Tomas Scheel

Strongly Disagree

I believe people deserve dignity and legal protection, but I do not support defining legal personhood at conception in a way that overrides bodily autonomy, reproductive freedom, miscarriage care, IVF, contraception, or medically necessary abortion care.

Disagree

I support ethical standards for fertility medicine and embryo handling, but I do not support treating embryos created through IVF as legal persons in a way that threatens fertility care, family planning, or reproductive autonomy.

Abortion should remain legal and accessible. These decisions should be made by the pregnant person in consultation with medical professionals, not by politicians or prosecutors. I support unrestricted access to reproductive healthcare, including abortion, contraception, miscarriage care, and emergency care.

Strongly Agree

I support public funding for reproductive healthcare providers, including Planned Parenthood. These providers deliver contraception, cancer screenings, STI testing and treatment, preventive care, and abortion care. Public funding should support access to comprehensive healthcare, especially for low-income and underserved patients.

Strongly Disagree

I oppose using the Comstock Act as a backdoor national abortion ban. Medication abortion is healthcare, and federal law should protect access to safe, evidence-based reproductive care rather than revive obsolete laws to restrict it.

Agree

I support small businesses, entrepreneurship, and private property, but markets must operate within rules that protect workers, consumers, communities, and the environment. A productive economy requires competition, fair wages, strong labor rights, and public accountability, not unchecked corporate power.

Strongly Agree

I support progressive tax reform so wealthy individuals and large corporations contribute fairly to the public systems that make prosperity possible. Working families need relief through healthcare, childcare, housing, education, infrastructure, and lower everyday costs.

Disagree

Waste should be eliminated, but broad cuts often harm working families while failing to address the real drivers of debt. I support responsible budgeting, progressive revenue, healthcare cost reform, defense contractor accountability, and targeted audits rather than cutting essential services.

1) Audit defense contractors and end cost overruns, fraud, and no-bid abuse. 2) Reduce healthcare waste by moving toward universal healthcare and lowering drug prices. 3) Modernize federal IT and procurement. 4) Cut fossil-fuel and corporate subsidies that do not serve the public. 5) Strengthen oversight so programs are judged by measurable outcomes.

Agree

Religious liberty is important, but it should not be used as a license to discriminate in public commerce. Businesses open to the public should follow civil rights laws and provide equal service regardless of race, religion, sex, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other protected status.

Separation of church and state protects both religious freedom and democratic government. People have the right to practice their faith, or no faith, without government coercion. At the same time, government must not impose religious doctrine through law, favor one faith over another, or use public power to restrict the equal rights of others.

A. Healthcare for all should be guaranteed and funded by the government. I support universal healthcare because people should not be forced to delay care, ration medication, stay in bad jobs, or face bankruptcy because they get sick. Coverage must include reproductive care, gender-affirming care, mental healthcare, substance-use treatment, rural access, and lower prescription drug costs.

Disagree

Public-health data can be useful, but any disease registry must be narrowly tailored, privacy-protected, de-identified where possible, and governed by strict limits on access and use. I oppose broad government databases of identifiable medical conditions that could expose people to discrimination, surveillance, or abuse.

B. The United States should selectively help countries trying to grow democracy and fight tyranny. I support strong alliances, diplomacy, humanitarian assistance, and defense of democratic partners, but military action must be lawful, restrained, and accountable to Congress. The U.S. should not pursue reckless wars, blank checks, or foreign policy driven by lobbyists or defense contractors.

Agree

The CCP poses real military, cyber, economic, and human-rights challenges. The response should be strategic: strengthen alliances, protect critical infrastructure, enforce trade and IP rules, invest in domestic manufacturing, and avoid xenophobia toward Chinese people, Chinese Americans, or Asian communities.

The relationship matters only if the United States uses it to advance peace, human rights, and accountability. It should not be a blank check for military contractors or an unrestrained Israeli government. Israel depends heavily on U.S. support, and that support should be conditioned on international law, civilian protection, ending occupation and collective punishment, and a real path toward equal rights and Palestinian self-determination.

