Ed Case on the Issues

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VoteMatch Responses (Click here for VoteMatch quiz)
VoteMatch Question & Answer (Click on question for explanation and background)	Based on these stances: (Click on topic for excerpt & citation)
Strongly Favors topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (+5 points on Social scale)	Rated 100% by NARAL, indicating a pro-choice voting record: Strongly Favors topic 1 Emergency contraception for rape victims at all hospitals: Favors topic 1 Pro-choice, according to PVS survey: Strongly Favors topic 1 NO on banning partial-birth abortion except to save mother�s life: Strongly Favors topic 1 NO on making it a crime to harm a fetus during another crime: Favors topic 1 NO on restricting interstate transport of minors to get abortions: Strongly Favors topic 1 YES on allowing human embryonic stem cell research: Favors topic 1
Favors topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (-3 points on Economic scale)	Shift from group preferences to economic empowerment of all: Neutral on topic 2 Voted YES on private lawsuits for school race discrimination: Favors topic 2 YES on $84 million in grants for Black and Hispanic colleges: Strongly Favors topic 2
Strongly Favors topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (+5 points on Social scale)	NO on Constitutional Amendment banning same-sex marriage: Strongly Favors topic 3 NO on Constitutionally defining marriage as one-man-one-woman: Strongly Favors topic 3
Strongly Opposes topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (+5 points on Social scale)	Rated 8% by the Christian Coalition: an anti-Family-Value voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 4 NO on constitutional amendment prohibiting flag desecration: Opposes topic 4 NO on protecting the Pledge of Allegiance: Opposes topic 4 YES on allowing Courts to decide on "God" in Pledge of Allegiance: Opposes topic 4
Strongly Favors topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (-5 points on Economic scale)	Establish "report cards" on HMO quality of care: Favors topic 5 Rated 100% by APHA, indicating a pro-public health record: Strongly Favors topic 5 YES on allowing reimportation of prescription drugs: Favors topic 5 NO on capping damages & setting time limits in medical lawsuits: Favors topic 5 NO on limited prescription drug benefit for Medicare recipients: Favors topic 5 NO on denying non-emergency treatment for lack of Medicare co-pay: Strongly Favors topic 5
Opposes topic 6: Privatize Social Security (-3 points on Economic scale)	Oppose Social Security privatization, lockbox the trust fund: Strongly Opposes topic 6 Create Retirement Savings Accounts: Favors topic 6 Rated 80% by the ARA, indicating a pro-senior voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 6
Strongly Opposes topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (-5 points on Economic scale)	Offer every parent Charter Schools and public school choice: Opposes topic 7 Rated 100% by the NEA, indicating pro-public education votes: Strongly Opposes topic 7 PVS:Federal education standards in all states: Strongly Opposes topic 7
Strongly Opposes topic 8: Fight EPA regulatory over-reach (+5 points on Social scale)	Diversify tourism to include educational & eco-tourism: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Rated 90% by the LCV, indicating pro-environment votes: Strongly Opposes topic 8 NO on deauthorizing "critical habitat" for endangered species: Strongly Opposes topic 8
Neutral on topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Opposes topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (-5 points on Economic scale)	Prevent unauthorized firearm use with "smart gun" technology: Opposes topic 10 Require background check for every firearm sale and transfer: Strongly Opposes topic 10 NO on prohibiting suing gunmakers & sellers for gun misuse: Strongly Opposes topic 10 NO on prohibiting product misuse lawsuits on gun manufacturers: Strongly Opposes topic 10
Favors topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (-3 points on Economic scale)	Bush tax cuts unaffordable; targeted middle-class cuts ok: Strongly Favors topic 11 Rated 29% by NTU, indicating a "Big Spender" on tax votes: Strongly Favors topic 11 YES on providing tax relief and simplification: Strongly Opposes topic 11 NO on retaining reduced taxes on capital gains & dividends: Strongly Favors topic 11
Strongly Favors topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (+5 points on Social scale)	Rated 0% by FAIR, indicating a voting record loosening immigration: Strongly Favors topic 12 NO on reporting illegal aliens who receive hospital treatment: Strongly Favors topic 12 NO on preventing tipping off Mexicans about Minuteman Project: Strongly Favors topic 12
Favors topic 13: Support & expand free trade (+2 points on Economic scale)	Build a rule-based global trading system: Favors topic 13 YES on implementing US-Singapore free trade agreement: Strongly Favors topic 13 YES on implementing free trade agreement with Chile: Strongly Favors topic 13 NO on implementing US-Australia Free Trade Agreement: Opposes topic 13 NO on end offshore tax havens and promote small business: Favors topic 13 NO on implementing CAFTA, Central America Free Trade: Strongly Opposes topic 13
Favors topic 14: Support American Exceptionalism (+2 points on Economic scale)	PVS:No nuclear weapons for hostile governments: Strongly Favors topic 14 Voted YES to monitor forced Uyghur labor in Xinjiang: Favors topic 14 NO on reforming the UN by restricting US funding: Strongly Opposes topic 14 YES on continuing intelligence gathering without civil oversight: Favors topic 14
Favors topic 15: Expand the military (-3 points on Social scale)	Rated 100% by SANE, indicating a pro-peace voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 15 PVS:Don't cut defense to balance budget: Strongly Favors topic 15 YES on emergency $78B for war in Iraq & Afghanistan: Strongly Favors topic 15 YES on continuing military recruitment on college campuses: Favors topic 15
Favors topic 16: Make voter registration easier (+2 points on Social scale)	Only 8% of my campaign money comes from PACs: Favors topic 16 PVS:Regulate campaign donations from corporations: Favors topic 16 Holiday on election day; revamp for easier voting access: Favors topic 16 YES on restricting independent grassroots political committees: Opposes topic 16
Opposes topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (-3 points on Social scale)	Oppose a timetable of troops withdrawal from Iraq: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Progressive Internationalism: globalize with US pre-eminence: Favors topic 17 PVS:Air support and more intervention in Mideast: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Remove US Forces from Hostilities Against Yemen: Favors topic 17 No military force against Iran without Congress approval: Strongly Favors topic 17 YES on declaring Iraq part of War on Terror with no exit date: Strongly Opposes topic 17
Strongly Favors topic 18: Prioritize green energy (-5 points on Economic scale)	Supports tradable emissions permits for greenhouse gases: Favors topic 18 Establish greenhouse gas tradeable allowances: Strongly Favors topic 18 PVS:Fund renewable energy like wind and solar: Strongly Favors topic 18 PVS:Regulate greenhouse gas emissions: Strongly Favors topic 18 Voted YES to assist rural electric renewable energy: Favors topic 18 NO on authorizing construction of new oil refineries: Strongly Favors topic 18 NO on scheduling permitting for new oil refinieries: Strongly Favors topic 18 YES on keeping moratorium on drilling for oil offshore: Strongly Favors topic 18
Neutral on topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (-3 points on Economic scale)	Voted YES on $900 billion COVID relief package: Favors topic 20

