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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)	Not proud that Delaware has highest abortion rate: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Funding to Planned Parenthood ok if not used for abortions: Opposes topic 1 Our rights are given to us by our Creator at our conception: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Opposes public abortion funding: Opposes topic 1 Supports parental notification for abortions: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Supports banning embryonic stem cell research: Opposes topic 1 Opposes churches providing birth control: Opposes topic 1
No opinion on topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Opposes topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (-5 points on Social scale)	Marriage is fundamental building block for any community: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Same-sex marriage is a "fringe issue" and a distraction: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Supports defining traditional marriage: Opposes topic 3 Supports banning military gay marriage: Opposes topic 3
Strongly Favors topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (-5 points on Social scale)	Let families pass on their faith without recrimination: Strongly Favors topic 4
Strongly Opposes topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (+5 points on Economic scale)	Affordable Care Act violates the Constitution: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Supports repealing ObamaCare: Strongly Opposes topic 5
No opinion on topic 6: Privatize Social Security (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (+2 points on Economic scale)	Department of Education has been an abysmal failure: Favors topic 7
Strongly Favors topic 8: Fight EPA regulatory over-reach (-5 points on Social scale)	EPA water authority is unaccountable & unconstitutional: Strongly Favors topic 8
No opinion on topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+2 points on Economic scale)	Opposes restricting the Second Amendment: Favors topic 10
Strongly Opposes topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (+5 points on Economic scale)	It's not hard to come here legally; follow the right away: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Tax code adds 12.5 percent to the cost of everything: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Remove deductions and loopholes so GE pays some tax: Favors topic 11 We're passing on a lifetime of cruel punitive taxation: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Supports the Taxpayer Protection Pledge: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Opposes increasing tax rates: Opposes topic 11 Supports eliminating the inheritance tax: Opposes topic 11
Strongly Opposes topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (-5 points on Social scale)	Secure the border; return lost children to home countries: Strongly Opposes topic 12
No opinion on topic 13: Support & expand free trade (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 14: Support American Exceptionalism (+2 points on Economic scale)	Aid Israel & serve as a transformative force in Mideast: Favors topic 14
Strongly Favors topic 15: Expand the military (-5 points on Social scale)	Welcome home America's veterans and serve them: Strongly Favors topic 15
Favors topic 16: Make voter registration easier (+2 points on Social scale)	Career politicians can't change Washington: Favors topic 16
Opposes topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (-3 points on Social scale)	Unwinnable situation in Afghanistan & all of Mideast: Favors topic 17 Our people will bow to no King and to no mortal man: Strongly Opposes topic 17
Strongly Opposes topic 18: Prioritize green energy (+5 points on Economic scale)	Lottery to distribute 600M acres of oil and gas resources: Strongly Opposes topic 18 More oil drilling on U.S. soil: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Don't raise taxes on gas by 25 cents per gallon: Strongly Opposes topic 18
No opinion on topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Opposes topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (+5 points on Economic scale)	Don't pass on a lifetime sentence of foreign debt: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Trust ourselves to make their own choices: Opposes topic 20