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)	Opposes ban on partial-birth abortion: Strongly Favors topic 1 Vote against nominees who would overturn Roe v. Wade: Strongly Favors topic 1
Strongly Favors topic 2: Require companies to hire more women & minorities (0 points on Economic scale)	Sponsored open housing amendment to the Civil Rights Act: Strongly Favors topic 2 Selected first woman candidate for major party V.P.: Favors topic 2
Strongly Favors topic 3: Sexual orientation protected by civil rights laws (10 points on Social scale)	Supports gay spousal benefits but not gay marriage: Strongly Favors topic 3
No opinion on topic 4: Permit prayer in public schools (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (2 points on Economic scale)	Adding prescription drug benefit to Medicare: Favors topic 5
Strongly Opposes topic 6: Privatize Social Security (0 points on Economic scale)	Privatizing Social Security is "a dreadful idea": Strongly Opposes topic 6 Chaired commission on privatization, but opposed privatizing: Strongly Opposes topic 6
No opinion on topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 8: Death Penalty (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Opposes topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (10 points on Social scale)	Gideon brief established right to attorney: Strongly Opposes topic 9
No opinion on topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Opposes topic 11: Decrease overall taxation of the wealthy (0 points on Economic scale)	Cut FICA taxes on poor instead of tax cuts for rich: Opposes topic 11 Massive tax cuts hurt the economy: Strongly Opposes topic 11 1984 election: Reagan will raise taxes, and so will I: Opposes 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)
Favors topic 13: Support & expand free trade (7 points on Economic scale)	Supports NAFTA: Favors topic 13
Opposes topic 14: Link human rights to trade with China (7 points on Social scale)	Supports permanent normal trade relations with China: Opposes topic 14
No opinion on topic 15: More spending on armed forces (5 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 16: Reduce spending on missile defense (Star Wars) (0 points on Economic scale)	R&D on missile defense, but deployment destabilizes: Favors topic 16 Star Wars didn?t work in 1984 and still doesn?t work: Strongly Favors topic 16 Opposed Nixon?s plans for antiballistic missile systems: Favors topic 16
Favors topic 17: Seek UN approval for military action (2 points on Economic scale)	Israel?s ?Land for Peace? needs Arab ?Peace for Land?: Favors topic 17 Israel is a strategic ally and committed friend: 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)
No opinion on topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)