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The AmericansElect.org quiz outlines how elected officials and public figures address political topics, plus the relative importance they place on each key topic. The nine key topics are:

We list below summaries of one public figures's issue stances related to each topic, and which AmericansElect.org quiz answer each issue stance indicates. Click on the quiz answer link to see the full original excerpt and citations.
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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 5 out of 6 statements:

We have 645 federal agencies--that's way, way too many: C on question 1
Raise debt ceiling, but ensure you won't have to do it again: A on question 1
$18T national debt pales with $200T liability fiscal gap: A on question 1
Release the economic engine; regulations fetter it down: A on question 1
Let the economy work the way it's supposed to: A on question 1
The free market works: A on question 1

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 3 out of 5 statements:

Change archaic exportation rules to send energy to Europe: D on question 2
Smart way in Mideast is to declare energy independence: B on question 2
Climate debate is distracting and irrelevant: D on question 2
Petroleum independence would deprive terrorists of funding: B on question 2
Intelligently tap our own resources offshore & in Alaska: D on question 2

Question 3 answer D 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 'D' from 7 out of 17 statements:

There's a strong connection between health and housing: B on question 3
Health empowerment accounts for families: C on question 3
Health empowerment account for all on the day you're born: D on question 3
Health savings accounts for families to buy health care: C on question 3
Replace need for Medicare with HSAs & catastrophic insurance: C on question 3
Free medical care to fix primary care deficit: B on question 3
Health Savings Accounts make insurance companies irrelevant: C on question 3
Health Savings Accounts make Medicaid less relevant: D on question 3
ObamaCare flies in the face of principles of America: D on question 3
ObamaCare is analogous to slavery: D on question 3
Obamacare is about restriction and control: D on question 3
ObamaCare robs you of your ability to control your own life.: D on question 3
Health savings account from birth; teach poor responsibility: D on question 3
Fund HSAs for indigent from collected HSAs of the rest of us: C on question 3
Two-tiered system ok as long as care is adequate: C on question 3
Regulate insurance companies as non-profit services: A on question 3
Government responsibility for catastrophic coverage: A on question 3

Question 4 answer D 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 'D' from 5 out of 10 statements:

Cancel mortgage deduction and charitable deduction: D on question 4
Guest worker program; no citizenship for illegals: C on question 4
Many immigrants are criminals from Iraq, Somalia and Russia: D on question 4
Our southern border is so porous, anybody can get in: D on question 4
Turn off the spigots, then allow agricultural guest workers: B on question 4
We have the ability to build a border wall, but not the will: C on question 4
Moral low road to use cheap labor if no path to citizenship: B on question 4
Pathway to citizenship unfair to past & current immigrants: D on question 4
Use Canadian model for guest worker program: B on question 4
Overwhelming majority want the southern border secured: D on question 4

Question 5 answer A 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 'A' from 4 out of 7 statements:

Our nation is heading off the abyss of destruction: C on question 5
Focus on funding refugee camps; not bringing refugees to US: B on question 5
Corner Putin by arming Ukraine & reducing oil dependence: A on question 5
Taking in Middle Eastern refugees could be dangerous: A on question 5
Back Israel and follow what Netanyahu wants on Iran: B on question 5
US is exceptional, with different values than rest of world: A on question 5
Tyranny follows if we disarm nukes & madmen get them: A on question 5

Question 6 answer A 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 'A' from 4 out of 8 statements:

Incentivize the state to offer vouchers: A on question 6
Our public education system has become a propaganda system: B on question 6
Supports charter schools; supports local control: A on question 6
Supports homeschooling; supports teaching values: B on question 6
Education has power to lift families out of destitution: C on question 6
Private schooling better than Common Core public schooling: A on question 6
School choice increases competitive nature of education: A on question 6
Legal binding relationship for gays to enjoy property rights: B on question 6

Question 7 answer B 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 'B' from 3 out of 6 statements:

Everyone gets the same rights; nobody gets extra rights: A on question 7
I have nothing against gay people, but no marriage: B on question 7
Homosexuality is a choice, but same-sex marriage is the law: B on question 7
Give gays rights, but not marriage, because it's a choice: B on question 7
Marriage should not be extended to same-sex couples: A on question 7
Redefining marriage is slippery slope with disastrous ending: A on question 7

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 4 statements:

Regulations cost small businesses $34,000 per employee: B on question 8
EPA must work with business; warming or cooling not relevant: B on question 8
Large cumbersome government needs to be deflated: B on question 8
Protecting environment logical for capitalists & socialists: C on question 8

Question 9 answer A 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 'A' from 1 out of 2 statements:

Rome's decline began with immoral lifestyle; like in America: A on question 9
US poverty pales compared to billions in India & Africa: B on question 9

Other candidates' AmericansElect quiz: Ben Carson on the issues:
2019 Trump Administration:
DOL:Acosta
NSA:Bolton
HUD:Carson
DOT:Chao
ODNI:Coats
Edu.:DeVos
U.N.:Haley
Econ.:Kudlow
DOD:Mattis
SBA:McMahon
Treas.:Mnuchin
Staff:Mulvaney
DHS:Nielsen
V.P.:Pence
USDA:Perdue
DOE:Perry
State:Pompeo
HHS:Price
EPA:Pruitt
DOC:Ross
A.G.:Sessions
V.A.:Shulkin
State:Tillerson
Pres.:Trump
DOI:Zinke
Former Obama Administration (2009-2016):
Pres.:Barack Obama
V.P.:Joe Biden
State:John Kerry
State:Hillary Clinton
HUD:Julian Castro

Former G.W.Bush Administration (2001-2008):
Pres.:George W. Bush
V.P.:Dick Cheney
State:Colin Powell
State:Condi Rice
EPA:Christie Whitman

Former Clinton Administration (1993-2000):
Pres.:Bill Clinton
V.P.:Al Gore
HUD:Andrew Cuomo
DOL:Robert Reich
A.G.:Janet Reno

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To assess the Relative Importance of each answer, observe the citation counts in the left-hand column of the table above. The AmericansElect.org quiz relative importance are the citation counts expressed as pie-chart percentages.


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