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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)	Abortions result in higher health care costs for all: Opposes topic 1 Adult stem cell therapy more effective than embryonic: Opposes topic 1 Authored bill banning partial birth 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)	Blocked gay judge's nomination: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Marshall-Newman Marriage Amendment defined one-man-one-woman: 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)
Strongly Opposes topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (+5 points on Economic scale)	Patron of VA Health Care Freedom Act: challenge ObamaCare: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Tax credit for individuals buying private insurance: Opposes topic 5
No opinion on topic 6: Privatize Social Security (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (+5 points on Economic scale)	Vouchers or tax credits for healthy competition: Strongly Favors topic 7 Parents should decide schooling, not feds: Favors topic 7
Strongly Opposes topic 18: Replace coal & oil with alternatives (+5 points on Economic scale)	Global warming is a tool to suppress energy production: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Population control advocates want limited energy production: Opposes topic 18
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)
No opinion on topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Opposes topic 11: Make taxes more progressive (+5 points on Economic scale)	Opposed taking federal stimulus money; stop the hemorrhage: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Replace tax increases with simple flat tax: Strongly Opposes topic 11
Strongly Opposes topic 12: Illegal immigrants earn citizenship (-5 points on Social scale)	Schoolyard justice: those who cut in line go to end of line: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Refuse amnesty; construct border fence: Strongly Opposes topic 12
Strongly Opposes topic 13: Support & expand free trade (-5 points on Economic scale)	Exporting our technology weakens America: Strongly Opposes topic 13 Impose tariffs that equalize the trade playing field: Strongly Opposes topic 13
Opposes topic 15: Expand the armed forces (+2 points on Social scale)	Re-examine our entangling alliances with 60 countries: Opposes topic 15 No draft; we already have no military rival: Opposes topic 15
Strongly Favors topic 16: Stricter limits on political campaign funds (-5 points on Economic scale)	Equal airtime for all candidates for office: Strongly Favors topic 16
No opinion on topic 14: The Patriot Act harms civil liberties (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Opposes topic 17: US out of Iraq & Afghanistan (-3 points on Social scale)	Require congressional authorization for "just war": Opposes topic 17 Opposes sending troops overseas without declaration of war: Favors topic 17 We must stabilize Iraq, instead of cut-and-run: Strongly Opposes topic 17