VoteMatch Responses (Click here for VoteMatch quiz)
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)	I am Pro-Life, from conception until natural death: Strongly Opposes topic 1 No embryonic stem cell research: Opposes topic 1
Strongly Opposes topic 2: Require hiring more women & minorities (+5 points on Economic scale)	No affirmative action; less government in job sector: Strongly Opposes topic 2
Strongly Opposes topic 3: Same-sex domestic partnership benefits (-5 points on Social scale)	Defend the fundamental institution of marriage: Strongly Opposes topic 3
Favors topic 4: Teacher-led prayer in public schools (-3 points on Social scale)	Our Judeo-Christian heritage makes our nation great: Favors topic 4
Strongly Favors topic 8: Death Penalty (-5 points on Social scale)	Support the use of the death penalty: Strongly Favors topic 8
Favors topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (-3 points on Social scale)	Mandatory jail sentences for selling illegal drugs: Favors topic 9
Strongly Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+5 points on Economic scale)	Bearing arms is an individual right: Strongly Favors topic 10 Supports Second Amendment rights: Favors topic 10
Strongly Opposes topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (+5 points on Economic scale)	Let market forces drive down the cost of medicine: Strongly Opposes topic 5
Strongly Favors topic 6: Privatize Social Security (+5 points on Economic scale)	Allow investing payroll tax in private accounts: Strongly Favors topic 6
Strongly Favors topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (+5 points on Economic scale)	Educational choice for public, private and home schools: Strongly Favors topic 7
Strongly Opposes topic 18: Replace coal & oil with alternatives (+5 points on Economic scale)	Drill ANWR; drill federal lands; build new refineries: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Kyoto Treaty would be a disaster for West Virginia: Strongly Opposes topic 18
Opposes topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (+2 points on Social scale)	Treat addiction, but mandatory jail sentences for selling: Opposes topic 19
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)	Immediate and permanent end to the 'death tax': Strongly Opposes topic 11 Supports FairTax; and making Bush tax cuts permanent: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Cut spending and taxes at every opportunity: Strongly Opposes topic 11
Opposes topic 12: Illegal immigrants earn citizenship (-3 points on Social scale)	Establish English as the official national language: Favors topic 12 Regain physical control of our borders: Strongly Opposes topic 12
Favors topic 13: Support & expand free trade (+2 points on Economic scale)	Free trade ok, but sanctions on China & Venezuela: Favors topic 13
Strongly Favors topic 15: Expand the armed forces (-5 points on Social scale)	Expand missile defense; support pre-emptive military strikes: Strongly Favors topic 15
Strongly Opposes topic 16: Stricter limits on political campaign funds (+5 points on Economic scale)	Increase campaign donation limits: Strongly Opposes topic 16
Strongly Opposes topic 14: The Patriot Act harms civil liberties (-5 points on Social scale)	Military tribunals ok; monitoring domestic communications ok: Strongly Opposes topic 14
Strongly Opposes topic 17: US out of Iraq (-5 points on Social scale)	Strategy for Iraq: we win and they lose: Strongly Opposes topic 17