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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 right (+2 points on Social scale)	Perceived as supporting abortion because of judicial rulings: Favors topic 1 Ok’ed teenage girls’ abortion without parental notification: Favors topic 1 Apply law when personally opposed, like parental permission: Favors topic 1
No opinion on topic 2: Require hiring more women & minorities (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 3: Same-sex domestic partnership benefits (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 4: Teacher-led prayer in public schools (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 8: Death Penalty (-5 points on Social scale)	Found no reasons to grant clemency to death row inmates: Strongly Favors topic 8 Severity of crime supercedes mental health of perpetrator: Strongly Favors topic 8 Reviewed 57 executions in Texas; no clemency: Strongly Favors topic 8
No opinion on topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
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: Parents choose schools via vouchers (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Opposes topic 18: Replace coal & oil with alternatives (+5 points on Economic scale)	Kept Cheney’s Energy task force documents secret: Strongly Opposes topic 18
No opinion on topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 11: Make taxes more progressive (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 12: Illegal immigrants earn citizenship (+2 points on Social scale)	3 out of 4 of his grandparents were illegal immigrants: Favors topic 12 Grandparents came from Mexico, illegally, for American dream: Favors topic 12
No opinion on topic 13: Support & expand free trade (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 15: Expand the armed forces (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 16: Stricter limits on political campaign funds (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Opposes topic 14: The Patriot Act harms civil liberties (-5 points on Social scale)	No express grant of habeas corpus in the Constitution: Strongly Opposes topic 14 Parts of Geneva Convention are “quaint” and outdated: Opposes topic 14 FISA courts do not apply in times of war, like since 2001: Strongly Opposes topic 14 4th Amendment doesn’t require warrants in all circumstances: Opposes topic 14 Backdrop for terrorist surveillance program is 9/11: Strongly Opposes topic 14 Surveil al Qaeda because this is a war of information: Strongly Opposes topic 14 Claimed president’s actions at Guantanamo were unreviewable: Strongly Opposes topic 14
Opposes topic 17: US out of Iraq (-3 points on Social scale)	Congress’ 2001 authorization means Bush power is at maximum: Opposes topic 17