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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 7 out of 10 statements:
Tax the richest 2% to pay for a tax cut to the other 98%: D on question 1
Repeal Bush tax cuts on highest income Americans: D on question 1
Biennial budget makes sense, allows better review: B on question 1
YES on increasing tax rate for people earning over $1 million: D on question 1
NO on prioritizing national debt reduction below tax cuts: C on question 1
NO on $350 billion in tax breaks over 11 years: D on question 1
NO on $40B in reduced federal overall spending: D on question 1
NO on retaining reduced taxes on capital gains & dividends: C on question 1
YES on additional $825 billion for economic recovery package: D on question 1
YES on $192B additional anti-recession stimulus spending: D on question 1
This question weighted at 10% importance.
(Relative importance: 10 out of 99 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 9 out of 12 statements:
Accept some American responsibility for global warming: A on question 2
Declaration of Energy Independence: C on question 2
Raise mileage standard to 40 mpg: A on question 2
Kyoto Protocol should include China: A on question 2
Clean Energy: deregulate electricity & reduce pollutants: C on question 2
Climate change is bilingual, for business & for enviros: A on question 2
NO on barring EPA from regulating greenhouse gases: A on question 2
NO on defunding renewable and solar energy: A on question 2
NO on terminating CAFE standards within 15 months: A on question 2
YES on targeting 100,000 hydrogen-powered vehicles by 2010: A on question 2
YES on disallowing an oil leasing program in Alaska's ANWR: A on question 2
YES on removing oil & gas exploration subsidies: C on question 2
This question weighted at 12% importance.
(Relative importance: 12 out of 99 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 10 statements:
National health insurance pool-free for poor and children: A on question 3
Return taxes to Clinton-era rates to improve health care: B on question 3
No more big-spending health plans: D on question 3
Supports health insurance industry (based in Hartford CT): D on question 3
Limited lawsuits against HMOs and automakers: C on question 3
NO on the Ryan Budget: Medicare choice, tax & spending cuts: B on question 3
YES on blocking medical savings acounts: A on question 3
NO on funding GOP version of Medicare prescription drug benefit: B on question 3
YES on overriding veto on expansion of Medicare: A on question 3
YES on expanding the Children's Health Insurance Program: B on question 3
This question weighted at 10% importance.
(Relative importance: 10 out of 99 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 5 out of 11 statements:
Now it’s too easy to come in across our border: D on question 4
Earn citizenship only after 11 years of waiting within rules: C on question 4
One-time earned legalization for undocumented immigrants: B on question 4
Allow driver’s license for immigrants: B on question 4
Make sure immigrants are treated fairly: B on question 4
YES on continuing federal funds for declared "sanctuary cities": A on question 4
YES on limit welfare for immigrants: C on question 4
YES on giving Guest Workers a path to citizenship: A on question 4
YES on establishing a Guest Worker program: B on question 4
NO on building a fence along the Mexican border: A on question 4
NO on declaring English as the official language of the US government: B on question 4
This question weighted at 11% importance.
(Relative importance: 11 out of 99 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 10 out of 13 statements:
Adopt an international Marshall Plan for the Muslim world: D on question 5
Overthrowing Saddam was right, and we can’t abandon Iraq now: A on question 5
Getting out too soon will be a disaster for Iraq and for us: A on question 5
We made the right decision to send soldiers to Iraq: A on question 5
US and world are safer with homicidal maniac Saddam gone: A on question 5
Stabilize Iraq before pulling out the troops: A on question 5
Not an inch of difference from Bush on Iraq: A on question 5
Iraq was a heroic struggle against enemies of civilization: A on question 5
Build a rule-based global trading system: A on question 5
YES on $17.9 billion to IMF: C on question 5
NO on capping foreign aid at only $12.7 billion: C on question 5
YES on authorizing use of military force against Iraq: A on question 5
NO on redeploying troops out of Iraq by July 2007: A on question 5
This question weighted at 13% importance.
(Relative importance: 13 out of 99 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 4 out of 14 statements:
More funding & more local responsibility for public schools: C on question 6
Supports vouchers that don’t take money from public schools: B on question 6
Support public school choice; experiment with private choice: A on question 6
Keep vouchers out of reforms, so reforms can get done: C on question 6
Would advocate vouchers privately, but support Gore publicly: B on question 6
Supports charter schools, private education savings accounts: B on question 6
Choice won’t “ruin” schools; they’re already in ruins: A on question 6
Voted for vouchers; against block grants: A on question 6
Rated 86% by the NEA, indicating pro-public education votes: D on question 6
YES on national education standards: D on question 6
YES on school vouchers in DC: A on question 6
NO on allowing more flexibility in federal school rules: C on question 6
YES on $5B for grants to local educational agencies: B on question 6
YES on additional $10.2B for federal education & HHS projects: D on question 6
This question weighted at 14% importance.
(Relative importance: 14 out of 99 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 5 out of 8 statements:
Opposes laws against gay sex & sodomy; focus on real crime: C on question 7
For gay equal employment; against gay marriage: B on question 7
Expand “Hate Crimes” to include women, gays, and disabled: C on question 7
ENDA: prohibit employment discrimination for gays: B on question 7
Repeal Don't-Ask-Don't-Tell, and reinstate discharged gays: B on question 7
YES on prohibiting job discrimination by sexual orientation: B on question 7
YES on adding sexual orientation to definition of hate crimes: B on question 7
NO on constitutional ban of same-sex marriage: C on question 7
This question weighted at 8% importance.
(Relative importance: 8 out of 99 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 14 out of 22 statements:
Enforce existing laws & reduce threats to air & water: D on question 8
Religion is the foundation of environmentalism: D on question 8
Continue strong commitment to clean air, water, land: D on question 8
Strengthen CAA; protect ANWR; create more national parks: D on question 8
Invest $2.5B in open space preservation: D on question 8
$85M over 5 years for brownfield re-development: D on question 8
$85M over 5 years for brownfield re-development: D on question 8
End commercial whaling and illegal trade in whale meat: D on question 8
Support UNCED Rio Declaration at 2002 conference: C on question 8
Rated 42% by the LCV, indicating a mixed record on environment: B on question 8
EPA must do better on mercury clean-up: C on question 8
Promote conservation of rare felids & canids: D on question 8
Grants for beach water pollution under Clean Water Act: C on question 8
Make tax deduction permanent for conservation easements: C on question 8
Regulate all dog breeders down to kennels of 50 dogs: C on question 8
Prohibit invasive research on great apes: D on question 8
Prohibits breeding or possessing Big Cat species: D on question 8
Establish an International Conservation Strategy: D on question 8
Strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting: D on question 8
YES on continuing desert protection in California: D on question 8
YES on reducing funds for road-building in National Forests: B on question 8
NO on prohibiting eminent domain for use as parks or grazing land: C on question 8
This question weighted at 22% importance.
(Relative importance: 22 out of 99 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 4 out of 7 statements:
Right-size the military with Servicemembers Bill of Rights: B on question 9
American military is best in the world; and has proven it: B on question 9
$87B to never leave American troops without support: B on question 9
Progressive Internationalism: globalize with US pre-eminence: C on question 9
Seeds of Peace: promote coexistence in regions of conflict: C on question 9
YES on extending the PATRIOT Act's roving wiretaps: B on question 9
NO on requiring photo ID to vote in federal elections: C on question 9
This question weighted at 7% importance.
(Relative importance: 7 out of 99 statements.) |
