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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 (+5 points on Social scale)	I would not work to take away the right of a woman's choice: Strongly Favors topic 1 Encouraging abstinence is rooted in denial: Favors topic 1
Strongly Favors topic 2: Require hiring more women & minorities (-5 points on Economic scale)	Support affirmative action in college and gov't contracts: Strongly Favors topic 2
Favors topic 3: Same-sex domestic partnership benefits (+2 points on Social scale)	Civil unions are ok: Favors topic 3
No opinion on topic 4: Teacher-led prayer in public schools (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 8: Death Penalty (-3 points on Social scale)	Support the use of the death penalty: Favors topic 8
Opposes topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (+2 points on Social scale)	Drug treatment and vocational programs for inmates: Opposes topic 9
Opposes topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (-3 points on Economic scale)	Extend ban on assault weapons: Opposes topic 10
Strongly Favors topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (-5 points on Economic scale)	Bring affordable and accessible healthcare to all: Strongly Favors topic 5 Save Medicare from private plans and HMOs: Strongly Favors topic 5
Strongly Opposes topic 6: Privatize Social Security (-5 points on Economic scale)	Vigorously resist any attempt to privatize Social Security: Strongly Opposes topic 6
Strongly Opposes topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (-5 points on Economic scale)	More funding for Kansas's public schools: Strongly Opposes topic 7
Strongly Favors topic 18: Replace coal & oil with alternatives (-5 points on Economic scale)	Invest in green technology like ethanol and wind energy: Strongly Favors topic 18 Help solve US oil addiction with ethanol: Favors topic 18 Promote alternative fuels, not ANWR drilling: Strongly Favors topic 18
Favors topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (-3 points on Social scale)	More money for borders & Colombia for war on drugs: Strongly Favors topic 19 More drug education and drug treatment programs: Opposes topic 19
Favors topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (+2 points on Economic scale)	Supports welfare block grants to states: Favors topic 20
Favors topic 11: Make taxes more progressive (-3 points on Economic scale)	Repeal the Bush tax cut on the wealthiest 1%: Strongly Favors topic 11 Abolish estate tax for estates under $5 million: Opposes topic 11
Opposes topic 12: Illegal immigrants earn citizenship (-3 points on Social scale)	Establish official English: Opposes topic 12
Strongly Opposes topic 13: Support & expand free trade (-5 points on Economic scale)	NAFTA converted a farm export surplus into falling prices: Strongly Opposes topic 13 Reverse decades of free-trade-at-any cost policies: Strongly Opposes topic 13 Congressional amendments of all "free trade agreements": Strongly Opposes topic 13
Favors topic 15: Expand the armed forces (-3 points on Social scale)	More spending on Armed Forces personnel & readiness: Favors topic 15
No opinion on topic 16: Stricter limits on political campaign funds (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 14: The Patriot Act harms civil liberties (+2 points on Social scale)	Bring America back to international high moral standing: Favors topic 14
Strongly Favors topic 17: US out of Iraq (+5 points on Social scale)	Bush policy alienates US from our traditional allies: Favors topic 17 Financial and military support for the UN: Strongly Favors topic 17