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| VoteMatch Question & Answer (Click on question for explanation and background) |
Based on these stances: (Click on topic for excerpt & citation) |
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Favors
topic 1:Abortion is a woman's right
(7 points on Social scale) | Supports family planning to reduce abortions: Favors topic 1 |
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No opinion on
topic 2:Require companies to hire more women & minorities
(5 points on Economic scale) | Ban racial profiling: Neutral on topic 2 |
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No opinion on
topic 3:Sexual orientation protected by civil rights laws
(5 points on Social scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
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No opinion on
topic 4:Permit prayer in public schools
(5 points on Social scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
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Favors
topic 5:More federal funding for health coverage
(2 points on Economic scale) | Maintain Medicare funding of HMO benefits: Favors topic 5 Protect state tobacco settlement funds from federal seizure: Neutral on topic 5 |
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No opinion on
topic 6:Privatize Social Security
(5 points on Economic scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
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No opinion on
topic 7:Parents choose schools via vouchers
(5 points on Social scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
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No opinion on
topic 8:Death Penalty
(5 points on Social scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
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Favors
topic 9:Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws
(2 points on Social scale) | Supports “Most Wanted” web site: Favors topic 9 Supports building new prisons: Favors topic 9 Early intervention & accountability for juvenile crime: Opposes topic 9 |
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No opinion on
topic 10:Absolute right to gun ownership
(5 points on Social scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
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No opinion on
topic 11:Decrease overall taxation of the wealthy
(5 points on Economic scale) | Supported $200 million tax cut in Missouri: Neutral on topic 11 No national sales tax or VAT: Neutral on topic 11 |
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Favors
topic 12:Immigration helps our economy-encourage it
(7 points on Economic scale) | Ease Canadian border-crossing rules: Favors topic 12 |
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Favors
topic 13:Support & expand free trade
(7 points on Economic scale) | Ease Canadian border-crossing rules: Favors topic 13 Grant fast-track authority to the President: Favors topic 13 |
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No opinion on
topic 14:Link human rights to trade with China
(5 points on Social scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
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No opinion on
topic 15:More spending on armed forces
(5 points on Economic scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
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No opinion on
topic 16:Reduce spending on missile defense (Star Wars)
(5 points on Economic scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
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No opinion on
topic 17:Seek UN approval for military action
(5 points on Economic scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
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Favors
topic 18:Reduce use of coal, oil, & nuclear energy
(2 points on Economic scale) | Supports pollution prevention and CO2 reduction: Strongly Favors topic 18 Replace MTBE in gasoline with cleaner ethanol: Neutral on topic 18 Voluntary partnerships reduce greenhouse gases economically: Neutral on topic 18 Kyoto Treaty must include reductions by all countries: Opposes topic 18 |
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No opinion on
topic 19:Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it
(5 points on Social scale) | Good parenting is the best ‘anti-drug’ we have: Opposes topic 19 More federal funding for all aspects of Drug War: Favors topic 19 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 20:Allow churches to provide welfare services
(0 points on Social scale) | Supports welfare-to-work: Favors topic 20 Let private organizations deliver social services: Strongly Favors topic 20 Support LIHEAP, low-income heating assistance: Favors topic 20 |
