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Question 1 answer A 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 'A' from 8 out of 11 statements:
Only leadership can balance the budget: B on question 1
Modernizing government would save $500B per year in waste: A on question 1
No sequel to failed stimulus & job-killing policies: A on question 1
Put people back to work to raise revenues without taxes: A on question 1
The Super-committee is as dumb an idea as I've ever heard: A on question 1
Obama's "balanced approach" is code for raise taxes: A on question 1
1995-97: Pushed for (and got) capital gains tax cut: C on question 1
Tax hikes retard growth and depress revenues: A on question 1
Echoed Bush's "Thousand Points of Light": D on question 1
Opposing taxes is a key conservative value: A on question 1
Limit federal spending growth to per-capita inflation rate: A on question 1
This question weighted at 14% importance.
(Relative importance: 11 out of 76 statements.) |
Question 2 answer D 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 'D' from 6 out of 7 statements:
Every green tax credit is a tax loophole: D on question 2
2008 petition drive: Drill here, Drill now, Pay less: D on question 2
2008 book: Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less: D on question 2
Billion-dollar prize for first mass-produced hydrogen car: A on question 2
Stop scare tactics about drilling in Alaska: D on question 2
Gas tax sounds OK in DC, but not outside Beltway: D on question 2
Explore proven energy reserves & keep energy prices low: D on question 2
This question weighted at 9% importance.
(Relative importance: 7 out of 76 statements.) |
Question 3 answer C 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 'C' from 6 out of 12 statements:
Government healthcare looks into abyss & moves to tyranny: D on question 3
HillaryCare mandate ok; ObamaCare mandate unconstitutional: C on question 3
Rampant Medicaid/Medicare fraud: stop paying the crooks: C on question 3
If you mandate healthcare, you mandate everything in life: C on question 3
21st-century personalized intelligent health system: C on question 3
Market competition yields more health choice at lower prices: D on question 3
Tax credits for developing technology for disabilities: B on question 3
Re-focus Medicare on preventive health instead of sickness: C on question 3
Focus on prevention; would save $14B with diabetes: B on question 3
Ongoing battle against liberals nationalizing healthcare: D on question 3
Too much reform puts 1/7 of US economy at risk: C on question 3
Defund, repeal, & replace federal care with free market: D on question 3
This question weighted at 16% importance.
(Relative importance: 12 out of 76 statements.) |
Question 4 answer C 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 'C' from 5 out of 11 statements:
Review all illegal aliens & if you have no ties, go home: A on question 4
Illegal aliens born in the US should not be deported: A on question 4
Sue the federal government for every cent spent on illegals: D on question 4
Employers should use e-verify for all hires: D on question 4
I voted for Reagan's legal guest worker program: C on question 4
Citizen Boards to decide which immigrants stay and go: C on question 4
Use National Guard on US-Mexican border: D on question 4
Deport 55,000 illegal aliens with multiple arrest records: C on question 4
Lax border security lets in terrorists: D on question 4
Make it harder to sneak in, but easier for guest workers: C on question 4
1989: Let Tiananmen students overstay visas: C on question 4
This question weighted at 14% importance.
(Relative importance: 11 out of 76 statements.) |
Question 5 answer B 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 'B' from 3 out of 8 statements:
No US conventional forces in Libya: B on question 5
Get out of Arab region rapidly; make new strategy: B on question 5
Be prepared in a very militant and aggressive way: A on question 5
Gingrich-plus-up: $1B increase in 1990s Pentagon funding: A on question 5
We need a dramatically expanded use of statecraft: D on question 5
Iraq & Syria are enemies--ok to talk if we understand that: C on question 5
Defend America & allies with information policies: B on question 5
America is Continent of Hope, with special responsibility: A on question 5
This question weighted at 11% importance.
(Relative importance: 8 out of 76 statements.) |
Question 6 answer B 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 'B' from 6 out of 12 statements:
Dramatically shrink the federal Department of Education: B on question 6
I liked charter school programs in Obama's Race to the Top: B on question 6
Let parents choose public, private, parochial, or homeschool: B on question 6
More learning options: community college-run charter schools: B on question 6
Offer coupons to send kids to schools that work best: A on question 6
America’s high schools are obsolete: B on question 6
Pay kids as incentive to learn math and science: B on question 6
Introduce competition among schools and teachers: A on question 6
Encourage private sector in math and science education: A on question 6
Support charters; insist on change for failing schools: A on question 6
Private scholarships for students at hopeless schools: A on question 6
Voucherize inner-city programs from schools to groceries: A on question 6
This question weighted at 16% importance.
(Relative importance: 12 out of 76 statements.) |
Question 7 answer A 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 'A' from 5 out of 6 statements:
I helped author DOMA; if it fails, amend Constitution: A on question 7
Army & Marines wanted Don't-Ask-Don't-Tell: A on question 7
Stop forcing same-sex marriage on religious organizations: A on question 7
Foreign opinion has no relevance to US same-sex marriage: A on question 7
OpEd: refused to pay child support, but supports DOMA: A on question 7
Half-sister, a lesbian lobbyist: "Newt promotes tolerance": B on question 7
This question weighted at 8% importance.
(Relative importance: 6 out of 76 statements.) |
Question 8 answer B 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 'B' from 3 out of 10 statements:
EPA should not regulate dust storms in Iowa: B on question 8
Replace EPA with new Environmental Solutions Agency: B on question 8
Replace EPA with new Environmental Solutions Agency: A on question 8
Greatest enviro dangers are poverty & command bureaucracy: A on question 8
Focus on incentives for conservation & renewable resources: B on question 8
Combine healthy environment and a healthy economy: C on question 8
Encourage public-private partnerships like Land Trusts: C on question 8
Finance world biodiversity hot spots via foreign aid: D on question 8
Early 1980s: co-sponsored Endangered Species Act: D on question 8
Regulating 15 more contaminants under Clean Water Act: D on question 8
This question weighted at 13% importance.
(Relative importance: 10 out of 76 statements.) |
Question 9 answer B 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 'B' from 3 out of 7 statements:
Start speaking out in favor of American Exceptionalism: B on question 9
American Exceptionalism is central to our nation's survival: B on question 9
Five habits of liberty sustain American Exceptionalism: A on question 9
Lead the world into Third Wave Information Age: C on question 9
American Exceptionalism: uniquely far-reaching individualism: B on question 9
Identify constitutionality in every new congressional bill: A on question 9
Government is too big, too intrusive, too easy with money: A on question 9
This question weighted at 9% importance.
(Relative importance: 7 out of 76 statements.) |
