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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)	Pro-choice but also pro-parental consent: Favors topic 1
Strongly Opposes topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (+5 points on Economic scale)	Discontinue affirmative action programs: Strongly Opposes topic 2 Opposes affirmative action: Opposes topic 2
Opposes topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (-3 points on Social scale)	No gay marriage, but no constitutional ban: Opposes topic 3
Favors topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (-3 points on Social scale)	Supports block grant welfare flexibility: Favors topic 4
Favors topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (-3 points on Economic scale)	Answer is increased competition: Opposes topic 5 Plan for $30 trillion in future elderly medical expenditure: Strongly Favors topic 5
Opposes topic 6: Privatize Social Security (-3 points on Economic scale)	Invest Social Security in Mortgage paper: Favors topic 6 Reform without privatization: Opposes topic 6 Guarantee no diversion of trust fund to other expenditures: Strongly Opposes topic 6
Strongly Favors topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (+5 points on Economic scale)	Allow vouchers at private & parochial schools: Strongly Favors topic 7
Opposes topic 8: Human needs over animal rights (+2 points on Social scale)	Encourage alternative fuels but also drill ANWR: Opposes topic 8
Strongly Favors topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (-5 points on Social scale)	Supports the federal death penalty: Strongly Favors topic 9 Mandatory jail for drug pushers; but not non-violent crime: Favors topic 9
Strongly Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+5 points on Economic scale)	Ease federal gun restrictions: Strongly Favors topic 10
Strongly Opposes topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (+5 points on Economic scale)	Opposes higher taxes and more wasteful spending: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Supports Tax Simplification: Opposes topic 11
Strongly Opposes topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (-5 points on Social scale)	Won’t cave in to the ‘Amnesty Now’ crowd: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Use National Guard & military satellites to protect borders: Strongly Opposes topic 12 No road to citizenship for seasonal workers: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Seasonal Employee Visa without road to citizenship: Opposes topic 12
Strongly Favors topic 13: Support & expand free trade (+5 points on Economic scale)	Supports NAFTA, CAFA, GATT, and WTO: Strongly Favors topic 13
Strongly Favors topic 14: Maintain US sovereignty from UN (+5 points on Social scale)	Iran has 6 enriched nuclear warheads; no negotiating: Favors topic 14 Torture ok; pre-emptive strikes ok; phone-tapping ok: Strongly Favors topic 14
Strongly Favors topic 15: Expand the military (-5 points on Social scale)	More spending on missile defense & new weapons: Strongly Favors topic 15
Favors topic 16: Stricter limits on political campaign funds (-3 points on Economic scale)	Public campaign financing; but no PAC contributions: Favors topic 16
Favors topic 17: Stay out of Iran (+2 points on Social scale)	50% of troops out of Iraq by Nov. 2007: Favors topic 17
Strongly Opposes topic 18: Prioritize green energy (+5 points on Economic scale)	1980s Excess Profits Tax caused skyrocketing oil prices: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Suspend the gas tax during the driving months: Opposes topic 18 Encourage alternative fuels but also drill ANWR: Opposes topic 18
Opposes topic 19: Never legalize marijuana (+2 points on Social scale)	Medical marijuana ok; more drug treatment programs: Opposes topic 19
No opinion on topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)