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VoteMatch Question & Answer (Click on question for explanation and background)	Based on these stances: (Click on topic for excerpt & citation)
No opinion on topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (-3 points on Economic scale)	Support principles embodied in the Equal Rights Amendment: Favors topic 2
No opinion on topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (-3 points on Economic scale)	More federal funding for rural health services: Favors topic 5 Protect state tobacco settlement funds from federal seizure: Neutral on topic 5
Favors topic 6: Privatize Social Security (+2 points on Economic scale)	Maintain federal Social Services Block Grant funding: Favors topic 6 Maintain long-term solvency of Social Security and Medicare: Opposes topic 6 Maintain federal funding of Social Services Block Grants: Favors topic 6
Opposes topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (-3 points on Economic scale)	14.8% increase in funding for public education: Opposes topic 7
Opposes topic 8: Fight EPA regulatory over-reach (+2 points on Social scale)	Spruce up, clean up and keep up our state parks: Strongly Opposes topic 8 More state autonomy on brownfields & Superfund cleanups: Favors topic 8 Create block grants for Agricultural Stewardship: Neutral on topic 8 Focus on prevention and states for Endangered Species: Strongly Opposes topic 8 State primacy over water quantity & quality issues: Favors topic 8
Favors topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (-3 points on Social scale)	Supports flexible federal block grants for crime programs: Neutral on topic 9 Zero tolerance for violence against government employees: Neutral on topic 9 Tougher juvenile crime penalties; but let states set them: Favors topic 9
No opinion on topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (0 points on Economic scale)	No national sales tax or VAT: Neutral on topic 11 Federal tax incentives for energy, with state decisions: Neutral on topic 11
No opinion on topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (0 points on Social scale)	Share costs of legal immigration between states & federal: Neutral on topic 12 Federal government should deal with criminal repatriation: Neutral on topic 12
No opinion on topic 13: Support & expand free trade (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
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)	Include states in anti-terrorism planning: Neutral on topic 17
Opposes topic 18: Prioritize green energy (+2 points on Economic scale)	Ban nuclear waste & fuel rods from the state: Neutral on topic 18 Voluntary partnerships reduce greenhouse gases economically: Neutral on topic 18 Kyoto Treaty must include reductions by all countries: Opposes topic 18 Collaborative, incentive driven, locally-based solutions: Neutral on topic 18
Opposes topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (+2 points on Social scale)	Drug Courts are working; expand them statewide: Strongly Opposes topic 19 More federal funding for all aspects of Drug War: Favors topic 19 States should make drug policy, not feds: Neutral on topic 19
Strongly Favors topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (-5 points on Economic scale)	Highest priority is “economic transition”: Strongly Favors topic 20