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Neutral on topic 1:
Abortion is a woman's right
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Neutral on topic 2:
Require companies to hire more women & minorities
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Neutral on topic 3:
Sexual orientation protected by civil rights laws
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Strongly Favors topic 4:
Permit prayer in public schools
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YES on giving federal aid only to schools allowing voluntary prayer: Strongly Favors topic 4
Neutral on topic 5:
More federal funding for health coverage
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Favors topic 6:
Privatize Social Security
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Reduce taxes on Social Security earnings: Favors topic 6
Neutral on topic 7:
Parents choose schools via vouchers
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Strongly Favors topic 8:
Death Penalty
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More prisons, more enforcement, effective death penalty: Favors topic 8
NO on replacing death penalty with life imprisonment: Strongly Favors topic 8
YES on making federal death penalty appeals harder: Strongly Favors topic 8
NO on maintaining right of habeus corpus in Death Penalty Appeals: Favors topic 8
Neutral on topic 9:
Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws
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Neutral on topic 10:
Absolute right to gun ownership
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Favors topic 11:
Decrease overall taxation of the wealthy
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Repeal marriage tax; cut middle class taxes: Favors topic 11
Neutral on topic 12:
Immigration helps our economy-encourage it
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Neutral on topic 13:
Support & expand free trade
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Neutral on topic 14:
Link human rights to trade with China
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Neutral on topic 15:
More spending on armed forces
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Neutral on topic 16:
Reduce spending on missile defense (Star Wars)
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Opposes topic 17:
Seek UN approval for military action
(7 points on Economic scale)
No US troops under UN command; more defense spending: Opposes topic 17
Neutral on topic 18:
Reduce use of coal, oil, & nuclear energy
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Neutral on topic 19:
Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it
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Favors topic 20:
Allow churches to provide welfare services
(2 points on Social scale)
Limit welfare to 2 years & cut welfare spending: Favors topic 20

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Presidential:
George W. Bush (GOP)
V.P.Dick Cheney (GOP-V.P.)
Sen.John Kerry (Dem.)
Sen.John Edwards (Dem.V.P.)
Ralph Nader (Reform)
Peter Camejo (Reform V.P.)
David Cobb (Green)
Michael Badnarik (Libertarian)
Michael Peroutka (Constitution)

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Abortion
Budget/Economy
China
Civil Rights
Crime
Defense
Drugs
Education
Environment
Families
Foreign Policy
Free Trade
Govt. Reform
Gun Control
Health Care
Immigration
Labor/Farming
Principles
School Choice
Social Security
Tax Reform
Technology
War/Peace
Welfare/Poverty