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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 1 out of 1 statements:
Railroads can sue for tax exemptions on other diesel users: A on question 1
This question weighted at 4% importance.
(Relative importance: 1 out of 24 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 2 out of 2 statements:
Let citizens sue for harm caused by global warming: A on question 2
Clean Air Act displaced federal common law on CO2 emissions: A on question 2
This question weighted at 8% importance.
(Relative importance: 2 out of 24 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 3 out of 6 statements:
Concurred on allowing federal ObamaCare subsidies: B on question 3
Uninsured engage in commerce by raising others' premiums: A on question 3
ObamaCare's mandate is constitutional under Commerce Clause: A on question 3
Helped plan legal defense of ObamaCare: B on question 3
Broad Congressional power for commerce, like ObamaCare: A on question 3
Congress did not intend disparate result on generic drugs: B on question 3
This question weighted at 25% importance.
(Relative importance: 6 out of 24 statements.) |
Question 4 answer B 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 'B' from 2 out of 2 statements:
Let deported immigrants appeal based on bad legal advice: B on question 4
Let deported immigrants appeal based on administrative error: B on question 4
This question weighted at 8% importance.
(Relative importance: 2 out of 24 statements.) |
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 1 out of 2 statements:
Enemy forces can be detained without trial: A on question 5
Delay executions if asked by International Court of Justice: C on question 5
This question weighted at 8% importance.
(Relative importance: 2 out of 24 statements.) |
Question 6 answer C 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 'C' from 3 out of 6 statements:
No reverse discrimination unless justified by other reasons: C on question 6
2000: Limited public aid to parochial schools is ok: C on question 6
1998: Don't justify all-girl school by making all-boy school: C on question 6
2009: education services ok in private schools: B on question 6
No Child Left Behind law is not an unfunded mandate: B on question 6
Paying taxes sufficient to oppose religious tax credits: D on question 6
This question weighted at 25% importance.
(Relative importance: 6 out of 24 statements.) |
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:
Overturn DOMA; equal protection for same-sex couples: C on question 7
Oppose don't-ask-don't-tell but defend it as current law: B on question 7
2003: Opposed military excluding gays from military service: B on question 7
Defend Defense of Marriage Act, since it is the law: B on question 7
OpEd: Conservatives see Kagan as sure vote for gay rights: C on question 7
1st Amendment protects church's anti-gay funeral pickets: A on question 7
This question weighted at 25% importance.
(Relative importance: 6 out of 24 statements.) |
Question 8 answer C 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 'C' from 1 out of 1 statements:
Established environmental law program at Harvard: C on question 8
This question weighted at 4% importance.
(Relative importance: 1 out of 24 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 1 out of 2 statements:
Military plays vital role in well-being of the country: B on question 9
1st Amendment protects videogame violence as "speech": A on question 9
This question weighted at 8% importance.
(Relative importance: 2 out of 24 statements.) |
