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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)	Women should search their soul before deciding on abortion: Favors topic 1
Strongly Favors topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (-5 points on Economic scale)	End gender paycheck inequity & all gender favoritism: Strongly Favors topic 2
Strongly Favors topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (+5 points on Social scale)	Government should stay out of private matters like marriage: Favors topic 3 Feds SHOULD define marriage, but not as one-man-one-woman: Strongly Favors topic 3
No opinion on topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (-5 points on Economic scale)	There are good features in ObamaCare, like age-26 insurance: Favors topic 5 Nebraska Wellness Act covers uninsured and saves lives: Strongly Favors topic 5 No Medicare vouchers; keep government's promises: Strongly Favors topic 5
Strongly Opposes topic 6: Privatize Social Security (-5 points on Economic scale)	It's not an entitlement; and it shouldn't be privatized: Strongly Opposes topic 6 Keep promises made to the elderly: Opposes topic 6 Defend current retirement age, COLAs, and benefits: Strongly Opposes topic 6
Strongly Opposes topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (-5 points on Economic scale)	Treat public education as a basic right of citizenship: Strongly Opposes topic 7 Common Core: feds have an interest in common understanding: Opposes topic 7
No opinion on topic 8: Fight EPA regulatory over-reach (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Opposes topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (+5 points on Social scale)	Defended and exonerated death row inmates: Strongly Opposes topic 9
Opposes topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (-3 points on Economic scale)	Right to enjoy weapons should have restrictions: Opposes topic 10
Strongly Favors topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (-5 points on Economic scale)	Big corporations pay their fair share: Strongly Favors topic 11 A billionaire means $10K from pocket of 100,000 families: Strongly Favors topic 11
Strongly Favors topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (+5 points on Social scale)	Rounding up 11M people has financial and human cost: Strongly Favors topic 12
Opposes topic 13: Support & expand free trade (-3 points on Economic scale)	Stop allowing companies to outsource jobs: Opposes topic 13 Our jobs are outsourced; & debt owed to foreign competitors: Opposes topic 13
No opinion 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)	No cuts to veterans' pensions or benefits: Favors topic 15
Strongly Favors topic 16: Make voter registration easier (+5 points on Social scale)	Huge corporations are not citizens: Strongly Favors topic 16 United, we can get rid of bad laws & corporations: Favors topic 16
Favors topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (+2 points on Social scale)	No drones to kill Americans in foreign countries: Favors topic 17 No deployments to protect corporate investments abroad: Favors topic 17
Strongly Favors topic 18: Prioritize green energy (-5 points on Economic scale)	Impact of fossil fuels on our environment is real: Strongly Favors topic 18 Don't let Big Oil run pipelines through Nebraska: Favors topic 18
No opinion on topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (0 points on Social scale)	Feds need to address marijuana in bordering Colorado: Opposes topic 19 Legal structure is not ready legal marijuana: Favors topic 19
Opposes topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (+2 points on Economic scale)	Government must live within the budget: Opposes topic 20