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VoteMatch Question & Answer (Click on question for explanation and background)	Based on these stances: (Click on topic for excerpt & citation)
Opposes topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (-3 points on Social scale)	Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right: Favors topic 1 Best to end abortion, but not by making it a crime: Favors topic 1 Opposes public funding for abortion services: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Supports parental notification for abortions by minors: Strongly Opposes topic 1
Strongly Favors topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (-5 points on Economic scale)	Give the disabled the ability to obtain service dogs: Favors topic 2 Legally require hiring more women & minorities: Strongly Favors topic 2 Women make $0.78 vs. men; minorities make $0.75 vs. whites: Strongly Favors topic 2
Strongly Favors topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (+5 points on Social scale)	Add gender identity to Civil Rights Act: Strongly Favors topic 3 Apply 1960s civil rights laws to LGBT community: Strongly Favors topic 3
Strongly Opposes topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (+5 points on Social scale)	Constitution forbids God in the public sphere: Strongly Opposes topic 4
Strongly Favors topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (-5 points on Economic scale)	ObamaCare is a success, but it is just the first step: Strongly Favors topic 5 Move to a single-payer/ Medicare for all system: Strongly Favors topic 5 Opposes repealing mandated health insurance: Strongly Favors topic 5
Strongly Opposes topic 6: Privatize Social Security (-5 points on Economic scale)	Eliminate the cap on the social security tax: Strongly Opposes topic 6 Eliminate the cap on the social security tax: Opposes topic 6
Strongly Opposes topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (-5 points on Economic scale)	Vouchers take from public education: Strongly Opposes topic 7 Our classrooms should be cathedrals: $650B to repair them: Strongly Opposes topic 7
Strongly Opposes topic 8: Fight EPA regulatory over-reach (+5 points on Social scale)	A healthy environment is essential to a healthy America: Strongly Opposes topic 8
Strongly Opposes topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (+5 points on Social scale)	Treating illnesses is more productive than incarceration: Strongly Opposes topic 9 End mandatory minimums & private prisons: Strongly Opposes topic 9
Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+2 points on Economic scale)	Absolute right to gun ownership, with exceptions: Favors topic 10 Strict interpretation of the Second Amendment: Strongly Favors topic 10 Supports restrictions on right to bear arms: Opposes topic 10
Strongly Favors topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (-5 points on Economic scale)	Trickle-down economics good for business but not for people: Strongly Favors topic 11 Higher taxes on the wealthy: Strongly Favors topic 11 Offshore profit shifting needs to end: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Transfer $11 billion from corporate tax loopholes to schools: Strongly Favors topic 11 Supports increasing income tax rates: Strongly Favors topic 11
Strongly Favors topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (+5 points on Social scale)	Ignore the rhetoric; immigrants are good for America: Strongly Favors topic 12 In reality, immigrants are good for America: Strongly Favors topic 12 Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens: Strongly Favors topic 12
Strongly Opposes topic 13: Support & expand free trade (-5 points on Economic scale)	Oppose free trade; outsourcing costs American jobs: Strongly Opposes topic 13 We've lost more than 2.4 million jobs due to outsourcing: Opposes topic 13 Require all military contracts to use American companies: Strongly Opposes topic 13
Favors topic 14: Support American Exceptionalism (+2 points on Economic scale)	Act multilaterally, but with America in military lead: Favors topic 14
Opposes topic 15: Expand the military (+2 points on Social scale)	Oppose expanding the military: Opposes topic 15
Strongly Favors topic 16: Make voter registration easier (+5 points on Social scale)	Make voter registration easier: Strongly Favors topic 16 Limit "Dark Money"; people's interests over big business: Favors topic 16
No opinion on topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (0 points on Social scale)	Address the causes of terrorism & national security threats: Favors topic 17 Foreign involvement is appropriate: Opposes topic 17
Strongly Favors topic 18: Prioritize green energy (-5 points on Economic scale)	Make real investments in green technology: Strongly Favors topic 18
Strongly Opposes topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (+5 points on Social scale)	Sensible approach to marijuana instead of prohibition: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Sensible approach to marijuana policy instead of prohibition: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Allow farmers to grow hemp: ecologically friendly cash crop: Opposes topic 19
Strongly Favors topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (-5 points on Economic scale)	9-point plan for government economic investment: Favors topic 20 Fight poverty instead of fighting people in poverty: Strongly Favors topic 20 Raise the minimum wage to a living wage & save $7.6B: Favors topic 20 Stop fighting war on people in poverty: Fight poverty!: Strongly Favors topic 20