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| On the issues: Phil Murphy | Murphy's Profile | Governor Match | | | Other NJ Candidates: | Edward Durr | Jack Ciattarelli | Jim McGreevey | Jon Bramnick | Josh Gottheimer | Mikie Sherrill | Ras Baraka | Stephen Sweeney |
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Phil Murphy on Abortion
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Phil Murphy on Budget & Economy
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Phil Murphy on Civil Rights
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Phil Murphy on Corporations
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Phil Murphy on Crime
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Phil Murphy on Drugs
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Phil Murphy on Education
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Phil Murphy on Energy & Oil
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Phil Murphy on Environment
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Phil Murphy on Families & Children
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Phil Murphy on Foreign Policy
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Phil Murphy on Free Trade
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Phil Murphy on Government Reform
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Phil Murphy on Gun Control
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Phil Murphy on Health Care
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Phil Murphy on Homeland Security
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Phil Murphy on Immigration
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Phil Murphy on Jobs
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Phil Murphy on Principles & Values
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Phil Murphy on Social Security
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Phil Murphy on Tax Reform
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Phil Murphy on Technology
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Phil Murphy on War & Peace
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Phil Murphy on Welfare & Poverty
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Strongly Favors
topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (+5 points on Social scale) | Support funding for Planned Parenthood: Favors topic 1 Codify woman's full reproductive rights into state law: Strongly Favors topic 1 Will sign bill securing woman's right to choose into law: Strongly Favors topic 1 Women's health care in America is in a state of crisis: Strongly Favors topic 1 New Jersey will begin stockpiling a supply of Mifepristone: Strongly Favors topic 1 Shield info about out-of-state women seeking abortion: Strongly Favors topic 1 Established NJ as a safe haven for reproductive freedom: Strongly Favors topic 1 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (-5 points on Economic scale) | Equal pay for equal work by gender: Strongly Favors topic 2 We all can contribute, including the differently abled: Favors topic 2 Undertake ethics reform; address pernicious sexism: Favors topic 2 Close the wage gap: ban unequal pay for same work by women: Strongly Favors topic 2 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 3: Support transgender and LGBTQ+ rights (+5 points on Social scale) | Strong advocate for equal treatment of LGBTQ community: Strongly Favors topic 3 Expand anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ individuals: Strongly Favors topic 3 |
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Strongly Opposes
topic 4: America was founded on Christian values (+5 points on Social scale) | Signed assisted suicide law; choice is a personal one: Strongly Opposes topic 4 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (-5 points on Economic scale) | Make New Jersey safest place to deliver and raise babies: Strongly Favors topic 5 Fight for-profit right-wing agenda to gut ObamaCare: Strongly Favors topic 5 Protected ObamaCare; enacted sick leave: Strongly Favors topic 5 We're protecting the Affordable Care Act: Favors topic 5 Pounding away against anti-vax bloc: they're safe, they work: Favors topic 5 More people have insurance and they're paying less for it: Strongly Favors topic 5 Pulling people out from crushing medical debt is vital: Strongly Favors topic 5 |
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topic 6: Privatize Social Security (-3 points on Economic scale) | Evaluate state pension system for growing unfunded liability: Opposes topic 6 Divest NJ pension fund from private equity: Opposes topic 6 |
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Strongly Opposes
topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (-5 points on Economic scale) | Focus on STEM to make Silicon Valley in New Jersey: Strongly Opposes topic 7 Reignite NJ science hotbed by focusing on STEM sector: Favors topic 7 High stakes, high stress standardized tests must end: Opposes topic 7 Our public schools are part of what makes this state great: Strongly Opposes topic 7 Invest in pre-K & free community college: Strongly Opposes topic 7 New Jersey expanding pre-K and childcare; we know it works: Strongly Opposes topic 7 Let's bring universal pre-K to all of New Jersey: Opposes topic 7 State school funding is property tax relief: Strongly Opposes topic 7 We're closing the digital divide for schoolchildren: Strongly Opposes topic 7 Ban cell phones from our K-12 classrooms: Neutral on topic 7 |
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topic 8: Businesses have a right to pollute (+2 points on Social scale) | Commit to protecting shores with long-term enviro plan: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Long-term planning via Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Protect Jersey Shore from oil & Pinelands' open space: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Easing outdated restrictions can lead to affordable housing: Strongly Favors topic 8 |
