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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)	Protect a woman's right to have an abortion: Strongly Favors topic 1 Reverse Bush's tax cuts for the superrich: Favors topic 1 Give women a genuine right of free choice: Strongly Favors topic 1
Favors topic 2: Require companies to hire more women & minorities (2 points on Economic scale)	Speak out against racism in any form: Neutral on topic 2 Racism linked to permanent underclass; solve both together: Favors topic 2
Strongly Favors topic 3: Sexual orientation protected by civil rights laws (10 points on Social scale)	Support same-sex marriage and full legal equality: Strongly Favors topic 3 Gays have made progress; battle not yet won: Favors topic 3
Strongly Opposes topic 4: Permit prayer in public schools (10 points on Social scale)	No religious groups on public school property: Strongly Opposes topic 4
Strongly Favors topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (0 points on Economic scale)	Single player health care: Strongly Favors topic 5 Single payer system for all basic health needs: Strongly Favors topic 5
Strongly Opposes topic 6: Privatize Social Security (0 points on Economic scale)	Supports raising payroll tax; plus Lockbox: Opposes topic 6 More graduated taxes to pay for Social Security: Strongly Opposes topic 6
Strongly Opposes topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (0 points on Social scale)	More funding for public schools: Opposes topic 7 No public funding of private schools: Strongly Opposes topic 7
Strongly Opposes topic 8: Death Penalty (10 points on Social scale)	Eliminate the death penalty: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Abolish the death penalty: Strongly Opposes topic 8
Strongly Opposes topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (10 points on Social scale)	Full voting rights for felons: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Job training & prevention for juvenile crime: Strongly Opposes topic 9 End the prison industry: Strongly Opposes topic 9
Strongly Opposes topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (0 points on Social scale)	Gun rights apply only to states, not individuals: Strongly Opposes topic 10
Strongly Opposes topic 11: Decrease overall taxation of the wealthy (0 points on Economic scale)	Keep progressive income tax; drop marriage penalty: Strongly Opposes topic 11 More progressive taxation; especially on runaway industry: Strongly Opposes topic 11
Strongly Favors topic 12: Immigration helps our economy-encourage it (10 points on Economic scale)	More federal & state aid to immigrants: Strongly Favors topic 12 Amnesty for immigrants; grant them full rights: Strongly Favors topic 12
Strongly Opposes topic 13: Support & expand free trade (0 points on Economic scale)	Opposes NAFTA, GATT, WTO, Fast Track: Strongly Opposes topic 13 Oppose IMF, World Bank, and WTO: Strongly Opposes topic 13 WTO is an instrument of oppression: Strongly Opposes topic 13
Strongly Favors topic 14: Link human rights to trade with China (0 points on Social scale)	No China in WTO; but don’t link human rights to trade: Strongly Favors topic 14 Treat China and others with “radical humanism”: Favors topic 14
Strongly Opposes topic 15: More spending on armed forces (10 points on Economic scale)	Withdraw from Iraq; cut the military: Strongly Opposes topic 15 Cut Pentagon budget by 50%: Strongly Opposes topic 15 Take aim at the sacred cow of the military budget: Strongly Opposes topic 15
Favors topic 16: Reduce spending on missile defense (Star Wars) (2 points on Economic scale)	End nuclear testing; strive for zero nuclear weapons: Favors topic 16
Favors topic 17: Seek UN approval for military action (2 points on Economic scale)	International democracy over transnational corporations: Favors topic 17 Eliminate most foreign aid; it’s only for disasters: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Create non-US-based international peacekeepers: Favors topic 17 Stop bombing Yugoslavia; it breaches UN Charter: Favors topic 17
Strongly Favors topic 18: Reduce use of coal, oil, & nuclear energy (0 points on Economic scale)	Expand mass transit: Strongly Favors topic 18 Rebuild rail network & move away from fossil fuels: Strongly Favors topic 18
Strongly Opposes topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (10 points on Social scale)	Re-examine and repeal drug laws: Strongly Opposes topic 19 War on drugs is a failure; decriminalize: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Decriminalization instead of prisons: Strongly Opposes topic 19
Strongly Opposes topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (10 points on Social scale)	Housing, food, & health benefits for welfare recipients: Strongly Opposes topic 20