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)	Pro-choice; boycotted GOP convention for social backwardness: Strongly Favors topic 1 Supports public funding of abortions: Strongly Favors topic 1 Opposes parental notification: Strongly Favors topic 1 Opposes barring stem cell research: Favors topic 1
Favors topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (-3 points on Economic scale)	Opposed $200K reduction to blind job program: Favors topic 2 Supported $900K for disability & mentoring aid: Favors topic 2 Opposed "Turning 22" mental disability program: Favors topic 2
Strongly Favors topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (+5 points on Social scale)	Voted NO on defining marriage as one man and one woman: Strongly Favors topic 3 Endorsed Endorsed by Log Cabin Republicans; supports gay rights: Favors topic 3 Overturn CA Prop. 8: Let gays marry: Strongly Favors topic 3 Opposes barring same sex marriage: Strongly Favors topic 3 Supports homosexual civil rights: Favors topic 3 Opposes forcing military gay marriages: Opposes topic 3
Favors topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (-3 points on Social scale)	Voted NO on allowing parents on welfare to attend school: Favors topic 4
Opposes topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (+2 points on Economic scale)	Undo the damage ObamaCare has done: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Voted YES on Constitutional call for universal health care: Strongly Favors topic 5 Supported $10M cut in the uncompensated care pool: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Supports repealing Obamacare: Strongly Opposes topic 5
Opposes topic 6: Privatize Social Security (-3 points on Economic scale)	Protect, strengthen, & preserve Medicare and Social Security: Opposes topic 6
Strongly Favors topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (+5 points on Economic scale)	Opposed federal school breakfast supplement: Favors topic 7 Supports education vouchers: Strongly Favors topic 7
Strongly Favors topic 8: EPA regulations are too restrictive (-5 points on Social scale)	Supported cuts in Water Management Act enforcement: Strongly Favors topic 8 Voted NO on reduced fees for blood lead level testing: Favors topic 8
Strongly Favors topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (-5 points on Social scale)	Opposed funding Mass Correctional Legal Services: Strongly Favors topic 9
Strongly Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+5 points on Economic scale)	Opposes restrictiing right to bear arms: Strongly Favors topic 10
Opposes topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (+2 points on Economic scale)	Lower the U.S. corporate tax rate: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Voted YES on municipal meals tax, in addition to state tax: Favors topic 11 Opposes increasing federal income taxes: Opposes topic 11
Opposes topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (-3 points on Social scale)	Opposed two-way bilingual programs; supported English-only: Opposes topic 12
Favors topic 13: Support & expand free trade (+2 points on Economic scale)	Voted YES on International Trade Council to promote exports: Favors topic 13
Neutral on topic 14: Support American Exceptionalism (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 15: Expand the military (-3 points on Social scale)	Ensure that veterans have resources available: Favors topic 15
Neutral on topic 16: Make voter registration easier (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Neutral on topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Neutral on topic 18: Prioritize green energy (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Neutral on topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Opposes topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (+5 points on Economic scale)	We must admit we have a spending problem: Strongly Opposes topic 20