VoteMatch Responses
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VoteMatch Question & Answer
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Strongly Favors topic 1:Abortion is a woman's right
(+5 points on Social scale) | Rated 100% byNARAL, indicating a pro-choice voting record:Strongly Favors topic 1
Rated 0% by theNRLC, indicating a pro-choice stance:Strongly Favors topic 1
Ensure access to and funding for contraception:Favors topic 1
NO on banning partial-birth abortion except to save mothers life:Strongly Favors topic 1
NO on making it a crime to harm a fetus during another crime:Favors topic 1
NO on restricting interstate transport of minors to get abortions:Strongly Favors topic 1
YES on allowing human embryonic stem cell research:Favors topic 1
YES on expanding research to more embryonic stem cell lines:Favors topic 1 |
Strongly Favors topic 2:Require hiring more women & minorities
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Shift from group preferences to economic empowerment of all:Neutral on topic 2
Issue a commemorative postage stamp of Rosa Parks:Favors topic 2
Rated 94% by theNAACP, indicating a pro-affirmative-action stance:Strongly Favors topic 2
Re-introduce the Equal Rights Amendment:Strongly Favors topic 2
YES on $84 million in grants for Black and Hispanic colleges:Strongly Favors topic 2 |
Strongly Favors topic 3:Same-sex domestic partnership benefits
(+5 points on Social scale) | Rated 100% by theHRC, indicating a pro-gay-rights stance:Strongly Favors topic 3
Provide benefits to domestic partners of Federal employees:Strongly Favors topic 3
NO on Constitutional Amendment banning same-sex marriage:Strongly Favors topic 3
NO on Constitutionally defining marriage as one-man-one-woman:Strongly Favors topic 3
YES on prohibiting job discrimination based on sexual orientation:Strongly Favors topic 3 |
Strongly Opposes topic 4:Teacher-led prayer in public schools
(+5 points on Social scale) | Rated 8% by theChristian Coalition: an anti-family voting record:Strongly Opposes topic 4
Rated 92% by theAU, indicating support of church-state separation:Strongly Opposes topic 4
NO on constitutional amendment prohibiting flag desecration:Opposes topic 4
NO on protecting the Pledge of Allegiance:Opposes topic 4
YES on allowing Courts to decide on "God" in Pledge of Allegiance:Opposes topic 4 |
Neutral on topic 8:Death Penalty
(0 points on Social scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
Opposes topic 9:Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws
(+2 points on Social scale) | Increase funding for "COPS ON THE BEAT" program:Opposes topic 9
YES on expanding services for offendors' re-entry into society:Opposes topic 9 |
Strongly Opposes topic 10:Absolute right to gun ownership
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Prevent unauthorized firearm use with "smart gun" technology:Opposes topic 10
Rated F by theNRA, indicating a pro-gun control voting record:Strongly Opposes topic 10
NO on prohibiting suing gunmakers & sellers for gun misuse:Strongly Opposes topic 10
NO on prohibiting product misuse lawsuits on gun manufacturers:Strongly Opposes topic 10 |
Strongly Favors topic 5:More federal funding for health coverage
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Establish "report cards" on HMO quality of care:Favors topic 5
Rated 100% byAPHA, indicating a pro-public health record:Strongly Favors topic 5
YES on giving mental health full equity with physical health:Favors topic 5
YES on Veto override: Extend SCHIP to cover 6M more kids:Strongly Favors topic 5
YES on allowing reimportation of prescription drugs:Favors topic 5
NO on capping damages & setting time limits in medical lawsuits:Favors topic 5
NO on limited prescription drug benefit for Medicare recipients:Favors topic 5
NO on denying non-emergency treatment for lack of Medicare co-pay:Strongly Favors topic 5
YES on requiring negotiated Rx prices for Medicare part D:Favors topic 5
YES on adding 2 to 4 million children to SCHIP eligibility:Favors topic 5
YES on overriding veto on expansion of Medicare:Favors topic 5 |
Opposes topic 6:Privatize Social Security
(-3 points on Economic scale) | Create Retirement Savings Accounts:Favors topic 6
Rated 100% by theARA, indicating a pro-senior voting record:Strongly Opposes topic 6 |
Strongly Opposes topic 7:Parents choose schools via vouchers
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Offer every parent Charter Schools and public school choice:Opposes topic 7
Rated 100% by theNEA, indicating pro-public education votes:Strongly Opposes topic 7
YES on environmental education grants for outdoor experiences:Opposes topic 7 |
Strongly Favors topic 18:Replace coal & oil with alternatives
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Supports tradable emissions permits for greenhouse gases:Favors topic 18
Rated 95% by theLCV, indicating pro-environment votes:Strongly Favors topic 18
