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===Issues and voting record===

John Kerry is member of the [[Democratic Leadership Council]], which advocates centrist and neoliberal positions. Most analyses place Kerry's voting record near to, or somewhat to the left of, center within the Senate Democratic caucus.[http://www.factcheck.org/article284m.html]

John Kerry is member of the [[Democratic Leadership Council]]. He has co-sponsored Senate legislation with both [[American liberalism|Liberals]] such as [[Ted Kennedy]] and [[American Conservatism|Conservatives]], such as [[Rick Santorum]]. In terms of career voting records, a recent ''National Journal'' found that Kerry was the 11th most liberal member of the Senate. Some analyses find that Kerry is modestly more liberal than the typical Democratic Senator. For example, [[Keith T. Poole]] of the [[University of Houston]] found that Kerry was tied for being the 24th most liberal Senator. There have been partisan allegations about Kerry being very Liberal, but a 2004 report by Anneneberg's [[FactCheck.org]] points out that some of these allegations vary in their accuracy. [http://www.factcheck.org/article284m.html]

Kerry supports [[abortion]] rights for women, endorses [[civil unions]] for [[gays]], opposes [[capital punishment]] except for [[terrorists]], supports most [[Gun politics in the United States#Gun control laws|gun control]] laws and is generally a supporter of trade agreements. Kerry supported the [[North American Free Trade Agreement]] and [[Most Favored Nation]] status for [[China]], but opposed the [[Central American Free Trade Agreement]].