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 right (+5 points on Social scale)	Supports Roe v. Wade trimester system: Strongly Favors topic 1
Strongly Favors topic 2: Require hiring more women & minorities (-5 points on Economic scale)	Supports government and corporate affirmative action plans: Strongly Favors topic 2
Strongly Favors topic 3: Same-sex domestic partnership benefits (+5 points on Social scale)	The freedom to marry is a fundamental right, even for gays: Strongly Favors topic 3 Equal means equal, for sexual orientation: Strongly Favors topic 3
Strongly Opposes topic 4: Teacher-led prayer in public schools (+5 points on Social scale)	Families impart family values, not public schools: Strongly Opposes topic 4
Strongly Opposes topic 8: Death Penalty (+5 points on Social scale)	Death penalty is an outdated practice: Strongly Opposes topic 8
Strongly Opposes topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (+5 points on Social scale)	Opposes Three Strikes sentencing laws: Strongly Opposes topic 9
Strongly Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+5 points on Economic scale)	Gun ownership is a fundamental right: Strongly Favors topic 10
Strongly Favors topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (-5 points on Economic scale)	Replace failed private health system with national program: Strongly Favors topic 5 Supports Universal Single Payer National Health Care: Strongly Favors topic 5
Strongly Opposes topic 6: Privatize Social Security (-5 points on Economic scale)	Social Security cannot be replaced by individual plans: Strongly Opposes topic 6
Strongly Opposes topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (-5 points on Economic scale)	Opposes school vouchers: Strongly Opposes topic 7
Strongly Favors topic 18: Replace coal & oil with alternatives (-5 points on Economic scale)	Support carbon taxes on industry: Strongly Favors topic 18 Dramatic increase in wind, solar and hydro-electric power: Strongly Favors topic 18
Strongly Opposes topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (+5 points on Social scale)	Punishment rather than drug treatment does not work: Strongly Opposes topic 19
Strongly Opposes topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (-5 points on Economic scale)	Separate government welfare from religious charity: Strongly Opposes topic 20
Strongly Favors topic 11: Make taxes more progressive (-5 points on Economic scale)	Reasonable progressive tax on large estates: Strongly Favors topic 11
Strongly Favors topic 12: Illegal immigrants earn citizenship (+5 points on Social scale)	Allow illegal immigrants to earn citizenship: Strongly Favors topic 12
Strongly Opposes topic 13: Support & expand free trade (-5 points on Economic scale)	Redesign trade agreements to protect workers & environment: Strongly Opposes topic 13
Strongly Opposes topic 15: Expand the armed forces (+5 points on Social scale)	Less spending on armed forces & less aggressive war: Strongly Opposes topic 15
Strongly Favors topic 16: Stricter limits on political campaign funds (-5 points on Economic scale)	Full public funding of elections: Strongly Favors topic 16
Strongly Favors topic 14: The Patriot Act harms civil liberties (+5 points on Social scale)	Suspending Habeas Corpus is unconstitutional & intolerable: Strongly Favors topic 14 Cynical politicians exploited 9-11 to increase their power: Strongly Favors topic 14 Immediately repeal the Patriot Act: Strongly Favors topic 14
Strongly Favors topic 17: US out of Iraq (+5 points on Social scale)	I will never vote to give another dime to fight the Iraq war: Strongly Favors topic 17 Withdraw from Iraq: Strongly Favors topic 17