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VoteMatch Question & Answer (Click on question for explanation and background)	Based on these stances: (Click on topic for excerpt & citation)
No opinion on topic 1: Abortion is a woman's right (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 2: Require hiring more women & minorities (-3 points on Economic scale)	Return human remains to Indian nations: Neutral on topic 2 Support principles embodied in the Equal Rights Amendment: Favors topic 2
No opinion on topic 3: Same-sex domestic partnership benefits (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
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)
Favors topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (-3 points on Social scale)	After 100 years, we have enough prison cells, for now: Favors topic 9 Supports flexible federal block grants for crime programs: Neutral on topic 9 Zero tolerance for violence against government employees: Neutral on topic 9
No opinion on topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (-3 points on Economic scale)	More spending; more accountability via testing: Favors topic 5 Insured 10,000 kids under CHIPs; aim for 20,000: Favors topic 5 More federal funding for rural health services: Favors topic 5
No opinion on topic 6: Privatize Social Security (0 points on Economic scale)	Maintain federal Social Services Block Grant funding: Favors topic 6 Maintain long-term solvency of Social Security and Medicare: Opposes topic 6
No opinion on topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 18: Replace coal & oil with alternatives (-3 points on Economic scale)	Protected transition to competitive energy prices in 2002: Neutral on topic 18 More energy plants; diversify sources; include renewables: Strongly Favors topic 18 Stewardship belongs with the states: Neutral on topic 18 Government duty to protect species & water: Favors topic 18 Create block grants for Agricultural Stewardship: Neutral on topic 18 Collaborative, incentive driven, locally-based solutions: Neutral on topic 18
No opinion on topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (0 points on Social scale)	States should make drug policy, not feds: Neutral on topic 19
Favors topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (+2 points on Economic scale)	Maintain flexibility & funding levels for TANF block grants: Favors topic 20
Opposes topic 11: Make taxes more progressive (+2 points on Economic scale)	No tax increase without voter referendum: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Federal tax incentives for energy, with state decisions: Neutral on topic 11
No opinion on topic 12: Illegal immigrants earn citizenship (0 points on Social scale)	Share costs of legal immigration between states & federal: Neutral on topic 12 Federal government should deal with criminal repatriation: Neutral on topic 12
Favors topic 13: Support & expand free trade (+2 points on Economic scale)	Trade as “sister-states” in Japan, China, & Taiwan: Favors topic 13
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)
No opinion on topic 14: The Patriot Act harms civil liberties (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 17: US out of Iraq & Afghanistan (0 points on Social scale)	Include states in anti-terrorism planning: Neutral on topic 17