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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 unrestricted right (-5 points on Social scale)	Human life begins at conception: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Evolved from pro-choice & anti-partial birth to pro-life: Opposes topic 1
No opinion on topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Opposes topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (-5 points on Social scale)	Government shouldn't redefine marriage: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Gay-bashing is insensitive, but free speech; not hate crime: Strongly Opposes topic 3
Strongly Favors topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (-5 points on Social scale)	Judeo-Christian values established our government framework: Strongly Favors topic 4
Strongly Opposes topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (+5 points on Economic scale)	Repeal ObamaCare; it's not a government responsibility: Strongly Opposes topic 5 ObamaCare is unconstitutional use of Commerce Clause: Strongly Opposes topic 5
Strongly Favors topic 6: Privatize Social Security (+5 points on Economic scale)	Social Security is a Ponzi scheme: Bernie Madoff on steroids: Strongly Favors topic 6
Strongly Favors topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (+5 points on Economic scale)	Oppose nationwide Common Core standards: Strongly Favors topic 7 Federal tax credits to enroll children in successful school: Strongly Favors topic 7
Strongly Favors topic 8: Fight EPA regulatory over-reach (-5 points on Social scale)	Stand up to the EPA about disastrous auto emissions test: Strongly Favors topic 8
Strongly Favors topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (-5 points on Social scale)	No death penalty; deport murderers to ends of the Earth: Strongly Favors topic 9
Strongly Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+5 points on Economic scale)	Opposes more gun restrictions: Strongly Favors topic 10 Support concealed carry: We are defenseless outside home: Strongly Favors topic 10
Strongly Opposes topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (+5 points on Economic scale)	Call for personal and business tax cuts: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Eliminate AMT, death tax, and tax on tips: Strongly Opposes topic 11
Strongly Opposes topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (-5 points on Social scale)	Protect the borders; prevent illegal entry: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Secure our borders from foreign terror & illegal immigration: Strongly Opposes topic 12 The Sabrin Solution: Official English and no amnesty: Strongly Opposes topic 12
Strongly Favors topic 13: Support & expand free trade (+5 points on Economic scale)	Gold standard and free trade mean a check on government: Strongly Favors topic 13
Strongly Favors topic 14: Support American Exceptionalism (+5 points on Economic scale)	Failed policy of invade, occupy and rule other nations: Strongly Favors topic 14
No opinion on topic 15: Expand the military (0 points on Social scale)	Maintain a superior nuclear arsenal: Strongly Favors topic 15 Don't police world at behest of military-industrial complex: Strongly Opposes topic 15
Opposes topic 16: Make voter registration easier (-3 points on Social scale)	Photo ID for voting: Strongly Opposes topic 16 1997: Reached millions of people via debate & matching funds: Favors topic 16
Strongly Favors topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (+5 points on Social scale)	A common sense, humble, noninterventionist foreign policy: Strongly Favors topic 17 No involvement in Iraq's civil war: Strongly Favors topic 17 War in Iraq is disastrous interventionist foreign policy: Strongly Favors topic 17
Strongly Opposes topic 18: Prioritize green energy (+5 points on Economic scale)	No subsidies for wind and solar: Strongly Opposes topic 18
Strongly Opposes topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (+5 points on Social scale)	Abolish the nation's drug laws, lock, stock, and barrel: Strongly Opposes topic 19
Strongly Opposes topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (+5 points on Economic scale)	Free enterprise is the key to national prosperity: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Government that governs least governs best: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Manufacturing hubs are crony capitalism: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Supports balanced budget and less spending: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Federal Reserve: unelected bureaucrats harming our economy: Strongly Opposes topic 20