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Question 1 answer C 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 'C' from 9 out of 12 statements:
Area Development Act: public works in low economic areas: C on question 1
Heavy deficit spending to recover from 1961 recession: C on question 1
Heavy deficit spending to recover from 1961 recession: C on question 1
1961 recession plan: prompt recovery toward long-term growth: C on question 1
All presidents outspend their predecessors: C on question 1
All presidents outspend their predecessors: C on question 1
Steady rise in expenditures as economic stimulus: D on question 1
1961: Added 13-week unemployment benefits in recession: C on question 1
1961: We need tax cut to keep drive from running out of gas: B on question 1
Economic stimulus took us from recession to recovery: D on question 1
More interested in federal programs than in cutting deficit: C on question 1
Government programs help people do what they can't do alone: C on question 1
This question weighted at 28% importance.
(Relative importance: 12 out of 43 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 1 out of 2 statements:
1963 tax bill: remove loopholes favoring oil companies: A on question 2
Supplement oil resources with atomic energy: B on question 2
This question weighted at 5% importance.
(Relative importance: 2 out of 43 statements.) |
Question 3 answer B 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 'B' from 2 out of 3 statements:
Attempted unsuccessfully to create retirement-based Medicare: A on question 3
Attempted unsuccessfully to create retirement-based Medicare: B on question 3
Social Security can pay for good medical care for elderly: B on question 3
This question weighted at 7% importance.
(Relative importance: 3 out of 43 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 2 out of 4 statements:
America's capacity to absorb immigration is limited: C on question 4
Don't make over the face of America with immigration: C on question 4
We say same of Mexicans that we said about Irish & Italians: B on question 4
Remove distinction between native-born & naturalized citizen: A on question 4
This question weighted at 9% importance.
(Relative importance: 4 out of 43 statements.) |
Question 5 answer C 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 'C' from 7 out of 13 statements:
1957: Supported Algeria's struggle for independence: C on question 5
1963: Planned to remove all troops from Vietnam by 1965: D on question 5
Food for Peace: $1.5B shipments annually: D on question 5
Alliance for Progress: $500M for Latin American cooperation: D on question 5
1963: Test Ban Treaty: no nukes in space nor oceans: D on question 5
"World safe for diversity", instead of "safe for democracy": C on question 5
1961: Created the Peace Corps: C on question 5
Alianza para el Progreso: development aid for Latin America: C on question 5
Alianza para el Progreso: development aid for Latin America: C on question 5
Send surplus wheat to Russians, while subsidizing US farmers: C on question 5
We can work with Communists? Let them come to Berlin!: B on question 5
1963: Ich bin ein Berliner; freedom is indivisible: C on question 5
Bay of Pigs defeat enhanced Castro's stature: A on question 5
This question weighted at 30% importance.
(Relative importance: 13 out of 43 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 4 out of 7 statements:
1950s: Supported federal aid to parochial schools: A on question 6
Refused any federal financial help to parochial schools: D on question 6
Refused any federal financial help to parochial schools: C on question 6
Aid to Education Bill defeated when private schools excluded: C on question 6
1963 Higher Education Act: more grants; more colleges: C on question 6
Comprehensive education from pre-school to post-college: C on question 6
Wants federal money to go to states for teacher salaries: B on question 6
This question weighted at 16% importance.
(Relative importance: 7 out of 43 statements.) |
Question 7 answer D 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 'D' from 1 out of 1 statements:
Civil rights in public, not private intermarriage: D on question 7
This question weighted at 2% importance.
(Relative importance: 1 out of 43 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 3 out of 5 statements:
1962: Supported anti-DDT conclusions of "Silent Spring": D on question 8
Investigated claims against DDT, which led to its ban: D on question 8
Rural Areas Development program for agriculture technology: C on question 8
Youth Conservation Corps: develop outdoor resources: C on question 8
Invest in facilities for the important resources of the seas: C on question 8
This question weighted at 12% importance.
(Relative importance: 5 out of 43 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 5 out of 10 statements:
Peace Corps: highest response to "ask not" request: C on question 9
1957: Switch from Eurocentrism to focus on developing world: C on question 9
Economic isolation incompatible with political leadership: C on question 9
Defense spending should not be limited by budget amount: B on question 9
Rendezvous with destiny: get America moving again in 1960s: C on question 9
1960: Give direction to our traditional moral purpose: A on question 9
1960: US is standing still & suffering lowered prestige: C on question 9
Immunized himself from suspicion of being "soft on Reds": B on question 9
US has obligation to defend freedom: B on question 9
US needs more economic & social strength to fight Communism: B on question 9
This question weighted at 23% importance.
(Relative importance: 10 out of 43 statements.) |
