes topic 5 Supports �Minnesota Care�; tax to pay for uninsured: Favors topic 5 No national care, but pure capitalism can�t work: Opposes topic 5 Government interference should be kept to a minimum: Opposes topic 5 Maintain Medicare funding of HMO benefits: Favors topic 5 Protect state tobacco settlement funds from federal seizure: Neutral on topic 5 |
No opinion on
topic 6:Privatize Social Security
(0 points on Economic scale) | Maintain federal Social Services Block Grant funding: Favors topic 6 Maintain long-term solvency of Social Security and Medicare: Opposes topic 6 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 7:Vouchers for school choice
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Take over general education costs & eliminate local tax: Opposes topic 7 Support school districts that think and act outside the box: Opposes topic 7 Fund schools at state level instead of via property taxes: Neutral on topic 7 Responsibility for education begins with parents: Strongly Opposes topic 7 Commonsense steps to improve public education: Opposes topic 7 Erase the word voucher from the vocabulary: Opposes topic 7 Public dollars belong to public schools: Strongly Opposes topic 7 Loosen federal control; leave more to state & locals: Favors topic 7 Public schools are inefficient; but fix them, don�t end them: Strongly Opposes topic 7 Choosing private school includes responsility to pay: Strongly Opposes topic 7 |
No opinion on
topic 8:Fight EPA regulatory over-reach
(0 points on Social scale) | Too risky to have large feedlots near homes: Opposes topic 8 More state autonomy on brownfields & Superfund cleanups: Favors topic 8 |
Opposes
topic 9:Stricter punishment reduces crime
(+2 points on Social scale) | Opposes death penalty because DNA proves too many mistakes: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Presidential pardons: if you don't like it change the system: Opposes topic 9 Opposes �Three Strikes�; leave discretion to judges: Strongly Opposes topic 9 No role for governor in crime; it�s for local police: Opposes topic 9 Put up with death penalty until life sentences mean life: Favors topic 9 Tougher drunk-driving laws for repeat offenders: Favors topic 9 Supported death penalty, but now as Governor opposes it: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Find compromise between rehabilitation and punishment: Opposes topic 9 Supports flexible federal block grants for crime programs: Neutral on topic 9 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 10:Absolute right to gun ownership
(-5 points on Economic scale) | It's up to gun owners to ensure their weapons aren't misused: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Gun responsibility goes with gun rights: Opposes topic 10 Guns are designed to kill; respect them: Opposes topic 10 If you�re going to own a gun, know what you�re doing: Opposes topic 10 Concealed weapons OK if you can pass safety exam: Opposes topic 10 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 11:Higher taxes on the wealthy
(+5 points on Economic scale) | Need balance between tax relief, services expected: Opposes topic 11 Tax increases may be necessary, but use every dollar well: Favors topic 11 Supported Bush tax cuts; it was over-taxation money: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Property tax needs to be smaller, simpler, fairer: Opposes topic 11 Across the board reduction in state income tax rates: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Find a way for state taxes to be collected on ecommerce: Favors topic 11 Government is no bottomless pit of money-it�s from you & me: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Repeal the 16th Amendment: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Replace income with national sales tax: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Reforming property tax system a high priority: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Return any budget surpluses to the taxpayers automatically: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Let people keep as much of their money as possible: Strongly Opposes topic 11 $600 �Jesse Checks� tax rebate to every taxpayer: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Replace income tax with 15% national sales tax: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Supports national consumption tax to equalize tax burden: Strongly Opposes topic 11 No national sales tax or VAT: Neutral on topic 11 |
Favors
topic 12:Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens
(+2 points on Social scale) | Border wall would make Reagan turn over in his grave: Favors topic 12 Great Wall of China failed; so will the Great Wall of the US: Strongly Favors topic 12 Immigration is an integral part of who we are: Strongly Favors topic 12 Official English leads to Official Christianity: Strongly Favors topic 12 Emergency medical, but no other services, for illegal imms.: Opposes topic 12 Grant legal immigrants all benefits of citizens: Strongly Favors topic 12 Share costs of legal immigration between states & federal: Neutral on topic 12 Federal government should deal with criminal repatriation: Neutral on topic 12 Ease Canadian border-crossing rules: Favors topic 12 |
