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VoteMatch Question & Answer (Click on question for explanation and background)	Based on these stances: (Click on topic for excerpt & citation)
Opposes topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (-3 points on Social scale)	Oppose partial birth abortion; support parental notification: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Legal availability but no state funding: Favors topic 1
Opposes topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (+2 points on Economic scale)	Prosecute discrimination but end affirmative action: Opposes topic 2
Strongly Favors topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (+5 points on Social scale)	Endorsed ENDA, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act: Strongly Favors topic 3
No opinion on topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Opposes topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (+5 points on Economic scale)	Replace ObamaCare with ideas that harness market forces: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Repeal ObamaCare and replace it with consumer choice: Strongly Opposes topic 5
No opinion on topic 6: Privatize Social Security (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (+5 points on Economic scale)	Unconstitutional for federal government to control K-12: Strongly Favors topic 7 Support charter schools & school choice: Favors topic 7
Strongly Opposes topic 8: Fight EPA regulatory over-reach (+5 points on Social scale)	Reduce & make more flexible state environmental regulations: Strongly Opposes topic 8
Strongly Favors topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (-5 points on Social scale)	Truth in sentencing: full sentence with no chance of parole: Strongly Favors topic 9
Strongly Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+5 points on Economic scale)	Individual right to bear arms is inviolably guaranteed: Strongly Favors topic 10
Strongly Opposes topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (+5 points on Economic scale)	Reduce corporate tax rates & repatriate overseas profits: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Don't raise taxes, but means-test retirement benefits: Opposes topic 11 Pro-growth tax swap: simplify & reform anti-jobs tax code: Opposes topic 11 Taxpayer Protection Pledge: no new taxes: Strongly Opposes topic 11
Strongly Opposes topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (-5 points on Social scale)	No amnesty; no birthright citizenship; no sanctuary cities: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Enforce that all employers use E-Verify system: Strongly Opposes topic 12 No comprehensive immigration reform: Strongly Opposes topic 12
Strongly Favors topic 13: Support & expand free trade (+5 points on Economic scale)	Expand free trade: Strongly Favors topic 13
Strongly Favors topic 14: Support American Exceptionalism (+5 points on Economic scale)	Halt immigration of Syrian refugees; reduce all immigration: Strongly Favors topic 14 Maintain US sovereignty from UN: Strongly Favors topic 14
Opposes topic 15: Expand the military (+2 points on Social scale)	Eliminate unneeded defense spending; shrink military budget: Strongly Opposes topic 15 War for national security only; world's strongest military: Favors topic 15
Strongly Favors topic 16: Make voter registration easier (+5 points on Social scale)	Voluntary small dollar vouchers to fund federal elections: Strongly Favors topic 16 Public elections financing with restricted campaign spending: Strongly Favors topic 16
Favors topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (+2 points on Social scale)	Iran must not be allowed to obtain nuclear weapons: Opposes topic 17 No global policing war in Syria: Strongly Favors topic 17
Strongly Favors topic 18: Prioritize green energy (-5 points on Economic scale)	Supports revenue neutral carbon tax: Strongly Favors topic 18 Revenue-neutral carbon tax offset by other tax cuts: Strongly Favors topic 18
Opposes topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (+2 points on Social scale)	War on drugs is a flagrant $1 trillion policy failure: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Legalize marijuana; drug-assisted treatment for opioids: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Study marijuana harmfulness; then let states regulate it: Favors topic 19
Strongly Opposes topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (+5 points on Economic scale)	Congress is addicted to spending to pay for pork: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Don't put staggering burden of debt on our grandchildren: Strongly Opposes topic 20