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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)	Overturn Roe v. Wade: Strongly Opposes topic 1 God begins human life at fertilization: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Abortion is America’s national holocaust: Strongly Opposes topic 1 GOP did nothing to overturn Roe or end abortion-on-demand: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Supports Sanctity of Life Act, defining fetus as person: Strongly 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)
No opinion on topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (-3 points on Social scale)	Parents should take kids to church & pray with them: Favors topic 4
Strongly Opposes topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (+5 points on Economic scale)	Freedom of choice for all healthcare decisions: Strongly Opposes topic 5 No subsidies for HMOs; no forced vaccinations: Opposes topic 5
Strongly Favors topic 6: Privatize Social Security (+5 points on Economic scale)	Social Security should be voluntary: Strongly Favors topic 6 Phase out the Social Security system: Strongly Favors topic 6
Strongly Favors topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (+5 points on Economic scale)	Tax relief for homeschooling, private & religious schools: Strongly Favors topic 7 Disband the Department of Education; it’s unconstitutional: Strongly Favors topic 7 Would be best friend homeschoolers ever had in White House: Favors topic 7
Strongly Favors topic 8: Society bears cost of pollution (-5 points on Social scale)	Champion property rights & oppose eminent domain abuse: Strongly Favors topic 8
No opinion on topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+5 points on Economic scale)	Strongly pro-life AND pro-gun rights: Strongly Favors topic 10 2nd Amendment protects our liberty! Go buy a gun!: Strongly Favors topic 10 Member of Gun Owners of America, and the NRA: Strongly Favors topic 10 Unequivocal support for right to keep & bear arms: Strongly Favors topic 10
Strongly Opposes topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (+5 points on Economic scale)	10% tax on all imports into the US, and no other tax: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Repeal the 16th amendment; no income tax & no sales tax: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Overturn Sixteenth Amendment; no income tax; no sales tax: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Repeal the “death tax” & property taxes: Opposes topic 11
Strongly Opposes topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (-5 points on Social scale)	Shut the borders and crack down on illegal immigrants: Strongly Opposes topic 12 GOP & Dems both want open borders: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Seal borders; no amnesty; no social services for illegals: Strongly Opposes topic 12 No path to citizenship for illegal aliens: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Cut off money supply & illegal immigration dries up: Strongly Opposes topic 12 End birthright citizenship; no more anchor babies: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Repeal the “anchor baby” loophole: Strongly Opposes topic 12
Strongly Opposes topic 13: Support & expand free trade (-5 points on Economic scale)	No North American Union; no NAFTA Superhighway: Strongly Opposes topic 13 Reimpose tariffs on all foreign imports to keep jobs here: Strongly Opposes topic 13 Don’t merge US into North American Community: Strongly Opposes topic 13
Strongly Favors topic 14: Support American Exceptionalism (+5 points on Economic scale)	Out of the UN, NAFTA, and NATO: Strongly Favors topic 14
Opposes topic 15: Expand the military (+2 points on Social scale)	End international meddling of the New World Order: Strongly Opposes topic 15 Deploy a fully-operational strategic defense system: Favors topic 15 Resist reducing benefits to veterans and their survivors: Favors topic 15 Strong national defense that is second to none: Strongly Favors topic 15 End foreign aid; end nation-building; end empire-building: Strongly Opposes topic 15 There is absolutely no reason for us to be in NATO: Opposes topic 15
Strongly Opposes topic 16: Make voter registration easier (-5 points on Social scale)	Opposes limits on free speech in campaign finance laws: Strongly Opposes topic 16
Strongly Favors topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (+5 points on Social scale)	War in Iraq wouldn’t happen if Constitution were followed: Strongly Favors topic 17 Develop exit strategy for phased withdrawal of US troops: Strongly Favors topic 17 We have become an occupation force in sovereign Iraq: Strongly Favors topic 17 Opposed preemptive invasion; & opposes occupation of Iraq: Strongly Favors topic 17 Remove troops from Iraq; offer bounties on terrorists: Strongly Favors topic 17 Begin safely extracting our troops from Iraq: Strongly Favors topic 17
Strongly Opposes topic 18: Prioritize green energy (+5 points on Economic scale)	Drill in Alaska for domestic energy sources: Strongly Opposes topic 18 More drilling; more refineries; more nuclear power plants: Strongly Opposes topic 18
No opinion on topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Opposes topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (+5 points on Economic scale)	End income tax, death tax, and property tax: Strongly Opposes topic 20