Establish greenhouse gas tradeable allowances:Strongly Favors topic 18
Rated 67% byCAF, indicating a mixed record on energy independence:Neutral on topic 18
YES on tax incentives for renewable energy:Strongly Favors topic 18
NO on authorizing construction of new oil refineries:Strongly Favors topic 18
NO on scheduling permitting for new oil refinieries:Strongly Favors topic 18
YES on keeping moratorium on drilling for oil offshore:Strongly Favors topic 18
YES on removing oil & gas exploration subsidies:Strongly Favors topic 18
YES on investing in homegrown biofuel:Strongly Favors topic 18
YES on criminalizing oil cartels like OPEC:Favors topic 18
YES on tax incentives for energy production and conservation:Strongly Favors topic 18
YES on tax credits for renewable electricity, with PAYGO offsets:Favors topic 18 |
Strongly Favors topic 19:Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it
(-5 points on Social scale) | Rated -20 byNORML, indicating a "hard-on-drugs" stance:Strongly Favors topic 19
YES on more funding for Mexico to fight drugs:Favors topic 19 |
Favors topic 20:Allow churches to provide welfare services
(+2 points on Economic scale) | Finish welfare reform by moving able recipients into jobs:Favors topic 20 |
Strongly Favors topic 11:Make taxes more progressive
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Rated 23% byNTU, indicating a "Big Spender" on tax votes:Strongly Favors topic 11
Rated 100% by theCTJ, indicating support of progressive taxation:Strongly Favors topic 11
NO on providing tax relief and simplification:Strongly Favors topic 11
NO on retaining reduced taxes on capital gains & dividends:Strongly Favors topic 11
YES on paying for AMT relief by closing offshore business loopholes:Strongly Favors topic 11
YES on extending AMT exemptions to avoid hitting middle-income:Opposes topic 11 |
Strongly Favors topic 12:Illegal immigrants earn citizenship
(+5 points on Social scale) | Rated 0% byFAIR, indicating a voting record loosening immigration:Strongly Favors topic 12
Comprehensive immigration reform without amnesty:Strongly Favors topic 12
Rated 8% byUSBC, indicating an open-border stance:Strongly Favors topic 12
NO on reporting illegal aliens who receive hospital treatment:Strongly Favors topic 12
NO on preventing tipping off Mexicans about Minuteman Project:Strongly Favors topic 12
NO on building a fence along the Mexican border:Strongly Favors topic 12 |
Favors topic 13:Support & expand free trade
(+2 points on Economic scale) | Pushed through the NAFTA treaty:Strongly Favors topic 13
Build a rule-based global trading system:Favors topic 13
YES on implementing US-Singapore free trade agreement:Strongly Favors topic 13
YES on implementing free trade agreement with Chile:Strongly Favors topic 13
NO on implementing US-Australia Free Trade Agreement:Opposes topic 13
NO on end offshore tax havens and promote small business:Favors topic 13
NO on implementing CAFTA, Central America Free Trade:Strongly Opposes topic 13
YES on assisting workers who lose jobs due to globalization:Opposes topic 13
YES on promoting free trade with Peru:Favors topic 13 |
Opposes topic 15:Expand the armed forces
(+2 points on Social scale) | Rated 100% bySANE, indicating a pro-peace voting record:Strongly Opposes topic 15
YES on emergency $78B for war in Iraq & Afghanistan:Strongly Favors topic 15
NO on continuing military recruitment on college campuses:Opposes topic 15
YES on restricting no-bid defense contracts:Strongly Opposes topic 15 |
Strongly Favors topic 16:Stricter limits on political campaign funds
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Prohibit 'voter caging' which intimidates minority voting:Favors topic 16
NO on restricting independent grassroots political committees:Favors topic 16
YES on requiring lobbyist disclosure of bundled donations:Strongly Favors topic 16 |
Favors topic 14:The Patriot Act harms civil liberties
(+2 points on Social scale) | YES on Veto override: Congressional oversight of CIA interrogations:Strongly Favors topic 14
YES on requiring FISA warrants for wiretaps in US, but not abroad:Strongly Favors topic 14
YES on making the PATRIOT Act permanent:Strongly Opposes topic 14
YES on continuing intelligence gathering without civil oversight:Strongly Opposes topic 14
NO on allowing electronic surveillance without a warrant:Strongly Favors topic 14
NO on removing need for FISA warrant for wiretapping abroad:Strongly Favors topic 14
YES on retroactive immunity for telecoms' warrantless surveillance:Opposes topic 14 |
Strongly Favors topic 17:US out of Iraq
(+5 points on Social scale) | Progressive Internationalism: globalize with US pre-eminence:Favors topic 17
NO on declaring Iraq part of War on Terror with no exit date:Strongly Favors topic 17
YES on redeploying US troops out of Iraq starting in 90 days:Strongly Favors topic 17
YES on investigating Bush impeachment for lying about Iraq:Favors topic 17 |
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