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| VoteMatch Question & Answer (Click on question for explanation and background) |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
