VoteMatch Responses (Click here for VoteMatch quiz)
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 (2 points on Social scale)	No abortion after heartbeat, at 41 days into pregnancy: Favors topic 1 Abortion is a crime against humanity: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Abortion is not a private decision of a woman: Opposes topic 1
Strongly Opposes topic 2: Require companies to hire more women & minorities (10 points on Economic scale)	Discontinue affirmative action programs: Strongly Opposes topic 2
Opposes topic 3: Sexual orientation protected by civil rights laws (2 points on Social scale)	Constitutional definition of one-man-one-woman marriage: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Equal status for homosexuals, not special status: Favors topic 3
No opinion on topic 4: Teach family values in public schools (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Opposes topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (10 points on Economic scale)	Health care is not an unalienable right: Strongly Opposes topic 5
Strongly Favors topic 6: Privatize Social Security (10 points on Economic scale)	No special compassion nor health programs for Seniors: Strongly Favors topic 6
Strongly Favors topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (10 points on Social scale)	Privatize all schools-get government out: Strongly Favors topic 7 The poor advocate for school choice for good reason: Favors topic 7
Strongly Favors topic 8: Death Penalty (0 points on Social scale)	Supports the death penalty: Strongly Favors topic 8
Opposes topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (7 points on Social scale)	Not all sins should be crimes: Opposes topic 9
Strongly Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (10 points on Social scale)	Inalienable right to protect our lives: Strongly Favors topic 10
Strongly Favors topic 11: Decrease overall taxation of the wealthy (10 points on Economic scale)	Will veto laws that increase taxes: Strongly Favors topic 11 Eliminate the state income tax: Strongly Favors topic 11
Strongly Opposes topic 12: Illegal immigrants earn citizenship (0 points on Economic scale)	Illegal immigration is an attack on our nation: Strongly Opposes topic 12
Strongly Opposes topic 13: Support & expand free trade (0 points on Economic scale)	NAFTA leads to American Union as part of one-world Communism: Strongly Opposes topic 13 So called Trade Agreements are unconstitutional: Strongly Opposes topic 13
Strongly Favors topic 14: The Patriot Act harms civil liberties (0 points on Social scale)	Patriot Act is terrorism of the worst kind: Strongly Favors topic 14
Strongly Opposes topic 15: More spending on armed forces (10 points on Economic scale)	Foreign aid is unconstitutional and must be eliminated: Opposes topic 15 Fight terrorists with intel & law, not military: Strongly Opposes topic 15
Strongly Opposes topic 16: Stricter limits on political campaign funds (10 points on Economic scale)	Increase individual limits on campaign donations; & no PACs: Strongly Opposes topic 16
Strongly Favors topic 17: Replace US troops with UN in Iraq (0 points on Economic scale)	Withdraw from Iraq incrementally: Strongly Favors topic 17
Strongly Opposes topic 18: Replace coal & oil with alternatives (10 points on Economic scale)	Global warming is a natural occurrence since 1000AD: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Develop oil & coal; drill ANWR: Strongly Opposes topic 18
Strongly Opposes topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (10 points on Social scale)	Government has lost the war on drugs: Strongly Opposes topic 19 The Drug War kills more people than the drugs: Strongly Opposes topic 19
Strongly Favors topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (0 points on Social scale)	Liberty-not government handouts-give poor chance to be rich: Favors topic 20 Private welfare programs deliver more resources to poor: Strongly Favors topic 20