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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)	Supports a woman's reproductive rights: 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)
Strongly Favors topic 3: Sexual orientation protected by civil rights laws (10 points on Social scale)	Don't hack up the Constitution with homophobic nonsense: 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)
Strongly Favors topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (0 points on Economic scale)	Allow negotiating lower prescription drug prices: Favors topic 5 Calls for national health care: Strongly Favors topic 5
Strongly Opposes topic 6: Privatize Social Security (0 points on Economic scale)	No privatization; stop raiding the trust fund: Strongly Opposes topic 6
Opposes topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (2 points on Social scale)	More federal money is needed for public schools: Opposes topic 7
No opinion on topic 8: Death Penalty (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
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)	Tax cuts for the wealthiest American cannot be justified: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Supports progressive tax schedules & balanced budgets: Strongly Opposes topic 11 The rest of us pay for Bush's billionaire tax cuts: 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)
Strongly Opposes topic 13: Support & expand free trade (0 points on Economic scale)	Fair trade for the people instead of exploitive trade: Strongly Opposes topic 13 Globalization of the workforce is a con: Strongly Opposes topic 13 Don't forgo trade, but trade within communities: Opposes topic 13
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)	Stop hatching new terrorists: Opposes topic 15
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)	Re-examining foreign policy will reduce terrorism: Favors topic 17 Withdraw US troops from Iraq via UN negotiations: Favors topic 17 Avoid the short noisy road of empire: Favors topic 17
Strongly Favors topic 18: Reduce use of coal, oil, & nuclear energy (0 points on Economic scale)	Aggressive program for renewable energy: Strongly Favors topic 18 Sign the Kyoto Accord and reduce energy usage: Strongly Favors topic 18 We must become energy independent: Strongly Favors topic 18 Releasing so much CO2 leads to disaster: Favors topic 18 Sustainable energy in 15 years: Favors topic 18
Strongly Opposes topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (10 points on Social scale)	Penalize marijuana use with fines rather than prison time: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Decriminalize marijuana: Strongly Opposes topic 19
No opinion on topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)