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)
Strongly Favors topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (+5 points on Social scale)	Supports public abortion funding: Strongly Favors topic 1 Supports churches providing birth control: Strongly Favors topic 1 I consider myself pro-choice: Strongly Favors topic 1
Strongly Favors topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (-5 points on Economic scale)	Endorsed as "preferred" by The Feminist Majority indicating pro-women's rights: Strongly Favors topic 2 Sponsored removing deadline for ratification of the ERA: Strongly Favors topic 2 More funding & services for victims of domestic violence: Strongly Favors topic 2 Enforce against wage discrimination based on gender: Strongly Favors topic 2 YES on reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act: Favors topic 2
Strongly Favors topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (+5 points on Social scale)	Supports same-sex marriage: Strongly Favors topic 3 Enforce against anti-gay discrimination in public schools: Strongly Favors topic 3
Neutral on topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (-5 points on Economic scale)	ObamaCare ensures access to affordable quality health care: Favors topic 5 Opposes repealing ObamaCare: Strongly Favors topic 5 Opposes repealing ObamaCare: Favors topic 5 Sponsored merging Alzheimers diagnosis and care benefit: Favors topic 5
Strongly Opposes topic 6: Privatize Social Security (-5 points on Economic scale)	Don't cut or privatize program that has been so successful: Strongly Opposes topic 6 Opposes personal retirement accounts: Strongly Opposes topic 6 Rated 90% by ARA, indicating a pro-Trust Fund stance: Strongly Opposes topic 6
Neutral on topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (0 points on Economic scale)	D.C. Opportunity Scholarship gives parents more options: Favors topic 7 Opposes school vouchers: Opposes topic 7
Neutral on topic 8: EPA regulations are too restrictive (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (-3 points on Social scale)	Rated 92% by the NAPO, indicating a tough-on-crime stance: Favors topic 9
Opposes topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (-3 points on Economic scale)	Supports restrictions on gun purchases: Opposes topic 10
Strongly Favors topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (-5 points on Economic scale)	Allow the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy to expire: Strongly Favors topic 11 Supports increasing tax rates: Strongly Favors topic 11 Opposes eliminating the inheritance tax: Strongly Favors topic 11 Supports an income tax increase: Favors topic 11
Strongly Favors topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (+5 points on Social scale)	Enact the DREAM Act's conditional path to citizenship: Strongly Favors topic 12 Support DREAM Act and more H1B1 visas: Favors topic 12 Opposes exiting US to apply for citizenship: Favors topic 12
Strongly Favors topic 13: Support & expand free trade (+5 points on Economic scale)	$25B more loans from Export-Import Bank: Strongly Favors topic 13
Opposes topic 14: Support American Exceptionalism (-3 points on Economic scale)	Condemn China's organ harvesting from Falun Gong prisoners: Opposes topic 14 $500M and 3,000 troops to Africa to fight Ebola: Opposes topic 14
Strongly Opposes topic 15: Expand the military (+5 points on Social scale)	Supports reducing defense spending: Strongly Opposes topic 15
Strongly Favors topic 16: Make voter registration easier (+5 points on Social scale)	Extend lobbying ban to 5 years; pass STOCK Act too: Favors topic 16 No photo IDs to vote; they suppress the vote: Favors topic 16 Establish "My Voice Voucher" small campaign contributions: Strongly Favors topic 16 Public financing of federal campaigns by voter vouchers: Favors topic 16 No separate contribution limits for party activities: Favors topic 16 Statehood for the District of Columbia: Favors topic 16
Neutral on topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 18: Prioritize green energy (-5 points on Economic scale)	Institute a revenue-neutral national carbon tax: Strongly Favors topic 18 Supports regulating greenhouse gas emissions: Strongly Favors topic 18
Neutral on topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (-3 points on Economic scale)	Supports federal stimulus spending: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Sponsored investing $1 billion in transportation projects: Favors topic 20 Raise the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour by 2016: Favors topic 20 NO on prioritizing spending in case debt limit is reached: Favors topic 20