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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)	We made MS the safest state for an unborn child: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Protect the rights of the unborn: Strongly Opposes topic 1 States should have the right to regulate & limit abortions: Strongly Opposes topic 1
Strongly Opposes topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (+5 points on Economic scale)	ADA should allow flexible state & local compliance: Opposes topic 2 When did affirmative action turn into special preferences?: Strongly Opposes topic 2 Women-owned businesses doubled after Reagan tax cuts: Opposes topic 2
Strongly Opposes topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (-5 points on Social scale)	Proud of MS's highest vote in US for traditional marriage: Strongly Opposes topic 3
No opinion on topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (0 points on Social scale)	School prayer restores moral awareness to our schools: Favors topic 4 Welfare is harmful in many, many ways: Opposes topic 4 Real welfare reformers seek to uphold the American family: Opposes topic 4 Enterprise zones let poor neighborhoods get honest jobs: Favors topic 4
Opposes topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (+2 points on Economic scale)	Opposed Clinton's plan for government-run healthcare: Opposes topic 5 States should mandate that insurers do not cancel policies: Favors topic 5 Loosen "one-size-fits-all" approach to Medicaid: Opposes topic 5
No opinion on topic 6: Privatize Social Security (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (+5 points on Economic scale)	Expand charter schools; expand dual enrollment: Favors topic 7 More local control over schools: Favors topic 7 Give parents vouchers so they can choose kids' schools: Strongly Favors topic 7 Supports charter schools as a means to local control: Favors topic 7 Vouchers apply unlimited market forces to education: Strongly Favors topic 7 Vouchers apply unlimited market forces to education: Strongly Favors topic 7
Strongly Favors topic 8: Human needs over animal rights (-5 points on Social scale)	More funding for highway construction & improvement: Favors topic 8 Rely on voluntary incentives to solve environmental problems: Strongly Favors topic 8 Kangaroo rats are not more important than people's homes: Strongly Favors topic 8 "Sustainable development" represents a scarcity mentality: Strongly Favors topic 8
Strongly Favors topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (-5 points on Social scale)	$7.3M for state trooper school: Favors topic 9 I believe in criminal control, not gun control: Strongly Favors topic 9 More state troopers; plus pay raises for state police: Favors topic 9 Three Strikes gets chronic predators off the street for good: Strongly Favors topic 9 Victim's Bill of Rights, including restitution for victims: Favors topic 9
Strongly Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+5 points on Economic scale)	Protect the rights of gun owners: Strongly Favors topic 10 Gun control doesn't work; moral choices do: Strongly Favors topic 10
Strongly Opposes topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (+5 points on Economic scale)	Cut budget by $700M, instead of raising taxes: Opposes topic 11 Commission to study state tax code & then cut taxes: Strongly Opposes topic 11 I am against raising anybody’s taxes: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Capital gains tax is a double tax: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Supports the Taxpayer Protection Pledge: Strongly Opposes topic 11
Opposes topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (-3 points on Social scale)	Expedite removal of those who are in the US unlawfully: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Official English unites Americans: Opposes topic 12 Humanitarian & political admissions OK; but not economic: Favors topic 12 Humanitarian & political admissions OK; but not economic: Opposes topic 12
Favors topic 13: Support & expand free trade (+2 points on Economic scale)	Use the WTO and NAFTA to insist on domestic interests: Favors topic 13 Focus on making the WTO work for American interests: Favors topic 13
Strongly Favors topic 14: Maintain US sovereignty from UN (+5 points on Social scale)	Don't place US forces under UN command: Strongly Favors topic 14
Strongly Favors topic 15: Expand the military (-5 points on Social scale)	Defense industry is economic bright spot for MS: Favors topic 15 Fund defense budget & support NATO: Strongly Favors topic 15 Political leadership; economic strength; military power: Strongly Favors topic 15 Fund defense budget & support NATO: Strongly Favors topic 15 The US must secure peace through strength and dominance: Strongly Favors topic 15 Adequate resources for readiness, as well as needed hardware: Strongly Favors topic 15 Need missile defense against blackmail and terrorism: Strongly Favors topic 15
No opinion on topic 16: Stricter limits on political campaign funds (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Opposes topic 17: Stay out of Iran (-5 points on Social scale)	Deny rogue countries access to WMD: Strongly Opposes topic 17
Strongly Opposes topic 18: Prioritize green energy (+5 points on Economic scale)	Supports $1.3 billion coal gasification plant: Opposes topic 18 Allow drilling in ANWR: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Stop harmful EPA regulation of greenhouse gas emissions: Strongly Opposes topic 18
Strongly Favors topic 19: Never legalize marijuana (-5 points on Social scale)	Ban synthetic marijuana: Strongly Favors topic 19 Fight the scourge of illegal narcotics with a vengeance: Favors topic 19 Reduced number of crystal methamphetamine labs: Favors topic 19 Wrong time to cut drug enforcement spending: Strongly Favors topic 19 Justice Dept.'s duty is narcotics trafficking: Favors topic 19
Opposes topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (-3 points on Economic scale)	Cut budget by $700M, instead of raising taxes: Opposes topic 20 Reduce government programs for more economic growth: Opposes topic 20