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 (-5 points on Social scale)	Abortion is not a woman's right: Strongly Opposes topic 1
Strongly Opposes topic 2: Require hiring more women & minorities (+5 points on Economic scale)	Don't require companies to hire more women and minorities: Strongly Opposes topic 2
Strongly Opposes topic 3: Same-sex domestic partnership benefits (-5 points on Social scale)	Sexual orientation not protected by civil rights law: Strongly Opposes topic 3
Strongly Opposes topic 4: Teacher-led prayer in public schools (+5 points on Social scale)	Teach basics in public schools, not family values: Strongly Opposes topic 4
Favors topic 8: Death Penalty (-3 points on Social scale)	Death penalty only for rape, murder & child assault: Favors topic 8
Strongly Opposes topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (+5 points on Social scale)	Jury system instead of mandatory sentencing laws: Strongly Opposes topic 9
Strongly Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+5 points on Economic scale)	Absolute right to gun ownership: Strongly Favors topic 10
Strongly Opposes topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (+5 points on Economic scale)	Zero funding for health coverage--it's unconctitutional: Strongly Opposes topic 5
Strongly Favors topic 6: Privatize Social Security (+5 points on Economic scale)	Abolish social security--it's unconctitutional: Strongly Favors topic 6
Strongly Favors topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (+5 points on Economic scale)	Parents choose schools via vouchers: Strongly Favors topic 7
Strongly Opposes topic 18: Replace coal & oil with alternatives (+5 points on Economic scale)	Let market decide between oil & alternatives: Strongly Opposes topic 18
Strongly Opposes topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (+5 points on Social scale)	The war on drugs is a farce: Strongly Opposes topic 19
Strongly Favors topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (+5 points on Economic scale)	Churches already provide welfare services: Strongly Favors topic 20
Strongly Opposes topic 11: Make taxes more progressive (+5 points on Economic scale)	Every tax shrinks freedom: Strongly Opposes topic 11
Strongly Opposes topic 12: Illegal immigrants earn citizenship (-5 points on Social scale)	Disllow illegal immigrants to earn citizenship: Strongly Opposes topic 12
Strongly Favors topic 13: Support & expand free trade (+5 points on Economic scale)	Let market expand free trade: Strongly Favors topic 13
Strongly Favors topic 15: Expand the armed forces (-5 points on Social scale)	More spending on armed forces: Strongly Favors topic 15
Strongly Opposes topic 16: Stricter limits on political campaign funds (+5 points on Economic scale)	No restrictions on campaign funds: Strongly Opposes topic 16
Favors topic 14: The Patriot Act harms civil liberties (+2 points on Social scale)	Some parts of Patriot Act ok, some not: Favors topic 14
Opposes topic 17: US out of Iraq (-3 points on Social scale)	No UN in Iraq: Opposes topic 17