Quiz Responses
(Click here for AmericansElect quiz) |
|---|
AmericansElect Question & Answer
(Summary answer based on details in right-hand column) |
Based on these stances:
(Click on answers for full excerpt & citation) |
|---|
Question 1 answer D 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 'D' from 1 out of 1 statements:
Banks thrive due to bailouts, while people suffer recession: D on question 1
This question weighted at 7% importance.
(Relative importance: 1 out of 15 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 3 out of 4 statements:
Climate-change deniers make crisis urgent: A on question 2
Climate solution's central element should be high-speed rail: A on question 2
Sign the Kyoto Protocol and rely on UN diplomacy: A on question 2
Oil is cheap because Pentagon’s expenditures keep it cheap: C on question 2
This question weighted at 27% importance.
(Relative importance: 4 out of 15 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 2 out of 3 statements:
National system covers all & removes wasteful inefficiencies: A on question 3
Divert military spending to preventable diseases abroad: B on question 3
Payments in health care system should be progressive: A on question 3
This question weighted at 20% importance.
(Relative importance: 3 out of 15 statements.) |
Question 4 answer A 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 'A' from 1 out of 1 statements:
Aside from Native Americans, we're all immigrants: A on question 4
This question weighted at 7% importance.
(Relative importance: 1 out of 15 statements.) |
Question 5 answer D 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 'D' from 4 out of 5 statements:
US considers World Court hostile, and therefore ignores it: D on question 5
We should not invent enemies like “rogue states”: D on question 5
US regularly in contempt of international law: D on question 5
US historically opposes Third World nationalism and rights: D on question 5
Free trade is all about corporate subsidies: B on question 5
This question weighted at 33% importance.
(Relative importance: 5 out of 15 statements.) |
Question 6 answer D 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 'D' from 1 out of 1 statements:
Supports state funding of higher education: D on question 6
This question weighted at 7% importance.
(Relative importance: 1 out of 15 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 0 out of 0 statements:
(No votes on which to base response)
This question weighted at 0% importance.
(Relative importance: 0 out of 15 statements.) |
Question 8 answer D 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 'D' from 1 out of 1 statements:
Unfair for emerging economies to bear environmental burden: D on question 8
This question weighted at 7% importance.
(Relative importance: 1 out of 15 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:
American "exceptionalism" is common attitude of empires: C on question 9
This question weighted at 7% importance.
(Relative importance: 1 out of 15 statements.) |
