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Phil Murphy on VoteMatch |
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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 |
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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:Comfortable with same-sex marriage
(+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:Keep God in the public sphere
(+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 |
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Opposes
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 State school funding is property tax relief: Strongly Opposes topic 7 We're closing the digital divide for schoolchildren: Strongly Opposes topic 7 |
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Strongly Opposes
topic 8:Fight EPA regulatory over-reach
(+5 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 |
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Opposes
topic 9:Stricter punishment reduces crime
(+2 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 |
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Opposes
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 States for Gun Safety: fill void left by no Federal policy: Strongly Favors topic 10 |
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Strongly Favors
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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Strongly Favors
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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Strongly Favors
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:Support American Exceptionalism
(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:Expand the military
(-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 |
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Strongly Opposes
topic 17:Avoid foreign entanglements
(-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 |
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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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Favors
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 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 |
Phil Murphy is a Hard-Core Liberal
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