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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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Strongly Opposes
topic 1: Abortion is a woman's right (0 points on Social scale) | No Constitutional right to kill an innocent: Strongly Opposes topic 1 |
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Strongly Opposes
topic 2: Require companies to hire more women & minorities (10 points on Economic scale) | Discontinue affirmative action programs: Strongly Opposes topic 2 |
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Strongly Opposes
topic 3: Sexual orientation protected by civil rights laws (0 points on Social scale) | No experiments with marriage, our most precious institution: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Homosexual love can never be fruitful: Strongly Opposes topic 3 |
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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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No opinion on
topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (5 points on Economic scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
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Strongly Favors
topic 6: Privatize Social Security (10 points on Economic scale) | Invest payroll tax in self-managed private accounts: Strongly Favors topic 6 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (10 points on Social scale) | Vouchers for public, private or religious school: Strongly Favors topic 7 |
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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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Strongly Favors
topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (0 points on Social scale) | Impose truth in sentencing: Strongly Favors topic 9 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (10 points on Social scale) | Remove gun restrictions and bar suing gunmakers: Strongly Favors topic 10 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 11: Decrease overall taxation of the wealthy (10 points on Economic scale) | Replace IRS with national sales tax: Strongly Favors topic 11 |
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No opinion on
topic 12: Immigration helps our economy-encourage it (5 points on Economic scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
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Strongly Favors
topic 13: Support & expand free trade (10 points on Economic scale) | Supports NAFTA and GATT: Strongly Favors topic 13 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 14: Link human rights to trade with China (0 points on Social scale) | Account for human rights in trade agreements: Strongly Favors topic 14 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 15: More spending on armed forces (0 points on Economic scale) | more funding for troops and intel: Strongly Favors topic 15 |
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Strongly Opposes
topic 16: Reduce spending on missile defense (Star Wars) (10 points on Economic scale) | More funding for R&D and NMD: Strongly Opposes topic 16 |
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Strongly Opposes
topic 17: Seek UN approval for military action (10 points on Economic scale) | Keep US troops out of UN missions: Strongly Opposes topic 17 |
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Strongly Opposes
topic 18: Reduce use of coal, oil, & nuclear energy (10 points on Economic scale) | Open ANWR for drilling; develop on oil & coal: Strongly Opposes topic 18 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (0 points on Social scale) | Stricter jail and tighter borders for drugs: Strongly Favors topic 19 |
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Strongly Favors
topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (0 points on Social scale) | Poverty aid through religious groups ok: Strongly Favors topic 20 |
