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 (10 points on Social scale)	Pro-choice; no ban on partial-birth abortions: Strongly Favors topic 1
No opinion on topic 2: Require companies to hire more women & minorities (5 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 3: Sexual orientation protected by civil rights laws (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 4: Permit prayer in public schools (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (5 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 6: Privatize Social Security (5 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (10 points on Social scale)	Privatize failing schools: Strongly Favors topic 7 Charter Schools create competition: Favors topic 7 Voucher program for New York City: Strongly Favors topic 7 Experiment in NYC with school vouchers: Strongly Favors topic 7
No opinion on topic 8: Death Penalty (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (2 points on Social scale)	Need DNA Lab to Combat Crime: Favors topic 9 Crime cut in half in NYC: Favors topic 9 Risk cannot be eliminated, but take security seriously: Favors topic 9
Opposes topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (2 points on Social scale)	All gun owners should pass written test: Opposes topic 10
Favors topic 11: Decrease overall taxation of the wealthy (7 points on Economic scale)	Tax reductions of $10.4B through 2003: Favors topic 11 Supports Task Force to continue reduce taxes: Favors topic 11
No opinion on topic 12: Immigration helps our economy-encourage it (5 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 13: Support & expand free trade (5 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 14: Link human rights to trade with China (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 15: More spending on armed forces (5 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 16: Reduce spending on missile defense (Star Wars) (5 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 17: Seek UN approval for military action (2 points on Economic scale)	Iraq: More inspections; counter OPEC’s oil production cuts: Favors topic 17
No opinion on topic 18: Reduce use of coal, oil, & nuclear energy (5 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (0 points on Social scale)	Drug policy should be an integral part of foreign policy: Strongly Favors topic 19
Favors topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (2 points on Social scale)	Welfare offices as job centers: Favors topic 20 Govt stabilizes business; businesses provide jobs: Favors topic 20