Here are your answers compared to this voter’s answers.
Social › LGBT Adoption Rights
9>9 Personal answerYes |
Social › Abortion
9>9 Personal answerPro-choice, and providing birth control, sex education, and more social services will help reduce the number of abortions |
Social › Gay Marriage
9>9 Personal answerTake the government out of marriage and instead make it a religious decision |
the Economy › Equal Pay
9>9 Personal answerYes |
Domestic Policy › Gun Control
9>9 Personal answerYes, require strict background checks, psychological testing, and training |
Crime › Police Body Cameras
9>9 Personal answerNo |
Social › Marital Rape
9>9 Personal answerIt should not be classified at all, but rather there should be clarification on other rape laws that martial status confers neither immunity nor leniency. |
Healthcare › Drug Price Regulation
9>9 Personal answerYes |
Healthcare › Pre-Existing Conditions
9>9 Personal answerOnly if the government will cover the cost instead through. |
Social › Gun Buyback
9>9 Personal answerYes, but start with a voluntary buyback and ban on purchasing assault weapons before enforcing a mandatory buyback |
Social › Gender Transition
9>9 Personal answerYes, but people under 16 should only be eligible for puberty blockers and parental permission should be required for any legal minors. |
Social › Gender Identity
9>9 Personal answerYes, and the government should do more to protect minorities from discrimination |
Healthcare › Mental Health
9>9 Personal answerYes, our mental healthcare system needs more funding to provide a higher quality of care and services |
Social › Religious Freedom Act
9>9 Personal answerOnly as long as it is denial based on a request of the customer that differs from usual requests. If it is a denial based on a protected category of identity of the customer, that is illegal discrimination. For instance a bakery offering wedding cakes cannot deny a wedding cake for a gay marriage, but can deny a request for a cake with a specific message explicitly endorsing gay marriage. |
Social › Transgender Athletes
9>9 Personal answerYes |
Social › Planned Parenthood Funding
9>9 Personal answerYes |
the Economy › Minimum Wage
9>9 Personal answerYes, and adjust it every year according to inflation |
Domestic Policy › Armed Teachers
9>9 Personal answerNo, this would increase the risk of accidental shootings |
the Environment › Climate Change
9>9 Personal answerYes |
the Economy › Paid Sick Leave
9>9 Personal answerYes, but the federal government should sponsor this program instead of businesses |
Domestic Policy › Drug Policy
9>9 Personal answerYes |
Foreign Policy › Iran
9>9 Personal answerNo, but it should adopt a policy of containment |
Domestic Policy › Term Limits
9>9 Personal answerYes, but limit how many terms they can serve within a twenty year period and how many they can serve consecutively instead of a strict limit. |
the Economy › Taxes
9>9 Personal answerYes |
Elections › Mental competency testing
9>9 Personal answerNo, this discriminates against older politicians |
Foreign Policy › Mandatory Military Service
9>9 Personal answerThere should be mandatory service, but with military as just one option for how to fulfill it and no default option. But everyone physically and mentally fit should get the basic training. |
Social › Racial Sensitivity Training
9>9 Personal answerYes, and also include LGBTQ+ topics |
Domestic Policy › Muslim Surveillance
9>9 Personal answerNo, targeting Muslims is unconstitutional, racist, and incendiary |
Elections › Foreign Lobbying
9>9 Personal answerNo |
Education › Critical Race Theory in K-12 Education
9>9 Personal answerProbably should be left as a college course, but high schools can incorporate concepts from it into curriculum. |
Immigration › Immigration
9>9 Personal answerYes, if they were born here |
Education › Free College for All
9>9 Personal answerOnly for federal public colleges. State governments should pay for in-state tuitions at state public colleges. The federal government can subsidise part of that cost but not be directly paying for the full cost. |
Education › Student Loans
9>9 Personal answerI support taxing the rich more, but also believe student loans should be privatised and the state governments should directly pay tuition of in-state students to alleviate the need for student loans. |
Social › Death Penalty
9>9 Personal answerNo |
Immigration › Deporting Criminal Immigrants
9>9 Personal answerYes, as long as it is safe for them to return to their country |
Healthcare › Marijuana
9>9 Personal answerYes, and tax it with higher taxes for higher THC concentration varieties. Everyone who has been jailed for only marijuana offenses should be pardoned, have their records expunge and be compensated. On the other hand, strict anti-smoking laws should be in place against secondhand smoke from joints. |
Social › Hate Speech
9>9 Personal answerIt definitely is protected, but there should be a new amendment allowing the legislature to define and legislate against hate speech with a 3/5 majority in the House. |
