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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)	Pro-choice activist: Strongly Favors topic 1 It’s a woman’s choice, including federal funding: Strongly Favors topic 1
No opinion on topic 2: Require companies to hire more women & minorities (5 points on Economic scale)	Affirmative action is “squishy” - education is key: Neutral on topic 2 Calling NAFTA opponents “racist” is a smear tactic: Neutral on topic 2
Strongly Favors topic 3: Sexual orientation protected by civil rights laws (10 points on Social scale)	Gay rights are individual rights; fund AIDS blitz: Strongly Favors topic 3 Homosexuality is an individual right: Favors topic 3 Attack AIDS at every level: more education, more research: Favors topic 3
Favors topic 4: Permit prayer in public schools (2 points on Social scale)	More pre-school, more standards, more teacher respect: Favors topic 4
Favors topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (2 points on Economic scale)	NAFTA is backdoor deregulation; lowers FDA standards: Favors topic 5 Expand Medicare to cover all Americans: Strongly Favors topic 5 Short term: cost containment & focus on prevention: Opposes topic 5 Long term: comprehensive national health policy: Strongly Favors topic 5
Opposes topic 6: Privatize Social Security (2 points on Economic scale)	Base indexing on a lower inflation rate: Opposes topic 6
Opposes topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (2 points on Social scale)	Expand school year from 180 days to at least 210: Opposes topic 7 More money into same system produces more of same failures: Favors topic 7 Create world’s finest public schools: Strongly Opposes topic 7
No opinion on topic 8: Death Penalty (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Opposes topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (10 points on Social scale)	Solving welfare by work will reduce crime: Opposes topic 9 Education is a strong anti-crime program: Strongly Opposes topic 9
Opposes topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (2 points on Social scale)	No right to own machine guns: Opposes topic 10
Opposes topic 11: Decrease overall taxation of the wealthy (2 points on Economic scale)	Consider a VAT value-added tax: Favors topic 11 Limit power to tax; expand power to intervene in market: Favors topic 11 Cut spending and raise taxes to pay off debt: Opposes topic 11 Massive redistribution from wealthy to poor: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Raise marginal tax rates on the wealthy: Opposes topic 11 Disallow mortgage & health deductions for the rich: Opposes topic 11 Decrease capital gains tax to foster long-term thinking: Favors topic 11
Strongly Opposes topic 12: Immigration helps our economy-encourage it (0 points on Economic scale)	NAFTA will encourage illegal immigration: Strongly Opposes topic 12
Strongly Opposes topic 13: Support & expand free trade (0 points on Economic scale)	Get other nations to lower import barriers: Opposes topic 13 Trade deficit is as bad as budget deficit: Opposes topic 13 Trade deficit improves if we understand foreign culture: Opposes topic 13 Fast Track makes more secrecy and less public input: Opposes topic 13 NAFTA is good for investors & bad for jobs: Strongly Opposes topic 13
Strongly Favors topic 14: Link human rights to trade with China (0 points on Social scale)	NAFTA allows prison-made Chinese textiles into US via Mexico: Strongly Favors topic 14
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)
Strongly Favors topic 17: Seek UN approval for military action (0 points on Economic scale)	Great nations should commit more abroad: Strongly Favors topic 17 Pay attention to developing nations: Strongly Favors topic 17 NAFTA yields US sovereignty to international organizations: Opposes topic 17 Less aid to allies; more aid to Russia: Strongly Favors topic 17 Russia: reduce nukes; contain imperialism; send aid: Strongly Favors topic 17
Strongly Favors topic 18: Reduce use of coal, oil, & nuclear energy (0 points on Economic scale)	Supported 50-cent gas tax to pay off deficit: Strongly Favors topic 18 Mexico provides escape from US environmental regulations: Favors topic 18 This planet is our home; protect it for the future: Favors topic 18
Favors topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (2 points on Social scale)	Can’t overstate the damage that drugs are doing: Strongly Favors topic 19 Drug traffickers will take advantage of open Mexican border: Favors topic 19 Make drug treatment available to all addicts: Opposes topic 19
Favors topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (2 points on Social scale)	Get business & churches involved with schools: Favors topic 20 Transform welfare recipients to productive citizens: Favors topic 20 Place disadvantaged kids in government-funded homes: Opposes topic 20