Ron Paul’s VoteMatch Responses and Quiz
By Michael Lang on Feb 3, 2008 in 2008 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN
Here is a comprehensive array of Ron Paul’s VoteMatch Responses on every issue of concern to American citizens. There is also a VoteMatch Quiz and Question & Answer section enclosed that should fulfill any supporter.
Favors topic 3:
Same-sex domestic partnership benefits
(+2 points on Social scale)
Ronald Reagan had the courage to turn tail & run in Lebanon: Strongly Favors topic 17
Iraq war is illegal; undeclared wars never end & we lose: Strongly Favors topic 17
Neocons promoted Iraq war for years; not about Al Qaida: Strongly Favors topic 17
We should have declared war in Iraq, or not gone in at all: Favors topic 17
Opposes Iraq war and opposes path toward Iran war: Strongly Favors topic 17
Foreign aid often more harmful than helpful : Strongly Opposes topic 17
Ban foreign aid to oil-producers who restrict production: Opposes topic 17
NO on authorizing military force in Iraq: Strongly 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
Strongly Opposes topic 18:
Replace coal & oil with alternatives
(+5 points on Economic scale)
Repeal the gas tax: Strongly Opposes topic 18
Rated 5% by the LCV, indicating anti-environment votes: Strongly Opposes topic 18
Rated 0% by the CAF, indicating opposition to energy independence: Opposes topic 18
NO on starting implementation of Kyoto Protocol: Strongly Opposes topic 18
NO on raising CAFE standards; incentives for alternative fuels: Strongly Opposes topic 18
NO on prohibiting oil drilling & development in ANWR: Strongly Opposes topic 18
YES on scheduling permitting for new oil refinieries: Strongly Opposes topic 18
NO on keeping moratorium on drilling for oil offshore: Strongly Opposes topic 18
NO on removing oil & gas exploration subsidies: Strongly Opposes topic 18
Strongly Opposes topic 19:
Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it
(+5 points on Social scale)
War on drugs is out of control; revert control to states: Strongly Opposes topic 19
Inner-city minorities are punished unfairly in war on drugs: Opposes topic 19
$500B on War on Drugs since 1970s has been a total failure: Strongly Opposes topic 19
Legalize industrial hemp: Opposes topic 19
War on Drugs has abused Bill of Rights : Strongly Opposes topic 19
Legalize medical marijuana: Strongly Opposes topic 19
Rated A by VOTE-HEMP, indicating a pro-hemp voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 19
Rated +30 by NORML, indicating a pro-drug-reform stance: Strongly Opposes topic 19
NO on subjecting federal employees to random drug tests: Strongly Opposes topic 19
NO on military border patrols to battle drugs & terrorism: Strongly Opposes topic 19
Opposes topic 20:
Allow churches to provide welfare services
(-3 points on Economic scale)
Bush’s faith-based initiative is "a neocon project": Strongly Opposes topic 20
Abolish federal welfare; leave it all to states: Strongly Favors topic 20
NO on responsible fatherhood via faith-based organizations: Opposes topic 20
NO on treating religious organizations equally for tax breaks: Strongly Opposes topic 20
Protect all voluntary associations; don’t define marriage: Strongly Favors topic 3
No legislation to counteract the homosexual agenda: Favors topic 3
No need for Marriage Amendment; DOMA is enough: Opposes topic 3
Opposes "hate crimes" legislation: Opposes topic 3
No "sexual orientation" in Employment Non-Discrimination Act: Opposes topic 3
Rated 38% by the HRC, indicating a mixed record on gay rights: Neutral on topic 3
YES on banning gay adoptions in DC.: Opposes 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
Favors topic 4:
Teacher-led prayer in public schools
(-3 points on Social scale)
Present scientific facts that support creationism: Favors topic 4
Disallow lawsuits that stop public officials invoking God: Strongly Favors topic 4
Protect military chaplains’ right to pray in preferred faith: Favors topic 4
No Fairness Doctrine: no equal time if morally objectionable: Favors topic 4
Rated 76% by the Christian Coalition: a pro-family voting record: Strongly Favors topic 4
Rated 17% by the AU, indicating opposition to church-state separation: Strongly Favors topic 4
Supports a Constitutional Amendment for school prayer: Strongly Favors topic 4
NO on allowing school prayer during the War on Terror: Strongly Opposes topic 4
NO on constitutional amendment prohibiting flag desecration: Opposes topic 4
YES on protecting the Pledge of Allegiance: Favors topic 4
NO on allowing Courts to decide on "God" in Pledge of Allegiance: Favors topic 4
Neutral on topic 5:
More federal funding for health coverage
(0 points on Economic scale)
Transfer funds from debt & empire-building to healthcare: Strongly Favors topic 5
Socialized medicine won’t work; nor managed care: Opposes topic 5
Managed care is expensive and hasn’t worked: Strongly Opposes topic 5
