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VoteMatch Question & Answer (Click on question for explanation and background)	Based on these stances: (Click on topic for excerpt & citation)
Favors topic 1: Abortion is a woman's right (+2 points on Social scale)	Invest in emerging industries like stem cell research: Favors topic 1 Endorsed Recommended by EMILY's List of pro-choice women: Favors topic 1 Let military perform abortions in cases of rape or incest: Favors topic 1 NO on restricting UN funding for population control policies: Favors topic 1
Favors topic 2: Require hiring more women & minorities (-3 points on Economic scale)	Support principles embodied in the Equal Rights Amendment: Favors topic 2 Ban discriminatory compensation; allow 2 years to sue: Favors topic 2 Afghan laws violate women's human rights on sex & divorce: Favors topic 2
Strongly Favors topic 3: Same-sex domestic partnership benefits (+5 points on Social scale)	Supported the 2007 civil unions law in New Hampshire: Strongly Favors topic 3 ENDA: prohibit employment discrimination for gays: Favors topic 3 Repeal Don't-Ask-Don't-Tell, and reinstate discharged gays: Favors topic 3 Prohibit sexual-identity discrimination at schools: Strongly Favors topic 3
Opposes topic 4: Teacher-led prayer in public schools (+2 points on Social scale)	Standards for teachers; kindergarten for kids: Opposes topic 4
Strongly Favors topic 8: Death Penalty (-5 points on Social scale)	Broaden use of the death penalty: Strongly Favors topic 8
Favors topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (-3 points on Social scale)	Require truth in sentencing: Strongly Favors topic 9 Supports flexible federal block grants for crime programs: Neutral on topic 9
Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+2 points on Economic scale)	YES on allowing firearms in checked baggage on Amtrak trains: Favors topic 10
Favors topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (-3 points on Economic scale)	We need a universal health care system to cover everyone: Strongly Favors topic 5 Disclose payments from manufacturers to physicians: Favors topic 5 Protect state tobacco settlement funds from federal seizure: Neutral on topic 5 NO on the Ryan Budget: Medicare choice, tax & spending cuts: Favors topic 5 YES on expanding the Children's Health Insurance Program: Favors topic 5 YES on regulating tobacco as a drug: Favors topic 5
No opinion on topic 6: Privatize Social Security (0 points on Economic scale)	Maintain federal Social Services Block Grant funding: Favors topic 6 Maintain long-term solvency of Social Security and Medicare: Opposes topic 6
Opposes topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (-3 points on Economic scale)	Improve and invest in public schools: Opposes topic 7 Professional development grants for elementary principals: Opposes topic 7
Favors topic 18: Replace coal & oil with alternatives (-3 points on Economic scale)	Independence from foreign oil and reverse global warming: Strongly Favors topic 18 Supports Land and Community Heritage Investment Program: Favors topic 18 Manage growth & avoid sprawl: Strongly Favors topic 18 Voluntary partnerships reduce greenhouse gases economically: Neutral on topic 18 Kyoto Treaty must include reductions by all countries: Opposes topic 18 Create Regional Emissions Registry for GHG trading: Favors topic 18 NO on barring EPA from regulating greenhouse gases: Favors topic 18 NO on requiring full Senate debate and vote on cap-and-trade: Favors topic 18 NO on protecting middle-income taxpayers from a national energy tax: Favors topic 18 YES on $2 billion more for Cash for Clunkers program: Favors topic 18
Favors topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (-3 points on Social scale)	Foreign assistance helps counter-drug efforts: Favors topic 19 More federal funding for all aspects of Drug War: Favors topic 19
No opinion on topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (0 points on Economic scale)	Promote the next generation of welfare reform: Opposes topic 20 Maintain flexibility & funding levels for TANF block grants: Favors topic 20
Favors topic 11: Make taxes more progressive (-3 points on Economic scale)	Support middle class tax cuts to help working families: Strongly Favors topic 11 No national sales tax or VAT: Neutral on topic 11
Favors topic 12: Illegal immigrants earn citizenship (+2 points on Social scale)	No automated entry-exit control system; allow free flow: Strongly Favors topic 12 Share costs of legal immigration between states & federal: Neutral on topic 12 Federal government should deal with criminal repatriation: Neutral on topic 12
Favors topic 13: Support & expand free trade (+2 points on Economic scale)	Develop an open North American energy market: Favors topic 13 Foster globalization with New England & Eastern Canada: Favors topic 13
No opinion on topic 15: Expand the armed forces (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 16: Stricter limits on political campaign funds (-3 points on Economic scale)	Military spouses don't lose voting residency while abroad: Favors topic 16
Strongly Opposes topic 14: The Patriot Act harms civil liberties (-5 points on Social scale)	YES on extending the PATRIOT Act's roving wiretaps: Strongly Opposes topic 14
Favors topic 17: US out of Iraq & Afghanistan (+2 points on Social scale)	End the devastating, mismanaged war in Iraq: Strongly Favors topic 17 Include states in anti-terrorism planning: Neutral on topic 17 Sanctions on Iran to end nuclear program: Opposes topic 17