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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 Favors topic 1: Abortion is a woman's right (10 points on Social scale)	Keep abortion safe, rare and legal; with 24-week viability: Strongly Favors topic 1 Supports abortion rights within his faith, not despite it: Strongly Favors topic 1 Parental consent with judicial override; Gore agrees: Opposes topic 1 Supported parental notification for minors; but pro-choice: Neutral on topic 1 Rated 100% by NARAL, indicating a pro-choice voting record: Strongly Favors topic 1 Expand embryonic stem cell research: Favors topic 1 NO on Unknown roll call for 1999-148: Favors topic 1 NO on banning partial birth abortions: Strongly Favors topic 1 NO on maintaining ban on Military Base Abortions: Favors topic 1 NO on banning partial birth abortions except for maternal life: Strongly Favors topic 1 NO on criminal penalty for harming unborn fetus during other crime: Favors topic 1 YES on $100M to reduce teen pregnancy by education & contraceptives: Favors topic 1
Favors topic 2: Require companies to hire more women & minorities (2 points on Economic scale)	Support reparation legislations: Strongly Favors topic 2 Marched with Martin Luther King in 1963; keep dream alive: Favors topic 2 Better economy helps blacks: Rising tide raises all boats: Opposes topic 2 I do support, and will support affirmative action: Favors topic 2 Supports affirmative action now; but phase it out by 2010: Favors topic 2 Affirmative action is “patently unfair”, in 1995: Strongly Opposes topic 2 Shift from group preferences to economic empowerment of all: Neutral on topic 2 Increase subsidies for women-owned non-profit business: Strongly Favors topic 2 NO on banning affirmative action hiring with federal funds: Strongly Favors topic 2 YES on prohibiting job discrimination by sexual orientation: Strongly Favors topic 2 NO on ending special funding for minority & women-owned business: Strongly Favors topic 2 NO on prohibiting same-sex basic training: Favors topic 2 YES on setting aside 10% of highway funds for minorities & women: Favors topic 2
Strongly Favors topic 3: Sexual orientation protected by civil rights laws (10 points on Social scale)	Opposes laws against gay sex & sodomy; focus on real crime: Strongly Favors topic 3 For gay equal employment; against gay marriage: Favors topic 3 Expand “Hate Crimes” to include women, gays, and disabled: Strongly Favors topic 3 More funding and stricter sentencing for hate crimes: Strongly Favors topic 3 YES on prohibiting same-sex marriage: Strongly Opposes topic 3 YES on prohibiting job discrimination by sexual orientation: Strongly Favors topic 3 YES on expanding hate crimes to include sexual orientation: Favors topic 3 YES on adding sexual orientation to definition of hate crimes: Strongly Favors topic 3 NO on constitutional ban of same-sex marriage: Strongly Favors topic 3
Opposes topic 4: Teach family values in public schools (7 points on Social scale)	Non-sectarian moment of silence OK in public schools: Favors topic 4 Express religious faith in schools, within Constitution: Opposes topic 4 Christian right leaders call Lieberman an ally: Neutral on topic 4 Voted against school prayer; for condom distribution: Strongly Opposes topic 4 Rated 0% by the Christian Coalition: an anti-family voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 4 NO on requiring schools to allow voluntary prayer: Opposes topic 4 NO on $75M for abstinence education: Strongly Opposes topic 4 NO on killing restrictions on violent videos to minors: Favors topic 4 YES on declaring that memorial prayers and religious symbols at sch: Favors topic 4 NO on recommending Constitutional ban on flag desecration: Opposes topic 4
