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)
No opinion on topic 1: Abortion is a woman's right (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 2: Require companies to hire more women & minorities (2 points on Economic scale)	Established Martin Luther King Day in Georgia: Favors topic 2
No opinion on topic 3: Sexual orientation protected by civil rights laws (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 4: Permit prayer in public schools (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (0 points on Economic scale)	Liberal on National Health Insurance: Strongly Favors topic 5 Supports national health insurance: Strongly Favors topic 5
No opinion on topic 6: Privatize Social Security (5 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (7 points on Social scale)	Defended private schools, even when segregated: Favors topic 7
No opinion on topic 8: Death Penalty (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Opposes topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (7 points on Social scale)	Jails are filled with poor; focus on white-collar crime: Opposes topic 9 Crime reflects a sickness in society: Neutral on topic 9
No opinion on topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 11: Decrease overall taxation of the wealthy (5 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
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)
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)	Carter 1977: Focus on human rights; give back Panama Canal: Favors topic 17
No opinion on topic 18: Reduce use of coal, oil, & nuclear energy (5 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Opposes topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (10 points on Social scale)	We stopped treating alcoholism as a crime; that helped: Strongly Opposes topic 19
No opinion on topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (5 points on Social scale)	Spends one week per year building affordable housing: Neutral on topic 20