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VoteMatch Question & Answer (Click on question for explanation and background)	Based on these stances: (Click on topic for excerpt & citation)
Favors topic 1: Abortion is a woman's right (7 points on Social scale)	Reduce economic necessity for abortions: Opposes topic 1 Support Roe v. Wade: Strongly Favors topic 1 Uphold the right to choose, but "Target Zero" abortions: Strongly Favors topic 1
Strongly Favors topic 2: Require companies to hire more women & minorities (0 points on Economic scale)	Equal pay for equal work: Strongly Favors topic 2
Favors topic 3: Sexual orientation protected by civil rights laws (7 points on Social scale)	No constitutional definition of marriage: Favors topic 3 No amendment defining one-man-one-woman marriage: 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 Favors topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (0 points on Economic scale)	Federal insurance reform via free markets for fair prices: Favors topic 5 Federal negotiations with drug companies for prescriptions: Strongly Favors topic 5 Fund preventive care: Favors topic 5 Fully fund Medicaid and restore cuts: Strongly Favors topic 5 Medicaid must be properly funded: Strongly Favors topic 5
Strongly Opposes topic 6: Privatize Social Security (0 points on Economic scale)	Privatization is a terrible idea: Strongly Opposes topic 6 Oppose efforts to privatize Social Security: Strongly Opposes topic 6 Ensure that our safety net remains safe: Opposes topic 6 Save Social Security from privatization: Strongly Opposes topic 6
Strongly Opposes topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (0 points on Social scale)	Expand Upward Bound & Head Start: Opposes topic 7 Improve and fund our public school systems: Opposes topic 7 Vouchers are divisive: Strongly Opposes topic 7 Vouchers bankrupt our public educational system: Strongly Opposes topic 7
Favors topic 8: Death Penalty (2 points on Social scale)	Support the use of the death penalty for federal crimes: Favors topic 8 Support the use of the death penalty: Favors topic 8
Favors topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (2 points on Social scale)	Support prosecution of "hate crimes": Favors topic 9
Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (7 points on Social scale)	Fully support a legally armed citizenry: Favors topic 10
Opposes topic 11: Decrease overall taxation of the wealthy (2 points on Economic scale)	Roll back the unfair tax cuts the very wealthiest: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Keep inheritance tax for top .5% of estates: Opposes topic 11 Roll back unfair tax cuts for the very wealthiest: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Inheritance taxes only for the top 0.5% of estates: Favors topic 11 Reduce the deficit & advocate fiscal responsibility: Opposes topic 11
Favors topic 12: Illegal immigrants earn citizenship (7 points on Economic scale)	Current effort targeting illegal immigration is ineffective: Opposes topic 12 More border patrols, but not by vigilantes: Favors topic 12 Encourage legal trade with Mexico as part of border strategy: Favors topic 12 Opposes vigilante volunteers patrolling borders: Favors topic 12 Tie immigration to discussion on security: Opposes topic 12
Strongly Opposes topic 13: Support & expand free trade (0 points on Economic scale)	Promote fair trade with incentives to keep jobs at home: Opposes topic 13 CAFTA sucks away our jobs and pollutes our environment: Strongly Opposes topic 13
Favors topic 14: The Patriot Act harms civil liberties (2 points on Social scale)	No military tribunals for terrorists; but no torture either: Favors topic 14 Revise the Patriot Act regarding libraries: Favors topic 14 Oppose military tribunals to try suspected terrorists: Favors topic 14
Opposes topic 15: More spending on armed forces (7 points on Economic scale)	Supports US troops on UN peacekeeping missions: Opposes topic 15 Diplomatic methods first; last resort is coercion: Strongly Opposes topic 15 Pre-emptive strikes must remain in our arsenal: Favors topic 15
Strongly Favors topic 16: Stricter limits on political campaign funds (0 points on Economic scale)	Public funding for candidates complying with spending limits: Strongly Favors topic 16 No-bid contracts encourage waste, fraud, corruption: Favors topic 16 Support public taxpayer funding for federal campaigns: Favors topic 16
Strongly Favors topic 17: Replace US troops with UN in Iraq (0 points on Economic scale)	Set a timetable and safely withdraw from Iraq: Strongly Favors topic 17
Strongly Favors topic 18: Replace coal & oil with alternatives (0 points on Economic scale)	Promote energy independence & renewables: Strongly Favors topic 18 National policy of energy independence: Strongly Favors topic 18 Make renewable energy a priority: Strongly Favors topic 18
Favors topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (2 points on Social scale)	Increase border security to stop inflow of illegal drugs: Opposes topic 19 More funding to Colombia to combat the war on drugs: Favors topic 19 Stop flow of illegal drugs at the border: Favors topic 19
Favors topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (2 points on Social scale)	Supports flexible state block grants & workfare: Favors topic 20