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)
Favors topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (+2 points on Social scale)	Real Choice: public funding to carry pregnancy to term: Favors topic 1
Favors topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (-3 points on Economic scale)	Preference to women & minorities who perform equally: Favors topic 2
Favors topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (+2 points on Social scale)	Same-sex unions ok; but don't redefine marriage: Favors topic 3
Opposes topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (+2 points on Social scale)	Celebrate various religious feast days at national level: Opposes topic 4
Favors topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (-3 points on Economic scale)	Repeal ObamaCare in favor of one-payer system: Favors topic 5
Strongly Opposes topic 6: Privatize Social Security (-5 points on Economic scale)	Never relegate Social Security to the private sector: Strongly Opposes topic 6
Strongly Favors topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (+5 points on Economic scale)	Supports school vouchers: Strongly Favors topic 7
Strongly Favors topic 8: EPA regulations are too restrictive (-5 points on Social scale)	EPA regulations are too restrictive: Strongly Favors topic 8
Strongly Opposes topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (+5 points on Social scale)	Re-educate people instead of punishing them more: Strongly Opposes topic 9
Strongly Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+5 points on Economic scale)	Invigorate the 2nd Amendment with more firepower: Strongly Favors topic 10
Strongly Favors topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (-5 points on Economic scale)	Wealthy rigged the sub-prime mortgage collapse: Strongly Favors topic 11
Favors topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (+2 points on Social scale)	Fenced Orchard: hard rules leads to self-deportation: Opposes topic 12 Path to citizenship after two years of asylum: Strongly Favors topic 12
Strongly Opposes topic 13: Support & expand free trade (-5 points on Economic scale)	Tariffs on all big ticket items entering the US: Strongly Opposes topic 13 I am a protectionist, anti-TPP, anti-job exporter: Strongly Opposes topic 13
Strongly Opposes topic 14: Support American Exceptionalism (-5 points on Economic scale)	We can no longer be a bully in the world: Strongly Opposes topic 14
Strongly Opposes topic 15: Expand the military (+5 points on Social scale)	Cut military spending by 50%: Strongly Opposes topic 15
Strongly Favors topic 16: Make voter registration easier (+5 points on Social scale)	Online Citizen Account: we vote; repeal the House of Reps: Strongly Favors topic 16
Favors topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (+2 points on Social scale)	We cannot be the enablers of instability in the Mideast: Favors topic 17
Strongly Opposes topic 18: Prioritize green energy (+5 points on Economic scale)	Encourage exploration for oil and gas in Alaska: Strongly Opposes topic 18
Strongly Opposes topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (+5 points on Social scale)	Marijuana is an exit drug, not a gateway drug: Strongly Opposes topic 19
Strongly Favors topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (-5 points on Economic scale)	Stimulus to benefit people; break up 6 biggest banks: Favors topic 20 Stimulate economy by overhauling our infrastructure: Strongly Favors topic 20