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Colin Powell on Abortion
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Colin Powell on Budget & Economy
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Colin Powell on Civil Rights
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Colin Powell on Crime
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Colin Powell on Drugs
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Colin Powell on Education
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Colin Powell on Energy & Oil
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Colin Powell on Environment
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Colin Powell on Families & Children
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Colin Powell on Foreign Policy
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Colin Powell on Free Trade
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Colin Powell on Government Reform
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Colin Powell on Gun Control
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Colin Powell on Health Care
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Colin Powell on Homeland Security
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Colin Powell on Immigration
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Colin Powell on Jobs
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Colin Powell on Principles & Values
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Colin Powell on Social Security
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Colin Powell on Tax Reform
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Colin Powell on Technology
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Colin Powell on War & Peace
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Colin Powell on Welfare & Poverty
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topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (+2 points on Social scale) | Supports a woman�s right to choose: Favors topic 1 Pro-choice but not pro-abortion: Favors topic 1 |
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Favors
topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (-3 points on Economic scale) | Inclusion even if you don�t believe in affirmative action: Favors topic 2 Overcome black criticism by reaching out �for real�: Favors topic 2 Affirmative action gives minorities a competitive choice: Strongly Favors topic 2 Diversity over discrimination; it won�t go away by itself: Favors topic 2 Wants active government in protecting civil rights: Favors topic 2 Equal opportunity without preferential treatment: Neutral on topic 2 |
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Opposes
topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (-3 points on Social scale) | 1993: Fought openly gay service in military: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Gays in military is a privacy issue, nothing else: Favors topic 3 Skin color is not behavioral; sexual orientation is: Opposes topic 3 Originated �Don�t ask, don�t tell� as a compromise solution: Favors topic 3 |
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Opposes
topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (+2 points on Social scale) | Teach kids volunteerism while young: Strongly Favors topic 4 GOP values fuel families; families build communities: Favors topic 4 Reform the entitlement state, not just the welfare state: Opposes topic 4 Believes in prayer, but not mandated in schools: Strongly Opposes topic 4 Family is important, but don't impose "family values": Opposes topic 4 Family is important, but don't impose "family values": Opposes topic 4 Family is important, but don�t impose �family values�: Opposes topic 4 A sense of shame is not a bad moral compass: Favors topic 4 Believes in value of many government social programs: Strongly Opposes topic 4 |
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Favors
topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (-3 points on Economic scale) | Promise Three: Healthy start and future: Favors topic 5 |
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No opinion on
topic 6: Privatize Social Security (0 points on Economic scale) | Hard reality: reduce entitlements or raise taxes: Neutral on topic 6 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (+5 points on Economic scale) | Supports charter schools, vouchers, home schools: Strongly Favors topic 7 |
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No opinion on
topic 8: Fight EPA regulatory over-reach (0 points on Social scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
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Opposes
topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (+2 points on Social scale) | Building jails is a temporary fix, not the solution: Opposes topic 9 Build our children instead of building jails: Opposes topic 9 |
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topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (-3 points on Economic scale) | Reasonable investigation of gun registrants: Opposes topic 10 Reasonable investigation of gun registrants: Opposes topic 10 |
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Strongly Opposes
topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (+5 points on Economic scale) | With GOP on economy; wants bipartisanship on social issues: Opposes topic 11 Lessen the burdens of taxes & debt: Opposes topic 11 Tax dollars are better spent if left in private hands: Strongly Opposes topic 11 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (+5 points on Social scale) | Opposes policy of separating migrant mothers and children: Favors topic 12 Immigration is part of our life�s blood: Strongly Favors topic 12 Value today�s immigrant as much as Mayflower descendant: Strongly Favors topic 12 |
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topic 13: Support & expand free trade (0 points on Economic scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
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topic 14: Support American Exceptionalism (-3 points on Economic scale) | UN faces irrelevance if it does not respond to Iraq: Favors topic 14 2003 UN speech focused on a call for resolve on Iraq: Opposes topic 14 2005: UN speech on Iraqi WMDs is a blot on my record: Opposes topic 14 Omitted shaky Niger uranium claim from 2003 UN speech: Opposes topic 14 Contradicted Cheney and sought more UN involvement: Opposes topic 14 |
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topic 15: Expand the military (+2 points on Social scale) | We�ll defeat tyranny as we defeated communism & fascism: Favors topic 15 Supports strategy of readiness for 2 near-simultaneous wars: Strongly Favors topic 15 Make military leaner & more efficient: Opposes topic 15 Supports base closures; too many are Congressional pork: Strongly Opposes topic 15 Cut strategic oil stockpile; end Cold War spending: Strongly Opposes topic 15 |
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topic 16: Make voter registration easier (0 points on Social scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
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topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (+2 points on Social scale) | Iran working on delivery systems as well as nukes: Strongly Favors topic 17 State Dept. is under-staffed and under-funded: Favors topic 17 American century gives way to �century of democracy�: Opposes topic 17 US need not choose between Israel & Arabs: Favors topic 17 US has always stood with Israel; and will continue to do so: Strongly Favors topic 17 Somalia: Feeding hungry OK; national-building not: Opposes topic 17 Oil is a vital interest; humanitarianism is not: Neutral on topic 17 Lebanon: providing �presence� not sufficient basis: Opposes topic 17 If we knew of no WMDs, war decision would've differed: Favors topic 17 OpEd: conglomerate of inaccurate statements to UN on Iraq: Strongly Favors topic 17 9/12/01: Urged focus on Al Qaeda, not Iraq: Strongly Favors topic 17 |
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No opinion on
topic 18: Prioritize green energy (0 points on Economic scale) | Address climate change, but Kyoto too stringent: Favors topic 18 Tax credits & more funding for renewable energy research: Favors topic 18 Open small fraction of ANWR for regulated production : Strongly Opposes topic 18 |
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topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (+2 points on Social scale) | Can solve drug problem only by strengthening kids: Opposes topic 19 Assigned AWACS planes to fight drugs, despite opposition: Opposes topic 19 |
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topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (0 points on Economic scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
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