Here are your answers compared to this voter’s answers.
Social › LGBT Adoption Rights
5>5 Personal answerYes, as long as they pass the same background checks as straight couples |
Social › Abortion
5>5 Personal answerPro-choice, and providing birth control, sex education, and more social services will help reduce the number of abortions |
Social › Gay Marriage
5>5 Personal answerYes |
the Economy › Equal Pay
5>5 Personal answerGender should be a non-issue. If the persons are equal in their qualifications and are doing the same job, the pay should be the same. Often men will take on jobs that are more hazardous or require more travel or have odd hours. They should be fairly compensated for those circumstances and there should be no outcry from women who aren't able or willing to take on those extra burdens. |
Domestic Policy › Gun Control
5>5 Personal answerYes, require strict background checks, psychological testing, and training. Also, require a license and insurance, and legislate gun makers to include safety features like Smart Gun technology--safety feature or features that allow it to fire only when activated by an authorized user. |
Crime › Police Body Cameras
5>5 Personal answerYes, this will protect the safety and rights of police officers and citizens |
Social › Marital Rape
5>5 Personal answerYes |
Social › Gender Identity
5>5 Personal answerYes |
Social › Religious Freedom Act
5>5 Personal answerNo, all customers deserve to be treated equally |
Immigration › Muslim Immigrant Ban
5>5 Personal answerNo, banning immigrants based on their religion is unconstitutional |
Social › Planned Parenthood Funding
5>5 Personal answerYes, their services reach far beyond abortions and can save many lives through cancer screening, prenatal services, and adoption referrals |
the Economy › Minimum Wage
5>5 Personal answerA living wage in Clinton, Iowa, wouldn't come close to meeting the needs of a person in San Francisco. If the federal govt is going to be involved, it should be to pass a law directing the states to set an appropriate living wage for its residents, possibly county by county. Better yet--we should explore the possibility of instituting the UBI (Universal Basic Income). |
the Environment › Climate Change
5>5 Personal answerYes, and provide more incentives for alternative energy production |
the Economy › Paid Sick Leave
5>5 Personal answerNo one should fear losing their job because they get sick. No one wants to work with sick coworkers. No one wants to go to a restaurant and be served by waitstaff who are sick. Come on. If a business can't afford to pay for a few sick days, they shouldn't be in business. |
Domestic Policy › Drug Policy
5>5 Personal answerWhy fill our prisons with individuals caught smoking a joint? Let's free up our police force and legal system to go after real criminals. |
Domestic Policy › Term Limits
5>5 Personal answerYes, term limits will increase performance and prevent corruption |
Foreign Policy › Mandatory Military Service
5>5 Personal answerYes, but with less focus on military training and more focus on education and skill development, and work that benefits the community or nation. |
Domestic Policy › Muslim Surveillance
5>5 Personal answerNo, targeting Muslims is unconstitutional, racist, and incendiary |
Immigration › Immigration
5>5 Personal answerYes, if they were born here |
Education › Student Loans
5>5 Personal answerWe need both a short- and long-term solution to this problem. Our college grads are saddled with debt that will seriously hinder their ability to build a life. Other nations have found a way to fund higher education for their students; we should be able to do the same. By making trade school, community college, university education available to all, we won't only increase the productivity of our nation, we'll not miss out on that brilliant poor kid who will one day cure cancer or take us to another planet. |
Social › Death Penalty
5>5 Personal answerNo. It's irreversible. Also, it's more costly than imprisonment, and it takes a toll on prison personnel who have to carry it out. |
Healthcare › Marijuana
5>5 Personal answerYes, and immediately release anyone serving time solely for drug offenses |
Social › Government Mandates
5>5 Personal answerYes |
Social › Confederate Flag
5>5 Personal answerThe Confederate flag was a symbol of rebellion. We are one nation--the United States of America--and should fly one flag. Leave the Confederate flag to museums, or to personal property. |
Domestic Policy › No-Fly List Gun Control
5>5 Personal answerYes, but not until the no-fly list screening process is improved for accuracy and includes due process |
Domestic Policy › NSA Domestic Surveillance
5>5 Personal answerI don't know. People scream about terrorist attacks, and they scream about their privacy being violated. We can't have it both ways. Are we willing to give up some of our privacy in order to help keep us safer, or are we willing to take more risks to preserve our right to privacy? |
Domestic Policy › Gerrymandering
5>5 Personal answerYes, gerrymandering gives an unfair advantage to the party in power during redistricting |
Social › Women in Combat
5>5 Personal answerYes, as long as they can pass the same physical tests as men |
Immigration › Illegal Immigrant Detainment
5>5 Personal answerNo, too many non-violent immigrants are being deported |
Healthcare › Medicaid
5>5 Personal answerYes, but I prefer switching to a single payer healthcare system |
