Dennis Kucinich on AmericansElect.org Quiz

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Question 1 answer D on Economy: When you think about the US budget deficit, which of the following solutions is closest to your opinion? A: Cutting existing programs B: More spending cuts than tax increases (mix of both solutions) C: More tax increases than spending cuts (mix of both solutions) D: Raising Taxes E: Unsure	Summary answer 'D' from 7 out of 9 statements: Cancel tax cuts for the rich: D on question 1 Repeal tax cuts for wealthy to fund public higher ed: D on question 1 Top 272,000 taxpayers got as much benefit as bottom 129M: D on question 1 Increase debt limit from $14.3 trillion to $16.7 trillion: C on question 1 NO on Tax cut package of $958 B over 10 years: D on question 1 NO on making the Bush tax cuts permanent: D on question 1 YES on providing tax relief and simplification: A on question 1 YES on $60B stimulus package for jobs, infrastructure, & energy: D on question 1 YES on $192B additional anti-recession stimulus spending: D on question 1 This question weighted at 9% importance. (Relative importance: 9 out of 101 statements.)
Question 2 answer A on Energy: When you think about America’s energy needs, which of the following solutions comes closest to your opinion? A: Strong investment in renewable energy like wind and solar B: More drilling than investment in renewables (mix of both solutions) C: More investment in renewable than drilling (mix of both solutions) D: Strong focus on offshore drilling and allowing drilling in federal lands including wildlife reserves E: Unsure	Summary answer 'A' from 11 out of 12 statements: Double our energy from renewable sources by 2010: A on question 2 Global Green Deal for renewable energy: A on question 2 $50B solar venture fund for developing nations: A on question 2 Journey to planet Earth: renewable energy by 2010: A on question 2 Would sign Kyoto climate change treaty: A on question 2 Preserve Alaska's ANWR instead of drilling it: A on question 2 YES on tax incentives for renewable energy: A on question 2 NO on opening Outer Continental Shelf to oil drilling: A on question 2 YES on starting implementation of Kyoto Protocol: A on question 2 YES on prohibiting oil drilling & development in ANWR: A on question 2 YES on keeping moratorium on drilling for oil offshore: A on question 2 NO on enforcing limits on CO2 global warming pollution: D on question 2 This question weighted at 12% importance. (Relative importance: 12 out of 101 statements.)
Question 3 answer A on Healthcare: When you think about healthcare reform in the United States, which of the following solutions is closest to your opinion? A: The Government should be the sole provider of healthcare insurance B: The Government should have a major role in providing healthcare insurance C: The Government should have a limited role in providing healthcare insurance D: Only private companies should provide healthcare insurance E: Unsure	Summary answer 'A' from 10 out of 15 statements: Medicare For All: all long-term care totally covered: A on question 3 Universal not-for-profit health care: A on question 3 Streamlined national health insurance as Enhanced Medicare: A on question 3 I’m not selling insurance-switch to not-for-profit system: A on question 3 Single-payer for alternative medicine, mental health, more: A on question 3 Regulate prescription drug prices like utility rates: A on question 3 Medicare for All: universal single-payer national system: A on question 3 Private companies charge 18% admin & Medicare charges 3%: B on question 3 Raise taxes for guaranteed, single payer, universal care: A on question 3 Exclude Medicare and Social Security from deficit reduction: B on question 3 YES on Veto override: Extend SCHIP to cover 6M more kids: A on question 3 NO on repealing the "Prevention and Public Health" slush fund: B on question 3 NO on establishing tax-exempt Medical Savings Accounts: A on question 3 YES on adding 2 to 4 million children to SCHIP eligibility: B on question 3 YES on overriding veto on expansion of Medicare: B on question 3 This question weighted at 15% importance. (Relative importance: 15 out of 101 statements.)
Question 4 answer A on Immigration: When you think about illegal immigration, which of the following solutions come closest to your opinion? A: All illegal immigrants should be able to stay in the US legally B: Most illegal immigrants should be able to stay in the US, with some exceptions C: Most illegal immigrants should be deported, with some exceptions D: All illegal immigrants should be deported E: Unsure	Summary answer 'A' from 9 out of 9 statements: There aren’t any illegal human beings: A on question 4 Promote Spanish as a second national language: A on question 4 Build relationships between nations, not walls: A on question 4 Sanctuary cities follow moral law if not federal law: A on question 4 Stop blaming immigrants for our system of slave labor: A on question 4 Roadmap to citizenship for immigrants: A on question 4 Extend our arms to world-immigrant amnesty and more: A on question 4 NO on reporting illegal aliens who receive hospital treatment: A on question 4 NO on building a fence along the Mexican border: A on question 4 This question weighted at 9% importance. (Relative importance: 9 out of 101 statements.)
