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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 (+5 points on Social scale)	Give every woman access & choice in reproductive healthcare: Strongly Favors topic 1 Supports public abortion funding: Strongly Favors topic 1
Favors topic 2: Require hiring more women & minorities (-3 points on Economic scale)	Seeks to earn the respect of disenfranchised populations: Favors topic 2
Favors topic 3: Same-sex domestic partnership benefits (+2 points on Social scale)	Opposes a DOMA amendment: Favors topic 3 Opposes banning military gay marriage: Favors topic 3
No opinion on topic 4: Teacher-led prayer in public schools (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 8: Death Penalty (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+2 points on Economic scale)	Owning weapons OK if people have good training, education: Opposes topic 10 Shot while defending hostage from killer, at gunpoint: Strongly Favors topic 10
Favors topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (-3 points on Economic scale)	Repealing ObamaCare means public pays for the uninsured: Strongly Favors topic 5 Would not have voted for ObamaCare: Opposes topic 5 Eliminate waste, fraud, & abuse--then prevention: Opposes topic 5 Indignity of being poor patient in hospital sensitizes me: Favors topic 5 Preserve Medicare benefits, but modernize it: Favors topic 5 Opposes repealing ObamaCare: Strongly Favors topic 5
Strongly Opposes topic 6: Privatize Social Security (-5 points on Economic scale)	Raise retirement age; raise payroll tax ceiling above $106K: Opposes topic 6 No privatization; no Trust Fund as slush fund: Strongly Opposes topic 6 Opposes investing part of your payroll tax: Strongly Opposes topic 6
Strongly Opposes topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (-5 points on Economic scale)	Reinvest $1 billion cut from our schools: Strongly Opposes topic 7
Strongly Favors topic 18: Replace coal & oil with alternatives (-5 points on Economic scale)	Make Arizona the solar energy capital of the world: Strongly Favors topic 18
Opposes topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (+2 points on Social scale)	Have a rational debate on decriminalizing marijuana: Opposes topic 19 Decriminalizing marijuana would reduce prison population: Opposes topic 19
Opposes topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (-3 points on Economic scale)	Experienced poverty and homelessness as child in Harlem: Opposes topic 20
Opposes topic 11: Make taxes more progressive (+2 points on Economic scale)	Supply-side economics is valid: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Extend Bush tax cuts as part of comprehensive reform: Opposes topic 11 Tax cuts for corporations are wrong & unconscionable: Strongly Favors topic 11
Strongly Favors topic 12: Illegal immigrants earn citizenship (+5 points on Social scale)	I was given an opportunity to succeed; so should others: Favors topic 12 Vitriolic 'deport everybody' message loses Hispanics: Strongly Favors topic 12 Secure the border AND pass the DREAM Act: Favors topic 12
No opinion on topic 13: Support & expand free trade (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 15: Expand the armed forces (-3 points on Social scale)	Remain vigilant about terrorism; it still threatens US: Favors topic 15
Favors topic 16: Stricter limits on political campaign funds (-3 points on Economic scale)	Require financial analysts to disclose contacts in Congress: Favors topic 16
No opinion on topic 14: The Patriot Act harms civil liberties (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Opposes topic 17: US out of Iraq & Afghanistan (-5 points on Social scale)	Whatever means necessary to prevent Iranian nukes: Opposes topic 17 Consider all options in preventing Iranian nukes: Strongly Opposes topic 17