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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 unrestricted right (+2 points on Social scale)	Let states decide birth control and abortion laws: Favors topic 1 Supports abortion as a woman's right: Favors topic 1
Favors topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (-3 points on Economic scale)	Supports requiring companies to hire more women & minorities: Favors topic 2
Favors topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (+2 points on Social scale)	Supports same-sex domestic partnership benefits: Favors topic 3
Strongly Favors topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (-5 points on Social scale)	Supports teacher-led prayer in public schools: Favors topic 4 Support allowing churches to provide welfare services: Strongly Favors topic 4
Strongly Opposes topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (+5 points on Economic scale)	Health education instead of regulation: Opposes topic 5 Opposes more federal funding for health coverage: Opposes topic 5 Opposes more federal funding for health coverage: Strongly Opposes topic 5
Strongly Opposes topic 6: Privatize Social Security (-5 points on Economic scale)	Strongly opposes privatizing Social Security: Strongly Opposes topic 6
Opposes topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (-3 points on Economic scale)	Opposes school vouchers: Opposes topic 7
Opposes topic 8: EPA regulations are too restrictive (+2 points on Social scale)	Protect against corporate misbehavior: but EPA isn't the way: Strongly Favors topic 8 Provide true cost of products, including environmental cost: Opposes topic 8 Green community design plus high-speed rail: Strongly Opposes topic 8
Strongly Opposes topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (+5 points on Social scale)	Strongly opposes the death penalty: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Opposes mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws: Strongly Opposes topic 9
Strongly Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+5 points on Economic scale)	No federal, state, or local constraint on gun rights: Strongly Favors topic 10 Strongly supports absolute right to gun ownership: Strongly Favors topic 10
Strongly Favors topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (-5 points on Economic scale)	Make taxes progressive by taxing currency & stock trades: Strongly Favors topic 11
Favors topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (+2 points on Social scale)	Support illegal immigrants earning citizenship: Favors topic 12
Strongly Opposes topic 13: Support & expand free trade (-5 points on Economic scale)	Free Trade is a scam: Strongly Opposes topic 13 Oppose expanding free trade: Strongly Opposes topic 13
Strongly Favors topic 14: Support American Exceptionalism (+5 points on Economic scale)	End support to all regimes abroad, including Arabs & Israel: Strongly Favors topic 14 United Nations is incapacitated by lies from member states: Strongly Favors topic 14
Strongly Opposes topic 15: Expand the military (+5 points on Social scale)	Cut military-industrial complex back to $300 billion a year: Strongly Opposes topic 15 War is a racket: Phase out all overseas bases: Strongly Opposes topic 15 Shut down Dept. of Homeland Security & Cyber-Command: Strongly Opposes topic 15
Strongly Favors topic 16: Make voter registration easier (+5 points on Social scale)	We need electoral reforms to elect an honest government: Strongly Favors topic 16 Citizens United is a national disgrace: Strongly Favors topic 16 Stricter limits on political campaign funds: Strongly Favors topic 16
Strongly Favors topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (+5 points on Social scale)	ISIS and al Qaeda are joint creations of Saudi Arabia & CIA: Strongly Favors topic 17 US out of Iraq & Afghanistan: Strongly Favors topic 17
Favors topic 18: Prioritize green energy (-3 points on Economic scale)	Climate change is a circus to distract from real issues: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Corrupt government & industry retard renewable energy: Strongly Favors topic 18 We have plenty of energy in the USA, but it's corrupt: Favors topic 18 Strongly supports replacing coal & oil with alternatives: Strongly Favors topic 18
Strongly Opposes topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (+5 points on Social scale)	Get CIA and DEA out of the covert drug business: Opposes topic 19 Drug use is not a moral issue; legalize marijuana: Strongly Opposes topic 19
Opposes topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (+2 points on Economic scale)	Economic stimulus won't work under current corrupt system: Opposes topic 20