Social › Confederate Flag
9>9 Personal answerOnly in museums |
Domestic Policy › No-Fly List Gun Control
9>9 Personal answerYes |
Social › Government Mandates
9>9 Personal answerNo, it should be covered like any other prescription |
Domestic Policy › Supreme Court Reform
9>9 Personal answerIt should be reformed to include more seats and the power of judicial review should be given to a separate body. All changes should be made by broad consensus to avoid exacerbating the already too politicized judicial system. |
Domestic Policy › NSA Domestic Surveillance
9>9 Personal answerNo, only with a warrant showing probable cause of criminal activity |
Domestic Policy › Gerrymandering
9>9 Personal answerYes, switch to a multi-member, proportionally selected redistricting system |
Immigration › Illegal Immigrant Detainment
9>9 Personal answerIn theory they should have the right but given the current broken immigration system should never exercise that right. |
Healthcare › Medicaid
9>9 Personal answerYes, but I prefer switching to a single payer healthcare system |
Domestic Policy › Social Media Regulation
9>9 Personal answerOnly for hate speech |
Science › Mandatory Vaccinations
9>9 Personal answerNo, but require vaccination in order to attend public school for deadly and contagious diseases. |
Immigration › Border Security
9>9 Personal answerNo, make it easier for immigrants to access temporary work visas |
Crime › Private Prisons
9>9 Personal answerNo |
Social › Gender Workplace Diversity
9>9 Personal answerThe government should promote the practice but not coerce it. |
Crime › Qualified Immunity for Police
9>9 Personal answerNo |
the Environment › Alternative Energy
9>9 Personal answerOnly as part of a broader renewable energy tax credit. |
Immigration › Sanctuary Cities
9>9 Personal answerYes |
Immigration › Immigration Healthcare
9>9 Personal answerYes |
Elections › Campaign Finance
9>9 Personal answerYes, and ban all political donations and publicly fund elections |
Healthcare › Single-Payer Healthcare
9>9 Personal answerYes, but allow people to use private insurance |
Immigration › Immigrant Laborers
9>9 Personal answerYes, create a simple path to citizenship for immigrants with no criminal record |
the Environment › Alaska Wildlife Refuge
9>9 Personal answerNo |
Elections › Voter Fraud
9>9 Personal answerYes, but only if photo IDs are easier to obtain |
the Economy › Corporate Tax
9>9 Personal answerRaise |
Foreign Policy › Foreign Elections
9>9 Personal answerOnly to influence opinion and only by official statements, not covert propaganda. |
Social › Safe Spaces
9>9 Personal answerYes |
Domestic Policy › Patriot Act
9>9 Personal answerYes, but the sections involving surveillance and criminalization are too broad |
the Economy › Government Spending
9>9 Personal answerNo |
Healthcare › COVID Employment Health Pass
9>9 Personal answerOnly during a state of emergency or if working in medical/rescue capacity. |
Foreign Policy › Israel
9>9 Personal answerYes, but also pressure it to return to a two state solution sanction extremist organisations in Israel-- even if they are political parties within the governing coalition-- and pressure to improve human rights situation for Arabs. On the other hand, the US should stop requiring Israel to use American military aid to purchase American enemies, allowing more logistical autonomy for Israel's military capabilities. |
Elections › Minimum Voting Age
9>9 Personal answerYes |
Domestic Policy › Supreme Court Financial Transactions
9>9 Personal answerNo, but they should recuse themselves from judging on such cases and be impeached and removed for failure to do so. |
Foreign Policy › Ukrainian Defense Funding
9>9 Personal answerYes, and increase the current amount of resources we are providing |
Foreign Policy › NATO
9>9 Personal answerYes |
Domestic Policy › Net Neutrality
9>9 Personal answerNo, treat all traffic equally and continue the openness of the internet |
Immigration › Border Wall
9>9 Personal answerNo |
Immigration › Immigrant Assimilation
9>9 Personal answerNo, we should embrace the diversity that immigrants add to our country |
Healthcare › Medicaid Work Requirement
9>9 Personal answerNo |
Social › First Amendment
9>9 Personal answerYes |
Domestic Policy › Gun Liability
9>9 Personal answerNo, manufacturers and dealers should only be held liable for negligence |
Domestic Policy › Congressional ban on stock trading
9>9 Personal answerYes, but with strict protections against insider trading |
Crime › Defunding the Police
9>9 Personal answerSometimes, depending on the situation. Generally yes in large cities and no in smaller communities, but not always. Needs case by case basis analysis. |
Foreign Policy › Israeli Palestinian Conflict
9>9 Personal answerIsrael |
Social › Niqāb
9>9 Personal answerYes |
Crime › Solitary Confinement for Juveniles
9>9 Personal answerYes |
Social › Euthanasia
9>9 Personal answerYes, but only after a psychological examination to show they fully understand this choice |
Immigration › Citizenship Test
