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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 unrestricted right (+2 points on Social scale)	Abortion is social issue, not government issue: Favors topic 1
Opposes topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (+2 points on Economic scale)	Let the market change bigots, not affirmative action: Opposes topic 2
Strongly Favors topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (+5 points on Social scale)	Marriage is a private matter, same-sex or not: Strongly Favors topic 3 LGBT persons are created with inalienable right to marry: Strongly Favors topic 3
Opposes topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (+2 points on Social scale)	Support separation of church and state: Opposes topic 4
Opposes topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (+2 points on Economic scale)	MnCare was better than ObamaCare: Opposes topic 5
Strongly Favors topic 6: Privatize Social Security (+5 points on Economic scale)	Privatize program to make up for borrowing & defunding: Strongly Favors topic 6
Strongly Favors topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (+5 points on Economic scale)	Right to education includes school choice: Strongly Favors topic 7 Common Core is unconstitutional, and also underhanded: Strongly Favors topic 7
Opposes topic 8: Fight EPA regulatory over-reach (+2 points on Social scale)	Those who harm the environment should pay for cleanup: Opposes topic 8
Strongly Opposes topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (+5 points on Social scale)	Punishing victimless crimes hurts poor but profits prisons: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Don't punish victimless crimes like prostitution & gambling: Strongly Opposes topic 9
Strongly Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+5 points on Economic scale)	Even non-violent MLK kept guns at home for self-defense: Strongly Favors topic 10 Right to self-defense and right to rebel: Strongly Favors topic 10
Strongly Opposes topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (+5 points on Economic scale)	Flat tax temporarily, until spending is limited: Strongly Opposes topic 11
Opposes topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (-3 points on Social scale)	Apply immigration rules consistently: Opposes topic 12
Strongly Favors topic 13: Support & expand free trade (+5 points on Economic scale)	Free markets are the fairest form of voluntary exchange: Strongly Favors topic 13
Strongly Favors topic 14: Support American Exceptionalism (+5 points on Economic scale)	The U.S. is not the U.N. nor the world police: Strongly Favors topic 14
Strongly Opposes topic 15: Expand the military (+5 points on Social scale)	Hold to a non-aggression, non-interventionist ideal: Strongly Opposes topic 15
Strongly Favors topic 16: Make voter registration easier (+5 points on Social scale)	End need for big money; open up elections to third parties: Strongly Favors topic 16 Term limits for Congress, local officials, and judges: Strongly Favors topic 16
Strongly Favors topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (+5 points on Social scale)	No intervention in Iran; we harmed them too much already: Strongly Favors topic 17
Strongly Favors topic 18: Prioritize green energy (-5 points on Economic scale)	Push green living instead of tax breaks for SUVs & Big Oil: Favors topic 18 Don't use eminent domain for private companies' benefit: Favors topic 18 Federal legislation has limited alternative energy: Strongly Favors topic 18
Strongly Opposes topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (+5 points on Social scale)	Legalize or decriminalize marijuana: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Release prisoners convicted of marijuana possession: Strongly Opposes topic 19
Strongly Opposes topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (+5 points on Economic scale)	Meet community needs locally, instead of federal stimulus: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Oppose increase in the minimum wage: Opposes topic 20