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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)	Committed to upholding the rights guaranteed in Roe v. Wade: Strongly Favors topic 1 Opposes Giving legal protection to unborn children: Strongly Favors topic 1
Strongly Favors topic 2: Require hiring more women & minorities (-5 points on Economic scale)	Equal Pay for Equal Work: fair pay for women: Strongly Favors topic 2
Strongly Favors topic 3: Same-sex domestic partnership benefits (+5 points on Social scale)	Let anyone serve who is willing; end don't-ask-don't-tell: Favors topic 3 Same rights regardless of sexual orientation: Strongly Favors topic 3 Opposes Amendment to prevent same sex marriage: Strongly Favors topic 3 Opposes banning homosexuals in the military: Strongly Favors topic 3 Supports Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA): 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 Favors topic 8: Death Penalty (-5 points on Social scale)	Expand the use of the death penalty: Strongly Favors topic 8
Strongly Favors topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (-5 points on Social scale)	Created Ohio's first DNA database: Favors topic 9 Wrote Ohio's Missing Children law & Clearinghouse: Favors topic 9 More prisons; less parole for repeat violent felons: Strongly Favors topic 9
Strongly Opposes topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (-5 points on Economic scale)	1994: I never met a gun control bill I didn't like: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Waiting periods; child safety locks; other restrictions ok: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Supports restrictions on the right to bear arms: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Rated F by the NRA, indicating a pro-gun control voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 10
Strongly Favors topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (-5 points on Economic scale)	Supports new healthcare reform law: Favors topic 5 Health care reform is both a moral and economic imperative: Favors topic 5 Lower cost; ensure choice; expand coverage; no taxes: Strongly Favors topic 5 Supports government-run healthcare: Strongly Favors topic 5
Strongly Opposes topic 6: Privatize Social Security (-5 points on Economic scale)	Strengthen, preserve and protect Social Security: Strongly Opposes topic 6 Reject privatization; don't raise the retirement age: Strongly Opposes topic 6
Favors topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (+2 points on Economic scale)	Where you grow up should not determine where you end up: Favors topic 7 Encourage charters & corporate investment: Favors topic 7 Opposes less federal & more local control of education: Opposes topic 7
Strongly Favors topic 18: Replace coal & oil with alternatives (-5 points on Economic scale)	25% advanced and alternative energy by 2025: Strongly Favors topic 18 Supports renewable energy tax credits: Strongly Favors topic 18 Supports Passage of Cap-and-Trade Energy Legislation: Strongly Favors topic 18
Strongly Favors topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (-5 points on Social scale)	Rid our streets of violence and illegal drugs: Favors topic 19 Created the award-winning Operation Crackdown program: Strongly Favors topic 19
Opposes topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (-3 points on Economic scale)	Fund state social programs for teens; pre-K; at-risk youth: Opposes topic 20
Strongly Favors topic 11: Make taxes more progressive (-5 points on Economic scale)	Let Bush tax cuts expire for millionaires: Favors topic 11 Let tax cuts on wealthy expire, to pay for health reform: Strongly Favors topic 11
Strongly Favors topic 12: Illegal immigrants earn citizenship (+5 points on Social scale)	Supports Granting amnesty to illegal immigrants: Strongly Favors topic 12
Strongly Opposes topic 13: Support & expand free trade (-5 points on Economic scale)	Trade agreements should be fair and enforced: Opposes topic 13 Make sure trade agreements export Ohio goods, not Ohio jobs: Strongly Opposes topic 13
Favors topic 15: Expand the armed forces (-3 points on Social scale)	Deploy all tools: diplomacy, strength, intel, & military: Opposes topic 15 If you serve your country, your country must serve you: Strongly Favors topic 15
Favors topic 16: Stricter limits on political campaign funds (-3 points on Economic scale)	Campaign spending limits, but no state funding: Favors topic 16
No opinion on topic 14: The Patriot Act harms civil liberties (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 17: US out of Iraq (+2 points on Social scale)	Set a deadline for withdrawal from Afghanistan: Strongly Favors topic 17 Responsibly end the war in Iraq; train Afghan troops & exit: Strongly Favors topic 17 Stop Iran & North Korea from developing or acquiring nukes: Opposes topic 17