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VoteMatch Question & Answer (Click on question for explanation and background)	Based on these stances: (Click on topic for excerpt & citation)
Favors topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (+2 points on Social scale)	No government role in restricting nor funding abortion: Favors topic 1
Opposes topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (+2 points on Economic scale)	No government role in hiring; no affirmative action: Opposes topic 2
Favors topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (+2 points on Social scale)	No government role in marriage, same-sex or traditional: Favors topic 3
Favors topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (-3 points on Social scale)	No government prohibition on religion, including publicly: Favors topic 4
Strongly Opposes topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (+5 points on Economic scale)	ObamaCare supports a growing, inefficient & expensive system: Strongly Opposes topic 5
Favors topic 6: Privatize Social Security (+2 points on Economic scale)	Social Security is now neither social nor secure: Favors topic 6
Strongly Favors topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (+5 points on Economic scale)	Vouchers for school choice, to increase parental control: Strongly Favors topic 7
Favors topic 8: EPA regulations are too restrictive (-3 points on Social scale)	Environmental protection by private, voluntary organizations: Favors topic 8
Opposes topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (+2 points on Social scale)	$50,000 per year for jail? Punishes taxpayers, not criminals: Opposes topic 9
Strongly Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+5 points on Economic scale)	Second Amendment is supremacy of citizens over the State: Strongly Favors topic 10
Opposes topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (+2 points on Economic scale)	Balance our budget by cutting spending: Opposes topic 11
Strongly Favors topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (+5 points on Social scale)	There are illegal activities but there are no illegal people: Strongly Favors topic 12
Favors topic 13: Support & expand free trade (+2 points on Economic scale)	Trade with other nations is the best way to encourage peace: Favors topic 13
Opposes topic 14: Support American Exceptionalism (-3 points on Economic scale)	Liberty & enterprise, not American Exceptionalism: Opposes topic 14
Strongly Opposes topic 15: Expand the military (+5 points on Social scale)	We cannot afford to be the policeman of the world: Strongly Opposes topic 15
Strongly Favors topic 16: Make voter registration easier (+5 points on Social scale)	A large portion of our population feel disenfranchised: Strongly Favors topic 16
Favors topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (+2 points on Social scale)	Drop philanthropy on other countries instead of bombs: Favors topic 17
Favors topic 18: Prioritize green energy (-3 points on Economic scale)	Green energy will be prioritized with or without government: Favors topic 18
Strongly Opposes topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (+5 points on Social scale)	The Drug War must end: Strongly Opposes topic 19
Opposes topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (+2 points on Economic scale)	Increasing government spending doesn't improves the economy: Opposes topic 20