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)
Strongly Opposes topic 1: Abortion is a woman's right (0 points on Social scale)	No Constitutional right to kill an innocent: Strongly Opposes topic 1
Strongly Opposes topic 2: Require companies to hire more women & minorities (10 points on Economic scale)	Discontinue affirmative action programs: Strongly Opposes topic 2
Strongly Opposes topic 3: Sexual orientation protected by civil rights laws (0 points on Social scale)	No experiments with marriage, our most precious institution: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Homosexual love can never be fruitful: Strongly Opposes topic 3
No opinion on topic 4: Permit prayer in public schools (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (5 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 6: Privatize Social Security (10 points on Economic scale)	Invest payroll tax in self-managed private accounts: Strongly Favors topic 6
Strongly Favors topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (10 points on Social scale)	Vouchers for public, private or religious school: Strongly Favors topic 7
No opinion on topic 8: Death Penalty (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (0 points on Social scale)	Impose truth in sentencing: Strongly Favors topic 9
Strongly Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (10 points on Social scale)	Remove gun restrictions and bar suing gunmakers: Strongly Favors topic 10
Strongly Favors topic 11: Decrease overall taxation of the wealthy (10 points on Economic scale)	Replace IRS with national sales tax: Strongly Favors topic 11
No opinion on topic 12: Immigration helps our economy-encourage it (5 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 13: Support & expand free trade (10 points on Economic scale)	Supports NAFTA and GATT: Strongly Favors topic 13
Strongly Favors topic 14: Link human rights to trade with China (0 points on Social scale)	Account for human rights in trade agreements: Strongly Favors topic 14
Strongly Favors topic 15: More spending on armed forces (0 points on Economic scale)	more funding for troops and intel: Strongly Favors topic 15
Strongly Opposes topic 16: Reduce spending on missile defense (Star Wars) (10 points on Economic scale)	More funding for R&D and NMD: Strongly Opposes topic 16
Strongly Opposes topic 17: Seek UN approval for military action (10 points on Economic scale)	Keep US troops out of UN missions: Strongly Opposes topic 17
Strongly Opposes topic 18: Reduce use of coal, oil, & nuclear energy (10 points on Economic scale)	Open ANWR for drilling; develop on oil & coal: Strongly Opposes topic 18
Strongly Favors topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (0 points on Social scale)	Stricter jail and tighter borders for drugs: Strongly Favors topic 19
Strongly Favors topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (0 points on Social scale)	Poverty aid through religious groups ok: Strongly Favors topic 20