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VoteMatch Question & Answer (Click on question for explanation and background)	Based on these stances: (Click on topic for excerpt & citation)
Strongly Opposes topic 1: Abortion is a woman's right (-5 points on Social scale)	Supported 35 restrictive bills, even with rape & incest: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Pro-life; anti-partial-birth; pro-parental-notification: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Reinstate Virginia's partial-birth abortion ban: Opposes topic 1
No opinion on topic 2: Require hiring more women & minorities (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Opposes topic 3: Same-sex domestic partnership benefits (-5 points on Social scale)	Authored amendment protecting traditional marriage: Strongly Opposes 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)
Strongly Favors topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (-5 points on Social scale)	Make Virginia gang-free; with tougher penalties & prevention: Strongly Favors topic 9
Strongly Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+5 points on Economic scale)	Fundamental individual right to bear arms: Strongly Favors topic 10 Banning guns is unconstitutional: Strongly Favors topic 10
Strongly Opposes topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (+5 points on Economic scale)	Don't turn over world's best system to federal government: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Resist congressional encroachment & socialized medicine: Strongly Opposes topic 5
No opinion on topic 6: Privatize Social Security (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (+5 points on Economic scale)	More charters; more choices: Strongly Favors topic 7 Supports charter schools: Favors topic 7
Opposes topic 18: Replace coal & oil with alternatives (+2 points on Economic scale)	We must use ALL our vast natural resources: Opposes topic 18 Cultivate green energy and renewables: Favors topic 18 Opposes cap-and-trade as congressional encroachment: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Drill for oil 50 miles offshore, environmentally safely: Strongly Opposes topic 18 All-of-the-above approach: coal, oil, nuclear, & renewables: Opposes topic 18
Favors topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (-3 points on Social scale)	Mandatory minimum sentences for career drug dealers: Favors topic 19
Favors topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (+2 points on Economic scale)	Supports welfare-to-work & eliminate fraud: Favors topic 20
Strongly Opposes topic 11: Make taxes more progressive (+5 points on Economic scale)	Piling on taxes & deficit spending hurts job creation: Opposes topic 11 I will veto any bill or budget which raises taxes: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Use general funds for transportation bill, not new taxes: Opposes topic 11 Get rid of taxes & regulations to make VA best for business: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Opposed tax increases for core government services: Opposes topic 11 Kill the Death Tax; eliminate fraud & duplication: Strongly Opposes topic 11
Strongly Opposes topic 12: Illegal immigrants earn citizenship (-5 points on Social scale)	One crime committed by an illegal alien is one too many: Strongly Opposes topic 12
No opinion on topic 13: Support & expand free trade (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 15: Expand the armed forces (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 16: Stricter limits on political campaign funds (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
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 (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)