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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)	Supports a woman's right to choose: Strongly Favors topic 1 Pro-choice but against partial-birth abortion: Favors topic 1 Supports Stem-Cell Research: Favors topic 1 Pro-choice but no partial birth abortions: Favors topic 1
Opposes topic 2: Require companies to hire more women & minorities (7 points on Economic scale)	Reduce regulations on private sector: Opposes topic 2
Favors topic 3: Sexual orientation protected by civil rights laws (7 points on Social scale)	Supports equal rights minus the use of marriage for gays: Favors topic 3 Supports national gay civil unions law: Strongly Favors topic 3 Include sexual orientation in discrimination & hate crimes: Strongly Favors topic 3 Restrict marriage to one man and one woman: 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)
Strongly Favors topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (0 points on Economic scale)	Health Care is a human right: Strongly Favors topic 5 Ensure access to basic health care: Strongly Favors topic 5
Favors topic 6: Privatize Social Security (7 points on Economic scale)	Invest up to 5% of payroll tax in personal accounts: Favors topic 6
Favors topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (7 points on Social scale)	Continue charter schools and other challenges to status quo: Favors topic 7
Strongly Favors topic 8: Death Penalty (0 points on Social scale)	Pro-death penalty; build more prisons: Strongly Favors topic 8
Strongly Favors topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (0 points on Social scale)	The root causes of crime are the criminals who engage in it: Favors topic 9 End parole for repeat violent offenders: Strongly Favors topic 9
Strongly Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (10 points on Social scale)	Second Amendment an integral part of our freedoms: Strongly Favors topic 10
Strongly Favors topic 11: Decrease overall taxation of the wealthy (10 points on Economic scale)	Supports cutting capital gains and dividend tax: Strongly Favors topic 11 Government has grown too big, so limit taxes: Favors topic 11 Make the Bush Tax Cuts permanent: Strongly Favors topic 11
No opinion on topic 12: Immigration helps our economy-encourage it (5 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 13: Support & expand free trade (5 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 14: Link human rights to trade with China (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 15: More spending on armed forces (2 points on Economic scale)	More funding for NYC security and PATRIOT Act: Favors topic 15
No opinion on topic 16: Reduce spending on missile defense (Star Wars) (5 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Opposes topic 17: Seek UN approval for military action (7 points on Economic scale)	Iraq: reject objections of the French and the United Nations: Opposes topic 17
Favors topic 18: Reduce use of coal, oil, & nuclear energy (2 points on Economic scale)	Protect resources and promote renewable energy sources: Favors topic 18
Favors topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (2 points on Social scale)	Stiffer penalties for drug-related crimes: 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)