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)
Favors topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (+2 points on Social scale)	Right to safe & legal abortion is indispensable: Strongly Favors topic 1 Champion stem cell research for its great promise: Favors topic 1 Healthcare reform more important than covering abortion: Opposes topic 1
Strongly Favors topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (-5 points on Economic scale)	Enforceable workforce protection for seniors: Favors topic 2 $5M/year to support women- and minority-owned businesses: Strongly Favors topic 2
Strongly Favors topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (+5 points on Social scale)	Repeal DOMA; work for LGBT right to marry: Strongly Favors topic 3 End "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy: Favors topic 3
Favors topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (-3 points on Social scale)	Crafted Serve America Act: community and faith-based service: Favors topic 4
Strongly Favors topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (-5 points on Economic scale)	Health care is both a moral issue and an economic issue: Strongly Favors topic 5
Favors topic 6: Privatize Social Security (+2 points on Economic scale)	Individual retirement accounts ok; but not from Trust Fund: Favors topic 6
No opinion on topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (0 points on Economic scale)	Make public education the civil rights issue of 21st century: Strongly Opposes topic 7 Double the federal charter school investment: Favors topic 7 Double the federal charter school investment: Favors topic 7
Strongly Favors topic 8: Human needs over animal rights (-5 points on Social scale)	More aggressive enforcement of environmental regulations: Strongly Favors topic 8
Strongly Opposes topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (+5 points on Social scale)	Strongly opposes the death penalty as ineffective & wrong: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Opposes death penalty in all cases: Strongly Opposes topic 9
Strongly Opposes topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (-5 points on Economic scale)	Ban assault weapons; strengthen background checks: Strongly Opposes topic 10
Strongly Favors topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (-5 points on Economic scale)	Supports a war tax to pay for Afghanistan surge: Strongly Favors topic 11
Strongly Favors topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (+5 points on Social scale)	Immigration critical to our future; ok to earn citizenship: Strongly Favors topic 12
Opposes topic 13: Support & expand free trade (-3 points on Economic scale)	Reform corporate taxes to create American jobs: Opposes topic 13
No opinion on topic 14: Maintain US sovereignty from UN (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 15: Expand the military (-3 points on Social scale)	Full, mandatory funding for Department of Veterans Affairs: Favors topic 15
Strongly Favors topic 16: Stricter limits on political campaign funds (-5 points on Economic scale)	Special interests pollute our politics: end PAC money: Strongly Favors topic 16 Refuses PAC money and lobbyist campaign donations: Strongly Favors topic 16 Citizen-led, citizen-energized, & citizen-financed campaign: Favors topic 16
Strongly Favors topic 17: Stay out of Iran (+5 points on Social scale)	Strongly opposed Iraq War & Bush doctrine of preventive: Strongly Favors topic 17
Strongly Favors topic 18: Prioritize green energy (-5 points on Economic scale)	Invest in renewable energy like solar, wind, and biofuels: Strongly Favors topic 18 Implement cap-and-trade to reverse climate change: Strongly Favors topic 18
No opinion on topic 19: Never legalize marijuana (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)