VoteMatch Responses
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VoteMatch Question & Answer
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Favors
topic 1:
Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right
(+2 points on Social scale)
| Right to safe & legal abortion is indispensable: Strongly Favors topic 1
Champion stem cell research for its great promise: Favors topic 1
Healthcare reform more important than covering abortion: Opposes topic 1 |
Strongly Favors
topic 2:
Legally require hiring women & minorities
(-5 points on Economic scale)
| Enforceable workforce protection for seniors: Favors topic 2
$5M/year to support women- and minority-owned businesses: Strongly Favors topic 2 |
Strongly Favors
topic 3:
Comfortable with same-sex marriage
(+5 points on Social scale)
| Repeal DOMA; work for LGBT right to marry: Strongly Favors topic 3
End "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy: Favors topic 3 |
Favors
topic 4:
Keep God in the public sphere
(-3 points on Social scale)
| Crafted Serve America Act: community and faith-based service: Favors topic 4 |
Strongly Favors
topic 5:
Expand ObamaCare
(-5 points on Economic scale)
| Health care is both a moral issue and an economic issue: Strongly Favors topic 5 |
Favors
topic 6:
Privatize Social Security
(+2 points on Economic scale)
| Individual retirement accounts ok; but not from Trust Fund: Favors topic 6 |
Opposes
topic 7:
Vouchers for school choice
(-3 points on Economic scale)
| Make public education the civil rights issue of 21st century: Strongly Opposes topic 7
Double the federal charter school investment: Favors topic 7 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 8:
Fight EPA regulatory over-reach
(+5 points on Social scale)
| More aggressive enforcement of environmental regulations: Strongly Opposes topic 8 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 9:
Stricter punishment reduces crime
(+5 points on Social scale)
| Strongly opposes the death penalty as ineffective & wrong: Strongly Opposes topic 9
Opposes death penalty in all cases: Strongly Opposes topic 9 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 10:
Absolute right to gun ownership
(-5 points on Economic scale)
| Ban assault weapons; strengthen background checks: Strongly Opposes topic 10 |
Strongly Favors
topic 11:
Higher taxes on the wealthy
(-5 points on Economic scale)
| Supports a war tax to pay for Afghanistan surge: Strongly Favors topic 11 |
Strongly Favors
topic 12:
Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens
(+5 points on Social scale)
| Immigration critical to our future; ok to earn citizenship: Strongly Favors topic 12 |
Opposes
topic 13:
Support & expand free trade
(-3 points on Economic scale)
| Reform corporate taxes to create American jobs: Opposes topic 13 |
No opinion on
topic 14:
Support American Exceptionalism
(0 points on Economic scale)
| (No votes on which to base response) |
Favors
topic 15:
Expand the military
(-3 points on Social scale)
| Full, mandatory funding for Department of Veterans Affairs: Favors topic 15 |
Strongly Favors
topic 16:
Make voter registration easier
(+5 points on Social scale)
| Special interests pollute our politics: end PAC money: Strongly Favors topic 16
Refuses PAC money and lobbyist campaign donations: Strongly Favors topic 16
Citizen-led, citizen-energized, & citizen-financed campaign: Favors topic 16 |
Strongly Favors
topic 17:
Avoid foreign entanglements
(+5 points on Social scale)
| Strongly opposed Iraq War & Bush doctrine of preventive: Strongly Favors topic 17 |
Strongly Favors
topic 18:
Prioritize green energy
(-5 points on Economic scale)
| Invest in renewable energy like solar, wind, and biofuels: Strongly Favors topic 18
Implement cap-and-trade to reverse climate change: Strongly Favors topic 18 |
No opinion on
topic 19:
Marijuana is a gateway drug
(0 points on Social scale)
| (No votes on which to base response) |
No opinion on
topic 20:
Stimulus better than market-led recovery
(0 points on Economic scale)
| (No votes on which to base response) |