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)
Strongly Favors topic 1: Abortion is a woman's right (+5 points on Social scale)	Keep safe & legal abortion: Favors topic 1 Cover abortion under national health care system: Strongly Favors topic 1
Strongly Favors topic 2: Require hiring more women & minorities (-5 points on Economic scale)	Require affirmative action: Strongly Favors topic 2
Strongly Favors topic 3: Same-sex domestic partnership benefits (+5 points on Social scale)	Equality by sexual orientation, including gay marriage: Strongly Favors topic 3
Favors topic 4: Teacher-led prayer in public schools (-3 points on Social scale)	Support personal responsibility; teach dispute resolution: Favors topic 4
Opposes topic 8: Death Penalty (+2 points on Social scale)	Opposes death penalty: Opposes topic 8
Strongly Opposes topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (+5 points on Social scale)	Focus on crime prevention instead of harsher sentences: Strongly Opposes topic 9
Strongly Opposes topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (-5 points on Economic scale)	Support Brady Bill & thoughtful gun control: Strongly Opposes topic 10
Strongly Favors topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (-5 points on Economic scale)	Health care is a human right: Strongly Favors topic 5 Nationalize health care & ensure universal coverage: Strongly Favors topic 5
Strongly Opposes topic 6: Privatize Social Security (-5 points on Economic scale)	Don’t privatize Social Security: Strongly Opposes topic 6
Opposes topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (-3 points on Economic scale)	Support choice within public schools: Opposes topic 7
Strongly Favors topic 18: Replace coal & oil with alternatives (-5 points on Economic scale)	Reduce greenhouse gas emissions now; more later: Strongly Favors topic 18
Strongly Opposes topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (+5 points on Social scale)	More drug counseling & treatment: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Replace Drug War with treatment and alternative sentencing: Strongly Opposes topic 19
Strongly Opposes topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (-5 points on Economic scale)	Support a Living Wage: Opposes topic 20 Negative income tax to keep all adults above poverty line: Opposes topic 20 Workfare is slave labor: Opposes topic 20 Restore federally funded welfare entitlement program: Strongly Opposes topic 20
Strongly Favors topic 11: Make taxes more progressive (-5 points on Economic scale)	Tax industrial pollution: Favors topic 11 Tax incentives to redistribute unbalanced wealth: Strongly Favors topic 11 Reform system to provide tax justice: Favors topic 11 Support progressivity; no flat tax: Strongly Favors topic 11
Strongly Favors topic 12: Illegal immigrants earn citizenship (+5 points on Social scale)	Don’t blame immigrants for social and economic problems: Strongly Favors topic 12
Strongly Opposes topic 13: Support & expand free trade (-5 points on Economic scale)	Reject NAFTA, GATT, & WTO: Strongly Opposes topic 13
Strongly Opposes topic 15: Expand the armed forces (+5 points on Social scale)	Cut defense budget by 50%: Strongly Opposes topic 15
No opinion on topic 16: Stricter limits on political campaign funds (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 14: The Patriot Act harms civil liberties (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 17: US out of Iraq (+5 points on Social scale)	Support social and economic justice across the globe: Favors topic 17 Assist Russia & Israel in moving towards better governments: Strongly Favors topic 17