Sam Gejdenson on VoteMatch

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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)	Protect the reproductive rights of women: Strongly Favors topic 1 NO on barring transporting minors to get an abortion: Strongly Favors topic 1 NO on banning partial-birth abortions: Favors topic 1
Favors topic 2: Require hiring more women & minorities (-3 points on Economic scale)	NO on ending preferential treatment by race in college admissions: Favors topic 2
Favors topic 3: Same-sex domestic partnership benefits (+2 points on Social scale)	NO on banning gay adoptions in DC.: Favors topic 3
Strongly Opposes topic 4: Teacher-led prayer in public schools (+5 points on Social scale)	NO on giving federal aid only to schools allowing voluntary prayer: Strongly Opposes topic 4
Strongly Opposes topic 8: Death Penalty (+5 points on Social scale)	YES on replacing death penalty with life imprisonment: Strongly Opposes topic 8 NO on making federal death penalty appeals harder: Strongly Opposes topic 8 YES on maintaining right of habeas corpus in Death Penalty Appeals: Opposes topic 8
Favors topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (-3 points on Social scale)	NO on more prosecution and sentencing for juvenile crime: Opposes topic 9 NO on funding for alternative sentencing instead of more prisons.: Strongly Favors topic 9
Strongly Opposes topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (-5 points on Economic scale)	NO on decreasing gun waiting period from 3 days to 1: Strongly Opposes topic 10
Favors topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (-3 points on Economic scale)	NO on establishing tax-exempt Medical Savings Accounts: Favors topic 5 NO on subsidizing private insurance for Medicare Rx drug coverage: Favors topic 5
Neutral on topic 6: Privatize Social Security (0 points on Economic scale)	YES on strengthening the Social Security Lockbox: Opposes topic 6 YES on reducing tax payments on Social Security benefits: Favors topic 6
Strongly Opposes topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (-5 points on Economic scale)	NO on vouchers for private & parochial schools: Strongly Opposes topic 7 NO on allowing vouchers in DC schools: Opposes topic 7
Strongly Favors topic 18: Replace coal & oil with alternatives (-5 points on Economic scale)	YES on starting implementation of Kyoto Protocol: Strongly Favors topic 18
Strongly Opposes topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (+5 points on Social scale)	NO on prohibiting needle exchange & medical marijuana in DC: Strongly Opposes topic 19
Opposes topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (-3 points on Economic scale)	Increase the earned income tax credit: Opposes topic 20 Fully fund Head Start; Job Corps; and WIC food program: Opposes topic 20 NO on responsible fatherhood via faith-based organizations: Opposes topic 20
Favors topic 11: Make taxes more progressive (-3 points on Economic scale)	Make employee educational assistance tax-deductible: Favors topic 11 NO on eliminating the "marriage penalty": Favors topic 11 NO on $46 billion in tax cuts for small business: Favors topic 11
Opposes topic 12: Illegal immigrants earn citizenship (-3 points on Social scale)	NO on more immigrant visas for skilled workers: Opposes topic 12
Opposes topic 13: Support & expand free trade (-3 points on Economic scale)	NO on 'Fast Track' authority for trade agreements: Strongly Opposes topic 13 NO on Permanent Normal Trade Relations with China: Strongly Opposes topic 13 NO on withdrawing from the WTO: Strongly Favors topic 13
Opposes topic 15: Expand the armed forces (+2 points on Social scale)	NO on $266 billion Defense Appropriations bill: Opposes topic 15 NO on deploying SDI: Opposes topic 15
Favors topic 16: Stricter limits on political campaign funds (-3 points on Economic scale)	YES on banning soft money and issue ads: Favors topic 16
Strongly Favors topic 14: The Patriot Act harms civil liberties (+5 points on Social scale)	Address abuses of electronic monitoring in the workplace: Strongly Favors topic 14
Neutral on topic 17: US out of Iraq & Afghanistan (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)