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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 unrestricted right (-3 points on Social scale)	OpEd: Pro-life to pro-lifers; pro-choice to pro-choichers: Neutral on topic 1 Discourage abortion by providing family planning: Opposes topic 1
Favors topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (-3 points on Economic scale)	1976: Defended ethnic enclaves formed by free association: Opposes topic 2 Established Martin Luther King Day in Georgia: Favors topic 2 A dozen blacks in high positions on his campaign staff: Strongly Favors topic 2 Supports the Equal Rights Amendment: Strongly Favors topic 2 Nothing wrong with ethnic purity in neighborhoods: Opposes topic 2
No opinion on topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (0 points on Social scale)	ERA is about women's rights, not gay rights nor abortion: Neutral on topic 3
No opinion on topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (0 points on Social scale)	Spends one week per year building affordable housing: Neutral on topic 4
Strongly Favors topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (-5 points on Economic scale)	Across-the-board cap on hospital charge annual increases: Favors topic 5 Pushed national health-insurance bill: Strongly Favors topic 5 National health insurance addresses gross inequities on poor: Strongly Favors topic 5 Lost to lobbyists on hospital-cost containment law: Favors topic 5 Liberal on National Health Insurance: Strongly Favors topic 5 Supports national health insurance: Strongly Favors topic 5 Nationwide comprehensive mandatory health insurance: Strongly Favors topic 5
Opposes topic 6: Privatize Social Security (-3 points on Economic scale)	Levy Social Security tax on wider range of incomes: Opposes topic 6
No opinion on topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (0 points on Economic scale)	Defended private schools, even when segregated: Favors topic 7 Feds should pay higher percentage of public education: Opposes topic 7
Strongly Opposes topic 8: Human needs over animal rights (+5 points on Social scale)	Attempted to inspire conservation by personal example: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Strengthened role & perception of the EPA: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Preserved wilderness areas of Alaska: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Established "Superfund" to clean up toxic waste sites: Strongly Opposes topic 8
No opinion on topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (0 points on Social scale)	Global standard to ban death penalty, at least for children: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Jails are filled with poor; focus on white-collar crime: Opposes topic 9 Crime reflects a sickness in society: Neutral on topic 9 Retain death penalty for a few specific crimes: Strongly Favors topic 9 Conservative on abortion and death penalty: Favors topic 9
Strongly Opposes topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (-5 points on Economic scale)	Register handguns; ban cheap guns; add waiting period: Strongly Opposes topic 10
Favors topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (-3 points on Economic scale)	1970s: Tried to extend withholding to interest and dividends: Favors topic 11 Reform tax structure without tax increases: Opposes topic 11 Balance budget by shifting taxes and employing people: Favors topic 11 GOP tax policy is welfare for the rich: Strongly Favors topic 11 Shift the tax burden away from low- and middle-income groups: Strongly Favors topic 11
Strongly Favors topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (+5 points on Social scale)	Provide education for undocumented worker-children: Strongly Favors topic 12 Provide education for undocumented worker-children: Strongly Favors topic 12
Strongly Favors topic 13: Support & expand free trade (+5 points on Economic scale)	1993: Called members of Congress to push for NAFTA: Strongly Favors topic 13
Strongly Opposes topic 14: Maintain US sovereignty from UN (-5 points on Social scale)	Unilateral acts and demands isolated the US from the world: Strongly Opposes topic 14 US needs to regain respect in UN and with our allies: Strongly Opposes topic 14
Strongly Opposes topic 15: Expand the military (+5 points on Social scale)	B-1 bomber was a gross waste of money: Strongly Opposes topic 15 Supports complete moratorium on nuclear weapon testing: Opposes topic 15 Eliminate all nuclear weapons from this earth: Strongly Opposes topic 15 Defense is most wasteful agency in federal government: Strongly Opposes topic 15
Favors topic 16: Stricter limits on political campaign funds (-3 points on Economic scale)	Pushed government-in-sunshine open-meetings laws: Favors topic 16
Favors topic 17: Stay out of Iran (+2 points on Social scale)	1990: Urged UN Security Council against use of force in Iraq: Strongly Favors topic 17 Carter 1977: Focus on human rights; give back Panama Canal: Favors topic 17 Urged deployment of neutron bombs in NATO's Europe: Opposes topic 17
Favors topic 18: Prioritize green energy (-3 points on Economic scale)	Installed solar panels on White House roof: Strongly Favors topic 18 Pushed alternative energy program to fight oil shortage: Favors topic 18 Treat Arab oil embargo like declaring economic war: Opposes topic 18 Develop a varied energy portfolio, including solar: Strongly Favors topic 18
Opposes topic 19: Never legalize marijuana (+2 points on Social scale)	Declared White House to be officially "dry": Favors topic 19 We stopped treating alcoholism as a crime; that helped: Strongly Opposes topic 19 As governor, implemented drug abuse programs: Opposes topic 19 Supports decriminalization of marijuana: Opposes topic 19
Strongly Favors topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (+5 points on Economic scale)	Created Depts. of Energy & Education; reformed civil service: Strongly Favors topic 20 Congress uses tax law as goodies for special interests: Favors topic 20 GOP tax policy is welfare for the rich: Favors topic 20