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 (7 points on Social scale)	Supports family planning to reduce abortions: Favors topic 1
No opinion on topic 2: Require companies to hire more women & minorities (5 points on Economic scale)	Ban racial profiling: Neutral on topic 2
No opinion on topic 3: Sexual orientation protected by civil rights laws (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 4: Permit prayer in public schools (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (2 points on Economic scale)	Maintain Medicare funding of HMO benefits: Favors topic 5 Protect state tobacco settlement funds from federal seizure: Neutral on topic 5
No opinion on topic 6: Privatize Social Security (5 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 8: Death Penalty (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (2 points on Social scale)	Supports “Most Wanted” web site: Favors topic 9 Supports building new prisons: Favors topic 9 Early intervention & accountability for juvenile crime: Opposes topic 9
No opinion on topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 11: Decrease overall taxation of the wealthy (5 points on Economic scale)	Supported $200 million tax cut in Missouri: Neutral on topic 11 No national sales tax or VAT: Neutral on topic 11
Favors topic 12: Immigration helps our economy-encourage it (7 points on Economic scale)	Ease Canadian border-crossing rules: Favors topic 12
Favors topic 13: Support & expand free trade (7 points on Economic scale)	Ease Canadian border-crossing rules: Favors topic 13 Grant fast-track authority to the President: Favors topic 13
No opinion on topic 14: Link human rights to trade with China (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 15: More spending on armed forces (5 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 16: Reduce spending on missile defense (Star Wars) (5 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 17: Seek UN approval for military action (5 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 18: Reduce use of coal, oil, & nuclear energy (2 points on Economic scale)	Supports pollution prevention and CO2 reduction: Strongly Favors topic 18 Replace MTBE in gasoline with cleaner ethanol: Neutral on topic 18 Voluntary partnerships reduce greenhouse gases economically: Neutral on topic 18 Kyoto Treaty must include reductions by all countries: Opposes topic 18
No opinion on topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (5 points on Social scale)	Good parenting is the best ‘anti-drug’ we have: Opposes topic 19 More federal funding for all aspects of Drug War: Favors topic 19
Strongly Favors topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (0 points on Social scale)	Supports welfare-to-work: Favors topic 20 Let private organizations deliver social services: Strongly Favors topic 20 Support LIHEAP, low-income heating assistance: Favors topic 20