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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)
No opinion on topic 2: Require hiring more women & minorities (0 points on Economic scale)	Eliminate gender discrimination in all federal programs: Strongly Favors topic 2 YES on banning affirmative action hiring with federal funds: Strongly Opposes topic 2
No opinion on topic 3: Same-sex domestic partnership benefits (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 4: Teacher-led prayer in public schools (-3 points on Social scale)	YES on requiring schools to allow voluntary prayer: Favors topic 4
Favors topic 8: Death Penalty (-3 points on Social scale)	YES on rejecting racial statistics in death penalty appeals: Favors topic 8 YES on limiting death penalty appeals: Favors topic 8
Strongly Favors topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (-5 points on Social scale)	YES on mandatory prison terms for crimes involving firearms: Strongly Favors topic 9
No opinion on topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (0 points on Economic scale)	Provide catastrophic illness coverage through Medicare: Favors topic 5 NO on blocking medical savings acounts: Opposes topic 5
Favors topic 6: Privatize Social Security (+2 points on Economic scale)	YES on deducting Social Security payments on income taxes: Favors topic 6
No opinion on topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Opposes topic 18: Replace coal & oil with alternatives (+2 points on Economic scale)	YES on do not require ethanol in gasoline: Opposes topic 18
Strongly Favors topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (-5 points on Social scale)	International strike force; and oppose legalization: Strongly Favors topic 19
Favors topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (+2 points on Economic scale)	YES on welfare overhaul: Favors topic 20
No opinion on topic 11: Make taxes more progressive (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 12: Illegal immigrants earn citizenship (+2 points on Social scale)	Don't require English fluency for all immigrants: Favors topic 12
Opposes topic 13: Support & expand free trade (-3 points on Economic scale)	Trade sanctions on USSR-occupied Afghanistan: Opposes topic 13 Fast-track agreements; but also protective tariffs: Favors topic 13 No trade with countries on terrorism list: Strongly Opposes topic 13
Favors topic 15: Expand the armed forces (-3 points on Social scale)	YES on 1996 Defense Appropriations: Favors topic 15 YES on considering deploying NMD, and amending ABM Treaty: Favors topic 15
Strongly Favors topic 16: Stricter limits on political campaign funds (-5 points on Economic scale)	Develop public financing for Congressional races: Strongly 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)
No opinion on topic 17: US out of Iraq & Afghanistan (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)