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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 Favors topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (+5 points on Social scale)	Don’t force women to have children when they’re not ready: Strongly Favors topic 1 Supports clinic access law & criminalizing obstruction: Favors topic 1 Pro-choice: Favors topic 1
Favors topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (-3 points on Economic scale)	Emphasized aggressive civil rights enforcement: Favors topic 2 Civil rights must be aggressively protected by government: Strongly Favors topic 2 Supported Lani Guinier’s call for quotas: Favors topic 2 Make civil rights & equal opportunity top priority: Favors topic 2 Accused of racism in Miami riots after McDuffie killing: Neutral on topic 2
Favors topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (+2 points on Social scale)	Dropped homosexuality as grounds for denying FBI employment: Favors topic 3 Refused to respond to sexual preference questionnaire: Favors topic 3
No opinion 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)	Health care & education are building blocks of healthy kids: Favors topic 5 End “rationing”; preventative health care for all: Strongly Favors topic 5 Served on Hillary’s task force & advocated its results: Favors topic 5
No opinion on topic 6: Privatize Social Security (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Opposes topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (-3 points on Economic scale)	Invest in public schools: Opposes topic 7
Strongly Opposes topic 8: Fight EPA regulatory over-reach (+5 points on Social scale)	Use the law to protect the environment: Strongly Opposes topic 8
Strongly Opposes topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (+5 points on Social scale)	Against mandatory sentencing for nonviolent crimes: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Opposes death penalty, but willing to apply it: Opposes topic 9 Look at potential for rehabilitation when sentencing kids: Opposes topic 9 Constitutional admentment to protect victims’ rights: Opposes topic 9 Incarcerate repeat offenders; alternatives for first offense: Opposes topic 9 Tried & failed to repeal mandatory minimum sentences: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Death penalty might be a deterrent, but never proven: Opposes topic 9 Opposes death penalty, but won 103 death convictions: Opposes topic 9 Only justification for death penalty is vengeance: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Early advocate of community policing: Opposes topic 9 Created victims’ advocacy program: Favors topic 9 Defendant protections result in better police work: Strongly Opposes topic 9
Strongly Opposes topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (-5 points on Economic scale)	As hard to get a gun license as to get a driver’s license: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Battle the NRA with common sense: Opposes topic 10 Waiting period for gun purchase; safety test for license: Strongly Opposes topic 10
No opinion on topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Opposes topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (-3 points on Social scale)	Sided with INS & against US relatives in Elian Gonzalez case: Opposes topic 12 Immigrants enrich us, but illegal immigrants cost us: Favors topic 12 Prosecuted 1000s of Cubans from Mariel boatlift: Opposes topic 12
Favors topic 13: Support & expand free trade (+2 points on Economic scale)	NAFTA will ease Mexican drug & immigration problems: Favors topic 13
No opinion on topic 14: Support American Exceptionalism (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 15: Expand the military (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 16: Make voter registration easier (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 18: Prioritize green energy (-3 points on Economic scale)	$30M penalty for oil spills against Koch Industries: Favors topic 18 Use the law to protect the environment: Favors topic 18
Strongly Opposes topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (+5 points on Social scale)	Do more for early intervention, as well as street work: Opposes topic 19 Created Drug Courts to give first offenders a second chance: Strongly Opposes topic 19 No mandatory drug sentences unless more prisons built: Opposes topic 19 Undercover cocaine investigations despite DEA protests: Opposes topic 19
Strongly Favors topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (-5 points on Economic scale)	Child care & health care to help transitioning welfare moms: Strongly Favors topic 20