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Ryan Busse on VoteMatch |
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Strongly Favors
topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (+5 points on Social scale) | State abortion restrictions threaten women's health care: Strongly Favors topic 1 Hardliners won't stop at merely restricting abortion : Strongly Favors topic 1 Protect a woman's Constitutional right to health decisions: Strongly Favors topic 1 |
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No opinion on
topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (0 points on Economic scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
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Strongly Favors
topic 3: Support transgender and LGBTQ+ rights (+5 points on Social scale) | It's not my business who loves whom, or how people identify: Strongly Favors topic 3 |
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Strongly Opposes
topic 4: America was founded on Christian values (+5 points on Social scale) | Adamant that no public dollars goes to religious schools: Strongly Opposes topic 4 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (-5 points on Economic scale) | Restore 133,000 Montanans to life-saving Medicaid: Strongly Favors topic 5 Medicaid expansion improved the lives of countless people: Strongly Favors topic 5 |
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No opinion on
topic 6: Privatize Social Security (0 points on Economic scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
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Opposes
topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (-3 points on Economic scale) | Tribal education shouldn't be through somebody else's lens: Favors topic 7 Improve schools by fully funding public schools and teachers: Strongly Opposes topic 7 |
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Strongly Opposes
topic 8: Businesses have a right to pollute (+5 points on Social scale) | Opposes state management of federal public lands : Strongly Opposes topic 8 I want to facilitate what's next, not hold on to what was: Strongly Opposes topic 8 |
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No opinion on
topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (0 points on Social scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
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Strongly Opposes
topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (-5 points on Economic scale) | Universal background check/red flag law not infringements: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Left gun industry frustrated about marketing assault rifles: Strongly Opposes topic 10 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (-5 points on Economic scale) | Surplus went to tax breaks for corporations & wealthy people: Strongly Favors topic 11 Tax breaks for renters and homeowners, not corporations: Strongly Favors topic 11 |
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No opinion on
topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (0 points on Social scale) | Leave immigration as federal policy; not for governor: Favors topic 12 Must have a secure border, but this is a federal issue: Opposes topic 12 |
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Opposes
topic 13: Support & expand free trade (-3 points on Economic scale) | Ban foreign adversaries from owning our farmland: Opposes topic 13 |
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Favors
topic 14: Stay away from the UN & Globalism (+2 points on Economic scale) | Running as a champion for our Montana way of life: Favors topic 14 |
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No opinion on
topic 15: Peace through Strength (0 points on Social scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
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Strongly Favors
topic 16: Make voter registration easier (+5 points on Social scale) | Make it easier for people to vote: Strongly Favors topic 16 Released his tax returns publicly, to ensure debate occurs: Favors topic 16 |
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No opinion on
topic 17: Stay out of foreign wars (0 points on Social scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
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Strongly Favors
topic 18: Prioritize green energy (-5 points on Economic scale) | Montana can lead on dealing with reality of climate change: Strongly Favors topic 18 Climate crisis will and must take center stage: Strongly Favors topic 18 |
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Strongly Opposes
topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (+5 points on Social scale) | Opposed veto of popular bill allocating marijuana taxes: Strongly Opposes topic 19 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (-5 points on Economic scale) | Protested state rejecting federal money for child nutrition: Strongly Favors topic 20 Supported federal program to help feed schoolchildren: Strongly Favors topic 20 |
Ryan Busse is a Hard-Core Liberal
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