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)
Favors topic 1: Abortion is a woman's right (7 points on Social scale)	Protect a woman’s right to choose: Favors topic 1
Favors topic 2: Require companies to hire more women & minorities (2 points on Economic scale)	End racial profiling: Neutral on topic 2 Supports increased penalties for hate crimes: Favors topic 2 Consider race and sex in making state contract decisions: Strongly Favors topic 2
Opposes topic 3: Sexual orientation protected by civil rights laws (2 points on Social scale)	Resigned over gay affair, but opposes gay marriage: Opposes topic 3
Strongly Favors topic 4: Teach family values in public schools (0 points on Social scale)	Brought DARE and character education into schools: Strongly Favors topic 4 Supports back-to-basics and tougher standards: Favors topic 4
Favors topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (2 points on Economic scale)	More patient rights and senior protections: Favors topic 5 Supports programs for screening, immunization, & prevention: Favors topic 5 Supports funding mammograms and breast cancer treatment: Favors topic 5 Supports funding senior prescriptions & home health care: Favors topic 5
No opinion 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)	Fight to improve public schools: Strongly Opposes topic 7 Private school vouchers abandon the public schools: Strongly Opposes topic 7
Strongly Favors topic 8: Death Penalty (0 points on Social scale)	Expand the death penalty & life sentences: Strongly Favors topic 8 Prosecute juveniles as adults; death penalty for 16-yr-olds: Favors topic 8
Strongly Favors topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (0 points on Social scale)	More officer & more community policing: Favors topic 9 Supports Three Strikes and serving full sentences: Strongly Favors topic 9
Opposes topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (2 points on Social scale)	Maintain New Jersey’s tough gun laws: Opposes topic 10
Opposes topic 11: Decrease overall taxation of the wealthy (2 points on Economic scale)	Lower property taxes by fairer rules: Neutral on topic 11 Pay down debt; less taxes on seniors: Opposes topic 11
No opinion on topic 12: Illegal immigrants earn citizenship (5 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 13: Support & expand free trade (5 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 14: The Patriot Act harms civil liberties (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 15: More spending on armed forces (5 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 16: Stricter limits on political campaign funds (5 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 17: Replace US troops with UN in Iraq (5 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 18: Replace coal & oil with alternatives (0 points on Economic scale)	Oversaw revitalization of waterfront and parks: Favors topic 18 Sponsored the NJ Pollution Prevention Act: Favors topic 18 More open space protection to combat sprawl: Strongly Favors topic 18
Strongly Favors topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (0 points on Social scale)	Strengthen penalties for drug-related crimes: Strongly Favors topic 19
Favors topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (2 points on Social scale)	Supports minimum wage and medical leave: Opposes topic 20 Require unwed mothers to live at home to receive welfare: Favors topic 20 Require work to receive welfare: Favors topic 20