Oppose mandated health insurance and universal coverage: Strongly Opposes topic 5
Abolish federal Medicare entitlement; leave it to states: Strongly Opposes topic 5
Rated 56% by APHA, indicating a mixed record on public health issues: Neutral on topic 5
YES on establishing tax-exempt Medical Savings Accounts: Opposes topic 5
NO on subsidizing private insurance for Medicare Rx drug coverage: 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
NO on adding 2 to 4 million children to SCHIP eligibility: Opposes topic 5
Privatize Social Security
(+5 points on Economic scale)
Allow young people to get out of the system: Strongly Favors topic 6
Personal retirement accounts allow investing in one’s future: Favors topic 6
Rated 30% by the ARA, indicating an anti-senior voting record: Strongly Favors topic 6
NO on strengthening the Social Security Lockbox: Favors topic 6
YES on reducing tax payments on Social Security benefits: Favors topic 6
YES on raising 401(k) limits & making pension plans more portable: Favors topic 6
Favors topic 7:
Parents choose schools via vouchers
(+2 points on Economic scale)
Tax-credited programs for Christian schooling: Strongly Favors topic 7
Abolish the federal Department of Education: Strongly Favors topic 7
Rated 67% by the NEA, indicating a mixed record on public education: Neutral on topic 7
YES on vouchers for private & parochial schools: Strongly Favors topic 7
NO on allowing vouchers in DC schools: Opposes topic 7
Opposes topic 8:
Death Penalty
(+2 points on Social scale)
Changed opinion to anti-death penalty due to many mistakes: Opposes topic 8
Opposes the death penalty: Opposes topic 8
Strongly Opposes topic 9:
Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws
(+5 points on Social scale)
Rated 60% by CURE, indicating mixed votes on rehabilitation: Neutral on topic 9
Rated 11% by the NCJA, indicating a "soft-on-crime" stance: Strongly Opposes topic 9
NO on more prosecution and sentencing for juvenile crime: Opposes topic 9
YES on funding for alternative sentencing instead of more prisons.: Strongly Opposes topic 9
Favors topic 10:
Absolute right to gun ownership
(+2 points on Economic scale)
Opposes the DC Gun Ban; it’s not just a "collective right": Strongly Favors topic 10
Ease procedures on the purchase and registration of firearms: Strongly Favors topic 10
Allow law-abiding citizens to carry concealed firearms: Strongly Favors topic 10
Support the Second Amendment : Strongly Favors topic 10
Rated A by the NRA, indicating a pro-gun rights voting record: Strongly Favors topic 10
NO on decreasing gun waiting period from 3 days to 1: 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 Opposes topic 11:
Repeal tax cuts on wealthy
(+5 points on Economic scale)
Doesn’t want flat tax or consumption tax: Strongly Favors topic 11
I have never voted for a tax increase; and never will: Strongly Opposes topic 11
Campaign slogan in 2004: The Taxpayers’ Best Friend: Strongly Opposes topic 11
Overhaul income tax; end capital gains & inheritance tax: Strongly Opposes topic 11
Phaseout the death tax: Strongly Opposes topic 11
Rated 89% by NTU, indicating a "Taxpayer’s Friend" on tax votes: Strongly Opposes topic 11
Rated 0% by the CTJ, indicating opposition to progressive taxation: Strongly Opposes topic 11
YES on eliminating the "marriage penalty": Opposes topic 11
YES on $46 billion in tax cuts for small business: Opposes topic 11
YES on Tax cut package of $958 B over 10 years: Opposes topic 11
YES on reducing Marriage Tax by $399B over 10 years: Opposes topic 11
YES on eliminating the Estate Tax ("death tax"): Opposes topic 11
YES on making the Bush tax cuts permanent: Strongly Opposes topic 11
YES on providing tax relief and simplification: Strongly Opposes topic 11
YES on retaining reduced taxes on capital gains & dividends: Strongly Opposes topic 11
Strongly Opposes topic 12:
Illegal immigrants earn citizenship
(-5 points on Social scale)
No amnesty, but border fence isn’t so important: Strongly Opposes topic 12
Rated 100% by FAIR, indicating a voting record restricting immigration: Strongly Opposes topic 12
Rated 83% by USBC, indicating a sealed-border stance: Strongly Opposes topic 12
YES on more immigrant visas for skilled workers: Favors topic 12
YES on extending Immigrant Residency rules: Favors topic 12
YES on reporting illegal aliens who receive hospital treatment: Strongly Opposes topic 12
YES on preventing tipping off Mexicans about Minuteman Project: Strongly Opposes topic 12
YES on building a fence along the Mexican border: Strongly Opposes topic 12
Opposes topic 13:
Support & expand free trade
(-3 points on Economic scale)
No North American Union; no WTO; no UN: Strongly Opposes topic 13
Inappropriate to impose sanctions for persecuting Christians: Favors topic 13
China trade not contingent on human rights & product safety: Favors topic 13
No NAFTA Superhighway from Canada to Mexico: Opposes topic 13
