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 Favors topic 1: Abortion is a woman's right (10 points on Social scale)	Don’t force women to have children when they’re not ready: Strongly Favors topic 1 Supports clinic access law & criminalizing obstruction: Favors topic 1 Pro-choice: Favors topic 1
Favors topic 2: Require companies to hire more women & minorities (2 points on Economic scale)	Emphasized aggressive civil rights enforcement: Favors topic 2 Civil rights must be aggressively protected by government: Strongly Favors topic 2 Supported Lani Guinier’s call for quotas: Favors topic 2 Make civil rights & equal opportunity top priority: Favors topic 2 Accused of racism in Miami riots after McDuffie killing: Neutral on topic 2
Favors topic 3: Sexual orientation protected by civil rights laws (7 points on Social scale)	Dropped homosexuality as grounds for denying FBI employment: Favors topic 3 Refused to respond to sexual preference questionnaire: Favors topic 3
No opinion on topic 4: Permit prayer in public schools (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (0 points on Economic scale)	Health care & education are building blocks of healthy kids: Favors topic 5 End "rationing"; preventative health care for all: Strongly Favors topic 5 Served on Hillary's task force & advocated its results: Favors topic 5
No opinion on topic 6: Privatize Social Security (5 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Opposes topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (2 points on Social scale)	Invest in public schools: Opposes topic 7
Strongly Opposes topic 8: Death Penalty (10 points on Social scale)	Opposes death penalty, but willing to apply it: Opposes topic 8 Death penalty might be a deterrent, but never proven: Opposes topic 8 Opposes death penalty, but won 103 death convictions: Opposes topic 8 Only justification for death penalty is vengeance: Strongly Opposes topic 8
Strongly Opposes topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (10 points on Social scale)	Against mandatory sentencing for nonviolent crimes: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Look at potential for rehabilitation when sentencing kids: Opposes topic 9 Constitutional admentment to protect victims’ rights: Opposes topic 9 Incarcerate repeat offenders; alternatives for first offense: Opposes topic 9 Tried & failed to repeal mandatory minimum sentences: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Early advocate of community policing: Opposes topic 9 Created victims' advocacy program: Favors topic 9 Defendant protections result in better police work: Strongly Opposes topic 9
Strongly Opposes topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (0 points on Social scale)	As hard to get a gun license as to get a driver’s license: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Battle the NRA with common sense: Opposes topic 10 Waiting period for gun purchase; safety test for license: Strongly Opposes topic 10
No opinion on topic 11: Decrease overall taxation of the wealthy (5 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Opposes topic 12: Immigration helps our economy-encourage it (2 points on Economic scale)	Sided with INS & against US relatives in Elian Gonzalez case: Opposes topic 12 Immigrants enrich us, but illegal immigrants cost us: Favors topic 12 Prosecuted 1000s of Cubans from Mariel boatlift: Opposes topic 12
Favors topic 13: Support & expand free trade (7 points on Economic scale)	NAFTA will ease Mexican drug & immigration problems: Favors topic 13
No opinion on topic 14: Link human rights to trade with China (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 15: More spending on armed forces (5 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 16: Reduce spending on missile defense (Star Wars) (5 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 17: Seek UN approval for military action (5 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 18: Reduce use of coal, oil, & nuclear energy (2 points on Economic scale)	Use the law to protect the environment: Favors topic 18
Strongly Opposes topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (10 points on Social scale)	Do more for early intervention, as well as street work: Opposes topic 19 Created Drug Courts to give first offenders a second chance: Strongly Opposes topic 19 No mandatory drug sentences unless more prisons built: Opposes topic 19 Undercover cocaine investigations despite DEA protests: Opposes topic 19
No opinion on topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)