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VoteMatch Question & Answer (Click on question for explanation and background)	Based on these stances: (Click on topic for excerpt & citation)
No opinion on topic 1: Abortion is a woman's right (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 2: Require hiring more women & minorities (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 3: Same-sex domestic partnership benefits (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 4: Teacher-led prayer in public schools (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Opposes topic 8: Death Penalty (+5 points on Social scale)	Capital punishment is a crime: Strongly Opposes topic 8
Opposes topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (+2 points on Social scale)	Harsher penalties only serve to control the poor more: Opposes topic 9 Societal inequality causes crime: Opposes topic 9
No opinion on topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (-5 points on Economic scale)	Divert military spending to preventable diseases abroad: Favors topic 5 Payments in health care system should be progressive: Strongly Favors topic 5
No opinion on topic 6: Privatize Social Security (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 18: Replace coal & oil with alternatives (-3 points on Economic scale)	Oil is cheap because Pentagon’s expenditures keep it cheap: Favors topic 18
Strongly Opposes topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (+5 points on Social scale)	Drug war has focused on blacks and Hispanics: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Drug use is falling anyway; drug war is fraudulent: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Drug War is an excuse for US military intervention abroad: Strongly Opposes topic 19
No opinion on topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 11: Make taxes more progressive (-5 points on Economic scale)	Payments in tax system should be progressive: Strongly Favors topic 11
No opinion on topic 12: Illegal immigrants earn citizenship (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Opposes topic 13: Support & expand free trade (-5 points on Economic scale)	WTO is just another tool for US intervention abroad: Opposes topic 13 Free Trade Agreements move jobs to non-union areas: Strongly Opposes topic 13 Trilateral world view means Latin America belongs to the US: Opposes topic 13 Free trade is all about corporate subsidies: Strongly Opposes topic 13
No opinion on topic 15: Expand the armed forces (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
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)
Favors topic 17: US out of Iraq (+2 points on Social scale)	Anyone threatened by Iraq can approach UN Security Council: Strongly Favors topic 17 UN authorizing US force in Iraq allows Iran to use force: Strongly Favors topic 17 US chartered UN & must follow UN decisions on Iraq: Strongly Favors topic 17 Our Latin America policy benefits investors, not people: Opposes topic 17 Countries develop by avoiding colonization & ignoring market: Opposes topic 17 Cold War fear of USSR was played to control US population: Opposes topic 17