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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 Favors topic 1: Abortion is a woman's right (+5 points on Social scale)	Protect the reproductive rights of women: Strongly Favors topic 1
Favors topic 2: Require hiring more women & minorities (-3 points on Economic scale)	Stricter sentencing for hate crimes: Favors topic 2
Neutral on topic 3: Same-sex domestic partnership benefits (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Opposes topic 4: Teacher-led prayer in public schools (+5 points on Social scale)	NO on giving federal aid only to schools allowing voluntary prayer: Strongly Opposes topic 4
Strongly Favors topic 8: Death Penalty (-5 points on Social scale)	NO on replacing death penalty with life imprisonment: Strongly Favors topic 8
Strongly Favors topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (-5 points on Social scale)	More prison cells; more truth in sentencing: Strongly Favors topic 9
Strongly Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+5 points on Economic scale)	Support tradition of hunting on wildlife refuges: Strongly Favors topic 10
Favors topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (-3 points on Economic scale)	Don't cut Medicare rates; ensure affordable health care: Strongly Favors topic 5 Everyone should have affordable & portable health insurance: Strongly Favors topic 5 Health insurance equal to that given Members of Congress: Favors topic 5 Control the cost of malpractice insurance for physicians: Opposes topic 5
Neutral on topic 6: Privatize Social Security (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Opposes topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (-3 points on Economic scale)	Increase service scholarships for teachers: Opposes topic 7
Strongly Favors topic 18: Replace coal & oil with alternatives (-5 points on Economic scale)	Create 14,000 new jobs by embracing new types of energy: Strongly Favors topic 18 Fund R&D for alternative energy technology: Favors topic 18 Geothermal energy provides low-cost heat in buildings: Favors topic 18 Nuclear power plays a key role in energy independence: Opposes topic 18 Solar is an economical & green energy source: Strongly Favors topic 18 Diversifying our energy portfolio strengthens the economy: Favors topic 18 Reduce the threat of global warming: Strongly Favors topic 18 We owe it to our children to curb greenhouse gas emissions: Strongly Favors topic 18
Neutral on topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Opposes topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (-3 points on Economic scale)	Increase the earned income tax credit: Opposes topic 20
Favors topic 11: Make taxes more progressive (-3 points on Economic scale)	Make employee educational assistance tax-deductible: Favors topic 11
Opposes topic 12: Illegal immigrants earn citizenship (-3 points on Social scale)	For "Secure America through Verification & Enforcement" Act: Opposes topic 12 Tough & realistic approach: comprehensive but no deportation: Favors topic 12 Current policy has led to broken borders: Strongly Opposes topic 12
Strongly Opposes topic 13: Support & expand free trade (-5 points on Economic scale)	Opposed NAFTA because it's bad for Idaho workers: Strongly Opposes topic 13 Promote fair trade restricting Canadian wheat: Opposes topic 13
Neutral on topic 15: Expand the armed forces (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 16: Stricter limits on political campaign funds (-3 points on Economic scale)	Congress has not been accountable; checks & balances failing: Favors topic 16
Neutral on topic 14: The Patriot Act harms civil liberties (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 17: US out of Iraq (+5 points on Social scale)	Protect our strategic interests with a withdrawal timetable: Strongly Favors topic 17 Chart a new bipartisan direction for the war in Iraq: Strongly Favors topic 17 Withdrawal timetable against delusional policy of escalation: Strongly Favors topic 17