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)
No opinion on topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (-5 points on Economic scale)	Equal pay concept: level the field for women: Strongly Favors topic 2 Grandmother beaten for speaking her native Choctaw language: Strongly Favors topic 2
Strongly Favors topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (+5 points on Social scale)	Firm support of marriage equality for gays and lesbians: Strongly Favors 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)
Favors topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (-3 points on Economic scale)	Don't re-open the Medicare prescription drug "donut hole": Favors topic 5
Opposes topic 6: Privatize Social Security (-3 points on Economic scale)	Medicare & Social Security are sacred promises to seniors: Opposes topic 6
Opposes topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (-3 points on Economic scale)	Sufficiently fund public education, with national standards: Opposes topic 7
No opinion on topic 8: Fight EPA regulatory over-reach (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (-3 points on Social scale)	Reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act: Favors topic 9
Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+2 points on Economic scale)	Support the 2nd amendment's right-to-bear arms: Favors topic 10
Opposes topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (+2 points on Economic scale)	Cut corporate taxes and corporate loopholes: Opposes topic 11
Opposes topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (-3 points on Social scale)	Opposes housing refugee immigrants in military facilities: 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 14: Support American Exceptionalism (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 15: Expand the military (-5 points on Social scale)	Support the strongest, most dominant military in the world: Strongly Favors topic 15
Favors topic 16: Make voter registration easier (+2 points on Social scale)	Not a dime from any lobbyists in campaign donations: Favors topic 16 Inhofe says he's for term limits, but was in for 26 years: Favors topic 16
No opinion on topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Opposes topic 18: Prioritize green energy (+2 points on Economic scale)	Lead on new energy as well as old, including in-state coal: Opposes topic 18
No opinion on topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Opposes topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (+5 points on Economic scale)	Ban earmarks & cut spending to reduce debt: Strongly Opposes topic 20