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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 right (7 points on Social scale)	Pro-choice in 1st trimester; pro-life in 2nd trimester: Favors topic 1
Opposes topic 2: Require companies to hire more women & minorities (7 points on Economic scale)	Avoid regulating hiring practices: Opposes topic 2
Strongly Favors topic 3: Sexual orientation protected by civil rights laws (10 points on Social scale)	No regulation of marriage, not even gay marriage: Strongly Favors topic 3
Favors topic 4: Teach family values in public schools (2 points on Social scale)	Prayer is a First Amendment Right, even in schools: Favors topic 4
Favors topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (2 points on Economic scale)	Merge national health care into one department: Favors topic 5
Favors topic 6: Privatize Social Security (7 points on Economic scale)	Allow access to lifetime investment in Social Security: Favors topic 6
Strongly Favors topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (10 points on Social scale)	Move to private control of schools instead of gov't control: Strongly Favors topic 7
Strongly Favors topic 8: Death Penalty (0 points on Social scale)	Swift and immediate death penalty: Strongly Favors topic 8
Strongly Favors topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (0 points on Social scale)	One strike is plenty: Strongly Favors topic 9
Strongly Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (10 points on Social scale)	Just read the Second Amendment: Strongly Favors topic 10
Strongly Favors topic 11: Decrease overall taxation of the wealthy (10 points on Economic scale)	Eliminate all taxes on your paychecks: Strongly Favors topic 11
Strongly Opposes topic 12: Illegal immigrants earn citizenship (0 points on Economic scale)	Our borders are bulging: Strongly Opposes topic 12
Favors topic 13: Support & expand free trade (7 points on Economic scale)	Favor trade, but not be blind to burden on manufacturing: Favors topic 13
Strongly Opposes topic 14: The Patriot Act harms civil liberties (10 points on Social scale)	I do not support the Patriot Act, or any form of it: Strongly Opposes topic 14
Favors topic 15: More spending on armed forces (2 points on Economic scale)	Let Senate Intelligence Committee decide military spending: Favors topic 15
No opinion on topic 16: Stricter limits on political campaign funds (5 points on Economic scale)	Undecided on campaign finance reform: Neutral on topic 16
Opposes topic 17: Replace US troops with UN in Iraq (7 points on Economic scale)	US must decide troop presence, not UN: Opposes topic 17
Strongly Favors topic 18: Replace coal & oil with alternatives (0 points on Economic scale)	Move towards ethanol-based fuel: Strongly Favors topic 18
Opposes topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (7 points on Social scale)	Drug use is immoral, but marijuana ban is more immoral: Opposes topic 19
Favors topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (2 points on Social scale)	Supports church welfare services on church-state grounds: Favors topic 20