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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 Opposes topic 1: Abortion is a woman's right (-5 points on Social scale)	Pro-life; neocons trick Americans into voting about abortion: Strongly Opposes topic 1
No opinion on topic 2: Require hiring more women & minorities (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Opposes topic 3: Same-sex domestic partnership benefits (-5 points on Social scale)	Lobbied Congress to protect Boy Scouts from homosexuals: Strongly Opposes topic 3 No same-sex marriage; homosexuals already have equal rights: Strongly Opposes 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)
No opinion on topic 8: Death Penalty (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 6: Privatize Social Security (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 18: Replace coal & oil with alternatives (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (+2 points on Economic scale)	End tax-exempt registration for churches: Favors topic 20
Favors topic 11: Make taxes more progressive (-3 points on Economic scale)	Moratorium on income taxes for those earning $50,000 or less: Favors topic 11
Strongly Opposes topic 12: Illegal immigrants earn citizenship (-5 points on Social scale)	Protect our system from being replicated in Spanish: Opposes topic 12 Deportation, with civil rights, for illegal immigrants: Strongly Opposes topic 12
Strongly Opposes topic 13: Support & expand free trade (-5 points on Economic scale)	Multinationals legalize slave labor abroad: Strongly Opposes topic 13 Worked on the Americans for Trade Defense project: Opposes topic 13 Enforce a higher tariff schedule on imports: Strongly Opposes topic 13 North American Union is treason against the Constitution: Strongly Opposes topic 13
Opposes topic 15: Expand the armed forces (+2 points on Social scale)	Fight the neocon war policy that leaves us in debt to China: Opposes topic 15 Immediate conscription of military "contractors": Opposes topic 15
No opinion on topic 16: Stricter limits on political campaign funds (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 14: The Patriot Act harms civil liberties (+2 points on Social scale)	AGAINST national ID cards: Strongly Favors topic 14 Advocated killing or capturing Osama bin Laden since 1994: Opposes topic 14 War on Terror is just an excuse to cut Constitutional rights: Strongly Favors topic 14
Strongly Favors topic 17: US out of Iraq & Afghanistan (+5 points on Social scale)	Iraq conflict was not necessary & cost too much: Strongly Favors topic 17