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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 unrestricted right (-5 points on Social scale)	Endorsed by Pro-Life Federation: Strongly Opposes topic 1
No opinion on topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Opposes topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (+5 points on Economic scale)	Free-market principles instead of ObamaCare: Strongly Opposes topic 5
Opposes topic 6: Privatize Social Security (-3 points on Economic scale)	Closing $60B pension deficit is step in the right direction: Opposes topic 6
Favors topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (+2 points on Economic scale)	Supports options besides public schools: Strongly Favors topic 7 Increase education funding by more than $400 million: Opposes topic 7
Strongly Favors topic 8: Fight EPA regulatory over-reach (-5 points on Social scale)	EPA's tyranny hurts coal jobs: Strongly Favors topic 8
Strongly Favors topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (-5 points on Social scale)	Arguments against death penalty are false: Strongly Favors topic 9 Prosecute sexual deviants who email child images: Favors topic 9
Strongly Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+5 points on Economic scale)	Backed by the NRA: Strongly Favors topic 10 Don't ban guns for no-fly list; too many false positives: Strongly Favors 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 Opposes topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (-5 points on Social scale)	Intense vetting of immigrants from terror-training countries: Strongly Opposes topic 12
No opinion on topic 13: Support & expand free trade (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 14: Support American Exceptionalism (+5 points on Economic scale)	Don't trust UN vetting: pause all Syrian refugees: Strongly Favors topic 14
No opinion on topic 15: Expand the military (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 16: Make voter registration easier (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (+2 points on Social scale)	Establish foothold diplomatic presence in North Korea: Favors topic 17
Strongly Opposes topic 18: Prioritize green energy (+5 points on Economic scale)	No extraction tax on the Marcellus Shale gas: Strongly Opposes topic 18
Favors topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (-3 points on Social scale)	Rated below average by Marijuana Policy Project: Favors topic 19
No opinion on topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)