Peter Torkildsen on VoteMatch

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Neutral on topic 1: Abortion is a woman's right (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Neutral on topic 2: Require companies to hire more women & minorities (5 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Neutral on topic 3: Sexual orientation protected by civil rights laws (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 4: Permit prayer in public schools (0 points on Social scale)	YES on giving federal aid only to schools allowing voluntary prayer: Strongly Favors topic 4
Neutral on topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (5 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 6: Privatize Social Security (7 points on Economic scale)	Reduce taxes on Social Security earnings: Favors topic 6
Neutral on topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 8: Death Penalty (0 points on Social scale)	More prisons, more enforcement, effective death penalty: Favors topic 8 NO on replacing death penalty with life imprisonment: Strongly Favors topic 8 YES on making federal death penalty appeals harder: Strongly Favors topic 8 NO on maintaining right of habeus corpus in Death Penalty Appeals: Favors topic 8
Neutral on topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Neutral on topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 11: Decrease overall taxation of the wealthy (7 points on Economic scale)	Repeal marriage tax; cut middle class taxes: Favors topic 11
Neutral on topic 12: Immigration helps our economy-encourage it (5 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Neutral on topic 13: Support & expand free trade (5 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Neutral on topic 14: Link human rights to trade with China (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Neutral on topic 15: More spending on armed forces (5 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Neutral on topic 16: Reduce spending on missile defense (Star Wars) (5 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Opposes topic 17: Seek UN approval for military action (7 points on Economic scale)	No US troops under UN command; more defense spending: Opposes topic 17
Neutral on topic 18: Reduce use of coal, oil, & nuclear energy (5 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Neutral on topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (2 points on Social scale)	Limit welfare to 2 years & cut welfare spending: Favors topic 20