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 unrestricted right (+2 points on Social scale)	Restricting abortion for "women's safety" won't win approval: Favors topic 1
Strongly Favors topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (-5 points on Economic scale)	Pay discrimination threatens morale as well as society: Strongly Favors topic 2 No wage discrimination due to gender, race, or orientation: Strongly Favors topic 2
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)
No opinion on topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Opposes topic 6: Privatize Social Security (-3 points on Economic scale)	More employee & employer contributions to public retirement: Opposes topic 6
Strongly Opposes topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (-5 points on Economic scale)	Excellent schools are of utmost importance: Opposes topic 7 Include financial literacy in core statewide curriculum: Opposes topic 7 $45M for teacher salary increases plus 4-year-old preschool: Strongly Opposes topic 7
Strongly Opposes topic 8: Fight EPA regulatory over-reach (+5 points on Social scale)	Invest in flood protection & soil conservation: Opposes topic 8 Urgently address challenges of environmental sustainability: Strongly Opposes topic 8
No opinion on topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (0 points on Social scale)	Retroactively allow DNA evidence for all felony convictions: Opposes topic 9 $205M for new prison & improving old prison infrastructure: Favors topic 9
Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+2 points on Economic scale)	No guns for 14-year-olds, even with parental approval: Opposes topic 10 Reduce barriers to issuing concealed carry permits: Strongly Favors topic 10
Favors topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (-3 points on Economic scale)	Increase the earned income tax credit (EITC): Favors topic 11
Opposes topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (-3 points on Social scale)	No home mortgages for illegal immigrants: Opposes topic 12 Civil penalties for employing unauthorized aliens: Opposes topic 12
No opinion on topic 13: Support & expand free trade (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 14: Support American Exceptionalism (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 15: Expand the military (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 16: Make voter registration easier (+2 points on Social scale)	Require identification to vote: Favors topic 16 Repeal the Citizens United Supreme Court decision: Favors topic 16
No opinion on topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 18: Prioritize green energy (-5 points on Economic scale)	Expand solar power, wind energy, ethanol: Favors topic 18 Address climate change with solutions that work for economy: Favors topic 18 Wind & solar power work; Keystone pipeline unneeded: Strongly Favors topic 18
Opposes topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (+2 points on Social scale)	Reclassify marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule II: Opposes 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)