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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 right (-5 points on Social scale)	Abortion is not a woman's right: Strongly Opposes topic 1
Opposes topic 2: Require hiring more women & minorities (+2 points on Economic scale)	Don't require hiring women and minorities: Opposes topic 2
Strongly Opposes topic 3: Same-sex domestic partnership benefits (-5 points on Social scale)	Sexual orientation not protected by civil rights laws: Strongly Opposes topic 3
Favors topic 4: Teacher-led prayer in public schools (-3 points on Social scale)	Teach family values in schools: Favors topic 4
Favors topic 8: Death Penalty (-3 points on Social scale)	Supports death penalty: Favors topic 8
Strongly Favors topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (-5 points on Social scale)	Supports mandatory Three Strikes laws: Strongly Favors topic 9
Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+2 points on Economic scale)	Absolute right to gun ownership: Favors topic 10
Opposes topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (+2 points on Economic scale)	No additional federal funding for health care: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Drug benefit in Medicare, now: Favors topic 5
Opposes topic 6: Privatize Social Security (-3 points on Economic scale)	Privatize social security: Favors topic 6 Maintain current system & Trust Fund: Strongly Opposes topic 6
Strongly Favors topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (+5 points on Economic scale)	Parents choose schools via vouchers": Favors topic 7 Subsidize school choice: Strongly Favors topic 7
Opposes topic 18: Replace coal & oil with alternatives (+2 points on Economic scale)	Coal and oil over alternatives: Opposes topic 18
Strongly Favors topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (-5 points on Social scale)	Drug use is immoral, enforce laws against it: Strongly Favors topic 19
Favors topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (+2 points on Economic scale)	Allow churches to provide welfare services: Favors topic 20
Strongly Opposes topic 11: Make taxes more progressive (+5 points on Economic scale)	Don't make taxes more progressive: Opposes topic 11 Make the Bush tax cut permanent: Opposes topic 11 Reduce Capital Gains tax rate from 20% to 15%: Strongly Opposes topic 11 End the death tax: it’s double taxation: Opposes topic 11
Strongly Opposes topic 12: Illegal immigrants earn citizenship (-5 points on Social scale)	Illegal immigrants shouldn't earn citizenship: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Ban immigration from terrorist sponsoring nations: Opposes topic 12
Favors topic 13: Support & expand free trade (+2 points on Economic scale)	Support and expand free trade: Favors topic 13
Strongly Favors topic 15: Expand the armed forces (-5 points on Social scale)	More spending on armed forces: Strongly Favors topic 15
Strongly Opposes topic 16: Stricter limits on political campaign funds (+5 points on Economic scale)	Fewer limits on political campaign funds: Strongly Opposes topic 16
Strongly Opposes topic 14: The Patriot Act harms civil liberties (-5 points on Social scale)	Supports the Patriot act: Strongly Opposes topic 14
Opposes topic 17: US out of Iraq (-3 points on Social scale)	Don't replace US troops with UN troops in Iraq: Opposes topic 17 Reconsider aid to terror-sponsoring nations: Opposes topic 17