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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 unrestricted right (-3 points on Social scale)	Parental notification for minors: Opposes topic 1 Establish a stem cell tissue bank from fetal sources: Favors topic 1 Require information session 24 hours before abortion: Strongly Opposes topic 1
No opinion on topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Opposes topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (-5 points on Social scale)	Call on legislature for Constitutional ban on gay marriage: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Activist judges should let people define marriage: Strongly Opposes topic 3
Favors topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (-3 points on Social scale)	Held day of prayer during Georgia's worst drought: Favors topic 4
Opposes topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (+2 points on Economic scale)	Question the constitutionality of this travesty of ObamaCare: Strongly Opposes topic 5 $70M for moral obligation to serve those with disabilities: Favors topic 5 Reauthorize SCHIP, State Children's Health Insurance Program: Favors topic 5 Loosen "one-size-fits-all" approach to Medicaid: Opposes topic 5
No opinion on topic 6: Privatize Social Security (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (+2 points on Economic scale)	Tie teacher pay to student achievement: Favors topic 7 Streamline school bureaucracy; empower parents: Favors topic 7
Opposes topic 8: Fight EPA regulatory over-reach (+2 points on Social scale)	Responsibility is to leave the land better than we found it: Opposes topic 8
Strongly Favors topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (-5 points on Social scale)	Criminals should literally pay for their crimes: Strongly Favors topic 9
Strongly Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+5 points on Economic scale)	Legalized concealed weapons on public transportation: Strongly Favors topic 10
Strongly Opposes topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (+5 points on Economic scale)	State should only spend tax money for what it truly needs: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Amendment: all surplus pays debt or cuts taxes: Opposes topic 11
Strongly Opposes topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (-5 points on Social scale)	No welfare or other services for illegals: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Check immigration status after minor offenses: Opposes topic 12
Favors topic 13: Support & expand free trade (+2 points on Economic scale)	Promote agricultural interests to international markets: Favors topic 13 Farmers want trade, not aid; but $12B aid for now: Opposes topic 13 Renegotiate trade deals with China, Mexico, and Canada: Strongly Opposes topic 13 Tariffs on China are painful now, but healthy later: Opposes topic 13 Rework NAFTA for dairy and poultry tariffs in Canada: Opposes topic 13 Helped save NAFTA by showing Trump red state farmers need it: Strongly Favors topic 13 Lead business & trade delegation to China: Favors topic 13 Make Atlanta hub for Central America FTAA trade: Strongly Favors topic 13
Opposes topic 14: Support American Exceptionalism (-3 points on Economic scale)	Lead business & trade delegation to Cuba: Opposes topic 14
Favors topic 15: Expand the military (-3 points on Social scale)	Food security is a key component of national security: Favors topic 15 US military has kept America free for over 200 years: Favors topic 15
Strongly Opposes topic 16: Make voter registration easier (-5 points on Social scale)	Require voter ID to ensure purity of elections: Strongly Opposes topic 16
No opinion on topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 18: Prioritize green energy (-3 points on Economic scale)	Commercial clean energy grants for solar, wind & geothermal: Strongly Favors topic 18 Stop harmful EPA regulation of greenhouse gas emissions: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Set goal of 25% renewable energy by 2025: Strongly Favors topic 18
Strongly Favors topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (-5 points on Social scale)	Combat the methamphetamine crisis: Strongly Favors topic 19
No opinion on topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)