Science › Mandatory Vaccinations
5>5 Personal answerYes, they are essential to protecting other children who are too young to be vaccinated |
Immigration › Border Security
5>5 Personal answerNo, make it easier for immigrants to access temporary work visas |
the Environment › Alternative Energy
5>5 Personal answerYes, the government should support more sustainable energy technologies |
Social › Gender Workplace Diversity
5>5 Personal answerBoard members should be the most qualified regardless of gender. That being said, we know there is a "good old boy" attitude in our culture that needs to be addressed. |
Immigration › Immigration Healthcare
5>5 Personal answerYes, if they pay taxes |
Immigration › Immigrant Laborers
5>5 Personal answerYes, create a simple path to citizenship for immigrants with no criminal record |
Elections › Voter Fraud
5>5 Personal answerNo, and there is little evidence that voter fraud even exists |
Domestic Policy › Patriot Act
5>5 Personal answerI don't know...same as the answer above. The Patriot Act was put in place during the Bush administration, and I did not find that administration to be trustworthy, so I am biased against the Patriot Act. |
the Economy › Government Spending
5>5 Personal answerThe govt should go through every office in every program and cut the inefficiency, the people who are doing a crappy job (or nothing at all), and put qualified, intelligent, experienced people with integrity in leadership. Our nation would save trillions. |
Foreign Policy › Israel
5>5 Personal answerNo, cut all support and aid. Why are we supporting a nation that is fully capable of supporting itself? Why? |
Domestic Policy › Net Neutrality
5>5 Personal answerInternet service should be made a public utility. |
Immigration › Immigrant Assimilation
5>5 Personal answerThe US nationality law seems fair. |
Domestic Policy › Gun Liability
5>5 Personal answerYes, any business should be held liable if the primary use of its product is for illegal activity |
Social › First Amendment
5>5 Personal answerYes, but do not waste money removing existing references |
Crime › Solitary Confinement for Juveniles
5>5 Personal answerYes, it is severely psychologically damaging to young undeveloped minds. We should create more social programs to help prevent and rehabilitate criminals. |
Social › Euthanasia
5>5 Personal answerNo one--especially religious people--should have a say in a person's end of life decisions. Each individual has the right to choose to suffer agony until the end, or end their suffering with dignity and with the help of a caring physician. |
Immigration › Skilled Immigrants
5>5 Personal answerIncrease |
Domestic Policy › Affirmative Action
5>5 Personal answerI don't know. I do understand that we all benefit from diversity in schools and in the workplace. Also, as we have seen in this election year, there is still a terrible racism problem in our nation. This issue is hugely important to me, but I don't know if affirmative action is the answer--I don't know enough about it, or how well it's working. |
the Economy › Labor Unions
5>5 Personal answerHelp |
the Economy › Capital Gains Tax
5>5 Personal answerYes |
Immigration › In-State Tuition
5>5 Personal answerYes, and they should also be eligible for financial assistance and scholarships |
Education › Common Core
5>5 Personal answerYes, national standards will help improve our national average and better prepare students for college |
the Environment › Oil Drilling
5>5 Personal answerNo, and provide more incentives for alternative energy production |
Foreign Policy › United Nations
5>5 Personal answerYes |
Foreign Policy › Yemen
5>5 Personal answerNo |
Healthcare › Obamacare
5>5 Personal answerYes, but a mandatory single payer system would be even better |
the Environment › Fracking
5>5 Personal answerNo, we should pursue more sustainable energy resources instead |
the Economy › Overtime Pay
5>5 Personal answerYes |
Science › Nuclear Energy
5>5 Personal answerNo, we should invest in cleaner alternatives such as wind, hydroelectric, thorium, and geothermal |
Foreign Policy › Torture
5>5 Personal answerNo, torture is inhumane, unethical, and violates the 8th amendment and it is an ineffective form of interrogation. |
Foreign Policy › North Korea Military Strikes
5>5 Personal answerNo |
Foreign Policy › Foreign Aid
5>5 Personal answerIncrease. The best way to avoid war is to increase worldwide prosperity. We already have perhaps thousands of organizations working all over the world to help relieve poverty. The govt would do well to consider funneling foreign aid money through them. |
Foreign Policy › ISIS Ground Troops
5>5 Personal answerWe should concentrate on alleviating the suffering of the Syrian people. Getting involved in the conflict would be foolish; ideology of the different factions makes it impossible to tell just what we would be supporting. |
Foreign Policy › Drones
5>5 Personal answerWe are killing innocents. We are destroying hospitals by mistake. Sometimes I think about the panic our citizenry would fly into if other nations started using killer drones on us. We would be outraged. And yet here we are, doing this very thing to them. |
Science › GMO Labels
5>5 Personal answerNo, we have selectively bred crops for thousands of years and labeling just adds an unfounded stigma to the science |
the Economy › Estate Tax