Disagree

I do not view Islamic terrorism as a major current threat to U.S. national security. The larger and more immediate threat is domestic extremism and political violence here at home. National security policy should be based on current evidence, not outdated post-9/11 assumptions that have too often been used to justify discrimination, surveillance, and failed wars.

The United States should have a lawful, humane, and functional immigration system that welcomes families, workers, students, refugees, asylum seekers, and people seeking safety or opportunity. We need secure and orderly processing, due process, fair labor protections, and a path to legal status for long-term residents who are contributing to their communities.

Strongly Agree

I support sanctuary policies because local governments should not be forced to act as federal immigration police. Immigrant communities are safer when people can report crimes, access schools, seek medical care, and cooperate with local officials without fear that ordinary civic life will become a deportation trap.

Strongly Disagree

States and local communities should have meaningful control over curriculum and implementation, but the federal government has an essential role in protecting civil rights, supporting students with disabilities, funding low-income schools, enforcing equal access, and ensuring every child has a fair opportunity regardless of ZIP code.

Agree

Foreign government influence over American education should be transparent, limited, and regulated. I support strong disclosure rules and safeguards against propaganda, political influence, or dependency. However, legitimate academic exchange, research collaboration, and international partnerships should not be banned when they are transparent and in the public interest.

Strongly Disagree

Gender-affirming care should be handled by families, qualified medical professionals, and the young person involved, not by politicians using criminalizing language. I support evidence-based, age-appropriate care, parental involvement where safe, and protections for transgender youth from discrimination, bullying, and political targeting.

Strongly Disagree

Religious communities are free to define marriage within their own traditions, but civil marriage is a legal institution. The government must treat people equally under the law, including same-sex couples. I support marriage equality and oppose using government power to impose one religious definition on everyone.

My values are rooted in service, accountability, dignity, and responsibility to others. I believe public service should mean sacrifice, not privilege, and that government should protect people’s rights, reduce suffering, and treat every person with equal dignity. I respect religious freedom, including the right to practice a faith or no faith, but I do not believe government should impose religious doctrine through law.

Strongly Agree

Voting rights should not depend on having a photo ID. Many eligible voters lack current government-issued photo identification, including seniors, students, low-income voters, disabled voters, rural voters, and people experiencing housing instability. Election security matters, but it should be protected through signature verification, registration systems, ballot tracking, and audit procedures without creating unnecessary barriers to voting.

Strongly Disagree

I strongly oppose blanket bans that exclude transgender people from public life. Transgender women are women, and transgender people deserve equal dignity, safety, privacy, and participation in schools, sports, housing, shelters, and public facilities. Real policy should address specific safety or fairness concerns without dehumanizing people, denying their identity, or using government power to target an already vulnerable community.

Reliability comes from a diverse clean grid: hydro, wind, solar, geothermal, storage, transmission upgrades, demand management, and firm clean power. Nuclear should remain on the table where safe and cost-effective.

No

No

Very Liberal

I am a progressive Democrat. I support universal healthcare, labor rights, reproductive freedom, LGBTQIA+ rights, housing as a human right, climate action, immigrant dignity, voting rights, civil liberties, and accountable government. I believe public policy should protect ordinary people, not concentrate power among corporations, donors, or entrenched political interests.

Strongly Agree

Government has a responsibility to protect children from online sexual exploitation, trafficking, coercion, and abuse. That must be done through strong enforcement, platform accountability, privacy-protective safety design, and resources for investigators, while avoiding broad surveillance or censorship that undermines civil liberties.

I do not support banning gun ownership. I support universal background checks, safe-storage requirements, penalties when unsecured firearms are stolen, and free mental-health attestation that a buyer is not a danger to themselves or others. I would also replace vague “assault weapon” categories with measurable standards based on how much damage a weapon can do in a short time, while addressing root causes of violence like poverty, desperation, and lack of opportunity.