Strongly Favors
topic 13:Support & expand free trade
(+5 points on Economic scale) | Questions why we still need Cuban embargo: Strongly Favors topic 13 NAFTA reservations: Mexican labor conditions & US job loss: Opposes topic 13 Active role in bringing China into WTO: Strongly Favors topic 13 Make Agriculture Competitive Anywhere in the World: Favors topic 13 Trade creates jobs & productivity: Strongly Favors topic 13 When I travel abroad it will be with a serious economic plan: Strongly Favors topic 13 Ease Canadian border-crossing rules: Favors topic 13 Grant fast-track authority to the President: Favors topic 13 |
No opinion on
topic 14:Support American Exceptionalism
(0 points on Economic scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
Opposes
topic 15:Expand the military
(+2 points on Social scale) | Assassinating foreign leadership is despicable: Opposes topic 15 War isn�t civilized; don�t expect warriors to be: Neutral on topic 15 Military is stronger if all-volunteer: Opposes topic 15 |
Favors
topic 16:Make voter registration easier
(+2 points on Social scale) | Unlimited secret cash from corporations influences elections: Opposes topic 16 Limit campaign money to one publicly-funded source: Strongly Favors topic 16 We need to upgrade our voting process: Strongly Favors topic 16 |
Strongly Favors
topic 17:Avoid foreign entanglements
(+5 points on Social scale) | Withdraw our military from the Middle East: Strongly Favors topic 17 We attacked Saddam for the same WMDs we have in our arsenal: Strongly Favors topic 17 Wartime draft would stop Iraq War and prevent future wars: Favors topic 17 Withdrawal from Iraq should start on first day of presidency: Strongly Favors topic 17 Opposed Iraq War from the beginning and on the air: Strongly Favors topic 17 Iraq war drains resources from social programs: Favors topic 17 Bush has no Iraq exit strategy; he plans on never leaving: Strongly Favors topic 17 Bush violated Constitution by misleading US into Iraq War: Strongly Favors topic 17 Global cooperation OK; world government not: Strongly Favors topic 17 Buchanan is an unrealistic isolationist: Favors topic 17 We need Saddam as the bad guy in oil disputes: Neutral on topic 17 Include states in anti-terrorism planning: Neutral on topic 17 |
Favors
topic 18:Prioritize green energy
(-3 points on Economic scale) | Military agrees: climate change represents a serious threat: Strongly Favors topic 18 Develop light rail tranist for Minnesota: Favors topic 18 Competitive electricity pricing; include alternative energy: Favors topic 18 Overcome dependency on foreign oil: Favors topic 18 Subsidize ethanol like we subsidize oil: Strongly Favors topic 18 Recycling conserves our limited resources: Favors topic 18 Teach environment in grade schools: Favors topic 18 Replace MTBE in gasoline with cleaner ethanol: Neutral on topic 18 Voluntary partnerships reduce greenhouse gases economically: Neutral on topic 18 Kyoto Treaty must include reductions by all countries: Opposes topic 18 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 19:Marijuana is a gateway drug
(+5 points on Social scale) | Banks & prison-industrial complex gets rich on the drug war: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Let states decide medical marijuana laws: Strongly Favors topic 19 Treat marijuana like we treat alcohol and tobacco: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Drug addiction is a health problem, not a crime: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Drug War fails like Prohibition did: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Stop being so afraid of marijuana; some uses are OK: Strongly Opposes topic 19 The war on drugs has failed; look for other solutions: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Rethink approach to drugs; �more of the same� fails: Opposes topic 19 Jail won�t work when we can�t even keep drugs out of prisons: Opposes topic 19 More federal funding for all aspects of Drug War: Favors topic 19 |
Opposes
topic 20:Stimulus better than market-led recovery
(+2 points on Economic scale) | Concentrate on what's necessary, not what's nice: Opposes topic 20 Government spending hurts the economy: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Training and retraining to resolve workforce shortage: Strongly Favors topic 20 Social programs should be a safety net, not a hammock: Opposes topic 20 Never, ever forget it's the public's money: Opposes topic 20 |
Jesse Ventura is a Progressive Libertarian
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