Question 5 answer D on Foreign Policy: When you think about the US pursuing its interests abroad, which of the following is closest to your opinion? A: The US should always act in its own interest regardless of what other countries think B: The US should rarely listen to other countries C: The US should listen to other countries more often than not D: The US should always listen to other countries before pursuing its own interests E: Unsure	Summary answer 'D' from 8 out of 12 statements: Reject war as an instrument of foreign policy: D on question 5 Believe in international law, not assassination politics: D on question 5 Americans have been misled about the Iraqi war: C on question 5 Create domestic Dept. of Peace & make all war obsolete: D on question 5 International Cooperation: US out of Iraq, UN in: D on question 5 Let the UN rebuild Iraq and develop its governance: D on question 5 Impeach VP Cheney for taking US into Iraq War based on lies: D on question 5 One cannot be against Iraq war yet still fund it: D on question 5 Allow travel between the United States and Cuba: C on question 5 NO on withholding $244M in UN Back Payments until US seat restored: C on question 5 NO on authorizing military force in Iraq: D on question 5 NO on reforming the UN by restricting US funding: C on question 5 This question weighted at 12% importance. (Relative importance: 12 out of 101 statements.)
Question 6 answer D on Education: When you think about education in the US, which of the following is closest to your opinion? A: School curriculums should be set entirely at a local school board level B: School curriculums should be set more by local school boards than at a national level C: School curriculums should be set more by national standards than at a local level D: School curriculums should be set entirely at a national standardized level E: Unsure	Summary answer 'D' from 4 out of 8 statements: Charter schools are a multi-billion dollar boondoogle: D on question 6 Quality education is a core American right: D on question 6 Vouchers divert public money away from public schools: C on question 6 Keep public education separate from private education: D on question 6 Rated 90% by the NEA, indicating pro-public education votes: D on question 6 $25B to renovate or repair elementary schools: C on question 6 NO on reauthorizing the DC opportunity scholarship program: C on question 6 NO on allowing vouchers in DC schools: C on question 6 This question weighted at 8% importance. (Relative importance: 8 out of 101 statements.)
Question 7 answer C on Social Issues: When you think about the rights of same-sex couples, which of the following is closest to your personal opinion? A: Same-sex couples should not be allowed to marry or form any kind of civil union B: Same-sex couples should be allowed to form civil unions, but not to marry in the traditional sense C: Same-sex couples should be allowed to marry legally, with all the same rights as traditional marriages D: Unsure	Summary answer 'C' from 8 out of 16 statements: Not any issue on which he disagrees with GLBT community: C on question 7 Real GLBT equality includes the right to marry: C on question 7 Gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender right to marry: C on question 7 Civil marriage is not necessarily between a man & a woman: B on question 7 Allow gays and lesbians to marry: C on question 7 Same sex couples deserve equal domestic benefits: B on question 7 Affirmative action is necessary & right & must be preserved: C on question 7 End the ban on gays in military: C on question 7 ENDA: prohibit employment discrimination for gays: B on question 7 Repeal Don't-Ask-Don't-Tell, and reinstate discharged gays: B on question 7 Prohibit sexual-identity discrimination at schools: C on question 7 Give domestic partnership benefits to Federal employees: B on question 7 NO on banning gay adoptions in DC: B on question 7 NO on Constitutional Amendment banning same-sex marriage: C on question 7 YES on prohibiting job discrimination based on sexual orientation: B on question 7 YES on enforcing against anti-gay hate crimes: B on question 7 This question weighted at 16% importance. (Relative importance: 16 out of 101 statements.)
Question 8 answer D on Environment: Which of the following statements comes closest to your personal view? A: Natural resources exist for the benefit of humanity B: Natural resources exist for the benefit of humanity, but should be somewhat protected C: Natural resources should be mostly protected, but also exist for the benefit of humanity D: Natural resources exist on their own and should be completely protected E: Unsure	Summary answer 'D' from 12 out of 14 statements: Base trade on worker rights, human rights & environment: D on question 8 Water should forever be in the public domain: D on question 8 Bush’s wetland rules would increase flooding: C on question 8 Clean, safe water is a human right: D on question 8 A clean environment is not a luxury: D on question 8 Prohibits commercial logging on Federal public lands: D on question 8 Rated 85% by the LCV, indicating pro-environment votes: D on question 8 Promote conservation of rare felids & canids: D on question 8 Regulate all dog breeders down to kennels of 50 dogs: C on question 8 Prohibits breeding or possessing Big Cat species: D on question 8 Strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting: D on question 8 NO on deauthorizing "critical habitat" for endangered species: D on question 8 YES on environmental education grants for outdoor experiences: D on question 8 YES on protecting free-roaming horses and burros: D on question 8 This question weighted at 14% importance. (Relative importance: 14 out of 101 statements.)
Question 9 answer C on Reform: Which of the following comes closest to your personal opinion? A: To make this country great, we should return to the examples and values of our forefathers B: This country is already great, we shouldn't change a thing C: To make this country great, we should keep building and adapting for the future	Summary answer 'C' from 9 out of 12 statements: Stop funding war, start funding education; 15% DoD reduction: C on question 9 Cut military spending by 25%; fund diplomacy instead: C on question 9 Withdraw from NAFTA and WTO: B on question 9 Must cut Pentagon spending: C on question 9 $550B defense budget implies more taxes: C on question 9 Cut defense budget by 15%, even if unpopular: C on question 9 Terminating ABM treaty was unconstitutional: C on question 9 Confront the bloat and waste in Pentagon budget: C on question 9 Don’t sacrifice our rights to global corporate ethic: B on question 9 YES on withdrawing from the WTO: B on question 9 NO on protecting the Pledge of Allegiance: C on question 9 NO on making the PATRIOT Act permanent: C on question 9 This question weighted at 12% importance. (Relative importance: 12 out of 101 statements.)