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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 unrestricted right (-5 points on Social scale)	Apply 14th Amendment to the unborn: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Science demonstrates that the unborn are human: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Ban abortion after 20 weeks, or for sex selection: Opposes topic 1 Hobby Lobby ruling protects religious freedom: Opposes topic 1 Supports pre-birth personhood; and limitations on abortion: Strongly Opposes topic 1 1960s contraception led to more surgical abortions: Opposes topic 1 Roe denies fundamental rights to entire category of humans: Strongly Opposes topic 1
Strongly Opposes topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (+5 points on Economic scale)	I do not support affirmative action: Strongly Opposes topic 2
Strongly Opposes topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (-5 points on Social scale)	Government shouldn't redefine marriage: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Government should uphold one-man-one-woman marriage: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Support traditional marriage: don't let courts define it: Strongly Opposes topic 3
Strongly Favors topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (-5 points on Social scale)	Judeo-Christian values established our government framework: Strongly Favors topic 4 I support prayer in schools: Strongly Favors topic 4 Religious freedom is under attack by government: Strongly Favors topic 4 1988: Curbs on public prayer sparked Christian activism: Strongly Favors topic 4 Founders saw all humans as equal because God created that: Strongly Favors topic 4 1700s America had several states with established churches: Strongly Favors topic 4 Human rights are given by the Creator: Strongly Favors topic 4
Strongly Opposes topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (+5 points on Economic scale)	Repeal ObamaCare; it's not a government responsibility: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Replace ObamaCare with tax credits & special coverage: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Real universal healthcare: replace Obamacare with tax credit: Strongly Opposes topic 5
Opposes topic 6: Privatize Social Security (-3 points on Economic scale)	Structure is good but we have to make adjustments: Opposes topic 6 No means testing or other confiscatory schemes: Opposes topic 6 Cut payroll tax rate to reduce baby boom deficit: Opposes topic 6
Strongly Favors topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (+5 points on Economic scale)	End federal involvement in education: Strongly Favors topic 7 Expand school choice via Education Savings Accounts: Strongly Favors topic 7 Expand school choice through vouchers and credits: Strongly Favors topic 7
Favors topic 8: Fight EPA regulatory over-reach (-3 points on Social scale)	Supports human needs over animal rights: Favors topic 8
Favors topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (-3 points on Social scale)	Stricter punishment reduces crime: Favors topic 9
Strongly Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+5 points on Economic scale)	Opposes more gun restrictions: Strongly Favors topic 10 Gun violence rooted in social breakdown, not gun ownership: Strongly Favors topic 10 Debated who's most supportive of gun rights: Strongly Favors topic 10
Strongly Opposes topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (+5 points on Economic scale)	America's tax system is outrageously complicated: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Convinced Pres. Reagan to adopt radical tax-rate reductions: Strongly Opposes topic 11
No opinion on topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (0 points on Social scale)	Protect the borders; prevent illegal entry: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Support pathway to citizenship, plus guest workers: Favors topic 12 Earned path to legalization for 11 million illegals here now: Favors topic 12
Strongly Favors topic 13: Support & expand free trade (+5 points on Economic scale)	Support & expand free trade: Favors topic 13 Act on bilateral agreements with Colombia and South Korea: Strongly Favors topic 13
Favors topic 14: Support American Exceptionalism (+2 points on Economic scale)	Maintain US sovereignty from UN: Strongly Favors topic 14 Defense hawk and foreign-policy interventionist: Opposes topic 14
Strongly Favors topic 15: Expand the military (-5 points on Social scale)	Maintain a superior nuclear arsenal: Strongly Favors topic 15 Expand the military: Strongly Favors topic 15 Maintain strong defense; don't scale back anti-terrorism: Strongly Favors topic 15
Opposes topic 16: Make voter registration easier (-3 points on Social scale)	Photo ID for voting: Strongly Opposes topic 16 Higher campaign contributions will help non-incumbents: Opposes topic 16 Signed term limit pledge: 6 years House; 12 years Senate: Favors topic 16
Strongly Opposes topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (-5 points on Social scale)	Make sure Iran does not develop a nuclear weapons program: Strongly Opposes topic 17 US leadership on Iran nukes & on isolating Cuba: Strongly Opposes topic 17
Strongly Opposes topic 18: Prioritize green energy (+5 points on Economic scale)	No subsidies for wind and solar: Strongly Opposes topic 18 End $24 billion in green energy subsidies: Opposes topic 18 Supports fracking & Keystone pipeline: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Human-caused "climate change" is merely an elite narrative: Strongly Opposes topic 18
Strongly Favors topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (-5 points on Social scale)	Decriminalizing pot will only produce more pot users: Strongly Favors topic 19 Opposes drug legalization and marijuana decriminalization: Strongly Favors topic 19
Strongly Opposes topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (+5 points on Economic scale)	Restore the gold standard: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Market-led recovery instead of stimulus: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Quantitative Easing causes inflation; erodes social contract: Opposes topic 20 Gold standard helps people & small business: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Return to gold-dollar convertibility now: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Keynesianism is Marxism's mild-mannered nephew: Strongly Opposes topic 20