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 Opposes topic 1: Abortion is a woman's right (0 points on Social scale)	YES on barring transporting minors to get an abortion: Strongly Opposes topic 1 YES on banning partial-birth abortions: Opposes topic 1
Opposes topic 2: Require companies to hire more women & minorities (7 points on Economic scale)	YES on ending preferential treatment by race in college admissions: Opposes topic 2
Opposes topic 3: Sexual orientation protected by civil rights laws (2 points on Social scale)	YES on banning gay adoptions in DC.: Opposes topic 3
Favors topic 4: Permit prayer in public schools (2 points on Social scale)	Opposes requiring schools to allow school prayer: Opposes topic 4 Supports a Constitutional Amendment for school prayer: Strongly Favors topic 4 YES on giving federal aid only to schools allowing voluntary prayer: Strongly Favors topic 4
Opposes topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (7 points on Economic scale)	YES on establishing tax-exempt Medical Savings Accounts: Opposes topic 5 YES on Prescription Drug Coverage under Medicare: Opposes topic 5
Favors topic 6: Privatize Social Security (7 points on Economic scale)	Reduce taxes on Social Security earnings: Favors topic 6 NO on strengthening the Social Security Lockbox: Favors topic 6 YES on reducing tax payments on Social Security benefits: Favors topic 6
Strongly Favors topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (10 points on Social scale)	YES on vouchers for private & parochial schools: Strongly Favors topic 7 YES on allowing vouchers in DC schools: Favors topic 7
Favors topic 8: Death Penalty (2 points on Social scale)	Moratorium on death penalty; more DNA testing: Opposes topic 8 More prisons, more enforcement, effective death penalty: Favors topic 8 NO on replacing death penalty with life imprisonment: Strongly Favors topic 8 YES on making federal death penalty appeals harder: Strongly Favors topic 8 NO on maintaining right of habeus corpus in Death Penalty Appeals: Favors topic 8
Favors topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (2 points on Social scale)	YES on more prosecution and sentencing for juvenile crime: Favors topic 9 YES on Amendment to prohibit burning the US flag.: Favors topic 9
Strongly Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (10 points on Social scale)	YES on decreasing gun waiting period from 3 days to 1: Strongly Favors topic 10
Favors topic 11: Decrease overall taxation of the wealthy (7 points on Economic scale)	Repeal marriage tax; cut middle class taxes: Favors topic 11 YES on repealing the estate tax ("death tax"): Favors topic 11 YES on eliminating the "marriage penalty": Favors topic 11
Favors topic 12: Immigration helps our economy-encourage it (7 points on Economic scale)	YES on more immigrant visas for skilled workers: Favors topic 12
Strongly Favors topic 13: Support & expand free trade (10 points on Economic scale)	YES on 'Fast Track' authority for trade agreements: Strongly Favors topic 13 NO on withdrawing from the WTO: Strongly Favors topic 13
Strongly Opposes topic 14: Link human rights to trade with China (10 points on Social scale)	YES on Permanent Normal Trade Relations with China: Strongly Opposes topic 14
Favors topic 15: More spending on armed forces (2 points on Economic scale)	YES on $266 billion Defense Appropriations bill: Favors topic 15
Strongly Opposes topic 16: Reduce spending on missile defense (Star Wars) (10 points on Economic scale)	YES on deploying SDI: Strongly Opposes topic 16
Neutral on topic 17: Seek UN approval for military action (5 points on Economic scale)	No US troops under UN command; more defense spending: Opposes topic 17 NO on disallowing the invasion of Kosovo: Favors topic 17 YES on $15.2 billion for foreign operations: Favors topic 17 NO on $156M to IMF for 3rd-world debt reduction: Opposes topic 17
Neutral 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)	YES on prohibiting needle exchange & medical marijuana in DC: Strongly Favors topic 19
Favors topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (2 points on Social scale)	Limit welfare to 2 years & cut welfare spending: Favors topic 20 YES on responsible fatherhood via faith-based organizations: Favors topic 20