Current American Political Issues.
First of all, what is your general political philosophy:
| 17% (4) | 1)Good natured Conservative | |
|---|---|---|
| 0% (0) | 2)Cranky cantankerous Conservative | |
| 26% (6) | 3)Good natured Liberal | |
| 8% (2) | 4)Cranky cantankerous Liberal | |
| 26% (6) | 5)Moderate | |
| 21% (5) | 6)Depends on the issue | |
| 8% (2) | 7)Green | |
| 21% (5) | 8)Libertarian | |
| 17% (4) | 9)Anarchist | |
| 17% (4) | 10)Socialist | |
| 13% (3) | 11)Communist | |
| 0% (0) | 12)Fascist | |
| 0% (0) | 13)Theocrat | |
| 4% (1) | 14)Other | |
| 4% (1) | 15)Not sure |
23 voters have answered this question.
2)Which approaches are better for lowering the deficit? You can use multiple responses.
| 78% (18) | !)Raise taxes on the rich | |
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| 69% (16) | 2) Cut the defense budget | |
| 8% (2) | 3) Cut education | |
| 17% (4) | 4) Cut health care funding | |
| 13% (3) | 5) Raise taxes on everyone | |
| 4% (1) | 6) Lower taxes on the rich | |
| 8% (2) | 7) Lower taxes on everyone | |
| 17% (4) | 8) Cut medicare | |
| 13% (3) | 9) Cut social security | |
| 60% (14) | 10) Cut corporate welfare | |
| 8% (2) | 11) Cut aid to the poor | |
| 30% (7) | 12) Cut funding for the Prisons (release non-violent criminals) | |
| 56% (13) | 13) Tax churches that get involved in politics | |
| 82% (19) | 14) Stop wars | |
| 52% (12) | `15)Cut foreign aid | |
| 82% (19) | 16) Get troops out of foreign countries | |
| 34% (8) | 17) Get single payer health care | |
| 8% (2) | 18) Other (please add in message board) | |
| 4% (1) | 19) Not sure |
23 voters have answered this question.
3)Which approaches will help to create jobs?
| 17% (4) | 1)Lowering taxes | |
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| 47% (11) | 2)Stimulus money to invest in job training/education/re-training employees | |
| 26% (6) | 3)Reinstituting more tarriffs and renegotiating or eliminating free trade deals | |
| 65% (15) | 4) Ending the practice of rewarding corporations that outsource jobs | |
| 52% (12) | 5)Stimulus money for projects like improving infrastructure | |
| 4% (1) | 6)Lowering wages and busting unions | |
| 60% (14) | 7)Improving our education system, particularly in Science and Math to regain our technological edge. | |
| 0% (0) | 8)Passing anti-contraception laws | |
| 0% (0) | 9)Passing laws regulating what people can do in the bedroom | |
| 17% (4) | 10)Other | |
| 4% (1) | 11)Not sure | |
| 47% (11) | 12)Raising the minimum wage putting more money in the "demand" side of the economy |
23 voters have answered this question.
4) Are you in favor of the policy of being able to detain American citizens indefinitely if they are suspected of being terrorists?
| 0% (0) | 1) Yes. It will keep us safe. | |
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| 13% (3) | 2) Yes-but with checks and balances. | |
| 82% (19) | 3) No. It is Unconstitutional. | |
| 0% (0) | 4) Other | |
| 4% (1) | 5) Not sure |
23 voters have answered this question.
5) Should we be at war right now?
| 0% (0) | 1) Yes. | |
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| 17% (4) | 2) Only until the job is done as far as protecting ourselves | |
| 30% (7) | 3) No. We need to end our military engagements as soon as possible | |
| 65% (15) | 4) No. We need to end our military engagements now. | |
| 0% (0) | 5) We should be going to war with other countries like Iran. | |
| 0% (0) | 6) Other | |
| 0% (0) | 7) Not sure |
23 voters have answered this question.
6) Gay Marriage?
| 73% (17) | 1) I fully support it. Gay people deserve complete equal rights and are not second class citizens | |
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| 13% (3) | 2) I support Civil Unions, but not Gay Marriage. | |
| 17% (4) | 3) I do not support Gay Marriage for religious reasons. | |
| 0% (0) | 4) I do not support Gay Marriage for reasons other than religion. | |
| 17% (4) | 5) It should be left to the states to decide. | |
| 0% (0) | 6) Other | |
| 0% (0) | 7) Not sure |
23 voters have answered this question.
7) What are your priorities as far as things that should be funded. Please choose no more than 5.
| 78% (18) | 1)Education | |
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| 30% (7) | 2) Defense | |
| 73% (17) | 3) Social Security | |
| 47% (11) | 4) Medicare | |
| 60% (14) | 5) Health Care in general | |
| 52% (12) | 6) Environmental Protection | |
| 39% (9) | 7) Welfare | |
| 0% (0) | 8) Corporate Welfare | |
| 8% (2) | 9) Foreign Aid | |
| 60% (14) | 10) Paying down the deficit | |
| 17% (4) | 11) Other | |
| 0% (0) | 12) Not sure |
23 voters have answered this question.
8) The Supreme Court has decided that money is a form of speech and that corporations are people who can give unlimited money to campaigns. Do you agree?
| 8% (2) | 1) Yes. Corporations wherever they are should be able to buy any politician that they want to. | |
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| 73% (17) | 2) No. There should be real campaign finance reform. Politicians should not be sold to the highest bidder. Besides, corporations are NOT people. | |
| 13% (3) | 3) Other (Please discuss in the message board). | |
| 4% (1) | 4) Not sure. |
23 voters have answered this question.
9) Which political party do you trust the most in regards to the issues that you care the most about?
| 8% (2) | 1) Republican | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% (10) | 2) Democratic | |
| 26% (6) | 3) Libertarian | |
| 0% (0) | 4) Green | |
| 8% (2) | 5) Other | |
| 13% (3) | 6) Not sure |
23 voters have answered this question.
10) Are you voting for Obama or Romney?
| 56% (13) | 1) Obama | |
|---|---|---|
| 13% (3) | 2) Romney | |
| 21% (5) | 3) Other | |
| 8% (2) | 4) Not sure |
23 voters have answered this question.
