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 Favors topic 1: Abortion is a woman's right (+5 points on Social scale)	Strongly pro-choice; woman's right to choose: Strongly Favors topic 1
Strongly Favors topic 2: Require hiring more women & minorities (-5 points on Economic scale)	Prop 54 is racial discrimination without a paper trail: Strongly Favors topic 2 Supports affirmative action wholeheartedly: Strongly Favors topic 2 Prop. 54 is a racist gag order: Favors topic 2
Strongly Favors topic 3: Same-sex domestic partnership benefits (+5 points on Social scale)	Promoting marriage is not a proper role of government: Favors topic 3 Supports same-sex marriage under equal protection clause: Strongly Favors topic 3 Supports same-sex unions with full rights: Strongly Favors topic 3 AIDS drugs show industry focus on profit over health: Favors topic 3
Opposes topic 4: Teacher-led prayer in public schools (+2 points on Social scale)	Live the Ten Commandments, instead of posting in schools: Opposes topic 4
Strongly Opposes topic 8: Death Penalty (+5 points on Social scale)	Philosophically opposed to the death penalty: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Moratorium on capital punishment based on racial disparity: Strongly Opposes topic 8
Opposes topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (+2 points on Social scale)	Roll back $1B prison guard pay raise: books, not bars: Opposes topic 9 Mandatory minimum sentencing is cowardly: Opposes topic 9
Strongly Opposes topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (-5 points on Economic scale)	More gun restrictions and more enforcement of gun laws: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Favors all the gun control we can get: Strongly Opposes topic 10
No opinion on topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 6: Privatize Social Security (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (+2 points on Economic scale)	Equalize funding for charter schools to raise teacher pay: Favors topic 7
Strongly Favors topic 18: Replace coal & oil with alternatives (-5 points on Economic scale)	Stress fuel efficiency; invest in clean & renewable energy: Strongly Favors topic 18
No opinion on topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (0 points on Social scale)	Supports medical marijuana; fight Bush to keep Prop 215: Strongly Favors topic 19 Drug War is a disaster: need more prevention: Strongly Opposes topic 19
No opinion on topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 11: Make taxes more progressive (-3 points on Economic scale)	Estate tax repeal damages philanthropic organizations: Favors topic 11 Big business should carry fair share of the tax burden: Favors topic 11 Full assessment of commercial property; more corporate tax: Favors topic 11
Strongly Favors topic 12: Illegal immigrants earn citizenship (+5 points on Social scale)	For giving driver's licenses to illegal immigrants: Favors topic 12 Respect illegal immigrant rights-they're not terrorists: Strongly Favors topic 12 Drivers license to illegal immigrants this bill & every bill: Strongly Favors topic 12 Supports immigrant rights: Favors topic 12
No opinion on topic 13: Support & expand free trade (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 15: Expand the armed forces (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 16: Stricter limits on political campaign funds (-3 points on Economic scale)	Higher campaign donation limit gives more influence to rich: 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)
No opinion on topic 17: US out of Iraq (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)