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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 (+2 points on Social scale)	Protect a woman’s right to choose: Favors topic 1
Strongly Opposes topic 2: Require hiring more women & minorities (+5 points on Economic scale)	No affirmative action in state contracts nor colleges: Strongly Opposes topic 2
Strongly Opposes topic 3: Same-sex domestic partnership benefits (-5 points on Social scale)	No civil unions; define one-man-one-woman marriage: Strongly Opposes topic 3
Opposes topic 4: Teacher-led prayer in public schools (+2 points on Social scale)	Teach both abstinence AND contraceptives in sex ed: Opposes topic 4
Strongly Favors topic 8: Death Penalty (-5 points on Social scale)	Support the death penalty: Strongly Favors topic 8
Strongly Opposes topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (+5 points on Social scale)	$50M for separate facilities for juveniles: Opposes topic 9 Provide prisoner job rehabilitation & alternative sentencing: Strongly Opposes topic 9
Strongly Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+5 points on Economic scale)	Ease state gun restrictions: Strongly Favors topic 10
Strongly Favors topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (-5 points on Economic scale)	Health reform is not creeping socialism; let's try a pilot: Favors topic 5 Prevention emphasis could help curb health costs: Strongly Favors topic 5 3.2% funding increase for National Institutes of Health: Strongly Favors topic 5
Opposes topic 6: Privatize Social Security (-3 points on Economic scale)	$48M for state retirement fund, but employees must pay more: Opposes topic 6
Opposes topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (-3 points on Economic scale)	Increase teacher salaries & school infrastructure spending: Opposes topic 7
Favors topic 18: Replace coal & oil with alternatives (-3 points on Economic scale)	We have doubled the take-away capacity of natural gas: Opposes topic 18 One year moratorium on eminent domain for wind power-lines: Opposes topic 18 Link development of wind power with electrical transmission: Strongly Favors topic 18 Develop wind power AND its electrical transmission: Favors topic 18
Opposes topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (+2 points on Social scale)	No drug czar to fight the methamphetamine epidemic: 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)
Favors topic 11: Make taxes more progressive (-3 points on Economic scale)	Nation's first state excise tax on wind energy production: Favors topic 11
Opposes topic 12: Illegal immigrants earn citizenship (-3 points on Social scale)	We need more boots on the border: Opposes topic 12
No opinion on topic 13: Support & expand free trade (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 15: Expand the armed forces (-3 points on Social scale)	$1.9M for Military Assistance Trust Fund: Favors topic 15
Favors topic 16: Stricter limits on political campaign funds (-3 points on Economic scale)	Limit campaign contributions but not campaign spending: Favors topic 16 Supports term limits for state legislators: Favors topic 16
No opinion on topic 14: The Patriot Act harms civil liberties (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 17: US out of Iraq & Afghanistan (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)