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)
No opinion on topic 1: Abortion is a woman's right (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 2: Require companies to hire more women & minorities (5 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 3: Sexual orientation protected by civil rights laws (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 4: Permit prayer in public schools (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (2 points on Economic scale)	No assisted suicide; but End of Life Care & more pain relief: Favors topic 5 Maintain Medicare funding of HMO benefits: Favors topic 5 Protect state tobacco settlement funds from federal seizure: Neutral on 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)	Expand public school choice; lift cap on charters: Opposes topic 7
No opinion on topic 8: Death Penalty (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 11: Decrease overall taxation of the wealthy (7 points on Economic scale)	Exempt new high-tech sectors from state business tax: Favors topic 11 Has cut and will continue to cut personal & business tax: Favors topic 11 Strengthen Taxpayer Bill of Rights: Favors topic 11
Favors topic 12: Immigration helps our economy-encourage it (7 points on Economic scale)	Ease Canadian border-crossing rules: Favors topic 12
Favors topic 13: Support & expand free trade (7 points on Economic scale)	Ease Canadian border-crossing rules: Favors topic 13 Grant fast-track authority to the President: 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)	More investment of Natural Resources Trust Fund: Favors topic 18 Replace MTBE in gasoline with cleaner ethanol: Neutral on topic 18
No opinion on topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (5 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (2 points on Social scale)	Support LIHEAP, low-income heating assistance: Favors topic 20