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VoteMatch Question & Answer (Click on question for explanation and background)	Based on these stances: (Click on topic for excerpt & citation)
Favors topic 1: Abortion is a woman's right (7 points on Social scale)	Supports abortion rights: Favors topic 1
Favors topic 2: Require companies to hire more women & minorities (2 points on Economic scale)	Fight “bias crimes” based on gender or disability: Favors topic 2 Supports affirmative action: Favors topic 2 Economic opportunity regardless of gender or ethnicity: Favors topic 2
Favors topic 3: Sexual orientation protected by civil rights laws (7 points on Social scale)	Supports gay rights: 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)
Favors topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (2 points on Economic scale)	Require insurance companies to pay for 48-hour maternity: Favors topic 5 Use tobacco funds to increase number of insured adults: Strongly Favors topic 5 Protect state tobacco settlement funds from federal seizure: Neutral on topic 5
No opinion on topic 6: Privatize Social Security (5 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (10 points on Social scale)	Statewide standards ensure quality education: Favors topic 7 Improve education with choice, charter schools, & character: Strongly Favors topic 7 Supports charter schools; now 50 in NJ: Favors topic 7
No opinion on topic 8: Death Penalty (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (0 points on Social scale)	End early release; enforce “three strikes”; build prisons: Strongly Favors topic 9
Opposes topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (2 points on Social scale)	Initiated Zero Tolerance for Guns in schools: Opposes topic 10
Strongly Favors topic 11: Decrease overall taxation of the wealthy (10 points on Economic scale)	Reduced state income tax by 30%: Strongly Favors topic 11 Cut business taxes and other taxes: Favors topic 11 Cut NJ taxes by 30%; zero taxes for 380,000 poor: Strongly Favors topic 11 Cut property taxes, rebated payments: Favors topic 11 Taxpayers should benefit first and most from budget surplus: Favors topic 11 No national sales tax or VAT: Neutral on topic 11
No opinion on topic 12: Immigration helps our economy-encourage it (5 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 13: Support & expand free trade (10 points on Economic scale)	Promotes trade with many other countries: Favors topic 13 Free trade has created jobs; much more is possible: Strongly Favors topic 13 Supports Pan-American Free Trade Agreement: Strongly Favors topic 13 Foreign trade is key to growing the economy: Strongly Favors topic 13
No opinion on topic 14: Link human rights to trade with China (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 15: More spending on armed forces (5 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 16: Reduce spending on missile defense (Star Wars) (5 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 17: Seek UN approval for military action (2 points on Economic scale)	Discuss with G-8: climate change, health, development: Favors topic 17
Favors topic 18: Reduce use of coal, oil, & nuclear energy (2 points on Economic scale)	EPA principles: local cooperation, clear science-based goals: Favors topic 18 Spearheaded preservation in heavily developed NJ: Favors topic 18 Supports “smart growth” against suburban sprawl: Strongly Favors topic 18 Unfettered development is ugly; smart growth instead: Favors topic 18 Protect clean water via watershed management plans: Favors topic 18 Voluntary partnerships reduce greenhouse gases economically: Neutral on topic 18 Kyoto Treaty must include reductions by all countries: Opposes topic 18 Tax credits & more funding for renewable energy research: Favors topic 18 Open small fraction of ANWR for regulated production : Strongly Opposes topic 18
Strongly Favors topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (0 points on Social scale)	Enforce drug laws to reduce crime: Strongly Favors topic 19 More federal funding for all aspects of Drug War: Favors topic 19
No opinion on topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (5 points on Social scale)	Supports “Work First” & welfare benefit limits: Favors topic 20 Help working poor with earned income tax credit: Opposes topic 20