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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)	Opposed the Blunt Amendment: require birth control coverage: Strongly Favors topic 1 Invest in emerging industries like stem cell research: Favors topic 1 Endorsed Recommended by EMILY's List of pro-choice women: Favors topic 1 Let military perform abortions in cases of rape or incest: Favors topic 1 Ban anti-abortion limitations on abortion services: Strongly Favors topic 1 Access safe, legal abortion without restrictions: Strongly Favors topic 1 NO on restricting UN funding for population control policies: Favors topic 1
Strongly Favors topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (-5 points on Economic scale)	Support principles embodied in the Equal Rights Amendment: Favors topic 2 More funding & services for victims of domestic violence: Strongly Favors topic 2 Enforce against wage discrimination based on gender: Strongly Favors topic 2 Ban discriminatory compensation; allow 2 years to sue: Favors topic 2 Afghan laws violate women's human rights on sex & divorce: Favors topic 2 YES on reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act: Favors topic 2
Strongly Favors topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (+5 points on Social scale)	Supported the 2007 civil unions law in New Hampshire: Strongly Favors topic 3 ENDA: prohibit employment discrimination for gays: Favors topic 3 Repeal Don't-Ask-Don't-Tell, and reinstate discharged gays: Favors topic 3 Prohibit sexual-identity discrimination at schools: Strongly Favors topic 3 Enforce against anti-gay discrimination in public schools: Strongly Favors topic 3 Apply copyright inheritance to same-sex couples: Strongly Favors topic 3
Opposes topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (+2 points on Social scale)	Standards for teachers; kindergarten for kids: Opposes topic 4
Strongly Favors topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (-5 points on Economic scale)	No apologies for helping people get affordable insurance: Strongly Favors topic 5 We need a universal health care system to cover everyone: Strongly Favors topic 5 Disclose payments from manufacturers to physicians: Favors topic 5 Protect state tobacco settlement funds from federal seizure: Neutral on topic 5 NO on the Ryan Budget: Medicare choice, tax & spending cuts: Favors topic 5 YES on expanding the Children's Health Insurance Program: Favors topic 5 YES on regulating tobacco as a drug: Favors topic 5
Opposes topic 6: Privatize Social Security (-3 points on Economic scale)	Maintain federal Social Services Block Grant funding: Favors topic 6 Maintain long-term solvency of Social Security and Medicare: Opposes topic 6 Rated 96% by ARA, indicating a pro-Trust Fund stance: Strongly Opposes topic 6
Opposes topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (-3 points on Economic scale)	Improve and invest in public schools: Opposes topic 7 Professional development grants for elementary principals: Opposes topic 7
No opinion on topic 8: EPA regulations are too restrictive (0 points on Social scale)	Eliminate mercury releases by 2003: Opposes topic 8 More state autonomy on brownfields & Superfund cleanups: Favors topic 8 No EPA permits required for forest road runoff: Strongly Favors topic 8 Require labeling genetically engineered food: Opposes topic 8 YES on protecting ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes ecosystems: Opposes topic 8
Favors topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (-3 points on Social scale)	Broaden use of the death penalty: Strongly Favors topic 9 Require truth in sentencing: Strongly Favors topic 9 Supports flexible federal block grants for crime programs: Neutral on topic 9 Rated 64% by the NAPO, indicating a moderate stance on police issues: Neutral on topic 9
No opinion on topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (0 points on Economic scale)	Allow veterans to register unlicensed guns acquired abroad: Favors topic 10 YES on banning high-capacity magazines of over 10 bullets: Strongly Opposes topic 10 YES on allowing firearms in checked baggage on Amtrak trains: Favors topic 10
Favors topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (-3 points on Economic scale)	Support middle class tax cuts to help working families: Strongly Favors topic 11 No national sales tax or VAT: Neutral on topic 11
Favors topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (+2 points on Social scale)	We need to fix our broken immigration system: Strongly Favors topic 12 No automated entry-exit control system; allow free flow: Strongly Favors topic 12 Share costs of legal immigration between states & federal: Neutral on topic 12 Federal government should deal with criminal repatriation: Neutral on topic 12
Favors topic 13: Support & expand free trade (+2 points on Economic scale)	Expand opportunities to export to markets around the globe: Favors topic 13 Develop an open North American energy market: Favors topic 13 Foster globalization with New England & Eastern Canada: Favors topic 13 Maintain sugar quotas & import tariffs to stabilize prices: Strongly Opposes topic 13 $25B more loans from Export-Import Bank: Strongly Favors topic 13 Rated 88% by the USAE, indicating support for trade engagement: Strongly Favors topic 13
Opposes topic 14: Support American Exceptionalism (-3 points on Economic scale)	Rebuild our alliances & restore our moral authority: Strongly Favors topic 14 Reform the UN but pay US dues: Opposes topic 14 Integrate gender into diplomatic and foreign aid processes: Strongly Opposes topic 14 Welcome 10,000 Syrian refugees now, and more later: Strongly Opposes topic 14
No opinion on topic 15: Expand the military (0 points on Social scale)	Tireless advocate for keeping our commitment to veterans: Favors topic 15 Non-proliferation includes disposing of nuclear materials: Opposes topic 15
Strongly Favors topic 16: Make voter registration easier (+5 points on Social scale)	People's Pledge: Let's limit outside PAC contributions: Strongly Favors topic 16 Require full disclosure of independent campaign expenditures: Strongly Favors topic 16 Matching fund for small donors, with debate requirements: Favors topic 16 Military spouses don't lose voting residency while abroad: Favors topic 16
Opposes topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (-3 points on Social scale)	Address ISIS without fearmongering: Favors topic 17 End the devastating, mismanaged war in Iraq: Strongly Favors topic 17 Include states in anti-terrorism planning: Neutral on topic 17 Iranian nuclear weapons: prevention instead of containment: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Sponsored funding and supplying the Syrian rebels: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Sanctions on Iran to end nuclear program: Opposes topic 17
Favors topic 18: Prioritize green energy (-3 points on Economic scale)	Independence from foreign oil and reverse global warming: Strongly Favors topic 18 Supports Land and Community Heritage Investment Program: Favors topic 18 Manage growth & avoid sprawl: Strongly Favors topic 18 Voluntary partnerships reduce greenhouse gases economically: Neutral on topic 18 Kyoto Treaty must include reductions by all countries: Opposes topic 18 Create Regional Emissions Registry for GHG trading: Favors topic 18 50% clean and carbon free electricity by 2030: Strongly Favors topic 18 NO on barring EPA from regulating greenhouse gases: Favors topic 18 NO on requiring full Senate debate and vote on cap-and-trade: Favors topic 18 NO on protecting middle-income taxpayers from a national energy tax: Favors topic 18 YES on $2 billion more for Cash for Clunkers program: Favors topic 18
Favors topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (-3 points on Social scale)	Allow medical marijuana; but no recreational marijuana: Opposes topic 19 Foreign assistance helps counter-drug efforts: Favors topic 19 More federal funding for all aspects of Drug War: Favors topic 19
Strongly Favors topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (-5 points on Economic scale)	Rated 86% by UFCW, indicating an anti-management/pro-labor record: Favors topic 20 YES on additional $825 billion for economic recovery package: Strongly Favors topic 20 YES on $192B additional anti-recession stimulus spending: Strongly Favors topic 20