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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 7 statements:
Desperately alarmed about national spending: A on question 1
Spend less money than you take in: A on question 1
Downsize federal employment: freeze hiring & freeze pay: A on question 1
Reinstate impoundment: spend less than appropriated: A on question 1
Solemn duty to spend wisely when taking from free citizens: A on question 1
Automatic taxpayer refund when reserves exceed 10%: B on question 1
Raising taxes is the worst thing possible in a recession: B on question 1
This question weighted at 23% importance.
(Relative importance: 7 out of 31 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 5 statements:
Look to US sources of energy; we shoot ourselves in the foot: D on question 2
Some subsidies ok for renewable energy: C on question 2
Biofuels oversubsidized but should still be encouraged: A on question 2
Make IN a leader in electric vehicles & solar power industry: A on question 2
Support clean coal as well as alternative energy: B on question 2
This question weighted at 16% importance.
(Relative importance: 5 out of 31 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 4 out of 8 statements:
Medicare 2.0 for the sickest, and for middle and low income: B on question 3
Obamacare is an existential fiscal crisis; it must be undone: D on question 3
HSAs work better than old-fashioned insurance plans: C on question 3
Healthy Indiana: POWER = personal wellness & responsibility: B on question 3
Tort reform; sue HMOs; no guarantees: D on question 3
INShape plan: insure 130,000 uninsured Hoosiers: B on question 3
Increase cigarette tax; insurance discounts to non-smokers: B on question 3
Loosen "one-size-fits-all" approach to Medicaid: C on question 3
This question weighted at 26% importance.
(Relative importance: 8 out of 31 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 1 out of 1 statements:
Need more immigrants with brains or money to invest: B on question 4
This question weighted at 3% importance.
(Relative importance: 1 out of 31 statements.) |
Question 5 answer E 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 'E' from 0 out of 0 statements:
(No votes on which to base response)
This question weighted at 0% importance.
(Relative importance: 0 out of 31 statements.) |
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 2 out of 4 statements:
Public schools' failure fault of NEA & AFT unions: B on question 6
Pay students to leave high school early: A on question 6
Pay teachers, and award tenure, based on effectiveness: C on question 6
Support vouchers for public schools: A on question 6
This question weighted at 13% importance.
(Relative importance: 4 out of 31 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 2 out of 2 statements:
Traditional definition of marriage AND non-discrimination: A on question 7
No same-sex marriage nor civil unions: A on question 7
This question weighted at 6% importance.
(Relative importance: 2 out of 31 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 3 statements:
First state to phase in new environmental Clean Air permits: C on question 8
Rename EPA as Employment Prevention Agency: A on question 8
Reduced air pollution in 23 non-compliant counties: D on question 8
This question weighted at 10% importance.
(Relative importance: 3 out of 31 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 1 out of 1 statements:
Rampant waste in defense spending: C on question 9
This question weighted at 3% importance.
(Relative importance: 1 out of 31 statements.) |
