2016 Values Voter Republican Presidential Voter Guide

Jeb Bush

Ben Carson

Chris Christie

Ted Cruz

Carly Fiorina

Mike Huckabee

John Kasich

Rand Paul

Marco Rubio

Rick Santorum

Donald Trump

MARRIAGE
Do you Support or oppose legislative and/or judicial actions necessary to correct the Supreme
Courts 5-4 decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, which imposed same-sex marriage on all 50 states?

UNKNOWN

ABORTION
Do you support or oppose taxpayer funding of elective abortions?

OPPOSE8 OPPOSE9 OPPOSE10 OPPOSE11 OPPOSE12 OPPOSE13 OPPOSE14 OPPOSE15 OPPOSE16 OPPOSE17 OPPOSE18

PLANNED PARENTHOOD
Do you support or oppose giving tax dollars to Planned Parenthood?

OPPOSE19 OPPOSE20 OPPOSE21 OPPOSE22 OPPOSE23 OPPOSE24 OPPOSE25 OPPOSE26 OPPOSE27 OPPOSE28

RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
Do you support or oppose legislation, like the First Amendment Defense Act, which will protect
from government discrimination against Christians and others who have an orthodox religious
belief or moral conviction regarding marriage, the sanctity of human life, or human sexuality?

SUPPORT30 SUPPORT31 UNKNOWN* SUPPORT32 SUPPORT33 SUPPORT34 UNKNOWN SUPPORT35 SUPPORT36 SUPPORT37 SUPPORT38

STEM CELL RESEARCH

Do you support or oppose the federal funding of embryo-destructive stem cell research?

OPPOSE39 OPPOSE40 UNKNOWN* OPPOSE41 MIXED42 OPPOSE43 OPPOSE44 OPPOSE45 OPPOSE46 OPPOSE47 UNKNOWN*

ESTATE TAX
Do you support or oppose the repeal of the federal estate tax, also known as the death tax?

SUPPORT48 SUPPORT49 SUPPORT50 SUPPORT51 SUPPORT52 SUPPORT53 SUPPORT54 SUPPORT55 SUPPORT56 SUPPORT57 SUPPORT58

NATURAL MARRIAGE
Do you support or oppose an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that protects marriage as the
union of one man and one woman?

OPPOSE59 SUPPORT60 OPPOSE61 SUPPORT62 OPPOSE63 SUPPORT64 OPPOSE65 UNKNOWN OPPOSE66 SUPPORT67 OPPOSE68

ENDA/EQUALITY ACT
Do you support or oppose federal legislation that creates special protections for LGBT
categories, such as the ENDA or Equality Act?

OPPOSE69 UNKNOWN UNKNOWN OPPOSE70 OPPOSE71 OPPOSE72 UNKNOWN OPPOSE73 OPPOSE74 OPPOSE75 UNKNOWN*

OBAMACARE
Do you support or oppose the repeal of ObamaCare?

SUPPORT76 SUPPORT77 SUPPORT78 SUPPORT79 SUPPORT80 SUPPORT81 SUPPORT82 SUPPORT83 SUPPORT84 SUPPORT85 SUPPORT86

EDUCATION
Do you support or oppose Parental rights in public and private education (educational choice)?

SUPPORT87 SUPPORT88 SUPPORT89 SUPPORT90 SUPPORT91 SUPPORT92 SUPPORT93 SUPPORT94 SUPPORT95 SUPPORT96 SUPPORT97

MILITARY
Do you support or oppose efforts to repeal the social policies of President Obama within the
military, such as transgenderism, protected status based upon sexual orientation, and the
push to place women in frontline combat-units, which compromise readiness and have
restricted religious liberty?

MIXED98 SUPPORT99 UNKNOWN SUPPORT100 UNKNOWN SUPPORT101 MIXED102 UNKNOWN MIXED103 SUPPORT104 UNKNOWN*

SUPPORT1 OPPOSE2 SUPPORT3 UNKNOWN SUPPORT4 OPPOSE5 UNKNOWN SUPPORT6 SUPPORT7 UNKNOWN*

OPPOSE29

*Candidate has spoken of the topic but we were unable to find a definitive public statement on his or her position. The candidates campaign was unable to
provide us with public documentation - be it on the candidates website or a reputable news source.

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82 http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/27/politics/john-kasich-medicaid-obamacare-reagan/index.
html
83 https://www.randpaul.com/issue/health-care
84 http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/08/marco-rubio-plan-to-fix-healthcare-121453
http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=113
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85 http://www.iwvoice.org/detail.php?c=2433974&t=Rick-Santorum-Signs-PresidentialObamaCare-Repeal-Pledge86 http://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-60-minutes-scott-pelley/
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80 http://iwvoice.org/detail.php?c=2797729&t=Carly-Fiorina-Signs-Presidential-ObamaCareRepeal-Pledge
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23 https://carlyforpresident.com/answers/

51 http://www.deathtaxrepealpledge.org/pledge-signers/presidential-candidates-anddeath-tax-repeal/
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45 http://www.ontheissues.org/2016/Rand_Paul_Abortion.htm
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104 http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/263356-candidates-spar-over-women-in-combat-roles
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