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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 9 out of 14 statements:
Abolishing state income tax would be calamitous: D on question 1
Restore pay-as-you-go for fiscal discipline: B on question 1
Base policy on broad growth and progressive taxation: D on question 1
Bush tax cuts reach 32 million in middle class: A on question 1
No excuse for special tax cuts for the rich: D on question 1
Trade a tax cut for the huge cuts in student loans: D on question 1
They’re not Bush tax cuts, they’re Democrat tax cuts: A 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 13% importance.
(Relative importance: 14 out of 108 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 10 out of 14 statements:
$3B in tax credits to spur hybrid vehicle development: A on question 2
20% renewable energy by 2020: A on question 2
Drilling for oil doesn’t gain energy independence: C on question 2
ANWR won’t provide any oil for 20 years: A on question 2
Invent our way out of oil dependency-don’t drill our way out: C on question 2
Invest in advancing secure forms of energy instead of oil: A on question 2
Create new energy sources to end Mideast dependency: C on question 2
Led effort to try to raise fuel efficiency standards: 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 13% importance.
(Relative importance: 14 out of 108 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 7 out of 14 statements:
Find common ground to cover 11 million uninsured children: A on question 3
Fight for affordable health care for all children: A on question 3
Health care is not a privilege but a right for all: B on question 3
Lack of accessible health care is a disgrace: B on question 3
It is morally wrong to leave so many Americans uninsured: B on question 3
Start providing health insurance for every child in America: A on question 3
Catastrophic health coverage for all costs over $50,000: B on question 3
Cut $350B of bureaucracy and cover 90% of Americans: A on question 3
Cover more citizens with health plan like Congress gets: A 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 13% importance.
(Relative importance: 14 out of 108 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 7 out of 11 statements:
Temporary workers ok, and earned amnesty ok: A on question 4
Restore immigrant benefits lost in 1996 welfare reform: A on question 4
Earned legalization for undocumented immigrants: B on question 4
Amnesty to anyone here over 5 or 6 years: B on question 4
Cover child resident aliens under Medicaid and SCHIP: A on question 4
YES on continuing federal funds for declared "sanctuary cities": A on question 4
NO on limit welfare for immigrants: A 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 10% importance.
(Relative importance: 11 out of 108 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 8 out of 15 statements:
Preemptive strike must pass a global test: D on question 5
Bush is sending mixed messages to South Korea: C on question 5
Take notice of political oppression in Russia: C on question 5
America should lead by extending a hand, not a fist: D on question 5
Get US more deeply involved in Arab-Israeli peace process: D on question 5
Regrets nothing more that his 2002 vote for Iraq War: D on question 5
1998: respond militarily to Saddam's threat of WMDs: A on question 5
War in Iraq was founded & perpetuated on lies, like Vietnam: D on question 5
Supports multilateral cooperative internationalism: D on question 5
Build a rule-based global trading system: A on question 5
Multi-year commitment to Africa for food & medicine: D 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
YES on redeploying troops out of Iraq by July 2007: D on question 5
This question weighted at 14% importance.
(Relative importance: 15 out of 108 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 6 out of 10 statements:
Vouchers drain resources from public schools: D on question 6
Stop viewing charter schools as threatening innovation: B on question 6
Nothing good about vouchers can’t be done in public schools: D on question 6
Nothing good about vouchers can’t be done in public schools: C on question 6
Rated 100% by the NEA, indicating pro-public education votes: D on question 6
YES on national education standards: D on question 6
NO on school vouchers in DC: D 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 9% importance.
(Relative importance: 10 out of 108 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 9 out of 13 statements:
2004: Agreed with people of Missouri on banning gay marriage: A on question 7
The Constitution calls for same-sex partnership rights: B on question 7
Personally believes marriage is between a man & a woman: B on question 7
Defense of Marriage Act is fundamentally ugly: C on question 7
Opposes Massachusetts DOMA since there’s a federal DOMA: B on question 7
For partnership rights and civil union: B on question 7
Provide gays and lesbians with full coverage of civil rights: B 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
Prohibit sexual-identity discrimination at schools: C 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 12% importance.
(Relative importance: 13 out of 108 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 10 out of 21 statements:
Minority communities more likely polluted than white areas: C on question 8
Minority communities more likely polluted than white areas: C on question 8
Live by "Precautionary Principle": first, do no harm: D on question 8
Technological advances make environmental progress cheap: D on question 8
Gun owner & hunter, but rights come with responsibility: C on question 8
Make environmental justice an EPA priority: C on question 8
Safeguard the environment and grow the economy: 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 53% 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
Grants for beach water pollution under Clean Water Act: 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
Sponsored ban on breeding or possessing Big Cat species: D on question 8
Strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting: D on question 8
Fund projects for international conservation of cranes: D on question 8
Fund studies of invasive species and algal blooms: C 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 19% importance.
(Relative importance: 21 out of 108 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 3 out of 5 statements:
No nation will ever have a veto over us: B on question 9
Capitalism and democracy go hand in hand: A on question 9
Zell: Kerry voted against weapons needed for War on Terror: C on question 9
Progressive Internationalism: globalize with US pre-eminence: C on question 9
NO on requiring photo ID to vote in federal elections: C on question 9
This question weighted at 5% importance.
(Relative importance: 5 out of 108 statements.) |
