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Question 1 answer B 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 'B' from 4 out of 8 statements:
Trip to Mars can't be reconciled with $500B deficit: B on question 1
“Bush tax”: income tax cuts cause tax rises elsewhere: D on question 1
Repeal every penny of Bush tax cuts & balance budget: D on question 1
Kept GOP predecessor’s agenda of fiscal frugality: B on question 1
Balance budget, even if unpopular: B on question 1
Middle class received no benefit from Bush tax cut: D on question 1
Stand up to Bush for a balanced budget: B on question 1
Repeal Bush’s tax cuts and invest in social programs: D on question 1
This question weighted at 16% importance.
(Relative importance: 8 out of 49 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 3 statements:
Global warming is most important enviro problem we face: A on question 2
Help developing countries reduce greenhouse gases: A on question 2
Our energy policy is one of our biggest security threats: A on question 2
This question weighted at 6% importance.
(Relative importance: 3 out of 49 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 5 out of 10 statements:
Public health plan would cut costs as well as improve care: A on question 3
No single payer system, since it won’t pass Congress: C on question 3
Build senior Rx program on Vermont program: B on question 3
Subsidize health care for small businesses, not corporations: B on question 3
96.4% of Vermonters are covered; deliver that to America: A on question 3
Guarantee health ins. like other industrialized countries: A on question 3
Three-tiered coverage: state, federal, and private: B on question 3
Patient Bill of Rights is hot air: get people insured: A on question 3
Universal access for all Vermonters; insure the last 6%: A on question 3
Keep “community rating”: insure older people at same rates: B on question 3
This question weighted at 20% importance.
(Relative importance: 10 out of 49 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 3 out of 4 statements:
Earned legalization for undocumented immigrants: A on question 4
If immigrants work & pay taxes, give them citizenship: A on question 4
Poor treatment of Muslim immigrants is ethnic profiling: A on question 4
Concerned about immigrants dying in desert crossings: B on question 4
This question weighted at 8% importance.
(Relative importance: 4 out of 49 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 5 out of 5 statements:
Day 1: Visit international allies to undo damage: D on question 5
Repair relations with world by ending Bush arrogance: D on question 5
Intertwine into alliances, to create international stability: D on question 5
Embrace nation-building over isolationism: D on question 5
Afghanistan requires more than military victory: D on question 5
This question weighted at 10% importance.
(Relative importance: 5 out of 49 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 3 out of 4 statements:
Vouchers undermine public education: D on question 6
No diversion of taxpayer funds to private schools: D on question 6
Under no circumstances abandon the public schools: D on question 6
Apply VT’s limited standards for failing schools, not GOP’s: C on question 6
This question weighted at 8% importance.
(Relative importance: 4 out of 49 statements.) |
Question 7 answer C 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 'C' from 3 out of 4 statements:
The Defense of Marriage Act was unconstitutional: C on question 7
Gays deserve equal rights under the law: C on question 7
Gay rights are a matter of principle: C on question 7
Supported civil unions for same-sex couples: B on question 7
This question weighted at 8% importance.
(Relative importance: 4 out of 49 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 4 out of 8 statements:
Deal with scientific reality; environment affects health: D on question 8
Infrastructure requires immediate attention--being ignored: C on question 8
Dean’s first campaign in 1982 focused on bicycle paths: C on question 8
470,000 conservation acres, but many development deals too: D on question 8
Free trade must include environmental standards: D on question 8
No need to poison ourselves in order to have growth: C on question 8
Eliminate mercury releases by 2003: C on question 8
More state autonomy on brownfields & Superfund cleanups: B on question 8
This question weighted at 16% importance.
(Relative importance: 8 out of 49 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 2 out of 5 statements:
We’ve globalized corporations; now globalize worker rights: C on question 9
America is about value of freedom not just military strength: A on question 9
Globalization is here to stay, but the rules can be changed: C on question 9
Focus Pentagon budget on military personnel’s needs: B on question 9
WTO should care about human rights: B on question 9
This question weighted at 10% importance.
(Relative importance: 5 out of 49 statements.) |
