Cato Institute on VoteMatch

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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 unrestricted right (-5 points on Social scale)	Ban abortion after 20 weeks, except for maternal life: Strongly Opposes topic 1 No taxpayer funding of abortions via ObamaCare: Strongly Opposes topic 1
Strongly Opposes topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (+5 points on Economic scale)	VAWA unconstitutional: violence against women isn't federal: Strongly Opposes topic 2
Opposes topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (-3 points on Social scale)	Balance freedom of association against discrimination: Favors topic 3 Anti-gay bullying school rules stifles free speech: Strongly Opposes topic 3
No opinion on topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Opposes topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (+2 points on Economic scale)	Offer credible market-based alternatives to ObamaCare: Opposes topic 5
Strongly Favors topic 6: Privatize Social Security (+5 points on Economic scale)	"Social Security choice" is better than "privatization": Strongly Favors topic 6 Changed term "privatization" to "choice" in 2002: Strongly Favors topic 6
Strongly Favors topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (+5 points on Economic scale)	Vouchers break link of low-income and low-quality schools: Strongly Favors topic 7
Favors topic 8: Fight EPA regulatory over-reach (-3 points on Social scale)	Minimal GMO labeling advances science & consumers: Opposes topic 8 End federal grants to reduce diesel emissions: Strongly Favors topic 8 Substantially restructure endangered species law: Favors topic 8 EPA embodies regulatory extremism: Strongly Favors topic 8
Opposes topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (+2 points on Social scale)	Trusting police requires access to police disciplinary files: Opposes topic 9
No opinion on topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Opposes topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (+5 points on Economic scale)	Estate tax won't hit billionaires--only regular millionaires: Strongly Opposes topic 11
Favors topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (+2 points on Social scale)	Give LEGAL child immigrants DACA benefits too: Favors topic 12 Congress decides immigration policy, not President Trump: Favors topic 12
Favors topic 13: Support & expand free trade (+2 points on Economic scale)	Ex-im bank replaces market risk with bureaucrats' decisions: Opposes topic 13 Countervailing duties mean higher prices on solar panels: Strongly Favors topic 13 Duties on Chinese tires could unleash protectionist backlash: Strongly Favors topic 13
No opinion on topic 14: Support American Exceptionalism (0 points on Economic scale)	Closing Gitmo has become merely symbolic: Favors topic 14 Israeli settlements exacerbate hostilities; separate instead: Opposes topic 14
No opinion on topic 15: Expand the military (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 16: Make voter registration easier (+2 points on Social scale)	Term limits of 6 years in House and 12 years in Senate: Strongly Favors topic 16 Term limits oppose professionalization of legislators: Opposes topic 16
Strongly Opposes topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (-5 points on Social scale)	Alternative to Iran nuke deal is ever-heightening tensions: Strongly Opposes topic 17
Opposes topic 18: Prioritize green energy (+2 points on Economic scale)	Carbon tax instead of Green New Deal: Favors topic 18 Opportunity cost and risk cost of nuclear overwhelm savings: Strongly Favors topic 18 Internalizing greenhouse gas cost means $2/ton carbon tax: Favors topic 18 Oil and gas production isn't damaging, even OCS and ANWR: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Predictions of imminent doom don’t come true: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Measured warming is recovery from previous cooling: Strongly Opposes topic 18
Strongly Opposes topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (+5 points on Social scale)	Evidence that opioids are not that dangerous, despite hype: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Legalize marijuana banking until we legalize marijuana: Strongly Opposes topic 19
Strongly Opposes topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (+5 points on Economic scale)	Separate art and state: de-fund the NEA: Strongly Opposes topic 20

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