Ruth Ann Minner on VoteMatch

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Strongly Favors topic 1: Abortion is a woman's right (+5 points on Social scale)	Abortions should always be legal; cloning only sometimes: Strongly Favors topic 1 Endorsed Recommended by EMILY's List of pro-choice women: Favors topic 1
Favors topic 2: Require hiring more women & minorities (-3 points on Economic scale)	Recruit minorities for state hiring, but no quotas: Favors topic 2 Support principles embodied in the Equal Rights Amendment: Favors topic 2
Favors topic 3: Same-sex domestic partnership benefits (+2 points on Social scale)	Civil unions yes; marriage no: Favors topic 3
Opposes topic 4: Teacher-led prayer in public schools (+2 points on Social scale)	Include abstinence AND contraception in sex ed: Opposes topic 4
Strongly Favors topic 8: Death Penalty (-5 points on Social scale)	Supports the death penalty: Strongly Favors topic 8
Favors topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (-3 points on Social scale)	Build more prisons; end parole for violent criminals: Strongly Favors topic 9 Supports flexible federal block grants for crime programs: Neutral on topic 9
Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+2 points on Economic scale)	Strengthen existing gun laws; require child safety locks: Favors topic 10
Strongly Favors topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (-5 points on Economic scale)	Ensure that citizens have access to basic health care: Strongly Favors topic 5
No opinion on topic 6: Privatize Social Security (0 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
Strongly Opposes topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (-5 points on Economic scale)	More funding for teachers & school infrastructure: Strongly Opposes topic 7 Improve and invest in public schools: Opposes topic 7
Favors topic 18: Replace coal & oil with alternatives (-3 points on Economic scale)	Livable Delaware: channel development against sprawl: Favors topic 18
No opinion on topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (0 points on Economic scale)	Promote the next generation of welfare reform: Opposes topic 20 Maintain flexibility & funding levels for TANF block grants: Favors topic 20
Favors topic 11: Make taxes more progressive (-3 points on Economic scale)	$12B in federal economic stimulus as state block grants: Favors topic 11
No opinion on topic 12: Illegal immigrants earn citizenship (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 15: Expand the armed forces (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 16: Stricter limits on political campaign funds (-5 points on Economic scale)	Donation limits but no spending limits for campaigns: Strongly Favors topic 16
No opinion on topic 14: The Patriot Act harms civil liberties (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 17: US out of Iraq & Afghanistan (0 points on Social scale)	Include states in anti-terrorism planning: Neutral on topic 17