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 Favors topic 1: Abortion is a woman's right (+5 points on Social scale)	No limits on Roe vs. Wade: Strongly Favors topic 1 I stand with science; fund embryonic stem cell research: Favors topic 1
No opinion on topic 2: Require hiring more women & minorities (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 3: Same-sex domestic partnership benefits (+5 points on Social scale)	Government should adopt domestic partner benefit policies: Strongly 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)
No opinion on topic 8: Death Penalty (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (-5 points on Economic scale)	Enroll all Texas kids in CHIP and other government plans: Strongly Favors topic 5 Guaranteed coverage via public-private partnerships: Favors topic 5 Every American has a right to healthcare: Strongly Favors topic 5
No opinion 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)	Address our crumbling school system: Opposes topic 7 Scrap "No Child Left Behind": Opposes topic 7
Strongly Favors topic 18: Replace coal & oil with alternatives (-5 points on Economic scale)	Put Texans to work producing the fuels of the future: Strongly Favors topic 18 Invest in wind, solar, geothermal, and biomass: Strongly Favors topic 18
No opinion on topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 11: Make taxes more progressive (-3 points on Economic scale)	Stimulus compromise: too much compromise;too little stimulus: Favors topic 11
Strongly Opposes topic 12: Illegal immigrants earn citizenship (-5 points on Social scale)	Immigration system is broken; deport undocumented workers: Opposes topic 12 Secure our border, with more than just a fence: Strongly Opposes topic 12
No opinion on topic 13: Support & expand free trade (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 15: Expand the armed forces (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 16: Stricter limits on political campaign funds (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 14: The Patriot Act harms civil liberties (+5 points on Social scale)	Warrantless phone-tapping abandons the Constitution: Strongly Favors topic 14
Favors topic 17: US out of Iraq (+2 points on Social scale)	New direction in Iraq: Favors topic 17 Safely remove 2 brigades per month from Iraq, for 10 months: Favors topic 17