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The AmericansElect.org quiz outlines how elected officials and public figures address political topics, plus the relative importance they place on each key topic. The nine key topics are:

We list below summaries of one public figures's issue stances related to each topic, and which AmericansElect.org quiz answer each issue stance indicates. Click on the quiz answer link to see the full original excerpt and citations.
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Elena Kagan on AmericansElect.org Quiz

 

 



Quiz Responses
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AmericansElect Question & Answer
(Summary answer based on details in right-hand column)
Based on these stances:
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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 1 out of 1 statements:

Railroads can sue for tax exemptions on other diesel users: A on question 1
This question weighted at 4% importance.
(Relative importance: 1 out of 24 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 2 statements:

Let citizens sue for harm caused by global warming: A on question 2
Clean Air Act displaced federal common law on CO2 emissions: A on question 2
This question weighted at 8% importance.
(Relative importance: 2 out of 24 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 3 out of 6 statements:

Concurred on allowing federal ObamaCare subsidies: B on question 3
Uninsured engage in commerce by raising others' premiums: A on question 3
ObamaCare's mandate is constitutional under Commerce Clause: A on question 3
Helped plan legal defense of ObamaCare: B on question 3
Broad Congressional power for commerce, like ObamaCare: A on question 3
Congress did not intend disparate result on generic drugs: B on question 3
This question weighted at 25% importance.
(Relative importance: 6 out of 24 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 2 out of 2 statements:

Let deported immigrants appeal based on bad legal advice: B on question 4
Let deported immigrants appeal based on administrative error: B on question 4
This question weighted at 8% importance.
(Relative importance: 2 out of 24 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 1 out of 2 statements:

Enemy forces can be detained without trial: A on question 5
Delay executions if asked by International Court of Justice: C on question 5
This question weighted at 8% importance.
(Relative importance: 2 out of 24 statements.)

Question 6 answer C 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 'C' from 3 out of 6 statements:

No reverse discrimination unless justified by other reasons: C on question 6
2000: Limited public aid to parochial schools is ok: C on question 6
1998: Don't justify all-girl school by making all-boy school: C on question 6
2009: education services ok in private schools: B on question 6
No Child Left Behind law is not an unfunded mandate: B on question 6
Paying taxes sufficient to oppose religious tax credits: D on question 6
This question weighted at 25% importance.
(Relative importance: 6 out of 24 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 3 out of 6 statements:

Overturn DOMA; equal protection for same-sex couples: C on question 7
Oppose don't-ask-don't-tell but defend it as current law: B on question 7
2003: Opposed military excluding gays from military service: B on question 7
Defend Defense of Marriage Act, since it is the law: B on question 7
OpEd: Conservatives see Kagan as sure vote for gay rights: C on question 7
1st Amendment protects church's anti-gay funeral pickets: A on question 7
This question weighted at 25% importance.
(Relative importance: 6 out of 24 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 1 statements:

Established environmental law program at Harvard: C on question 8
This question weighted at 4% importance.
(Relative importance: 1 out of 24 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 1 out of 2 statements:

Military plays vital role in well-being of the country: B on question 9
1st Amendment protects videogame violence as "speech": A on question 9
This question weighted at 8% importance.
(Relative importance: 2 out of 24 statements.)

Other Justices' AmericansElect.org quiz: Elena Kagan on the issues:
Samuel Alito
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Stephen Breyer
Elena Kagan
Anthony Kennedy
John Roberts
Sonia Sotomayor
Clarence Thomas

Former Justices:
Sandra Day O'Connor
Merrick Garland(nominated 2016)
William Rehnquist
Antonin Scalia
David Souter
John Paul Stevens

About Elena Kagan:
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Abortion
Budget/Economy
China
Civil Rights
Crime
Defense
Drugs
Education
Environment
Families
Foreign Policy
Free Trade
Govt. Reform
Gun Control
Health Care
Immigration
Labor
Principles
School Choice
Social Security
Tax Reform
Technology
War & Peace
Welfare


To assess the Relative Importance of each answer, observe the citation counts in the left-hand column of the table above. The AmericansElect.org quiz relative importance are the citation counts expressed as pie-chart percentages.


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