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)
Strongly Favors topic 2: Require companies to hire more women & minorities (0 points on Economic scale)	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 opinion on topic 3: Sexual orientation protected by civil rights laws (5 points on Social scale)	YES on prohibiting same-sex marriage: Strongly Opposes topic 3 YES on prohibiting job discrimination by sexual orientation: Strongly Favors topic 3
Favors topic 4: Permit prayer in public schools (2 points on Social scale)	NO on requiring schools to allow voluntary prayer: Opposes topic 4 YES on $75M for abstinence education: Strongly Favors topic 4
Favors topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (2 points on Economic scale)	YES on medical savings acounts: Favors topic 5
Opposes topic 6: Privatize Social Security (2 points on Economic scale)	NO on deducting Social Security payments on income taxes: Opposes topic 6
No opinion on topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 8: Death Penalty (5 points on Social scale)	NO on rejecting racial statistics in death penalty appeals: Opposes topic 8 YES on limiting death penalty appeals: Favors topic 8
Strongly Opposes topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (10 points on Social scale)	NO on mandatory prison terms for crimes involving firearms: Strongly Opposes 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)
Opposes topic 15: More spending on armed forces (7 points on Economic scale)	NO on 1996 Defense Appropriations: Opposes topic 15
Opposes topic 16: Reduce spending on missile defense (Star Wars) (7 points on Economic scale)	YES on considering deploying NMD, and amending ABM Treaty: Opposes topic 16
No opinion on topic 17: Seek UN approval for military action (5 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 18: Reduce use of coal, oil, & nuclear energy (2 points on Economic scale)	NO on do not require ethanol in gasoline: Favors topic 18
Strongly Opposes topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (10 points on Social scale)	NO on spending international development funds on drug control: Strongly Opposes topic 19
Favors topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (2 points on Social scale)	YES on allowing state welfare waivers: Favors topic 20 YES on eliminating block grants for food stamps: Opposes topic 20 YES on welfare block grants: Favors topic 20