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)	Don't interfere with private medical decisions of women: Strongly Favors topic 1 Only a woman and her doctors have a say on pregnancy: Strongly Favors topic 1 Supports public funding for abortion services: Strongly Favors topic 1 Opposes legal protections starting at conception: Favors topic 1 Opposes defunding Planned Parenthood: Favors topic 1
Strongly Favors topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (-5 points on Economic scale)	Ratify treaty on Elimination of Discrimination Against Women: Strongly Favors topic 2
Strongly Favors topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (+5 points on Social scale)	Protect rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans* people: Strongly Favors topic 3 Opposes require businesses to serve gays equally: Strongly Favors topic 3 Opposes defining marriage as one-man-one-woman: Favors topic 3
Strongly Opposes topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (+5 points on Social scale)	Spiritually, I value love and compassion for all people: Opposes topic 4 Strogly opposes government based on Judeo-Christian values: Strongly Opposes topic 4 Opposes seeing religious liberty at risk: Opposes topic 4
Strongly Favors topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (-5 points on Economic scale)	Healthcare is a human right; insure the 33M uninsured: Strongly Favors topic 5 ObamaCare is a good start, but goal is single payer: Strongly Favors topic 5 Opposes repealing mandated health insurance: Strongly Favors topic 5 Opposes keeping the Affordable Care Act: Favors topic 5
Favors topic 6: Privatize Social Security (+2 points on Economic scale)	Remove cap on Social Security withholdings: Favors topic 6
Strongly Opposes topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (-5 points on Economic scale)	Supports common core as a nationwide academic standard: Strongly Opposes topic 7
Strongly Opposes topic 8: Fight EPA regulatory over-reach (+5 points on Social scale)	Keep public lands open: federal control instead of state: Strongly Opposes topic 8
Strongly Opposes topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (+5 points on Social scale)	Why so many people in prison? Why so many minorities?: Strongly Opposes topic 9 End private prisons; end profit in incarceration: Strongly Opposes topic 9
Strongly Opposes topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (-5 points on Economic scale)	More background checks; no guns to violent criminals: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Supports restrictions on right to bear arms: Opposes topic 10 Supports more restrictive gun control laws: Opposes topic 10
No opinion on topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (+5 points on Social scale)	Treat undocumented people as human beings: Strongly Favors topic 12 Opposes constructing a wall on our southern border: Favors 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)	Supports proper vetting for Syrian refugees: Favors topic 14
Strongly Opposes topic 15: Expand the military (+5 points on Social scale)	Opposes a numerically superior nuclear arsenal: Strongly Opposes topic 15
Strongly Favors topic 16: Make voter registration easier (+5 points on Social scale)	There is too much money in politics: it's legalized bribery: Strongly Favors topic 16 Supports voting without photo id requirement: Strongly Favors topic 16
Strongly Favors topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (+5 points on Social scale)	Supports seeing Islamic Sharia as no threat to the US: Strongly Favors topic 17 Supports addressing Islamic militants only if they attack US: Favors topic 17
Strongly Favors topic 18: Prioritize green energy (-5 points on Economic scale)	Directly tax coal, to fund solar and wind: Strongly Favors topic 18 Tax gasoline to support public transportation: Strongly Favors topic 18 Opposes restricting domestic oil exploration and drilling: Favors topic 18 Supports developing wind and solar energy: Strongly Favors topic 18
Strongly Opposes topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (+5 points on Social scale)	Get feds out of the way of states on marijuana policy: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Supports legalizing and regulating marijuana: Strongly Opposes topic 19
Strongly Favors topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (-5 points on Economic scale)	Raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour: Strongly Favors topic 20