VoteMatch Responses (Click here for VoteMatch quiz)
VoteMatch Question & Answer (Click on question for explanation and background)	Based on these stances: (Click on topic for excerpt & citation)
Neutral on topic 1: Abortion is a woman's right (5 points on Social scale)	Supports Stem Cell Research: No opin. on topic 1
Strongly Favors topic 2: Require companies to hire more women & minorities (0 points on Economic scale)	End racial discrimination: Strongly Favors topic 2
Strongly Favors topic 3: Sexual orientation protected by civil rights laws (10 points on Social scale)	Opposes defining marriage for heterosexuals only: Strongly Favors topic 3 Supports marriage equality: Strongly Favors topic 3
Opposes topic 4: Teach family values in public schools (7 points on Social scale)	No "under God" litmus test in pledge of allegiance: Opposes topic 4
Strongly Favors topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (0 points on Economic scale)	Expand psychiatric services as part of universal coverage: Strongly Favors topic 5 Supports employer assessment for uninsured employees: Strongly Favors topic 5 Expand MassHealth as basis for single system of coverage: Strongly Favors topic 5 Create universal health care: Strongly Favors topic 5
Neutral on topic 6: Privatize Social Security (5 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Opposes topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (0 points on Social scale)	Free education: Strongly Opposes topic 7
Strongly Opposes topic 8: Death Penalty (10 points on Social scale)	Opposes capital punishment on human rights & racial grounds: Strongly Opposes topic 8
Neutral on topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Neutral on topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Opposes topic 11: Decrease overall taxation of the wealthy (0 points on Economic scale)	Shift $3B in more taxes on very rich by flattening tax rates: Strongly Opposes topic 11 We don't have enough income tax: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Tax rollback gives middle class $100s, but $100,000s to rich: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Opposes papital gains tax rebate: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Postpone reduction of income tax to 5%: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Make taxes progressive: Strongly Opposes topic 11
Strongly Favors topic 12: Illegal immigrants earn citizenship (10 points on Economic scale)	Illegal immigrants pay taxes like the rest of us: Strongly Favors topic 12 Allow in-state tuition for undocumented immigrants: Strongly Favors topic 12
Neutral on topic 13: Support & expand free trade (5 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Neutral on topic 14: The Patriot Act harms civil liberties (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Neutral on topic 15: More spending on armed forces (5 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Neutral on topic 16: Stricter limits on political campaign funds (5 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 17: Replace US troops with UN in Iraq (0 points on Economic scale)	Bring Massachusetts troops home: Strongly Favors topic 17
Strongly Favors topic 18: Replace coal & oil with alternatives (0 points on Economic scale)	Decrease global warming: Strongly Favors topic 18
Neutral on topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Neutral on topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)