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)
Favors topic 1: Abortion is a woman's right (+2 points on Social scale)	Record in US Congress in support of abortion rights: Favors topic 1
Favors topic 2: Require hiring more women & minorities (-3 points on Economic scale)	Establish a Women's Bureau in Dept. of Veterans Affairs: Favors topic 2
Neutral on topic 3: Same-sex domestic partnership benefits (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Opposes topic 4: Teacher-led prayer in public schools (+2 points on Social scale)	TV shows should have explicit viewer advisories: Favors topic 4 NO on giving federal aid only to schools allowing voluntary prayer: Strongly Opposes topic 4
Strongly Favors topic 8: Death Penalty (-5 points on Social scale)	NO on replacing death penalty with life imprisonment: Strongly Favors topic 8
Strongly Favors topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (-5 points on Social scale)	Life imprisonment for repeat sexual predators: Strongly Favors topic 9
Neutral on topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (-5 points on Economic scale)	Expand SCHIP and affordable health care: Strongly Favors topic 5
Opposes topic 6: Privatize Social Security (-3 points on Economic scale)	Put Medicare & Social Security dollars in a lockbox: Opposes topic 6
Neutral on topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 18: Replace coal & oil with alternatives (-5 points on Economic scale)	More fuel efficient cars & clean energy technology: Strongly Favors topic 18
Neutral on topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Opposes topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (-3 points on Economic scale)	Fully fund Head Start; Job Corps; and WIC food program: Opposes topic 20
Favors topic 11: Make taxes more progressive (-3 points on Economic scale)	Make employee educational assistance tax-deductible: Favors topic 11
Neutral on topic 12: Illegal immigrants earn citizenship (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Opposes topic 13: Support & expand free trade (-3 points on Economic scale)	Promote fair trade restricting Canadian wheat: Opposes topic 13
Strongly Opposes topic 15: Expand the armed forces (+5 points on Social scale)	Limited spending on B-2 bomber & Supercollider in 1990: Strongly Opposes topic 15
Strongly Favors topic 16: Stricter limits on political campaign funds (-5 points on Economic scale)	Require debates for recipients of public campaign financing: Strongly Favors topic 16 Constitutional Amendment for 4-year term limits in US House: Strongly Favors topic 16
Strongly Favors topic 14: The Patriot Act harms civil liberties (+5 points on Social scale)	Address abuses of electronic monitoring in the workplace: Strongly Favors topic 14
Strongly Favors topic 17: US out of Iraq (+5 points on Social scale)	Roberts delayed prewar intelligence to justify war in Iraq: Strongly Favors topic 17 Iraq War is based on assumptions that defy common sense: Strongly Favors topic 17