VoteMatch Responses
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Strongly Favors
topic 1: Abortion is a woman's right
(10 points on Social scale)
| Endorsed by EMILY's list of pro-choice women candidates: Strongly Favors topic 1 |
Favors
topic 2: Require companies to hire more women & minorities
(2 points on Economic scale)
| Expand opportunities for African Americans: Favors topic 2 |
Opposes
topic 3: Sexual orientation protected by civil rights laws
(2 points on Social scale)
| Openly gay public school teachers ok: Favors topic 3 Supports Gay Marriage Amendment: Strongly Opposes topic 3 |
Favors
topic 4: Permit prayer in public schools
(2 points on Social scale)
| Expand character education in schools: Favors topic 4 |
Favors
topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage
(2 points on Economic scale)
| Expand health care coverage and strengthen Medicare: Favors topic 5 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 6: Privatize Social Security
(0 points on Economic scale)
| Strengthen Social Security, Not Privatize It: Strongly Opposes topic 6 |
Opposes
topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers
(2 points on Social scale)
| Increase teacher pay; more money for public schools: Opposes topic 7 |
Strongly Favors
topic 8: Death Penalty
(0 points on Social scale)
| Death penalty for terrorists and murderers: Strongly Favors topic 8 Supports war in Iraq, death penalty, secure homeland: Strongly Favors topic 8 |
Favors
topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws
(2 points on Social scale)
| Crack down on gangs: Favors topic 9 |
No opinion on
topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership
(5 points on Social scale)
| (No votes on which to base response) |
Strongly Opposes
topic 11: Decrease overall taxation of the wealthy
(0 points on Economic scale)
| Flat income taxes mean raising taxes: Strongly Opposes topic 11 |
Opposes
topic 12: Immigration helps our economy-encourage it
(2 points on Economic scale)
| Put America First to protect jobs and workers: Opposes topic 12 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 13: Support & expand free trade
(0 points on Economic scale)
| Trade Impact Statement: analyze impact on US economy: Opposes topic 13 Moratorium on new trade agreements: Strongly Opposes topic 13 Stop the offshoring of jobs and create new jobs at home: Opposes topic 13 |
Strongly Favors
topic 14: Link human rights to trade with China
(0 points on Social scale)
| Get Tough on China: on imports and currency: Strongly Favors topic 14 China undermines fair trade: Strongly Favors topic 14 |
Favors
topic 15: More spending on armed forces
(2 points on Economic scale)
| The Iraqi war is justified even without finding WMD: Favors topic 15 Do whatever is necessary to win the war on terror: Favors topic 15 We were right to remove Saddam Hussein from power: Favors topic 15 |
No opinion on
topic 16: Reduce spending on missile defense (Star Wars)
(5 points on Economic scale)
| (No votes on which to base response) |
Favors
topic 17: Seek UN approval for military action
(2 points on Economic scale)
| Encourage NATO to help rebuild Iraq: Favors topic 17 |
Strongly Favors
topic 18: Reduce use of coal, oil, & nuclear energy
(0 points on Economic scale)
| Promote Fuel Cell Research: Strongly Favors topic 18 |
Favors
topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it
(2 points on Social scale)
| Fight methamphetamine production and trafficking: Favors topic 19 |
No opinion on
topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services
(5 points on Social scale)
| (No votes on which to base response) |