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 right (+2 points on Social scale)	Right to safe & legal abortion is indispensable: Strongly Favors topic 1 Champion stem cell research for its great promise: Favors topic 1 Healthcare reform more important than covering abortion: Opposes topic 1
Strongly Favors topic 2: Require hiring more women & minorities (-5 points on Economic scale)	Enforceable workforce protection for seniors: Favors topic 2 $5M/year to support women- and minority-owned businesses: Strongly Favors topic 2
Strongly Favors topic 3: Same-sex domestic partnership benefits (+5 points on Social scale)	Repeal DOMA; work for LGBT right to marry: Strongly Favors topic 3 End "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy: Favors 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)
Strongly Opposes topic 8: Death Penalty (+5 points on Social scale)	Strongly opposes the death penalty as ineffective & wrong: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Opposes death penalty in all cases: Strongly Opposes topic 8
No opinion on topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Opposes topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (-5 points on Economic scale)	Ban assault weapons; strengthen background checks: Strongly Opposes topic 10
Strongly Favors topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (-5 points on Economic scale)	Health care is both a moral issue and an economic issue: Strongly Favors topic 5
Favors topic 6: Privatize Social Security (+2 points on Economic scale)	Individual retirement accounts ok; but not from Trust Fund: Favors topic 6
Opposes topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (-3 points on Economic scale)	Make public education the civil rights issue of 21st century: Strongly Opposes topic 7 Double the federal charter school investment: Favors topic 7
Strongly Favors topic 18: Replace coal & oil with alternatives (-5 points on Economic scale)	Invest in renewable energy like solar, wind, and biofuels: Strongly Favors topic 18 Implement cap-and-trade to reverse climate change: Strongly Favors topic 18
No opinion on topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (+2 points on Economic scale)	Crafted Serve America Act: community and faith-based service: Favors topic 20
Strongly Favors topic 11: Make taxes more progressive (-5 points on Economic scale)	Supports a war tax to pay for Afghanistan surge: Strongly Favors topic 11
Strongly Favors topic 12: Illegal immigrants earn citizenship (+5 points on Social scale)	Immigration critical to our future; ok to earn citizenship: Strongly Favors topic 12
No opinion on topic 13: Support & expand free trade (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 15: Expand the armed forces (-3 points on Social scale)	Full, mandatory funding for Department of Veterans Affai: Favors topic 15
Strongly Favors topic 16: Stricter limits on political campaign funds (-5 points on Economic scale)	Special interests pollute our politics: end PAC money: Strongly Favors topic 16 Refuses PAC money and lobbyist campaign donations: Strongly Favors topic 16 Citizen-led, citizen-energized, & citizen-financed campaign: Favors topic 16
Strongly Favors topic 14: The Patriot Act harms civil liberties (+5 points on Social scale)	Would vote against Patriot Act: Strongly Favors topic 14
Strongly Favors topic 17: US out of Iraq (+5 points on Social scale)	Strongly opposed Iraq War & Bush doctrine of preventive: Strongly Favors topic 17