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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)	Staunch defender of a woman's right to choose: Strongly Favors topic 1
Opposes topic 2: Require companies to hire more women & minorities (7 points on Economic scale)	YES on prohibiting same-sex basic training: Opposes topic 2
Strongly Favors topic 3: Sexual orientation protected by civil rights laws (10 points on Social scale)	Support the right of same sex couples to marry: 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)	Every American deserves health insurance: Strongly Favors topic 5 Ensure access to basic health care: Strongly Favors topic 5
Opposes topic 6: Privatize Social Security (2 points on Economic scale)	Raise benefit age to 75 and strengthen system: Opposes topic 6
Strongly Opposes topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (0 points on Social scale)	More teacher resources-end war against public schools: Strongly Opposes topic 7 No Child Left Behind shifts tax dollars into private schools: Strongly Opposes topic 7
Strongly Favors topic 8: Death Penalty (0 points on Social scale)	Support the use of the death penalty: Strongly Favors topic 8
Strongly Favors topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (0 points on Social scale)	End parole for repeat violent offenders: Strongly Favors topic 9
Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (7 points on Social scale)	Right to bear arms, but with background checks: Favors topic 10 Concealed carry ok; require background checks: Favors topic 10
Opposes topic 11: Decrease overall taxation of the wealthy (2 points on Economic scale)	End tax breaks for corporate outsourcing: Opposes topic 11
Opposes topic 12: Immigration helps our economy-encourage it (2 points on Economic scale)	Mandate English immersion in schools: Opposes topic 12 Immigrants were welcomed, not given a guest-worker program: Favors topic 12 Stricter enforcement on Mexican border: Opposes topic 12 YES on limit welfare for immigrants: Strongly Opposes topic 12 NO on visas for skilled workers: Opposes topic 12
Opposes topic 13: Support & expand free trade (2 points on Economic scale)	Foster manufacturing over outsourcing: Opposes topic 13 NO on Unknown roll call for 1997-292: Opposes topic 13
Strongly Favors topic 14: Link human rights to trade with China (0 points on Social scale)	China is too repressive for WTO: Strongly Favors topic 14
Strongly Opposes topic 15: More spending on armed forces (10 points on Economic scale)	Iraq military occupation should not be unending: Strongly Opposes topic 15
Opposes topic 16: Reduce spending on missile defense (Star Wars) (7 points on Economic scale)	NO on adopting the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty: Opposes topic 16
Opposes topic 17: Seek UN approval for military action (7 points on Economic scale)	NO on limiting NATO expansion to only Poland, Hungary & Czech: Favors topic 17 NO on $17.9 billion to IMF: Opposes topic 17 YES on cap foreign aid at only $12.7 billion: Opposes topic 17 YES on allowing all necessary forces and other means in Kosovo: Neutral topic 17
Strongly Favors topic 18: Reduce use of coal, oil, & nuclear energy (0 points on Economic scale)	Tax credits to protect against global warming: Strongly Favors topic 18
No opinion on topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (5 points on Social scale)	Decriminalize, if not legalize, marijuana: Strongly Favors topic 19 Tax credits for costs of drug treatment: Opposes topic 19 Decriminalize medical marijuana: 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)