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VoteMatch Question & Answer (Click on question for explanation and background)	Based on these stances: (Click on topic for excerpt & citation)
Strongly Opposes topic 1: Abortion is a woman's right (-5 points on Social scale)	Abortion is not a woman's right: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Opposed to EMBRYONIC stem cell research: Opposes topic 1 No to any judicial nominee that supports Roe v. Wade: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Protect unborn children; no embryo research: Strongly Opposes topic 1
Strongly Opposes topic 2: Require hiring more women & minorities (+5 points on Economic scale)	Don't require companies to hire more women and minorities: Strongly Opposes topic 2
Strongly Favors topic 3: Same-sex domestic partnership benefits (+5 points on Social scale)	Sexual orientation protected by civil rights law: Strongly Favors topic 3
Strongly Opposes topic 4: Teacher-led prayer in public schools (+5 points on Social scale)	No family values in public schools: Strongly Opposes topic 4
Strongly Opposes topic 8: Death Penalty (+5 points on Social scale)	Opposes the death penalty: Strongly Opposes topic 8 As pro-life, opposed to the death penalty: Strongly Opposes topic 8
Strongly Opposes topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (+5 points on Social scale)	Opposes mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws: Strongly Opposes topic 9
Strongly Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+5 points on Economic scale)	Absolute right to gun ownership: Strongly Favors topic 10 Fiercely supportive of the Second Amendment: Strongly Favors topic 10
Strongly Opposes topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (+5 points on Economic scale)	Opposes nationalized health care: Strongly Opposes topic 5
Strongly Favors topic 6: Privatize Social Security (+5 points on Economic scale)	Supports investment choices for social security savings: Strongly Favors topic 6
Strongly Favors topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (+5 points on Economic scale)	Too many children trapped in schools that consistently fail: Strongly Favors topic 7
Opposes topic 18: Replace coal & oil with alternatives (+2 points on Economic scale)	All-of-the-above approach to energy & alternatives: Opposes topic 18 Drill here and drill now: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Drill ANWR, but no nuclear power: Favors topic 18
No opinion on topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (0 points on Social scale)	Supports Personal Use of Marijuana Act: Strongly Favors topic 19 Supports Personal Use of Marijuana Act: Strongly Opposes topic 19
Strongly Favors topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (+5 points on Economic scale)	Allow churches to provide welfare services: Strongly Favors topic 20
Strongly Opposes topic 11: Make taxes more progressive (+5 points on Economic scale)	Abolish the Federal Income Tax and the IRS: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Replace federal Income Tax with the Fair Tax: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Simplify tax code; close loopholes: Strongly Opposes topic 11
Strongly Opposes topic 12: Illegal immigrants earn citizenship (-5 points on Social scale)	Don't allow illegal immigrants to earn citizenship: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Seal our borders; come down hard on illegal employers: Strongly Opposes topic 12
Strongly Opposes topic 13: Support & expand free trade (-5 points on Economic scale)	I support Free and Fair Trade.: Strongly Opposes topic 13
Strongly Favors topic 15: Expand the armed forces (-5 points on Social scale)	Keep us the strongest & most powerful country on earth: Strongly Favors topic 15 We must defeat Al Qaeda like we did the Nazis: Strongly Favors topic 15
Strongly Favors topic 16: Stricter limits on political campaign funds (-5 points on Economic scale)	Public funding of political campaigns: Strongly Favors topic 16
Strongly Opposes topic 14: The Patriot Act harms civil liberties (-5 points on Social scale)	I support the Patriot Act.: Strongly Opposes topic 14
Strongly Opposes topic 17: US out of Iraq (-5 points on Social scale)	Keep our troops in Iraq: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Fully supports the surge & the war in Iraq: Strongly Opposes topic 17