Tom Corbett 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 Opposes topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (-5 points on Social scale)	Pro-life; supports state restrictions on abortion: Strongly Opposes topic 1
Favors topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (-3 points on Economic scale)	$41.5 million for home and community-based disabled care: Favors topic 2
Opposes topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (-3 points on Social scale)	Supports anti-LGBT-discrimination bill, but not gay marriage: Favors topic 3 Apologies for comparing gay marriage to incest: Opposes topic 3 Define marriage as between a man and a woman: Strongly Opposes topic 3
No opinion on topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Opposes topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (+2 points on Economic scale)	Loosen "one-size-fits-all" approach to Medicaid: Opposes topic 5
Opposes topic 6: Privatize Social Security (-3 points on Economic scale)	Resolve our pension crisis for state employees, without cuts: Opposes topic 6
Strongly Favors topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (+5 points on Economic scale)	Enable kids in bad schools to attend private schools: Strongly Favors topic 7 Families trapped in failing schools: make funding portable: Strongly Favors topic 7
Opposes topic 8: Fight EPA regulatory over-reach (+2 points on Social scale)	PA rivers are precious for generating many jobs: Opposes topic 8
Opposes topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (+2 points on Social scale)	Justice Reinvestment: eligible offenders out of system: Opposes topic 9 290 new state troopers plus 90 new civilian dispatchers: Favors topic 9 Cancel unneeded expensive prison project in Fayette County: Opposes topic 9
Strongly Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+5 points on Economic scale)	Strong supporter of the 2nd Amendment: Strongly Favors topic 10
Strongly Opposes topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (+5 points on Economic scale)	Tax increases choke growth; tax people less: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Supports the Taxpayer Protection Pledge: Strongly Opposes topic 11
Strongly Opposes topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (-5 points on Social scale)	Support Arizona's law restricting illegal immigration: Strongly Opposes topic 12
Favors topic 13: Support & expand free trade (+2 points on Economic scale)	Expand Pennsylvania worldwide: 5-part Development plan: Favors topic 13 Reauthorize the Ex-Im Bank: Favors topic 13
No opinion on topic 14: Support American Exceptionalism (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 15: Expand the military (-3 points on Social scale)	Fight to keep Apache helicopters based in PA: Favors topic 15
Strongly Opposes topic 16: Make voter registration easier (-5 points on Social scale)	Account for military & religious issues in voter photo ID: Strongly Opposes topic 16
No opinion on topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Opposes topic 18: Prioritize green energy (+5 points on Economic scale)	Establish process to replace coal plants with green energy: Favors topic 18 Help three refineries survive by owners & unions cooperating: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Under Marcellus Shale is another bonanza, the Utica Shale: Strongly Opposes topic 18 End moratorium on natural gas drilling; develop oil shale: Strongly Opposes topic 18
Strongly Favors topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (-5 points on Social scale)	Don't legalize medical marijuana: Strongly Favors topic 19
Strongly Opposes topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (+5 points on Economic scale)	Tax increases choke growth; tax people less: Strongly Opposes topic 20

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 Opposes topic 1:
Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right
(-5 points on Social scale)

Pro-life; supports state restrictions on abortion: Strongly Opposes topic 1

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

$41.5 million for home and community-based disabled care: Favors topic 2

Opposes topic 3:
Comfortable with same-sex marriage
(-3 points on Social scale)

Supports anti-LGBT-discrimination bill, but not gay marriage: Favors topic 3
Apologies for comparing gay marriage to incest: Opposes topic 3
Define marriage as between a man and a woman: Strongly Opposes topic 3

No opinion on topic 4:
Keep God in the public sphere
(0 points on Social scale)

(No votes on which to base response)

Opposes topic 5:
Expand ObamaCare
(+2 points on Economic scale)

Loosen "one-size-fits-all" approach to Medicaid: Opposes topic 5

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

Resolve our pension crisis for state employees, without cuts: Opposes topic 6

Strongly Favors topic 7:
Vouchers for school choice
(+5 points on Economic scale)

Enable kids in bad schools to attend private schools: Strongly Favors topic 7
Families trapped in failing schools: make funding portable: Strongly Favors topic 7

Opposes topic 8:
Fight EPA regulatory over-reach
(+2 points on Social scale)

PA rivers are precious for generating many jobs: Opposes topic 8

Opposes topic 9:
Stricter punishment reduces crime
(+2 points on Social scale)

Justice Reinvestment: eligible offenders out of system: Opposes topic 9
290 new state troopers plus 90 new civilian dispatchers: Favors topic 9
Cancel unneeded expensive prison project in Fayette County: Opposes topic 9

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

Strong supporter of the 2nd Amendment: Strongly Favors topic 10

Strongly Opposes topic 11:
Higher taxes on the wealthy
(+5 points on Economic scale)

Tax increases choke growth; tax people less: Strongly Opposes topic 11
Supports the Taxpayer Protection Pledge: Strongly Opposes topic 11

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

Support Arizona's law restricting illegal immigration: Strongly Opposes topic 12

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

Expand Pennsylvania worldwide: 5-part Development plan: Favors topic 13
Reauthorize the Ex-Im Bank: Favors topic 13

No opinion on topic 14:
Support American Exceptionalism
(0 points on Economic scale)

(No votes on which to base response)

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

Fight to keep Apache helicopters based in PA: Favors topic 15

Strongly Opposes topic 16:
Make voter registration easier
(-5 points on Social scale)

Account for military & religious issues in voter photo ID: Strongly Opposes topic 16

No opinion on topic 17:
Avoid foreign entanglements
(0 points on Social scale)

(No votes on which to base response)

Strongly Opposes topic 18:
Prioritize green energy
(+5 points on Economic scale)

Establish process to replace coal plants with green energy: Favors topic 18
Help three refineries survive by owners & unions cooperating: Strongly Opposes topic 18
Under Marcellus Shale is another bonanza, the Utica Shale: Strongly Opposes topic 18
End moratorium on natural gas drilling; develop oil shale: Strongly Opposes topic 18

Strongly Favors topic 19:
Marijuana is a gateway drug
(-5 points on Social scale)

Don't legalize medical marijuana: Strongly Favors topic 19

Strongly Opposes topic 20:
Stimulus better than market-led recovery
(+5 points on Economic scale)

Tax increases choke growth; tax people less: Strongly Opposes topic 20

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Tom Corbett on Abortion
Click here for the full quote on Abortion OR background on Abortion. Pro-life; supports state restrictions on abortion. (Nov 2010)

Tom Corbett on Education
Click here for 4 full quotes on Education OR background on Education. We have moved beyond the age of the blackboard. (Feb 2013) $6.4 million dollars for Pre-K Counts and the Head Start. (Feb 2013) Enable kids in bad schools to attend private schools. (Oct 2011) Families trapped in failing schools: make funding portable. (Mar 2011)

Tom Corbett on Jobs
Click here for the full quote on Jobs OR background on Jobs. Keystone Works: on-the-job training for displaced workers. (Feb 2013)	< script type="text/javascript">

Tom Corbett on Technology
Click here for the full quote on Technology OR background on Technology. Sustained, large-scale investment in transportation. (Feb 2014)