VoteMatch Responses
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No opinion on
topic 1:Abortion is a woman's right
(5 points on Social scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
Strongly Favors
topic 2:Require companies to hire more women & minorities
(0 points on Economic scale) | NO on banning affirmative action hiring with federal funds: Strongly Favors topic 2 YES on prohibiting job discrimination by sexual orientation: Strongly Favors topic 2 |
Strongly Favors
topic 3:Sexual orientation protected by civil rights laws
(10 points on Social scale) | NO on prohibiting same-sex marriage: Strongly Favors topic 3 YES on prohibiting job discrimination by sexual orientation: Strongly Favors topic 3 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 4:Permit prayer in public schools
(10 points on Social scale) | NO on requiring schools to allow voluntary prayer: Opposes topic 4 NO on $75M for abstinence education: Strongly Opposes topic 4 |
Favors
topic 5:More federal funding for health coverage
(2 points on Economic scale) | YES on medical savings acounts: Favors topic 5 |
Opposes
topic 6:Privatize Social Security
(2 points on Economic scale) | NO on deducting Social Security payments on income taxes: 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) |
Opposes
topic 8:Death Penalty
(7 points on Social scale) | NO on rejecting racial statistics in death penalty appeals: Opposes topic 8 NO on limiting death penalty appeals: Opposes topic 8 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 9:Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws
(10 points on Social scale) | NO on mandatory prison terms for crimes involving firearms: 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) |
No opinion on
topic 11:Decrease overall taxation of the wealthy
(5 points on Economic scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
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) |
Opposes
topic 15:More spending on armed forces
(7 points on Economic scale) | NO on 1996 Defense Appropriations: Opposes topic 15 |
Favors
topic 16:Reduce spending on missile defense (Star Wars)
(2 points on Economic scale) | NO on considering deploying NMD, and amending ABM Treaty: Favors topic 16 |
No opinion on
topic 17:Seek UN approval for military action
(5 points on Economic scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
Favors
topic 18:Reduce use of coal, oil, & nuclear energy
(2 points on Economic scale) | NO on do not require ethanol in gasoline: Favors topic 18 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 19:Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it
(10 points on Social scale) | NO on spending international development funds on drug control: Strongly Opposes topic 19 |
Opposes
topic 20:Allow churches to provide welfare services
(7 points on Social scale) | YES on welfare overhaul: Favors topic 20 NO on allowing state welfare waivers: Opposes topic 20 YES on eliminating block grants for food stamps: Opposes topic 20 NO on welfare block grants: Opposes topic 20 |