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 unrestricted right (+5 points on Social scale)	Offer abortion services free to women at the poverty level: Strongly Favors 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 Favors topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (+5 points on Social scale)	Recognize gay marriages & civil unions from abroad in visas: Strongly Favors topic 3
Strongly Opposes topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (+5 points on Social scale)	No religious oaths for public office, juries, or citizenship: Strongly Opposes topic 4
Strongly Favors topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (-5 points on Economic scale)	Full-time advocate for single payer health care system: Strongly Favors topic 5 Illusion that ObamaCare is a step towards single-payer: Strongly Favors topic 5 Thousands die each year when excluding from adequate care: Strongly Favors topic 5
No opinion on topic 6: Privatize Social Security (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Opposes topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (-5 points on Economic scale)	Replace No Child Left Behind with professional teachers: Strongly Opposes topic 7
Strongly Opposes topic 8: Fight EPA regulatory over-reach (+5 points on Social scale)	Environmental justice: Corporations responsible for damage: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Water should be tested for radioactivity and heavy metals: Strongly Opposes topic 8
Strongly Opposes topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (+5 points on Social scale)	Racial justice: end disparities in incarceration: Strongly Opposes topic 9
Strongly Opposes topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (-5 points on Economic scale)	More background checks; more ammo limits; more regulations: Strongly Opposes topic 10
No opinion on topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (0 points on Economic scale)	Wealth divide makes capitalism dangerous to the 99%: Strongly Favors topic 11 Negative income tax for guaranteed basic income: Strongly Opposes topic 11
No opinion on topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Opposes topic 13: Support & expand free trade (-5 points on Economic scale)	Movement against corporate rigged trade agreements like TPP: Strongly Opposes topic 13
Strongly Opposes topic 14: Support American Exceptionalism (-5 points on Economic scale)	End U.S. global hegemony and become cooperative partner: Strongly Opposes topic 14
Strongly Opposes topic 15: Expand the military (+5 points on Social scale)	Empire Economy: projects the Pentagon rejects get funded: Strongly Opposes topic 15
Favors topic 16: Make voter registration easier (+2 points on Social scale)	Signed term limit pledge: 6 years House; 12 years Senate: Favors topic 16
Strongly Favors topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (+5 points on Social scale)	ISIS is a symptom of the failure of "War on Terror": Strongly Favors topic 17 Iran nuke deal is first step towards normalizing relations: Strongly Favors topic 17
Strongly Favors topic 18: Prioritize green energy (-5 points on Economic scale)	Transition to a carbon-free, nuclear-free energy economy: Strongly Favors topic 18 World will reach the limits of its carbon budget in 2018: Strongly Favors 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 Favors topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (-5 points on Economic scale)	Federal Reserve is over-leveraged, like in 2008 crash: Favors topic 20 Break up big banks & criminally prosecute their CEOs: Strongly Favors topic 20 Guaranteed basic income of $1,000 per month per person: Strongly Favors topic 20