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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 Opposes topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (-5 points on Social scale)	Supported 35 restrictive bills, even with rape & incest: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Pro-life; anti-partial-birth; pro-parental-notification: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Reinstate Virginia's partial-birth abortion ban: Opposes topic 1
No opinion on topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Opposes topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (-5 points on Social scale)	Objects to anti-gay discrimination in principle: Opposes topic 3 Authored amendment protecting traditional marriage: Strongly Opposes topic 3
Favors topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (-3 points on Social scale)	Supports welfare-to-work & eliminate fraud: Favors topic 4
Strongly Opposes topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (+5 points on Economic scale)	Don't turn over world's best system to federal government: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Resist congressional encroachment & socialized medicine: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Loosen "one-size-fits-all" approach to Medicaid: Opposes topic 5
Favors topic 6: Privatize Social Security (+2 points on Economic scale)	5% additional retirement contribution from state employees: Favors topic 6
Strongly Favors topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (+5 points on Economic scale)	More charters; more choices: Strongly Favors topic 7 Supports charter schools: Favors topic 7 Participate in federal program Race to the Top: Favors topic 7
Opposes topic 8: EPA regulations are too restrictive (+2 points on Social scale)	$14B on 900 transportation projects, including more Amtrak: Opposes topic 8 $5 million for open space land conservation: Strongly Opposes topic 8 $4 billion for 6-year highway and rail project plan: Opposes topic 8 We must use ALL our vast natural resources: Favors topic 8 Establish "Green Jobs Zone"; protect the Chesapeake Bay: Opposes topic 8 Drill for oil 50 miles offshore, environmentally safely: Favors topic 8
Strongly Favors topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (-5 points on Social scale)	Tough statutes and sentences; but also re-entry programs: Favors topic 9 Make Virginia gang-free; with tougher penalties & prevention: Strongly Favors topic 9
Strongly Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+5 points on Economic scale)	Fundamental individual right to bear arms: Strongly Favors topic 10 Banning guns is unconstitutional: Strongly Favors topic 10
Strongly Opposes topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (+5 points on Economic scale)	I will veto any bill or budget which raises taxes: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Get rid of taxes & regulations to make VA best for business: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Opposed tax increases for core government services: Opposes topic 11 Kill the Death Tax; eliminate fraud & duplication: Strongly Opposes topic 11
Strongly Opposes topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (-5 points on Social scale)	One crime committed by an illegal alien is one too many: Strongly Opposes topic 12
Strongly Favors topic 13: Support & expand free trade (+5 points on Economic scale)	Trade missions worked in London, Shanghai, and Mumbai: Strongly Favors topic 13
No opinion on topic 14: Support American Exceptionalism (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 15: Expand the military (-3 points on Social scale)	In-state tuition for all members of Virginia National Guard: Favors topic 15
No opinion on topic 16: Make voter registration easier (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Opposes topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (-3 points on Social scale)	230 Virginians gave lives for War on Terror, including Iraq: Opposes topic 17
Opposes topic 18: Prioritize green energy (+2 points on Economic scale)	Replace gas tax with sales and use tax: Opposes topic 18 Cultivate green energy and renewables: Favors topic 18 Opposes cap-and-trade as congressional encroachment: Strongly Opposes topic 18 All-of-the-above approach: coal, oil, nuclear, & renewables: Opposes topic 18 Stop harmful EPA regulation of greenhouse gas emissions: Strongly Opposes topic 18
Favors topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (-3 points on Social scale)	Tough sentences for dealers; but new drug courts too: Favors topic 19 Mandatory minimum sentences for career drug dealers: Favors topic 19
Favors topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (-3 points on Economic scale)	$38 million to spur job creation in targeted programs: Strongly Favors topic 20 Piling on taxes & deficit spending hurts job creation: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Use general funds for transportation bill, not new taxes: Strongly Favors topic 20