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VoteMatch Question & Answer (Click on question for explanation and background)	Based on these stances: (Click on topic for excerpt & citation)
Favors topic 1: Abortion is a woman's right (+2 points on Social scale)	Supports current family planning programs: Strongly Favors topic 1 Opposes partial birth abortion: Opposes topic 1 Supports parental notification, with limits: Opposes topic 1 Pro-choice; not a cultural conservative: Favors topic 1
Favors topic 2: Require hiring more women & minorities (-3 points on Economic scale)	Eliminate racial inequality in employment: Strongly Favors topic 2 Advisor to US English, an anti-bilingual organization: Opposes topic 2
Favors topic 3: Same-sex domestic partnership benefits (+2 points on Social scale)	Civil Rights: Opposes topic 3 Domestic partnership but not gay marriage: Favors topic 3 Supports gay rights, including adoption rights: Strongly Favors topic 3
Strongly Favors topic 4: Teacher-led prayer in public schools (-5 points on Social scale)	Supports school prayer: Strongly Favors topic 4
Strongly Favors topic 8: Death Penalty (-5 points on Social scale)	Tookie Williams insufficiently remorseful; so execution on: Strongly Favors topic 8 Death penalty is a necessary and effective deterrent: Strongly Favors topic 8
Strongly Favors topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (-5 points on Social scale)	Keep “Three Strikes” law: Strongly Favors topic 9
Opposes topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (-3 points on Economic scale)	Strong supporter of the second amendment: Strongly Favors topic 10 Support Brady Bill; assault weapon ban; safety locks: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Close the gun show loophole: Opposes topic 10 I’m for gun control; I’m a peace-loving guy: Opposes topic 10
Strongly Favors topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (-5 points on Economic scale)	Must insure the low-income families, especially the children: Strongly Favors topic 5 Tax credits for those without employee health insurance: Strongly Favors topic 5 $350 billion for prescriptions for poor seniors: Favors 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: Parents choose schools via vouchers (+2 points on Economic scale)	Measure student progress and school progress: Favors topic 7 Supports public school choice and community control: Opposes topic 7 Supports limited school vouchers: Favors topic 7
Favors topic 18: Replace coal & oil with alternatives (-3 points on Economic scale)	Improve our economy without impairing our environment: Favors topic 18 Override federal exemption of new air pollution sources: Favors topic 18 Promote watershed management to clean up bays and rivers: Favors topic 18 Calls himself an environmentalist but drives a Humvee: Opposes topic 18 Make EPA into a Cabinet department: Strongly Favors topic 18 Set goal of 25% renewable energy by 2025: Strongly Favors topic 18
Opposes topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (+2 points on Social scale)	No legalization except for the medicinal use of marijuana: 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)
Opposes topic 11: Make taxes more progressive (+2 points on Economic scale)	Impose constitutional limit on spending and balanced budget: Opposes topic 11 Californians are overtaxed; find a better way: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Pledges against raising taxes, except in emergencies: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Rescind the car tax; believes in lower taxes: Opposes topic 11 $12B in federal economic stimulus as state block grants: Favors topic 11
Opposes topic 12: Illegal immigrants earn citizenship (-3 points on Social scale)	Against giving driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants: Opposes topic 12 Restrict illegal immigrant rights-they’re a security risk: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Voted for Prop. 187, denying services to illegal immigrants: Opposes topic 12 Address undocumented immigrants living underground: Favors topic 12 No driver’s licenses to illegal aliens: Opposes topic 12
Strongly Favors topic 13: Support & expand free trade (+5 points on Economic scale)	Promote the Andean Free Trade Agreement: Strongly Favors topic 13
No opinion on topic 15: Expand the armed forces (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 16: Stricter limits on political campaign funds (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 14: The Patriot Act harms civil liberties (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 17: US out of Iraq (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)