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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)	Supports embryonic stem-cell research in private sector: Strongly Favors topic 1 Opposes federal funding for all research including stem-cell: Opposes topic 1 Keep government out of the abortion question: Favors topic 1 Abortion and stem-cell research are victimless crimes: Strongly Favors topic 1
Opposes topic 2: Require companies to hire more women & minorities (7 points on Economic scale)	No affirmative action but no legalized discrimination either: Strongly Opposes topic 2 Require equal treatment for minorities in government hiring: Favors topic 2
Strongly Favors topic 3: Sexual orientation protected by civil rights laws (10 points on Social scale)	Right to private choice in consensual sexual activity: Strongly Favors topic 3
No opinion on topic 4: Permit prayer in public schools (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Opposes topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (7 points on Economic scale)	Separation of medicine from the federal government: Strongly Opposes topic 5 End ban on reimportation of drugs from Canada: Favors topic 5 Allow unlimited medical malpractice lawsuits: Strongly Opposes topic 5
Strongly Favors topic 6: Privatize Social Security (10 points on Economic scale)	Social Security is a bankrupt pyramid-scheme: Favors topic 6 Opt out of Social Security and allow private investing: Strongly Favors topic 6
Strongly Favors topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (10 points on Social scale)	Tax credits for private school tuition: Strongly Favors topic 7
Strongly Opposes topic 8: Death Penalty (10 points on Social scale)	Opposes death penalty because guilt is never unequivocal: Strongly Opposes topic 8
Strongly Opposes topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (10 points on Social scale)	Mandatory minimums violate sentencing proportional to crime: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Three strikes law is worst in drug cases: Strongly Opposes topic 9
Strongly Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (10 points on Social scale)	Second amendment is not negotiable: Strongly Favors topic 10 End all restrictions on weapons and ammunition: Strongly Favors topic 10
Strongly Favors topic 11: Decrease overall taxation of the wealthy (10 points on Economic scale)	Repeal the Sixteenth Amendment and end income tax: Strongly Favors topic 11
Strongly Favors topic 12: Immigration helps our economy-encourage it (10 points on Economic scale)	Peaceful immigration is the benchmark of American ideals: Strongly Favors topic 12 Social safety net is no excuse for excluding immigrants: Strongly Favors topic 12
Favors topic 13: Support & expand free trade (7 points on Economic scale)	NAFTA and GATT are not free trade: Opposes topic 13 US tariffs and quotas cost Americans $70B annually: Strongly Favors topic 13 Abolish all trade barriers and export promotion: Strongly Favors topic 13
Strongly Opposes topic 14: Link human rights to trade with China (10 points on Social scale)	Let people decide if human rights matter on China trade: Strongly Opposes topic 14
Strongly Opposes topic 15: More spending on armed forces (10 points on Economic scale)	Withdraw all US troops stationed abroad: Strongly Opposes 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)
Strongly Opposes topic 17: Seek UN approval for military action (10 points on Economic scale)	No world government; no UN troops or control: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Eliminate all tax-supported foreign aid: Opposes topic 17
Strongly Opposes topic 18: Reduce use of coal, oil, & nuclear energy (10 points on Economic scale)	No tax incentives for alternative energy (or anything else): Strongly Opposes topic 18 Don't drill ANWR-privatize it instead: Opposes topic 18 Deregulate energy industry and repeal gas tax: Opposes topic 18
Favors topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (2 points on Social scale)	War on drugs is really war on American people: Strongly Favors topic 19 Educate and assist drug users, instead of prohibition: Strongly Favors topic 19 Allow states to decide medical marijuana laws: Strongly Opposes topic 19
Strongly Favors topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (0 points on Social scale)	100% tax credit for contributions to private charity: Strongly Favors topic 20