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VoteMatch Question & Answer (Click on question for explanation and background)	Based on these stances: (Click on topic for excerpt & citation)
Opposes topic 1: Abortion is a woman's right (-3 points on Social scale)	Government must define when life begins & then protect it: Neutral on topic 1 No federal funding for embryonic stem cell research: Opposes topic 1
Strongly Opposes topic 2: Require hiring more women & minorities (+5 points on Economic scale)	End affirmative action programs: Strongly Opposes topic 2
Strongly Favors topic 3: Same-sex domestic partnership benefits (+5 points on Social scale)	Open gays ok in military; don't define marriage: 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)
Strongly Favors topic 8: Death Penalty (-5 points on Social scale)	Supports capital punishment: Strongly Favors topic 8
Opposes topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (+2 points on Social scale)	Job-training, substance-abuse, & early-release for prisoners: Opposes topic 9
Strongly Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+5 points on Economic scale)	Second Amendment is self-evident: Strongly Favors topic 10 Liberty Candidate: no point in keeping guns you can't access: Strongly Favors topic 10
Strongly Opposes topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (+5 points on Economic scale)	Defund, repeal, & replace federal care with free market: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Repeal any federal health care takeover: Strongly Opposes topic 5
Strongly Favors topic 6: Privatize Social Security (+5 points on Economic scale)	Optional individual ownership of retirement funds: Strongly Favors topic 6
Strongly Favors topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (+5 points on Economic scale)	Something similar to vouchers as an interim solution: Strongly Favors topic 7
Strongly Opposes topic 18: Replace coal & oil with alternatives (+5 points on Economic scale)	Cap-and-trade has no impact on global temperatures: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Explore proven energy reserves & keep energy prices low: Opposes topic 18 Liberty Candidate: tax incentives for US-based alternatives: Opposes topic 18
Opposes topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (+2 points on Social scale)	No mandatory prison sentences for selling illegal drugs: Opposes topic 19
No opinion on topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Opposes topic 11: Make taxes more progressive (+5 points on Economic scale)	Repeal the 16th Amendment; add Balanced Budget Amendment: Strongly Opposes topic 11 FairTax: simple, fair, understandable, & encourages growth: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Adopt a single-rate tax system: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Repeal tax hikes in capital gains and death taxes: Strongly Opposes topic 11
Strongly Opposes topic 12: Illegal immigrants earn citizenship (-5 points on Social scale)	Legal immigrants ok; no pathway for illegal immigrants: Strongly Opposes topic 12
Opposes topic 13: Support & expand free trade (-3 points on Economic scale)	No free trade agreements; free trade with all nations: Opposes topic 13
Strongly Opposes topic 15: Expand the armed forces (+5 points on Social scale)	Non-interventionism in military and in foreign aid: Strongly Opposes topic 15
Opposes topic 16: Stricter limits on political campaign funds (+2 points on Economic scale)	Reconsider 17th Amendment and direct election of Senators: Opposes topic 16
Strongly Favors topic 14: The Patriot Act harms civil liberties (+5 points on Social scale)	Repeal Patriot Act; it violates Bill of Rights: Strongly Favors topic 14
Strongly Opposes topic 17: US out of Iraq & Afghanistan (-5 points on Social scale)	Bring all the troops home: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Liberty Candidate: US abroad unconstitutional & unaffordable: Opposes topic 17