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VoteMatch Question & Answer (Click on question for explanation and background)	Based on these stances: (Click on topic for excerpt & citation)
Opposes topic 1: Abortion is a woman's right (-3 points on Social scale)	Abortions should be legal only within the first trimester: Opposes topic 1 Provide additional funding for abstinence education: Opposes topic 1
Strongly Favors topic 2: Require hiring more women & minorities (-5 points on Economic scale)	Consider race for government contracting decisions: Strongly Favors topic 2
Favors topic 3: Same-sex domestic partnership benefits (+2 points on Social scale)	No constitutional amendment defining marriage: Favors topic 3
No opinion on topic 4: Teacher-led prayer in public schools (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Opposes topic 8: Death Penalty (+5 points on Social scale)	Eliminate the federal death penalty: Strongly Opposes topic 8
Opposes topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (+2 points on Social scale)	Supports rehabilitation and addiction programs for inmates: Opposes topic 9
Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+2 points on Economic scale)	Enforce existing laws; allow concealed carry: Favors topic 10
Opposes topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (+2 points on Economic scale)	Supports tax-free medical savings accounts: Opposes topic 5 No need for universal program if we work with industry: Opposes topic 5 Make Medicaid funding a budgetary priority: Strongly Favors topic 5 Cooperation from industry could provide universal coverage: Opposes topic 5
Strongly Opposes topic 6: Privatize Social Security (-5 points on Economic scale)	No privatizing; no personal investment accounts: Strongly Opposes topic 6 Opposes privatizing Social Security: Strongly Opposes topic 6
Favors topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (+2 points on Economic scale)	Supports charters, vouchers, and home-schooling: Strongly Favors topic 7 Supports charters & tuition tax credits, but not vouchers: Favors topic 7 Fully fund No Child Left Behind: Opposes topic 7 Tax credits for private schools ok, but not vouchers: Opposes topic 7 Not opposed to charter schools: Favors topic 7
Strongly Favors topic 18: Replace coal & oil with alternatives (-5 points on Economic scale)	Opposed to drilling ANWR; supports bio-diesel & alternatives: Strongly Favors topic 18 Opposes drilling in Alaska's ANWR: Favors topic 18
Opposes topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (+2 points on Social scale)	Let patients use medical marijuana: Opposes topic 19
Favors topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (+2 points on Economic scale)	Direct federal poverty aid through religious organizations: Favors topic 20
Strongly Favors topic 11: Make taxes more progressive (-5 points on Economic scale)	Allow immigrant kids educational opportunities: Strongly Favors topic 11 I do not support English-only legislation: Favors topic 11 Does not support vigilante groups like the Minutemen: Favors topic 11 Permanent repeal of estate tax, but not Bush tax cuts: Strongly Favors topic 11
Strongly Favors topic 12: Illegal immigrants earn citizenship (+5 points on Social scale)	Opposes English-only legislation: Favors topic 12 Let immigrant kids in schools; let parents earn legal status: Strongly Favors topic 12
Strongly Opposes topic 13: Support & expand free trade (-5 points on Economic scale)	Opposes NAFTA, CAFTA, and GATT: Strongly Opposes topic 13
Opposes topic 15: Expand the armed forces (+2 points on Social scale)	No base closings in US, but close bases overseas: Opposes topic 15 No more domestic base closings; close bases abroad instead: Favors topic 15 Make Iraq our last pre-emptive unilateral occupation: Opposes topic 15
Favors topic 16: Stricter limits on political campaign funds (-3 points on Economic scale)	Support public taxpayer funding for federal campaigns: Favors topic 16
Favors topic 14: The Patriot Act harms civil liberties (+2 points on Social scale)	No military tribunals; no email searches; no torture: Favors topic 14
Strongly Favors topic 17: US out of Iraq (+5 points on Social scale)	No more pre-emptive unilateral occupation like Iraq: Strongly Favors topic 17 Withdraw US troops from Iraq: Strongly Favors topic 17 Fully fund our financial obligation to the UN: Favors topic 17