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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)	I am the strongest Pro-Life Candidate in America: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Stem cell research is Frankenstein science: Strongly Opposes topic 1 100% pro-life: Strongly Opposes topic 1
Opposes topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (+2 points on Economic scale)	Support minority hiring, with incentives not quotas: Favors topic 2 Ban affirmative action but enforce discrimination laws: Strongly Opposes topic 2
Strongly Opposes topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (-5 points on Social scale)	One-man-one-woman definition of marriage: Opposes topic 3 Don’t add sexual orientation to the definition of hate crime: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Same sex marriage undermines Healthcare Insurance delivery: Strongly Opposes topic 3
Strongly Favors topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (-5 points on Social scale)	Teach family values in public schools: Favors topic 4 Supports school prayer but opposes Thought Police: Strongly Favors topic 4 Let Boy Scouts regulate their own hiring: Favors topic 4 Cut welfare bureaucracy in half; it undermines families: Strongly Favors topic 4
Strongly Opposes topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (+5 points on Economic scale)	Supports healthcare tax credits, not Socialized Medicine: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Supports private insurance premium tax credits: Strongly Opposes topic 5
Favors topic 6: Privatize Social Security (+2 points on Economic scale)	Invest a limited percentage in private investments: Favors topic 6 Invest Social Security in municipal bonds, not federal ones: Favors topic 6
Strongly Favors topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (+5 points on Economic scale)	Supports school vouchers in poor performing schools: Strongly Favors topic 7 Supports education tax credits: Favors topic 7
Opposes topic 8: Fight EPA regulatory over-reach (+2 points on Social scale)	Supports good stewardship, not radical environmentalism: Strongly Opposes topic 8 More road-building in the National Forests: Strongly Favors topic 8 Share costs between EPA & businesses for Fox River cleanup: Strongly Opposes topic 8
Strongly Opposes topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (+5 points on Social scale)	Strongly opposes the death penalty: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Three Strikes sentencing laws have been abused: Opposes topic 9 Opposes death penalty because 100% pro-life: Strongly Opposes topic 9
Strongly Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+5 points on Economic scale)	2nd Amendment protects against Tyranny: Strongly Favors topic 10 100% pro-Second Amendment rights: Strongly Favors topic 10
Strongly Opposes topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (+5 points on Economic scale)	Tax system is broken; throw it out and start over: Strongly Opposes topic 11 We are taxed too much by Washington: Strongly Opposes topic 11
Strongly Opposes topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (-5 points on Social scale)	Illegal immigrants should stand in line like everyone else: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Military enforcement of the borders: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Require guest workers to have return plane tickets: Opposes topic 12 Limit welfare for immigrants; oppose world welfare: Strongly Opposes topic 12
Strongly Opposes topic 13: Support & expand free trade (-5 points on Economic scale)	Trading with our enemies approaches treason: Strongly Opposes topic 13 Free trade is slave trade; supports exports not imports: Strongly Opposes topic 13 Trade agreements ok with Oman, Singapore, & Chile: Favors topic 13 Impose trade sanctions on Japan until markets open: Strongly Opposes topic 13 Lower each industry’s taxes to match competing country: Strongly Opposes topic 13
Favors topic 14: Support American Exceptionalism (+2 points on Economic scale)	Cap foreign aid and reduce aid to IMF: Favors topic 14
Strongly Favors topic 15: Expand the military (-5 points on Social scale)	I am a Military HAWK; my opponent is a peacenik: Strongly Favors topic 15 Ports are our weakest link: Strongly Favors topic 15
Strongly Favors topic 16: Make voter registration easier (+5 points on Social scale)	Limit campaign donations to $100 per person: Strongly Favors topic 16 Limit PACs to $100 and abolish 527 organizations: Strongly Favors topic 16 The Pro-Incumbent system is broken: Strongly Favors topic 16 $100 per person or PAC per entire campaign: Strongly Favors topic 16
Strongly Opposes topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (-5 points on Social scale)	No UN troops in Iraq, and US troops under UN: Opposes topic 17 I support peace through strength, not cut-and-run: Strongly Opposes topic 17
Opposes topic 18: Prioritize green energy (+2 points on Economic scale)	Supplement coal & oil with solar & nuclear & others: Strongly Favors topic 18 I support liquid fuel including oil, Ethanol, and Bio-Diesel: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Approve Yucca Mt. nuclear waste repository: Strongly Opposes topic 18
Strongly Favors topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (-5 points on Social scale)	Drug abuse undermines family, society, and culture: Strongly Favors topic 19 Combat drug abuse since it destroys families and communities: Strongly Favors topic 19
Strongly Opposes topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (+5 points on Economic scale)	Balanced Budget amendment then 5% cuts every year: Strongly Opposes topic 20