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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 (+2 points on Social scale)	No federal funding for stem cell research: Opposes topic 1 Leave the decision up to the woman: Strongly Favors topic 1
Favors topic 2: Require hiring more women & minorities (-3 points on Economic scale)	Support principles embodied in the Equal Rights Amendment: Favors topic 2
Strongly Favors topic 3: Same-sex domestic partnership benefits (+5 points on Social scale)	I support gay unions; government out of marriage business: Strongly Favors topic 3
No opinion on topic 4: Teacher-led prayer in public schools (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Opposes topic 8: Death Penalty (+2 points on Social scale)	1994: Proponent of death penalty, but willing to debate it: Favors topic 8 Death penalty as a public policy is flawed: Strongly Opposes topic 8
Opposes topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (+2 points on Social scale)	Half of crime is drug-related; legalizing drugs cuts crime: Opposes topic 9 Supports flexible federal block grants for crime programs: Neutral on topic 9 Zero tolerance for violence against government employees: Neutral on topic 9
Strongly Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+5 points on Economic scale)	Laws regarding guns are ineffective: Strongly Favors topic 10
Opposes topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (+2 points on Economic scale)	Repeal ObamaCare & failed Medicare prescription drug benefit: Strongly Opposes topic 5 More federal funding for rural health services: Favors topic 5 Protect state tobacco settlement funds from federal seizure: Neutral on topic 5
Opposes topic 6: Privatize Social Security (-3 points on Economic scale)	Change escalator from wage-based to inflation-based: Opposes topic 6 Maintain federal Social Services Block Grant funding: Favors topic 6 Maintain long-term solvency of Social Security and Medicare: Opposes topic 6
Strongly Favors topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (+5 points on Economic scale)	Put educational funds in the hands of the people who use it: Strongly Favors topic 7 End the Department of Education: Favors topic 7
Opposes topic 18: Replace coal & oil with alternatives (+2 points on Economic scale)	Voluntary partnerships reduce greenhouse gases economically: Neutral on topic 18 Kyoto Treaty must include reductions by all countries: Opposes topic 18 Create block grants for Agricultural Stewardship: Neutral on topic 18 Collaborative, incentive driven, locally-based solutions: Neutral on topic 18
Opposes topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (+2 points on Social scale)	Harm-reduction: health issue rather than criminal issue: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Drug policy today parallels Prohibition in the 1920's: Strongly Opposes topic 19 War on Drugs is a miserable failure; $6M for treatment: Strongly Opposes topic 19 More federal funding for all aspects of Drug War: Favors topic 19 States should make drug policy, not feds: Neutral on topic 19
Favors topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (+2 points on Economic scale)	Maintain flexibility & funding levels for TANF block grants: Favors topic 20
Opposes topic 11: Make taxes more progressive (+2 points on Economic scale)	Replace job-killing tax code with FairTax: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Lower the tax burden; eliminate corporate tax: Strongly Opposes topic 11 No national sales tax or VAT: Neutral on topic 11 Federal tax incentives for energy, with state decisions: Neutral on topic 11
Favors topic 12: Illegal immigrants earn citizenship (+2 points on Social scale)	2 year grace period for illegals to get work visas: Favors topic 12 1 strike & you're out for legal immigrants who violate terms: Favors topic 12 Let some, but not all, illegal immigrants stay in US: Favors topic 12 Open the border; flood of Mexicans would become taxpayers: Strongly Favors topic 12 Share costs of legal immigration between states & federal: Neutral on topic 12 Federal government should deal with criminal repatriation: Neutral on topic 12
Strongly Favors topic 13: Support & expand free trade (+5 points on Economic scale)	Flights to Cuba ok; trade promotes friendship: Strongly Favors topic 13 Eliminate needless barriers to free trade: Strongly Favors topic 13 NAFTA benefits New Mexico; jobs lost are those we don't want: Strongly Favors topic 13
Strongly Opposes topic 15: Expand the armed forces (+5 points on Social scale)	Allies want more US military spending, but cut by 43%: Strongly Opposes topic 15 43% reduction in military spending; cut foreign aid too: Strongly Opposes topic 15 Balance budget by cutting entitlements AND Defense: Strongly Opposes topic 15
Strongly Opposes topic 16: Stricter limits on political campaign funds (+5 points on Economic scale)	Full disclosure, but no limits on campaign donations: Strongly Opposes topic 16
Strongly Favors topic 14: The Patriot Act harms civil liberties (+5 points on Social scale)	Let the PATRIOT Act expire; respect habeas corpus: Strongly Favors topic 14 Due process at Guantanamo; no torture of terrorist suspects: Strongly Favors topic 14
Opposes topic 17: US out of Iraq & Afghanistan (-3 points on Social scale)	Eliminate ineffective interventions in Iraq & Afghanistan: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Include states in anti-terrorism planning: Neutral on topic 17