VoteMatch Responses
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VoteMatch Question & Answer
(Click on question for explanation and background)

Based on these stances:
(Click on topic for excerpt & citation)

Strongly Favors topic 1:
Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right
(+5 points on Social scale)

Rated 100% by NARAL, indicating a pro-choice voting record: Strongly Favors topic 1
Emergency contraception for rape victims at all hospitals: Favors topic 1
Pro-choice, according to PVS survey: Strongly Favors topic 1
NO on banning partial-birth abortion except to save mother�s life: Strongly Favors topic 1
NO on making it a crime to harm a fetus during another crime: Favors topic 1
NO on restricting interstate transport of minors to get abortions: Strongly Favors topic 1
YES on allowing human embryonic stem cell research: Favors topic 1

Favors topic 2:
Legally require hiring women & minorities
(-3 points on Economic scale)

Shift from group preferences to economic empowerment of all: Neutral on topic 2
Voted YES on private lawsuits for school race discrimination: Favors topic 2
YES on $84 million in grants for Black and Hispanic colleges: Strongly Favors topic 2

Strongly Favors topic 3:
Comfortable with same-sex marriage
(+5 points on Social scale)

NO on Constitutional Amendment banning same-sex marriage: Strongly Favors topic 3
NO on Constitutionally defining marriage as one-man-one-woman: Strongly Favors topic 3

Strongly Opposes topic 4:
Keep God in the public sphere
(+5 points on Social scale)

Rated 8% by the Christian Coalition: an anti-Family-Value voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 4
NO on constitutional amendment prohibiting flag desecration: Opposes topic 4
NO on protecting the Pledge of Allegiance: Opposes topic 4
YES on allowing Courts to decide on "God" in Pledge of Allegiance: Opposes topic 4

Strongly Favors topic 5:
Expand ObamaCare
(-5 points on Economic scale)

Establish "report cards" on HMO quality of care: Favors topic 5
Rated 100% by APHA, indicating a pro-public health record: Strongly Favors topic 5
YES on allowing reimportation of prescription drugs: Favors topic 5
NO on capping damages & setting time limits in medical lawsuits: Favors topic 5
NO on limited prescription drug benefit for Medicare recipients: Favors topic 5
NO on denying non-emergency treatment for lack of Medicare co-pay: Strongly Favors topic 5

Opposes topic 6:
Privatize Social Security
(-3 points on Economic scale)

Oppose Social Security privatization, lockbox the trust fund: Strongly Opposes topic 6
Create Retirement Savings Accounts: Favors topic 6
Rated 80% by the ARA, indicating a pro-senior voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 6

Strongly Opposes topic 7:
Vouchers for school choice
(-5 points on Economic scale)

Offer every parent Charter Schools and public school choice: Opposes topic 7
Rated 100% by the NEA, indicating pro-public education votes: Strongly Opposes topic 7
PVS:Federal education standards in all states: Strongly Opposes topic 7

Strongly Opposes topic 8:
Fight EPA regulatory over-reach
(+5 points on Social scale)

