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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 Opposes topic 1: Abortion is a woman's right (-5 points on Social scale)	No exception for rape; only for maternal life: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Government should not have a role in reproductive services: Opposes topic 1 I am a pro-life candidate: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Roe v. Wade is a serious misreading of the Constitution: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Opposes public abortion funding: Opposes topic 1 Supports parental notification for abortions: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Opposes churches providing birth control: Opposes topic 1
Strongly Opposes topic 2: Require hiring more women & minorities (+5 points on Economic scale)	No racial or gender quotas imposed on private employers: Strongly Opposes topic 2
Strongly Opposes topic 3: Same-sex domestic partnership benefits (-5 points on Social scale)	Legally define marriage as one-man-one-woman: Strongly Opposes topic 3 No same-sex marriage nor civil unions: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Supports a DOMA amendment: Strongly Opposes topic 3
Favors topic 4: Teacher-led prayer in public schools (-3 points on Social scale)	Supports student-led prayer in public schools: Favors topic 4 Supports banning funding of offensive art: Favors topic 4
Strongly Favors topic 8: Death Penalty (-5 points on Social scale)	Federal death penalty for serious crimes: Strongly Favors topic 8
Favors topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (-3 points on Social scale)	Support mandatory sentencing: Favors topic 9
Strongly Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+5 points on Economic scale)	No additional restrictions on gun ownership: Strongly Favors topic 10 Oppose anti-gun Supreme Court nominees: Favors topic 10 Right to keep and bear arms is an individual right: Strongly Favors topic 10 Opposes restricting the Second Amendment: Favors topic 10
Strongly Opposes topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (+5 points on Economic scale)	Tax-deductible health savings accounts for those under 55: Strongly Opposes topic 5 No federal control of the healthcare system: Strongly Opposes topic 5 ObamaCare is unconstitutional & will bankrupt our nation: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Defund, repeal, & replace federal care with free market: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Supports repealing ObamaCare: Strongly Opposes topic 5
Favors topic 6: Privatize Social Security (+2 points on Economic scale)	Constitution mentions neither Social Security nor Medicare: Favors topic 6 Raise the retirement age: Favors topic 6 Consider personalized retirement accounts for young workers: Favors topic 6
Strongly Favors topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (+5 points on Economic scale)	Transfer federal education role to state & local level: Favors topic 7 Education decisions best made at local level: Favors topic 7 Vouchers in DC; local control elsewhere: Strongly Favors topic 7 Supports school vouchers: Strongly Favors topic 7
Strongly Opposes topic 18: Replace coal & oil with alternatives (+5 points on Economic scale)	Oppose ethanol subsidy as a matter of conservative principle: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Ethanol mandates lead to high gas prices: Opposes topic 18 High gas prices come from federal mandates like ethanol: Strongly Opposes topic 18 No subsidies for alternative energy: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Cap-and-trade has no impact on global temperatures: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Explore proven energy reserves & keep energy prices low: Opposes topic 18
Strongly Favors topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (-5 points on Social scale)	Enforce laws against dangerous and addictive substances: Strongly Favors topic 19
Strongly Favors topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (+5 points on Economic scale)	Churches provide more effective services than the feds: Strongly Favors topic 20
Strongly Opposes topic 11: Make taxes more progressive (+5 points on Economic scale)	Pledge against raising taxes: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Adopt a single-rate tax system: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Repeal tax hikes in capital gains and death taxes: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Supports the Taxpayer Protection Pledge: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Opposes increasing tax rates: Opposes topic 11 Supports eliminating the inheritance tax: Opposes topic 11
Strongly Opposes topic 12: Illegal immigrants earn citizenship (-5 points on Social scale)	No Social Security benefits to illegal immigrants: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Oppose DREAM Act & other forms of amnesty: Strongly Opposes topic 12 No amnesty for illegal immigrants; no DREAM Act: Strongly Opposes topic 12
Favors topic 13: Support & expand free trade (+2 points on Economic scale)	Free trade except with rogue nations: Favors topic 13
Strongly Favors topic 15: Expand the armed forces (-5 points on Social scale)	Maintain our current level of military readiness: Strongly Favors topic 15 Don't compromises US sovereignty by reducing nukes: Strongly Favors topic 15
Opposes topic 16: Stricter limits on political campaign funds (+2 points on Economic scale)	Oppose attempts to limit political speech: Strongly Opposes topic 16 Limit terms to 12 years with no automatic pay raises: Favors topic 16
Strongly Opposes topic 14: The Patriot Act harms civil liberties (-5 points on Social scale)	Reauthorize the Patriot Act: Strongly Opposes topic 14
Strongly Opposes topic 17: US out of Iraq & Afghanistan (-5 points on Social scale)	Inexcusable failure to withdraw from Iraq: Strongly Opposes topic 17 inexcusable failure to turn tail & run in Iraq: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Keep troops in Iraq and Afghanistan as long as necessary: Strongly Opposes topic 17