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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 Opposes topic 1: Abortion is a woman's right (-5 points on Social scale)	Respects the sanctity of life and will fight to uphold it: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Opposes public abortion funding: Opposes topic 1 Opposes churches providing birth control: Opposes topic 1
Favors topic 2: Require hiring more women & minorities (-3 points on Economic scale)	Equal pay for women should start with politicians' staffers: Favors topic 2
Strongly Opposes topic 3: Same-sex domestic partnership benefits (-5 points on Social scale)	Define marriage as between one man and one woman: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Supports defining traditional marriage: Opposes topic 3
No opinion on topic 4: Teacher-led prayer in public schools (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 8: Death Penalty (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (-3 points on Social scale)	Endorsed by author of 1994 Three Strikes law: Favors topic 9
Strongly Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+5 points on Economic scale)	Opposes Senator Feinstein's "gun control agenda": Strongly Favors topic 10 Opposes restricting the Second Amendment: Favors topic 10
Strongly Opposes topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (+5 points on Economic scale)	Government-run health care is not the solution: Strongly Opposes topic 5 ObamaCare is poorly written and it needs to repealed: Strongly Opposes topic 5 The federal government should not provide healthcare: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Supports repealing ObamaCare: Strongly Opposes topic 5
Strongly Opposes topic 6: Privatize Social Security (-5 points on Economic scale)	Never alter or limit current benefits: Opposes topic 6 Safeguard Social Security for seniors with means test: Strongly Opposes topic 6
No opinion on topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Opposes topic 18: Replace coal & oil with alternatives (+5 points on Economic scale)	US should be drilling for oil in ANWR to reduce gas prices: Strongly Opposes topic 18
No opinion on topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Opposes topic 11: Make taxes more progressive (+5 points on Economic scale)	Relentlessly pursue free market capitalism: Strongly Opposes topic 11 I am committed to lower taxes & reduced federal spending: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Opposes increasing tax rates: Opposes topic 11 Supports eliminating the inheritance tax: Opposes topic 11
Strongly Opposes topic 12: Illegal immigrants earn citizenship (-5 points on Social scale)	Against amnesty because it would make problem worse: Strongly Opposes topic 12
Strongly Favors topic 13: Support & expand free trade (+5 points on Economic scale)	Free trade is a defining and great characteristic of US: Strongly Favors topic 13
Favors topic 15: Expand the armed forces (-3 points on Social scale)	Advocated for support totaling $24 million for veterans: Favors topic 15
Favors topic 16: Stricter limits on political campaign funds (-3 points on Economic scale)	Good ol' boys in Congress aren't open to citizens: Favors topic 16
No opinion on topic 14: The Patriot Act harms civil liberties (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Opposes topic 17: US out of Iraq & Afghanistan (-5 points on Social scale)	More US troops to Afghanistan--we must win this war: Strongly Opposes topic 17 We are better off for having removed Saddam Hussein: Strongly Opposes topic 17