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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 (0 points on Social scale)	Overturn Roe v. Wade; litmus test for appointments: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Keep courts out of state bans on partial-birth abortions: Opposes topic 1
No opinion on topic 2: Require companies to hire more women & minorities (5 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 3: Sexual orientation protected by civil rights laws (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 4: Permit prayer in public schools (0 points on Social scale)	Religion is indispensable; against “all state, no church.”: Favors topic 4 Mentioning God in classrooms should not be illegal: Strongly Favors topic 4
No opinion on topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (5 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 6: Privatize Social Security (10 points on Economic scale)	30% privately invested won’t affect Social Security system: Strongly Favors topic 6 Tax-free “Freedom Accounts” replace IRAs.: Favors topic 6 Can place 30% of SSI taxes into “Freedom Accounts”: Favors topic 6
Strongly Favors topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (10 points on Social scale)	Experiment with charter schools and parental choice: Strongly 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)	One-Strike for gun crimes, including juveniles: Strongly Favors topic 9
Strongly Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (10 points on Social scale)	2nd Amendment rights protect all other rights: Strongly Favors topic 10 Self-control instead of gun control: Strongly Favors topic 10 Enforce existing gun laws before making new ones: Favors topic 10 Instant gun checks OK, but real issue is self-control: Favors topic 10
Strongly Favors topic 11: Decrease overall taxation of the wealthy (10 points on Economic scale)	Simplify income taxes, eliminate estate taxes: Strongly Favors topic 11 30% across-the-board income tax and corporate tax cut: Strongly Favors topic 11 Radical tax change eventually; cut taxes in interim: Strongly Favors topic 11 Eliminate most tax preferences; preserve “core incentives”: Favors 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)
No opinion on topic 13: Support & expand free trade (5 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 14: Link human rights to trade with China (0 points on Social scale)	China not ready for WTO; engage them & change them: Strongly Favors topic 14 Move China towards democracy, to avoid threat: Favors topic 14 We must face China as our biggest challenge: Favors topic 14
Strongly Favors topic 15: More spending on armed forces (0 points on Economic scale)	Neglect is leading to a “hollow military”: Strongly Favors topic 15 Spend more on advanced weapons R&D: Strongly Favors topic 15
Strongly Opposes topic 16: Reduce spending on missile defense (Star Wars) (10 points on Economic scale)	Focus on high-tech: SDI and spying: Strongly Opposes topic 16 Modify Aegis for missile defense; withdraw from ABM Treaty: Strongly Opposes topic 16 Respect China; support Taiwan; SDI for Asian allies: Opposes topic 16
Opposes topic 17: Seek UN approval for military action (7 points on Economic scale)	Treat Asia like we do Europe: Favors topic 17 Should have negotiated Kosovo; no US peacekeeping troops: Opposes topic 17 Our Kosovo role: bring combatants together, not wage war: Opposes topic 17
Opposes topic 18: Reduce use of coal, oil, & nuclear energy (7 points on Economic scale)	More research before we act on global warming: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Reducing greenhouse emissions hurts economy too much: Strongly Opposes topic 18 CAFE standards cost lives by shrinking cars: Opposes topic 18 Supports marketable pollution credits for over-compliance: Favors topic 18
Strongly Favors topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (0 points on Social scale)	Moral leaders can & must win War on Drugs: Favors topic 19 Feds have surrendered in the War on Drugs: Strongly Favors 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)