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| Marc Allan Feldman on VoteMatch | 
| VoteMatch Responses (Click here for VoteMatch quiz) | |
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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 | 
