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)
Strongly Favors topic 1: Abortion is a woman's right (10 points on Social scale)	Fully pro-choice: Strongly Favors topic 1
Strongly Favors topic 2: Require companies to hire more women & minorities (0 points on Economic scale)	Encourage more women to join the economy: Strongly Favors topic 2
Strongly Favors topic 3: Sexual orientation protected by civil rights laws (10 points on Social scale)	Pro gay marriage and pro gay rights: Strongly Favors topic 3
Opposes topic 4: Teach family values in public schools (7 points on Social scale)	Intelligent Design has no place in public schools: Opposes topic 4
Opposes topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (7 points on Economic scale)	Combine with free market to cover everyone: Favors topic 5 Cap on lawsuit damages lowers healthcare cost: Strongly Opposes topic 5
Opposes topic 6: Privatize Social Security (2 points on Economic scale)	Supports means testing by income & assets: Opposes topic 6
Strongly Favors topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (10 points on Social scale)	Tax credits for students at non-public schools: Strongly Favors topic 7
No opinion on topic 8: Death Penalty (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Opposes topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (0 points on Social scale)	Second Amendment has conditions: Strongly Opposes topic 10 No lawsuit immunity for gun manufacturers: Opposes topic 10
Strongly Favors topic 11: Decrease overall taxation of the wealthy (10 points on Economic scale)	Supports flat tax statewide and federally: Strongly Favors topic 11
No opinion on topic 12: Illegal immigrants earn citizenship (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: The Patriot Act harms civil liberties (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Opposes topic 15: More spending on armed forces (10 points on Economic scale)	Withdraw from Iraq within 2-3 years: Strongly Opposes topic 15
No opinion on topic 16: Stricter limits on political campaign funds (5 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 17: Replace US troops with UN in Iraq (5 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 18: Replace coal & oil with alternatives (2 points on Economic scale)	Tax credits & incentives for alternative renewable energy: Strongly Favors topic 18 Fund research on nuclear fission: Opposes topic 18
Strongly Opposes topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (10 points on Social scale)	The war on drugs is a failure: Strongly Opposes topic 19
Strongly Opposes topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (10 points on Social scale)	Opposes taxpayer funded faith-based initiatives: Strongly Opposes topic 20