Mark Amodei on VoteMatch

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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)	Abortions should always be legally available: Strongly Favors topic 1
Strongly Favors topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (-5 points on Economic scale)	Support affirmative action in schools & workplaces: Strongly Favors topic 2 YES on reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act: Favors topic 2
Strongly Opposes topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (-5 points on Social scale)	No same-sex marriage; no civil unions: Strongly Opposes topic 3
Neutral on topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Opposes topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (+5 points on Economic scale)	Repeal ObamaCare; end lawsuit abuse: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Religious exemption from ObamaCare individual mandate: Strongly Opposes topic 5
Strongly Favors topic 6: Privatize Social Security (+5 points on Economic scale)	Rated 0% by ARA, indicating a pro-privatization stance: Strongly Favors topic 6
Favors topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (+2 points on Economic scale)	Support national standards and testing: Favors topic 7
Favors topic 8: Society bears cost of pollution (-3 points on Social scale)	Stop considering manure as pollutant or hazardous: Favors topic 8 No EPA expansion of regulated waters: Favors topic 8
Strongly Favors topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (-5 points on Social scale)	Support the use of the death penalty in Nevada: Strongly Favors topic 9 End parole for repeat violent offenders: Strongly Favors topic 9 Rated 77% by the NAPO, indicating a tough-on-crime stance: Favors topic 9
Strongly Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+5 points on Economic scale)	Loosen restrictions on interstate gun purchases: Strongly Favors topic 10 Recognize heritage of hunting & shooting on federal lands: Favors topic 10
Strongly Opposes topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (+5 points on Economic scale)	Americans don't pay too little in taxes: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Supports the Taxpayer Protection Pledge: Strongly Opposes topic 11
Neutral on topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (0 points on Social scale)	Secure our borders as a matter of national security: Opposes topic 12 Improve visa process to get more travelers from China: Favors topic 12
Opposes topic 13: Support & expand free trade (-3 points on Economic scale)	Sponsored sugar quotas & import tariffs to stabilize prices: Strongly Opposes topic 13 Rated 63% by the USAE, indicating a mixed record on trade: Neutral on topic 13
Favors topic 14: Support American Exceptionalism (+2 points on Economic scale)	Sponsored opposing the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty: Strongly Favors topic 14 Condemn China's organ harvesting from Falun Gong prisoners: Opposes topic 14
Strongly Favors topic 15: Expand the military (-5 points on Social scale)	Focus defense spending on 21st Century warfare: Favors topic 15 Oppose Arms Treaty that limits gun trade to Israel & Taiwan: Strongly Favors topic 15
Strongly Favors topic 16: Make voter registration easier (+5 points on Social scale)	Ban stock trading based on Congressional insider knowledge: Strongly Favors topic 16
Strongly Opposes topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (-5 points on Social scale)	Iranian nuclear weapons: prevention instead of containment: Strongly Opposes topic 17
Opposes topic 18: Prioritize green energy (+2 points on Economic scale)	More drilling & more oil refineries: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Supports open space preservation & alternative fuel: Favors topic 18 Extend through 2016 the renewable energy tax credit: Strongly Favors topic 18 Repeal weatherization assistance for low-income persons: Strongly Opposes topic 18
Strongly Favors topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (-5 points on Social scale)	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)	Disapprove of increasing the debt limit: Opposes topic 20 Expand lending caps for credit unions to small business: Favors topic 20 Audit the Federal Reserve & its actions on mortgage loans: Opposes topic 20 Prioritize critical spending in case debt limit reached: Opposes topic 20 YES on prioritizing spending in case debt limit is reached: Opposes topic 20