No restrictions on import/export; but maintain sovereignty : Strongly Favors topic 13
End economic protectionism: let dairy compacts expire : Strongly Favors topic 13
Rated 76% by CATO, indicating a pro-free trade voting record: Strongly Favors topic 13
NO on ‘Fast Track’ authority for trade agreements: Strongly Opposes topic 13
NO on Permanent Normal Trade Relations with China: Strongly Opposes topic 13
YES on withdrawing from the WTO: Strongly Opposes topic 13
NO on implementing US-Singapore free trade agreement: Strongly Opposes topic 13
NO on implementing free trade agreement with Chile: Strongly Opposes topic 13
NO on implementing US-Australia Free Trade Agreement: Opposes topic 13
NO on implementing CAFTA, Central America Free Trade: Strongly Opposes topic 13
NO on promoting free trade with Peru: Opposes topic 13
Strongly Favors topic 14:
The Patriot Act harms civil liberties
(+5 points on Social scale)
First Amendment was written for controversial speech: Strongly Favors topic 14
We are drifting rather rapidly into a totalitarian state: Strongly Favors topic 14
Violating habeas corpus will be used against us: Strongly Favors topic 14
Be cautious about warrantless searches & habeas corpus: Strongly Favors topic 14
Criticizes use of war on terror to curtail civil liberties: Strongly Favors topic 14
Opposes Patriot Act & Iraq War: Favors topic 14
NO on making the PATRIOT Act permanent: Strongly Favors topic 14
NO on continuing intelligence gathering without civil oversight: Strongly Favors topic 14
NO on allowing electronic surveillance without a warrant: Strongly Favors topic 14
Opposes topic 15:
Expand the armed forces
(+2 points on Social scale)
Bring all troops home from abroad & save $100B’s every year: Strongly Opposes topic 15
Military aggressiveness weakens our national defense: Strongly Opposes topic 15
End draft registration; all-volunteer forces : Strongly Opposes topic 15
Federal duty to provide missile defense : Strongly Favors topic 15
Rated 67% by SANE, indicating a mixed record on military issues: Neutral on topic 15
Terminate Selective Service: Opposes topic 15
NO on $266 billion Defense Appropriations bill: Opposes topic 15
YES on deploying SDI: Favors topic 15
NO on emergency $78B for war in Iraq & Afghanistan: Strongly Opposes topic 15
YES on continuing military recruitment on college campuses: Favors topic 15
YES on restricting no-bid defense contracts: Strongly Opposes topic 15
Opposes topic 16:
Stricter limits on political campaign funds
(+2 points on Economic scale)
NO on banning soft money and issue ads: Opposes topic 16
NO on campaign finance reform banning soft-money contributions: Opposes topic 16
NO on restricting independent grassroots political committees: Favors topic 16
NO on requiring lobbyist disclosure of bundled donations: Strongly Opposes topic 16
US out of Iraq
(+5 points on Social scale)
VoteMatch Responses
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VoteMatch Question & Answer
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Opposes topic 1:
Abortion is a woman’s right
(-3 points on Social scale)
Get the federal government out of abortion decision: Opposes topic 1
Delivered 4000 babies; & assuredly life begins at conception: Opposes topic 1
Sanctity of Life Act: remove federal jurisdiction: Strongly Opposes topic 1
Nominate only judges who refuse to legislate from the bench: Opposes topic 1
Save "snowflake babies": no experiments on frozen embryos: Opposes topic 1
No tax funding for organizations that promote abortion: Opposes topic 1
No federal funding of abortion, and pro-life: Strongly Opposes topic 1
Rated 0% by NARAL, indicating a pro-life voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 1
Rated 56% by the NRLC, indicating a mixed record on abortion: Neutral on topic 1
NO on barring transporting minors to get an abortion: Strongly Favors topic 1
YES on banning partial-birth abortions: Opposes topic 1
YES on banning Family Planning funding in US aid abroad: Opposes topic 1
NO on federal crime to harm fetus while committing other crimes: Favors topic 1
YES on funding for health providers who don’t provide abortion info: Opposes topic 1
YES on banning partial-birth abortion except to save mother’s life: Strongly Opposes 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
NO on allowing human embryonic stem cell research: Opposes topic 1
NO on expanding research to more embryonic stem cell lines: Opposes topic 1
Strongly Opposes topic 2:
Require hiring more women & minorities
(+5 points on Economic scale)
No affirmative action for any group: Strongly Opposes topic 2
Rated 39% by NAACP, indicating a mixed record on affirmative-action: Neutral on topic 2
YES on ending preferential treatment by race in college admissions: Opposes topic 2
NO on $84 million in grants for Black and Hispanic colleges: Strongly Opposes topic 2
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