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Strongly Opposes
topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (+5 points on Social scale) | For-profit prison industry targets communities of color: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Eliminate mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent crimes: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Top priority is tightening laws against car theft: Favors topic 9 Reject notion that compassion comes at the cost of vigilance: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Reform penalties for technical parole violations: Opposes topic 9 |
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topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (-3 points on Economic scale) | Sensible gun safety regulations: taxes & training: Favors topic 10 Gun violence epidemic is a public health crisis: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Reduce maximum magazine size from 15 rounds to 10: Opposes topic 10 Proposed sweeping safety package to reduce gun crimes: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Enacted upgrading crimes related to manufacturing firearms: Strongly Opposes topic 10 States for Gun Safety: fill void left by no Federal policy: Strongly Favors topic 10 |
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topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (-5 points on Economic scale) | Incentive programs for business need reform: Favors topic 11 Quality of life more important than tax breaks: Favors topic 11 Wealthiest 1% pay far lower share of taxes: Strongly Favors topic 11 Stronger & fairer funding instead of massive tax breaks: Strongly Favors topic 11 Not giving up the fight for a millionaire's tax: Strongly Favors topic 11 Greater tax fairness, cuts for middle, families, seniors: Opposes topic 11 We outpace states that give huge tax breaks for the wealthy: Favors topic 11 |
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topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (+5 points on Social scale) | Oppose efforts to use police to assist in mass deportations: Strongly Favors topic 12 |
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topic 13: Support & expand free trade (+5 points on Economic scale) | Joint venture with Israel for technological R&D: Strongly Favors topic 13 |
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topic 14: Stay away from the UN & Globalism (0 points on Economic scale) | Former U.S. ambassador to Germany, appointed by Obama: Opposes topic 14 Reject Pres. Trump's dark belief of an America in decline: Opposes topic 14 It's okay to admit it: it's cool to be from New Jersey again: Strongly Favors topic 14 |
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Favors
topic 15: Peace through Strength (-3 points on Social scale) | Create new NJ department responsible for veterans: Favors topic 15 Focus Veterans agency on mental health & employment support: Favors topic 15 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 16: Make voter registration easier (+5 points on Social scale) | Automatic voter registration, online, and same-day: Strongly Favors topic 16 I don't owe the political insiders anything: Favors topic 16 Easier voter registration; online voting & early voting: Strongly Favors topic 16 I support same-day voter registration in New Jersey: Strongly Favors topic 16 Time to make same-day voter registration a reality : Strongly Favors topic 16 Helped a record number of eligible voters cast ballots: Strongly Favors topic 16 |
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Strongly Opposes
topic 17: Stay out of foreign wars (-5 points on Social scale) | New Jersey proudly stands with the people of Ukraine: Strongly Opposes topic 17 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 18: Prioritize green energy (-5 points on Economic scale) | Raise gas tax to renew Transportation Trust Fund: Favors topic 18 It stinks, but raise the gas tax to fund transportation: Strongly Favors topic 18 Rejoin Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative: Strongly Favors topic 18 Protect our precious Jersey Shore from offshore drilling: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Wind farm smarter than drilling for oil: Strongly Favors topic 18 100% clean energy economy by 2050: Strongly Favors topic 18 Primed to be a leader on the East Coast in offshore-wind: Strongly Favors topic 18 Renewable energy can create a generation of good-paying jobs: Strongly Favors topic 18 Extend deadlines to complete solar power facilities: Strongly Favors topic 18 |
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Strongly Opposes
topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (+5 points on Social scale) | Opioid addiction is an illness, and it is treatable: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Addiction is an illness, & treatable with right resources: Opposes topic 19 Focus on racial justice with marijuana legalization.: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Legalize adult-use marijuana; undo past convictions: Strongly Opposes topic 19 |
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topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (-3 points on Economic scale) | COVID: Grants and loans to nearly 55,000 small businesses: Strongly Favors topic 20 Netflix production hub shows NJ is ready for our close up: Strongly Opposes topic 20 More than $1B to support revitalizing our downtowns: Strongly Favors topic 20 Fiscal responsibility is an obligation but also means paying: Favors topic 20 Partner with private sector to expand job training: Favors topic 20 Jobs NJ: align education with needs of employers, workers: Favors topic 20 Not every new job is going to be housed in a physical office: Neutral on topic 20 Invest to restore NJ's place as leader in innovation economy: Strongly Favors topic 20 Establish NJ as the home-base for AI-powered game-changers: Strongly Favors topic 20 |
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