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U.S. Presidential election/political attitude survey (WORLD)

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NOTE - If you ARE a United States national (citizen or resident of the United States), please do NOT take this poll! Please instead take the poll on this site titled "U.S. presidential election/political attitude survey (USA)." The questions in both polls are identical, but in order to compare the views of Americans on this topic with the views of those outside the United States, I am trying to create two separate groups of respondants. DESCRIPTION - The primary topic of this poll is the United States presidential election which will be held in November 2004. However the 10 questions that follow are designed to give a broader picture of true public preferences, attitudes, and motivations toward the candidates and the U.S. election process than is captured by most unscientific polls on the topic. Thank you for participating in this poll, and I welcome any feedback you may have!
[PLEASE READ POLL INTRODUCTION BEFORE STARTING] Which of the following candidates for president of the United States do you think should participate in the presidential debates this year (check as many as apply)?
Michael Badnarik (Libertarian Party) http://www.badnarik.org
George Bush (Republican Party) http://www.georgewbush.com/
David Cobb (Green Party) http://www.votecobb.org/
John Kerry (Democratic Party) http://www.johnkerry.com/
Ralph Nader (independent) http://www.votenader.org/
Michael Peroutka (Constitution Party) http://www.peroutka2004.com/
All of the above
Of the following candidates for president of the United States, who do you think would actually make the best president if he could get elected?
Michael Badnarik (Libertarian Party) http://www.badnarik.org
George Bush (Republican Party) http://www.georgewbush.com/
David Cobb (Green Party) http://www.votecobb.org/
John Kerry (Democratic Party) http://www.johnkerry.com/
Ralph Nader (independent) http://www.votenader.org/
Michael Peroutka (Constitution Party) http://www.peroutka2004.com/
How do you feel about the candidate you're planning to vote for in this year's U.S. presidential election?
I plan to vote for a candidate I believe will be a good president
I plan to vote for a candidate I don't believe will be a very good president
I haven't decided whom to vote for yet
I won't be eligible to vote
I'll be eligible to vote but don't plan on voting
Do you feel that the millions of dollars the federal government is giving the Republican and Democratic parties to pay for their national conventions this year will be money well spent?
Yes
No
Unsure
Which of the following do you believe is the best approach to funding political party conventions in the United States?
Taxpayers should only subsidize the Republican and Democratic Party conventions
Taxpayers should only subsidize conventions of smaller parties (e.g the Greens)
Taxpayers should subsidize the convention of any organized political party that wants to hold one
Political parties should pay for their own conventions without help from the taxpayers
Other/unsure
How should media organizations go about covering candidates for public office?
All qualified candidates for an office should be given roughly equal coverage
Well-known candidates should receive more coverage than less-known candidates
Less-known candidates should receive more coverage than well-known candidates
Cover candidates based on results of polls asking who people want to hear about
Other/unsure
Regardless of which party's candidate you support for president this year, which political party in the United States do you feel generally has the best ideas?
The Constitution Party (http://www.constitutionparty.com/party_platform.php)
The Democratic Party (http://www.democrats.org/about/2000platform.html)
The Green Party (http://www.greenparty.org/Platform.html)
The Libertarian Party (http://www.lp.org/issues/platform/platform_all.html)
The Reform Party (http://reformparty.org/cgi-bin/platform.cgi)
The Republican Party (http://www.gop.com/About/PartyPlatform/Default.aspx)
Unsure
Should a candidate who refuses to debate the other candidates on the ballot for that office a reasonable number of times before an election according to a format decided by an impartial organization be made ineligible for taxpayer funding of his or her campaign?
Yes
No
Unsure
When you cast your ballot in an election, how do you most often decide which candidate to support?
I vote for the candidate I believe is best
I vote the way someone else (friend, relative, etc.) tells me to
I vote for whoever I think is going to win
I vote for the least objectionable of the two front-runners
I don't vote
Other/unsure
Which do you think would be more interesting to watch, a presidential debate between George Bush and John Kerry, or a debate that included the presidential candidates of the Libertarian, Green, Reform and Constitution parties as well as Bush and Kerry?
A debate with just Bush and Kerry
A debate with the candidates of all six major parties
Unsure
This poll was created on 2004-07-02 13:39:10 by Starchild