VoteMatch Responses (Click here for VoteMatch quiz)
VoteMatch Question & Answer (Click on question for explanation and background)	Based on these stances: (Click on topic for excerpt & citation)
Opposes topic 1: Abortion is a woman's right (2 points on Social scale)	No partial birth, and other restrictions: Opposes topic 1
Strongly Opposes topic 2: Require companies to hire more women & minorities (10 points on Economic scale)	Discontinue affirmative action programs: Strongly Opposes topic 2
Strongly Opposes topic 3: Sexual orientation protected by civil rights laws (0 points on Social scale)	Marriage is one man and one woman: Strongly Opposes topic 3
No opinion on topic 4: Permit prayer in public schools (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Opposes topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (7 points on Economic scale)	Encourage competition in the prescription drug market: Opposes topic 5
Opposes topic 6: Privatize Social Security (2 points on Economic scale)	Protect Social Security funds from use in other programs: Opposes topic 6
Strongly Favors topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (10 points on Social scale)	Give parents a choice if their kids' schools fail: Strongly Favors topic 7
Strongly Favors topic 8: Death Penalty (0 points on Social scale)	Support the federal death penalty: Strongly Favors topic 8
Strongly Favors topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (0 points on Social scale)	Supports truth in sentencing and mandatory drug sentences: Strongly Favors topic 9
Strongly Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (10 points on Social scale)	Repeal gun laws and ban suing gunmakers: Strongly Favors topic 10
Favors topic 11: Decrease overall taxation of the wealthy (7 points on Economic scale)	End estate tax and marriage penalty: Favors topic 11
Opposes topic 12: Immigration helps our economy-encourage it (2 points on Economic scale)	Official English, & detain people from terrorist countries: Opposes topic 12
Strongly Favors topic 13: Support & expand free trade (10 points on Economic scale)	Supports NAFTA and WTO: Strongly Favors topic 13
Strongly Favors topic 14: Link human rights to trade with China (0 points on Social scale)	Human rights in trade agreements but not worker rights: Strongly Favors topic 14
Strongly Favors topic 15: More spending on armed forces (0 points on Economic scale)	Increase spending on troops and intel: Strongly Favors topic 15
Strongly Opposes topic 16: Reduce spending on missile defense (Star Wars) (10 points on Economic scale)	Increase spending on weapons and maintain SDI: Strongly Opposes topic 16
Opposes topic 17: Seek UN approval for military action (7 points on Economic scale)	We don't want foreign policy to be dictated by France: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Commit US troops to UN peacekeeping missions: Favors topic 17
Favors topic 18: Reduce use of coal, oil, & nuclear energy (2 points on Economic scale)	Develop alternative fuels: Favors topic 18
Favors topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (2 points on Social scale)	Stricter interdiction and stricter sentencing: Favors topic 19
No opinion on topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)