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 unrestricted right (+5 points on Social scale)	Protect unborn children and promote a culture of life: Strongly Favors topic 1
Favors topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (-3 points on Economic scale)	Wife is first Hispanic First Lady in Texas history: Favors topic 2
Strongly Opposes topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (-5 points on Social scale)	Conscience dictates if marriage is only one man & one woman: Strongly Opposes topic 3
Strongly Favors topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (-5 points on Social scale)	Defend "One Nation, Under God" in our Pledge of Allegiance: Strongly Favors topic 4
Opposes topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (+2 points on Economic scale)	Focus on mental health for safer schools: Favors topic 5 ObamaCare was a bad law from the beginning: Strongly Opposes topic 5
No opinion on topic 6: Privatize Social Security (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (0 points on Economic scale)	Increase teacher pay, with best earning six figures: Opposes topic 7 Additional funding for schools to adopt high-quality Pre-K: Opposes topic 7 Ensure having the best teachers by saying NO to Common Core: Strongly Favors topic 7
Favors topic 8: Fight EPA regulatory over-reach (-3 points on Social scale)	Proposition 1: the people have demanded $4B for roads: Opposes topic 8 EPA is a runaway federal agency that must be reined in: Strongly Favors topic 8
Strongly Favors topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (-5 points on Social scale)	Crack down on human trafficking: Favors topic 9 Raise bail when past criminals are re-arrested: Strongly Favors topic 9 Make it a hate crime to target uniformed police officers: Strongly Favors topic 9 2003 Fugitive unit resulted in 4,400 more arrests: Strongly Favors topic 9
Strongly Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+5 points on Economic scale)	Individual right to keep and bear arms was settled in 1791: Strongly Favors topic 10
Strongly Opposes topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (+5 points on Economic scale)	Rein in property taxes; they punish families: Strongly Opposes topic 11 The only good tax is a dead tax: Strongly Opposes topic 11 $2 billion reduction in the business franchise tax: Strongly Opposes topic 11
Strongly Opposes topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (-5 points on Social scale)	Enforce against sanctuary cities or more Texans will die: Strongly Opposes topic 12 500 new state troopers plus Texas Rangers at the border: Strongly Opposes topic 12
Strongly Favors topic 13: Support & expand free trade (+5 points on Economic scale)	Expand Texas' robust trade relationship with Canada: Strongly Favors topic 13 Expand Texas' long-standing trade partnership with Mexico: Strongly Favors topic 13
Strongly Favors topic 14: Support American Exceptionalism (+5 points on Economic scale)	Texas is exceptional; we'd be world's 10th largest economy: Strongly Favors topic 14 Ordered no more Syrian refugee resettlement: Strongly Favors topic 14
Favors topic 15: Expand the military (-3 points on Social scale)	Help veterans get benefits they've earned: Favors topic 15 Exempt veterans from state business fees: Favors topic 15
Strongly Opposes topic 16: Make voter registration easier (-5 points on Social scale)	Voter fraud is real; voter ID is nondiscriminatory: Strongly Opposes topic 16
Strongly Favors topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (+5 points on Social scale)	Against nuclear deal with Iran; keep state sanctions: Strongly Favors topic 17
Strongly Opposes topic 18: Prioritize green energy (+5 points on Economic scale)	Clean Power Plan is an EPA power grab: Strongly Opposes topic 18
Favors topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (-3 points on Social scale)	More drug testing for unemployment insurance applicants: Strongly Favors topic 19 Respond to the evil threat posed by drug cartels: Opposes topic 19 Rated D by NORML, indicating a "hard-on-drugs" stance: Strongly Favors topic 19
Opposes topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (+2 points on Economic scale)	Innovation renaissance: biotech, wearable tech, clean tech: Favors topic 20 Constitutional amendment to limits growth of state budget: Strongly Opposes topic 20