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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 (+5 points on Social scale)	Women's right to control their bodies is nonnegotiable: Strongly Favors topic 1 Morning-after pill should be readily accessible: Strongly Favors topic 1
Strongly Favors topic 2: Require hiring more women & minorities (-5 points on Economic scale)	Community-owned businesses with inclusive employment: Strongly Favors topic 2
Strongly Favors topic 3: Same-sex domestic partnership benefits (+5 points on Social scale)	Same-sex domestic partnership benefits and civil marriage: Strongly Favors topic 3
Strongly Opposes topic 4: Teacher-led prayer in public schools (+5 points on Social scale)	Prayer in school means pain and disrespect for some: Strongly Opposes topic 4
Strongly Opposes topic 8: Death Penalty (+5 points on Social scale)	The death penalty must be abolished: Strongly Opposes topic 8
Strongly Opposes topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (+5 points on Social scale)	Mandatory sentencing must be abolished: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Prisons should be not-for-profit: Opposes topic 9
Strongly Opposes topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (-5 points on Economic scale)	Need to set forth gun control laws is urgent: Strongly Opposes topic 10
Favors topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (-3 points on Economic scale)	We need single-payer health care for NY and US: Strongly Favors topic 5 Don't force purchasing insurance from private insurers: Opposes topic 5
Strongly Opposes topic 6: Privatize Social Security (-5 points on Economic scale)	Public protections should not be privatized and subject risk: Strongly Opposes topic 6
Strongly Opposes topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (-5 points on Economic scale)	Charter schools should not be funded with public dollars: Strongly Opposes topic 7 School voucher system had racist origins: Strongly Opposes topic 7
Strongly Favors topic 18: Replace coal & oil with alternatives (-5 points on Economic scale)	Energy for the Living: green sources from wind & sun: Strongly Favors topic 18
Strongly Opposes topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (+5 points on Social scale)	Legalize medical marijuana and hemp crop production: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Return nonviolent offenders from prison to community: Opposes topic 19
Strongly Opposes topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (-5 points on Economic scale)	Government, not churches, should provide social services: Strongly Opposes topic 20
Strongly Favors topic 11: Make taxes more progressive (-5 points on Economic scale)	$800 billion doled out to Wall Street is not acceptable: Strongly Favors topic 11 Federal and state taxes must be strongly progressive: Strongly Favors topic 11
Strongly Favors topic 12: Illegal immigrants earn citizenship (+5 points on Social scale)	NAFTA and CAFTA force workers to immigrate to the US: Favors topic 12 All immigrants should have an equal right to citizenship: Strongly Favors topic 12
Strongly Opposes topic 13: Support & expand free trade (-5 points on Economic scale)	NAFTA is a hideous cancerous instrument of corporate power: Strongly Opposes topic 13
Strongly Opposes topic 15: Expand the armed forces (+5 points on Social scale)	All foreign bases should be closed within three years: Strongly Opposes topic 15 Cut the present defense budget by 50%: Strongly Opposes topic 15 Redirect billions spent on wars abroad on US infrastructure: Strongly Opposes topic 15
Strongly Favors topic 16: Stricter limits on political campaign funds (-5 points on Economic scale)	Full public financing of elections: Strongly Favors topic 16
Strongly Favors topic 14: The Patriot Act harms civil liberties (+5 points on Social scale)	Immediate repeal of the USA PATRIOT Act: Strongly Favors topic 14
Strongly Favors topic 17: US out of Iraq & Afghanistan (+5 points on Social scale)	End to all foreign wars is urgent: Strongly Favors topic 17