Favors topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (2 points on Economic scale)	National health insurance pool-free for poor and children: Strongly Favors topic 5 Return taxes to Clinton-era rates to improve health care: Favors topic 5 No more big-spending health plans: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Supports health insurance industry (based in Hartford CT): Strongly Favors topic 5 Limited lawsuits against HMOs and automakers: Favors topic 5 Establish "report cards" on HMO quality of care: Favors topic 5 Invest funds to alleviate the nursing shortage: Favors topic 5 Rated 100% by APHA, indicating a pro-public health record: Strongly Favors topic 5 YES on medical savings acounts: Favors topic 5 YES on Medicare means-testing: Opposes topic 5 NO on limiting self-employment health deduction: Favors topic 5 YES on Unknown roll call for 1999-76: Favors topic 5 YES on including prescription drugs under Medicare: Favors topic 5 NO on funding GOP version of Medicare prescription drug benefit: Favors topic 5 YES on increasing Medicaid rebate for producing generics: Favors topic 5 YES on negotiating bulk purchases for Medicare prescription drug: Strongly Favors topic 5 YES on expanding enrollment period for Medicare Part D: Favors topic 5 NO on limiting medical liability lawsuits to $250,000: Opposes topic 5
Opposes topic 6: Privatize Social Security (2 points on Economic scale)	OK to invest in private markets, a little: Favors topic 6 Lieberman commends Gore’s National Retirement Savings Plan: Neutral on topic 6 Create Retirement Savings Accounts: Favors topic 6 Rated 100% by the ARA, indicating a pro-senior voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 6 NO on deducting Social Security payments on income taxes: Opposes topic 6 NO on allowing Roth IRAs for retirees: Opposes topic 6 NO on allowing personal retirement accounts: Opposes topic 6 NO on using the Social Security Surplus to fund tax reductions: Opposes topic 6
Favors topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (7 points on Social scale)	Supports vouchers that don't take money from public schools: Favors topic 7 Support public school choice; experiment with private choice: Strongly Favors topic 7 Would advocate vouchers privately, but support Gore publicly: Neutral on topic 7 Supports charter schools, private education savings accounts: Favors topic 7 Choice won’t “ruin” schools; they’re already in ruins: Strongly Favors topic 7 Voted for vouchers; against block grants: Strongly Favors topic 7 Offer every parent Charter Schools and public school choice: Opposes topic 7 Firmly opposed to Bush’s voucher proposal: Strongly Opposes topic 7 Rated 86% by the NEA, indicating pro-public education votes: Strongly Opposes topic 7 YES on school vouchers in DC: Strongly Favors topic 7 YES on education savings accounts: Favors topic 7 NO on allowing more flexibility in federal school rules: Strongly Opposes topic 7 YES on Educational Savings Accounts: Favors topic 7 YES on funding smaller classes instead of private tutors: Opposes topic 7 YES on funding student testing instead of private tutors: Opposes topic 7 YES on $5B for grants to local educational agencies: Opposes topic 7
Favors topic 8: Death Penalty (2 points on Social scale)	Favors death penalty, even for minors: Strongly Favors topic 8 Moratorium on death penalty; more DNA testing: Opposes topic 8 Require DNA testing for all federal executions: Strongly Opposes topic 8 YES on rejecting racial statistics in death penalty appeals: Favors topic 8 YES on limiting death penalty appeals: Favors topic 8
Favors topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (2 points on Social scale)	Invest in rehabilitation, not prisons: Opposes topic 9 Build more jails to keep violent offendors for full sentence: Strongly Favors topic 9 Rated 50% by CURE, indicating mixed votes on rehabilitation: Neutral on topic 9 YES on mandatory prison terms for crimes involving firearms: Strongly Favors topic 9 NO on more penalties for gun & drug violations: Opposes topic 9 YES on $1.15 billion per year to continue the COPS program: Opposes topic 9
Opposes topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (2 points on Social scale)	Licensing & registration violate fundamental right to guns: Strongly Favors topic 10 Safe havens: Ban guns in schools and churches: Opposes topic 10 Safety locks, background checks, & bans on sale to kids: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Prevent unauthorized firearm use with "smart gun" technology: Opposes topic 10 NO on maintaining current law: guns sold without trigger locks: