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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 4 out of 5 statements:
Tax credits like EITC are just welfare: A on question 1
Tariffs are the best form of taxes: A on question 1
Supports Balanced Budget Amendment & tax cuts: B on question 1
Flat 16% tax on earnings over $35,000, plus import tariffs: A on question 1
Dump our tyrannical 7 million-word tax code: A on question 1
This question weighted at 8% importance.
(Relative importance: 5 out of 64 statements.) |
Question 2 answer D 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 'D' from 3 out of 4 statements:
Energy independence by developing Caspian pipelines: B on question 2
Explore ANWR; reconsider nuclear power & oil import fee: D on question 2
Opposes raising CAFE standards: D on question 2
Opposes Kyoto Treaty because it regulates US most: D on question 2
This question weighted at 6% importance.
(Relative importance: 4 out of 64 statements.) |
Question 3 answer C 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 'C' from 2 out of 3 statements:
Self-finance Medicare by self-investing: C on question 3
Against national health system & federal takeover: D on question 3
Supports catastrophic health insurance, privately paid: C on question 3
This question weighted at 5% importance.
(Relative importance: 3 out of 64 statements.) |
Question 4 answer D 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 'D' from 10 out of 11 statements:
Remove 12 million illegal aliens by attrition & enforcement: D on question 4
A million immigrants a year: “we’re gonna lose our country”: D on question 4
A million immigrants a year: “we’re gonna lose our country”: D on question 4
Limit immigration to 250,000 per year: C on question 4
Most pressing foreign policy crisis: illegal immigration: D on question 4
Secure our porous borders; teach immigrants English: D on question 4
Immigration “time out”; reduce to 250,000 per year: D on question 4
White America is endangered species; Mexico is moving north: D on question 4
Immigration tsunami will make whites a minority in US: D on question 4
Use troops to stop illegal immigration: D on question 4
Treat illegal immigration as an invasion & repel it: D on question 4
This question weighted at 17% importance.
(Relative importance: 11 out of 64 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 7 out of 12 statements:
Islam attempts to reshape and replace the West: A on question 5
Avoid the democratist temptation of the internationalists: A on question 5
China today does not threaten any vital US interests: D on question 5
Foreign aid, like welfare, creates permanent dependency: B on question 5
Build SDI; “Retrench and rearm”: A on question 5
Most pressing foreign policy crisis: illegal immigration: A on question 5
Kick UN out of US by 2001; use Marines to “help pack”: A on question 5
Struggle against emerging world government: A on question 5
Base alliances on their view of US; not on democracy status: B on question 5
Withdraw from UN; Kyoto Treaty; Rome Treaty: A on question 5
End foreign aid; withdraw from most of IMF: B on question 5
End New World Order; end foreign aid: B on question 5
This question weighted at 19% importance.
(Relative importance: 12 out of 64 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 3 out of 5 statements:
Block grants to states with all federal education funds: A on question 6
Replace Dept. of Education with states & parents: A on question 6
Support home schooling but don’t give up on public schools: B on question 6
For vouchers, charter schools, & homeschooling: A on question 6
Decisions by parents and teachers, not bureaucrats: B on question 6
This question weighted at 8% importance.
(Relative importance: 5 out of 64 statements.) |
Question 7 answer A 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 'A' from 9 out of 9 statements:
31 states have banned gay marriage; none have approved it: A on question 7
Vermont civil unions are ‘absurd’: A on question 7
Homosexuality is “the love that will not shut up.”: A on question 7
Gay pride equated with moral decline and cultural decadence: A on question 7
Condemns gays, women in combat, and abortion: A on question 7
Opposes gay rights agenda in its entirety: A on question 7
All lifestyles are not equal; some ideas are wrong: A on question 7
No gay VP; no gays in Cabinet; it’s “a disorder”: A on question 7
Would oppose a gay president “with everything I had”: A on question 7
This question weighted at 14% importance.
(Relative importance: 9 out of 64 statements.) |
Question 8 answer A 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 'A' from 6 out of 7 statements:
Environmentalism is yet another new religion: A on question 8
Endangered Species Act hurts jobs to protect bugs & weeds: A on question 8
Celebrating Earth Day is like worshiping dirt: A on question 8
Compensate land owners for endangered species habitat: A on question 8
Abolish BLM and return land to states: A on question 8
People conserve land, not federal or international agencies: B on question 8
Put people first, not insects and rats: A on question 8
This question weighted at 11% importance.
(Relative importance: 7 out of 64 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 10 out of 19 statements:
Founders believed in equality of rights, nor diversity: A on question 9
Foreign opinion now counts in US court: B on question 9
Since 1960s, schools taught shame of America's past: A on question 9
America’s freedom is tied to her economic independence: A on question 9
Moral & cultural revolution destroyed American family: A on question 9
Never be isolationist; but stop being interventionist: A on question 9
Iraq War is imperial overstretch & may cause US collapse: C on question 9
Interventionism is the incubator of terrorism: A on question 9
Annex Greenland: B on question 9
Soldiers volunteer to defend US, not UN: B on question 9
America must retrench and rearm: B on question 9
Casualties “in the service of the UN” breaches sovereignty: B on question 9
Gobal Economy betrays working Americans: B on question 9
Independence, not isolationism: B on question 9
Practice “masterly inactivity,” not “entangling alliances”: A on question 9
Push US foreign policy toward isolationism: A on question 9
Globalists are wrong; dumping destroys towns: B on question 9
Global Economy erodes US sovereignty: B on question 9
Patriotism is the soul of a nation: B on question 9
This question weighted at 30% importance.
(Relative importance: 19 out of 64 statements.) |
