| VoteMatch Responses
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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 Supports Abortion is a woman's right | Abortion: Choice is a fundamental, constitutional right |
| Strongly Supports Require companies to hire more women & minorities | Civil Rights: Police should have zero tolerance of racial profiling Civil Rights: Democrats lead fight for ERA and equal employment |
| Supports Sexual orientation protected by civil rights laws | Civil Rights: Pass hate crime legislation including gays |
| Opposes Organized Prayer In Public Schools | Education: Character education is an important aspect of education |
| Strongly Supports More Federal Funding for Health Coverage | Health Care: Every American should have affordable health insurance Health Care: Add prescription drug benefit to Medicare |
| Opposes Privatize Social Security | Social Security: Strengthen Social Security for Baby Boomers |
| Strongly Opposes Parents Choose Schools via Vouchers | School Choice: U.S. needs public school accountability, not vouchers |
| Supports Death Penalty | Crime: Tougher punishments, including the death penalty Crime: DNA testing & post-conviction reviews in death penalty cases |
| Opposes Mandatory "Three Strikes" Sentencing Laws | Crime: Fight crime with prevention, community police |
| Supports Absolute right to gun ownership | Gun Control: Strengthen gun control to reduce violence |
| Supports Make Income Tax Flatter & Lower | Budget & Economy: G.O.P. creates debt, Dems create surpluses Budget & Economy: Democrats will eliminate publicly held debt by 2012 Tax Reform: Cut taxes for working families, not richest 1% |
| Supports Immigration helps our economy-encourage it | Immigration: Reform the INS; reduce immigrant backlog Immigration: Protect immigrants from exploitation by employers |
| Supports Support & Expand Free Trade | Free Trade: Free trade with safeguards will benefit all |
| Supports Link Human Rights to trade with China | China: Engage China; protest Tibet |
| Supports More Spending on Armed Forces Personnel | Defense: Equip military for new threats and missions Defense: Encourage military careers with better pay & benefits Defense: Prepare military with advanced military and technology |
| Opposes Reduce spending on Missile Defense ("Star Wars") | Defense: Develop limited missile defense system |
| Strongly Supports Continue Foreign Aid to Russia, Israel, & others | Foreign Policy: Forward Engagement must guide proacive foreign policy Foreign Policy: Work to close gap between richest and poorest nations War & Peace: Commitment to Israel is unshakable |
| Strongly Supports Spend Resources to Stop Global Warming | Environment: Encourage open space and rail travel Environment: We do not have to choose between economy and environment Environment: Invest in technology & transportation friendly to earth |
| Supports Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it | Drugs: Drugs in prison: get clean to get out Drugs: Dry up drug demand via more enforcement plus more treatment Drugs: Fight drugs and economic hopelessness that fuels it |
| Supports Allow churches to provide welfare services | Welfare & Poverty: Harness power of faith-based organizations PLUS govt |