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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 right (10 points on Social scale)	Women's right to reproductive choice is inviolate: Strongly Favors topic 1 Pro-lifers should fight poverty to make abortions rarer: Favors topic 1
Favors topic 2: Require companies to hire more women & minorities (2 points on Economic scale)	Supports passage of the equal rights amendment: Favors topic 2
Strongly Favors topic 3: Sexual orientation protected by civil rights laws (10 points on Social scale)	End apartheid against the gay community: Strongly Favors topic 3 Same-sex unions are no threat, protect essential rights: Strongly Favors topic 3
No opinion on topic 4: Teach family values in public schools (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (0 points on Economic scale)	My vision includes universal health care.: Strongly Favors topic 5
Opposes topic 6: Privatize Social Security (2 points on Economic scale)	There is no social security crisis; we need fiscal sanity: Opposes topic 6
Strongly Opposes topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (0 points on Social scale)	Vouchers undermine public education, don't help most people: Strongly Opposes topic 7
No opinion on topic 8: Death Penalty (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Opposes topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (0 points on Social scale)	Irresponsible gun policy is a plague on our nation: Opposes topic 10 Supports limits on weapons & sales, and closing loopholes: Strongly Opposes topic 10 One-a-month handgun limit: Opposes topic 10
No opinion on topic 11: Decrease overall taxation of the wealthy (5 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 12: Illegal immigrants earn citizenship (5 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Opposes topic 13: Support & expand free trade (0 points on Economic scale)	Trade is beneficial only if there's a level playing field: Opposes topic 13 Replace NAFTA & CAFTA with bilateral fair-trade agreements: Strongly Opposes topic 13
No opinion on topic 14: The Patriot Act harms civil liberties (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Opposes topic 15: More spending on armed forces (10 points on Economic scale)	No pre-emptive war: Strongly Opposes topic 15
No opinion on topic 16: Stricter limits on political campaign funds (5 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 17: Replace US troops with UN in Iraq (2 points on Economic scale)	Rebuild alliances throughout the world: Favors topic 17 Focus on real threats abroad and real security at home: Favors topic 17 Shred Bush's preemptive war doctrine: Favors topic 17
Strongly Favors topic 18: Replace coal & oil with alternatives (0 points on Economic scale)	Long-term energy plan to make US energy independent: Favors topic 18 Less fossil fuel use good for security, economy, diplomacy: Strongly Favors topic 18
No opinion on topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)