Diversify tourism to include educational & eco-tourism: Strongly Opposes topic 8
Rated 90% by the LCV, indicating pro-environment votes: Strongly Opposes topic 8
NO on deauthorizing "critical habitat" for endangered species: Strongly Opposes topic 8

Neutral on topic 9:
Stricter punishment reduces crime
(0 points on Social scale)

(No votes on which to base response)

Strongly Opposes topic 10:
Absolute right to gun ownership
(-5 points on Economic scale)

Prevent unauthorized firearm use with "smart gun" technology: Opposes topic 10
Require background check for every firearm sale and transfer: Strongly Opposes topic 10
NO on prohibiting suing gunmakers & sellers for gun misuse: Strongly Opposes topic 10
NO on prohibiting product misuse lawsuits on gun manufacturers: Strongly Opposes topic 10

Favors topic 11:
Higher taxes on the wealthy
(-3 points on Economic scale)

Bush tax cuts unaffordable; targeted middle-class cuts ok: Strongly Favors topic 11
Rated 29% by NTU, indicating a "Big Spender" on tax votes: Strongly Favors topic 11
YES on providing tax relief and simplification: Strongly Opposes topic 11
NO on retaining reduced taxes on capital gains & dividends: Strongly Favors topic 11

Strongly Favors topic 12:
Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens
(+5 points on Social scale)

Rated 0% by FAIR, indicating a voting record loosening immigration: Strongly Favors topic 12
NO on reporting illegal aliens who receive hospital treatment: Strongly Favors topic 12
NO on preventing tipping off Mexicans about Minuteman Project: Strongly Favors topic 12

Favors topic 13:
Support & expand free trade
(+2 points on Economic scale)

Build a rule-based global trading system: Favors topic 13
YES on implementing US-Singapore free trade agreement: Strongly Favors topic 13
YES on implementing free trade agreement with Chile: Strongly Favors topic 13
NO on implementing US-Australia Free Trade Agreement: Opposes topic 13
NO on end offshore tax havens and promote small business: Favors topic 13
NO on implementing CAFTA, Central America Free Trade: Strongly Opposes topic 13

Favors topic 14:
Support American Exceptionalism
(+2 points on Economic scale)

PVS:No nuclear weapons for hostile governments: Strongly Favors topic 14
Voted YES to monitor forced Uyghur labor in Xinjiang: Favors topic 14
NO on reforming the UN by restricting US funding: Strongly Opposes topic 14
YES on continuing intelligence gathering without civil oversight: Favors topic 14

Favors topic 15:
Expand the military
(-3 points on Social scale)

Rated 100% by SANE, indicating a pro-peace voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 15
PVS:Don't cut defense to balance budget: Strongly Favors topic 15
YES on emergency $78B for war in Iraq & Afghanistan: Strongly Favors topic 15
YES on continuing military recruitment on college campuses: Favors topic 15

Favors topic 16:
Make voter registration easier
(+2 points on Social scale)

Only 8% of my campaign money comes from PACs: Favors topic 16
PVS:Regulate campaign donations from corporations: Favors topic 16
Holiday on election day; revamp for easier voting access: Favors topic 16
YES on restricting independent grassroots political committees: Opposes topic 16

Opposes topic 17:
Avoid foreign entanglements
(-3 points on Social scale)

Oppose a timetable of troops withdrawal from Iraq: Strongly Opposes topic 17
Progressive Internationalism: globalize with US pre-eminence: Favors topic 17
PVS:Air support and more intervention in Mideast: Strongly Opposes topic 17
Remove US Forces from Hostilities Against Yemen: Favors topic 17
No military force against Iran without Congress approval: Strongly Favors topic 17
YES on declaring Iraq part of War on Terror with no exit date: Strongly Opposes topic 17

Strongly Favors topic 18:
Prioritize green energy
(-5 points on Economic scale)

Supports tradable emissions permits for greenhouse gases: Favors topic 18
Establish greenhouse gas tradeable allowances: Strongly Favors topic 18
PVS:Fund renewable energy like wind and solar: Strongly Favors topic 18
PVS:Regulate greenhouse gas emissions: Strongly Favors topic 18
Voted YES to assist rural electric renewable energy: Favors topic 18
NO on authorizing construction of new oil refineries: Strongly Favors topic 18
NO on scheduling permitting for new oil refinieries: Strongly Favors topic 18
YES on keeping moratorium on drilling for oil offshore: Strongly Favors topic 18

Neutral on topic 19:
Marijuana is a gateway drug
(0 points on Social scale)

(No votes on which to base response)

Favors topic 20:
Stimulus better than market-led recovery
(-3 points on Economic scale)

Voted YES on $900 billion COVID relief package: Favors topic 20

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Ed Case on Jobs
Click here for 3 full quotes on Jobs OR background on Jobs. Voted NO on end offshore tax havens and promote small business. (Oct 2004) Rated 86% by the AFL-CIO, indicating a pro-union voting record. (Dec 2003) Allow an Air Traffic Controller's Union. (Jan 2006)