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 unrestricted right (-5 points on Social scale)	Supports GOP platform which bans abortion: Strongly Opposes topic 1
Favors topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (-3 points on Economic scale)	Equal pay for equal work for men and women: Strongly Favors topic 2 Women want job flexibility more than equal pay: Strongly Opposes topic 2 Supports MI Protection & Advocacy Services (pro-disabilty): Favors topic 2
Opposes topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (-3 points on Social scale)	AdWatch: No discrimination, but "no comment" on gay- bashing: Neutral on topic 3 Supports GOP platform which bans same-sex marriage: Strongly Opposes 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)
Opposes topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (+2 points on Economic scale)	Pre-tax health savings accounts & cross-states insurers: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Fix ObamaCare so Michiganders can keep insurance as promised: Favors topic 5 Embrace threat of federal shutdown to defund ObamaCare: Strongly Opposes topic 5
Strongly Favors topic 6: Privatize Social Security (+5 points on Economic scale)	Supports GOP platform plank for personal accounts: Strongly Favors topic 6
Favors topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (+2 points on Economic scale)	Local funding and local control of schools: Favors topic 7
Favors topic 8: Fight EPA regulatory over-reach (-3 points on Social scale)	As a conservative, I believe in conservation: Opposes topic 8 Endorsed Targeted as "Dirty Dozen" for anti-environmentalism: Strongly Favors topic 8
No opinion on topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+5 points on Economic scale)	Supports GOP platform which opposes magazine limit: Strongly Favors topic 10
Strongly Opposes topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (+5 points on Economic scale)	Make tax code simple, fair, and less bureaucratic: Strongly Opposes topic 11
Strongly Opposes topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (-5 points on Social scale)	No amnesty; seal the border; more H-1B visas: Strongly Opposes topic 12
Opposes topic 13: Support & expand free trade (-3 points on Economic scale)	Free trade agreements only with reciprocal market access: Opposes topic 13
Strongly Favors topic 14: Support American Exceptionalism (+5 points on Economic scale)	America is truly exceptional; but don't always intervene: Favors topic 14 Focus on rebuilding US first, then national security abroad: Strongly Favors topic 14
Strongly Favors topic 15: Expand the military (-5 points on Social scale)	Peace cannot be attained through weakness: Strongly Favors topic 15
Strongly Opposes topic 16: Make voter registration easier (-5 points on Social scale)	Super PACs are committed to Michigan: Strongly Opposes topic 16 Allow "dark money": secret campaign donations for issue ads: Strongly Opposes topic 16
Favors topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (+2 points on Social scale)	No military action in Syrian civil war: Favors topic 17 No military intervention in Syria: Favors topic 17
Strongly Opposes topic 18: Prioritize green energy (+5 points on Economic scale)	All-of-the-above energy policy, including Keystone: Strongly Opposes topic 18
No opinion on topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Opposes topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (+2 points on Economic scale)	Extend jobless benefit for long-term unemployed seeking work: Favors topic 20 Federal shutdown was opportunity to address spending: Strongly Opposes topic 20