VoteMatch Responses (Click here for VoteMatch quiz)
VoteMatch Question & Answer (Click on question for explanation and background)	Based on these stances: (Click on topic for excerpt & citation)
No opinion on topic 1: Abortion is a woman's right (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 2: Require hiring more women & minorities (-3 points on Economic scale)	First black woman to run for US Senate from Alabama: Favors topic 2
Strongly Favors topic 3: Same-sex domestic partnership benefits (+5 points on Social scale)	Voted YES on apology for wrongs of Alabama slavery: Strongly Favors topic 3 Include victim's sexual orientation in hate crimes law: Favors topic 3
No opinion on topic 4: Teacher-led prayer in public schools (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 8: Death Penalty (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+5 points on Economic scale)	Rated "A" by the National Rifle Association: Strongly Favors topic 10
Favors topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (-3 points on Economic scale)	If America is wealthiest nation, why not healthiest nation?: Favors topic 5
Strongly Opposes topic 6: Privatize Social Security (-5 points on Economic scale)	Challenge every effort to privatize Social Security: Strongly Opposes topic 6
Opposes topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (-3 points on Economic scale)	More teacher funding; smaller classes; more modernizations: Opposes topic 7
Favors topic 18: Replace coal & oil with alternatives (-3 points on Economic scale)	Break our addiction by investing in renewable energy: Favors topic 18
No opinion on topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 11: Make taxes more progressive (-3 points on Economic scale)	End tax loopholes for big corporations and the super rich: Favors topic 11
Strongly Favors topic 12: Illegal immigrants earn citizenship (+5 points on Social scale)	English-only law are divisive and reek of segregation: Strongly Favors topic 12
Opposes topic 13: Support & expand free trade (-3 points on Economic scale)	Level the playing field for American workers and companies: Opposes topic 13
No opinion on topic 15: Expand the armed forces (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 16: Stricter limits on political campaign funds (-3 points on Economic scale)	Voted YES to prohibit money transfers between PACs: Favors topic 16
No opinion on topic 14: The Patriot Act harms civil liberties (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 17: US out of Iraq (+5 points on Social scale)	Bush sent troops to war on erroneous claims: Strongly Favors topic 17 Mideast less stable than before we invaded Iraq: Strongly Favors topic 17 Bring our troops home from Iraq's civil war: Strongly Favors topic 17