5>5 Personal answerNo, I am satisfied with the current rate |
Domestic Policy › Social Security
5>5 Personal answerNo, eliminate the income cap on taxable earnings and stop spending current funds on other programs instead |
Crime › Criminal Voting Rights
5>5 Personal answerYes, but only after completing their sentences and parole/probation |
Foreign Policy › Terrorism
5>5 Personal answerNo, they should be tried in military tribunals but not subject to torture |
Science › Space Exploration
5>5 Personal answerYes, and drastically increase NASA’s current budget |
Foreign Policy › NATO
5>5 Personal answerYes, and refusing to defend other NATO countries sets a dangerous precedent for the balance of global power |
Foreign Policy › War on ISIS
5>5 Personal answerNo |
Foreign Policy › Ukraine
5>5 Personal answerNo, we should pursue diplomatic options instead |
the Economy › Offshore Banking
5>5 Personal answerNo, and neither should corporations and business organizations |
the Economy › Federal Reserve
5>5 Personal answerI don't know. After 2008, I don't trust anyone in banking. |
Domestic Policy › Edward Snowden
5>5 Personal answerNo, he should be returned to the U.S. to stand trial and face the consequences of his actions |
Foreign Policy › NSA Surveillance
5>5 Personal answerNo, spying on our allies severely damages our reputation abroad |
Foreign Policy › Cuba
5>5 Personal answerYes |
the Economy › Farm Subsidies
5>5 Personal answerYes, but only small local farms instead of large corporations |
Foreign Policy › Russian Airstrikes in Syria
5>5 Personal answerOnly if we can do it through diplomacy. |
the Economy › Property Taxes
5>5 Personal answerThose of us who own our homes are already living in govt subsidized housing (mortgage interest deduction). A higher sales tax further harms the less fortunate among us. |
the Economy › Pension Reform
5>5 Personal answerWhomever thought it was a good idea to do away with pensions and put our retirement at risk by gambling it on the stock market was either crazy or evil. Let the govt employees keep their pensions. I don't know that they need the 401k with 5% matching on top of it though. |
the Economy › Trans-Pacific Partnership
5>5 Personal answerI don't know. Trade deals in the past have not worked well for our citizenry. I do care about people in other nations and want everyone worldwide to prosper. There is so much corruption, bad people find a way to stick it to the rest of us whatever way we go. Senator Sanders believes it to be a big mistake, but President Obama is all for it. I trust both men, and don't know who is right. |
the Economy › Online Sales Tax
5>5 Personal answerYes |
Here is how you compare to this voter on popular political themes.
You side slightly towards “security”, meaning you more often believe the government should do everything within its power to ensure the security of its citizens. This theme is most important to you.
You are a centrist on left wing and right wing issues. This theme is more important to you.
You are a centrist on authoritarian and libertarian issues. This theme is more important to you.
You are a centrist on democratic socialism and capitalism issues. This theme is more important to you.
You side slightly towards “nationalism”, meaning you more often support policies that prioritize the interests of our nation above others. This theme is more important to you.
You are a centrist on politically incorrect and politically correct issues. This theme is more important to you.
You are a centrist on unilateralism and multilateralism issues. This theme is more important to you.
You side slightly towards “religious”, meaning you more often support policies that reflect religious values and principles. This theme is more important to you.
You side moderately towards “protectionism”, meaning you believe globalization is detrimental to the safety, compensation, environment, and standard of living of workers. This theme is somewhat important to you.
You side slightly towards “deregulation”, meaning you more often believe that government regulation stifles innovation and economic prosperity. This theme is somewhat important to you.
You are a centrist on assimilation and multiculturalism issues. This theme is somewhat important to you.
You are a centrist on pacifism and militarism issues. This theme is somewhat important to you.
You are a centrist on traditional and progressive issues. This theme is somewhat important to you.
You are a centrist on isolationism and imperialism issues. This theme is somewhat important to you.
You are a centrist on individualism and collectivism issues. This theme is somewhat important to you.
You side slightly towards “decentralization”, meaning you more often believe that administrative power and decision making should be handled at the local level and serve the best interests of the local community. This theme is only less important to you.
You are a centrist on tender and tough issues. This theme is only less important to you.
You are a centrist on small government and big government issues. This theme is only less important to you.
You are a centrist on keynesian and laissez-faire issues. This theme is only less important to you.
You are a centrist on anthropocentrism and environmentalism issues. This theme is only less important to you.
You are a centrist on meritocracy and democracy issues. This theme is only less important to you.
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