9>9 Personal answerYes, but it should only cover very basic and simple topics |
Immigration › Skilled Immigrants
9>9 Personal answerIncrease |
Crime › Mandatory minimum prison sentences
9>9 Personal answerNo |
Elections › Right of Foreigners to Vote
9>9 Personal answerYes, but only in State and Local elections. |
the Economy › Corporate Mega Mergers
9>9 Personal answerYes, if the merged corporation would have more than 25% of the market share |
Domestic Policy › Affirmative Action
9>9 Personal answerYes, as long as there's no maximum quota and applicants are still compared across the whole talent pool instead of only to their own categories. |
Healthcare › Safe Haven
9>9 Personal answerYes |
Healthcare › Medicare Drug Prices
9>9 Personal answerYes |
the Economy › Universal Basic Income
9>9 Personal answerIt's not ideal, but it is similar to my own slightly different proposal and depending the specifics of an implementation proposal I *might* support it. |
the Economy › Welfare
9>9 Personal answerFewer |
Domestic Policy › Flag Burning
9>9 Personal answerNo |
Crime › Demilitarize the Police
9>9 Personal answerNo, extreme situations should be handled by higher agencies with specialized training and equipment |
the Economy › Free Tax Filing
9>9 Personal answerYes |
the Economy › Labor Unions
9>9 Personal answerThey can both help and hurt. |
Elections › Campaign Finance
9>9 Personal answerOnly non-profits, and parties should not be allowed to fund campaigns for politicians. |
the Economy › Economic Stimulus
9>9 Personal answerNormally, yes but not necessarily. Depends on the cause of the recession and other prevailing factors of the economy. |
the Economy › Welfare Drug Testing
9>9 Personal answerNo |
the Economy › Capital Gains Tax
9>9 Personal answerYes |
Immigration › In-State Tuition
9>9 Personal answerYes, and they should also be eligible for financial assistance and scholarships |
Healthcare › World Health Organization
9>9 Personal answerYes, but should also push for reform of the organisation. |
the Environment › Oil Drilling
9>9 Personal answerNo, end all offshore oil drilling |
Domestic Policy › Whistleblower Protection
9>9 Personal answerYes, but only if releasing the information does not threaten our national security |
Social › Teacher and Faculty Diversity Training
9>9 Personal answerYes, and all schools should require mandatory diversity training |
Foreign Policy › United Nations
9>9 Personal answerYes, but the UN headquarters should be relocated and the US should advocate for drastic reform. Additionally the US should pull out of some programs that have been captured by dictators hostile to world peace, human rights and to the Jewish people. |
Healthcare › Obamacare
9>9 Personal answerYes, but a mandatory single payer system would be even better |
Elections › Candidate Transparency
9>9 Personal answerNo, I would respect them more if they did but they shouldn’t be required to |
the Environment › Fracking
9>9 Personal answerNo |
the Economy › Overtime Pay
9>9 Personal answerYes, and all employees should be paid time-and-a-half for overtime hours regardless of their pay scale |
Elections › Mail in ballots
9>9 Personal answerYes |
Elections › Electoral College
9>9 Personal answerYes, and switch to a cardinal voting system |
Social › Student Diversity Training
9>9 Personal answerAdd general tolerance awareness to anti-bullying awareness programs in schools. Only have mandatory diversity training for K-12 public school in reaction to tragedies in the community. There should be mandatory training for college freshmen though, |
Foreign Policy › Military Spending
9>9 Personal answerSlightly increase annual spending and make large modernisation and fleet building programs, but also try to clamp down on corruption and bloat so to reallocate and make more efficient what is already spent. |
the Environment › Animal Testing
9>9 Personal answerYes, but there should be more legal restrictions within animal experimentation to improve their welfare. |
Science › Nuclear Energy
9>9 Personal answerYes |
Immigration › High Risk Immigrant Ban
9>9 Personal answerNo |
Foreign Policy › Torture
9>9 Personal answerNo, torture is inhumane, unethical, and violates the 8th amendment |
Crime › Drug Trafficking Penalties
9>9 Personal answerNo, I do not believe in the death penalty |
Foreign Policy › North Korea Military Strikes
9>9 Personal answerNo, but we should maintain vigilance and strive to keep North Korea contained and isolated both diplomatically and economically. |
Foreign Policy › Foreign Aid
9>9 Personal answerIncrease |
Elections › Criminal Politicians
9>9 Personal answerYes, as long as the crime was not committed while in office |
Healthcare › VA Privatization
9>9 Personal answerReplace the VA system with an expanded Medicaid. |
Education › School Vouchers
9>9 Personal answerNo |
Foreign Policy › Drones
9>9 Personal answerYes, but only with permission from the country in question and with much more transparent and stricter rules of engagement. |
Science › GMO Labels
9>9 Personal answerNo |
Crime › Prison Overcrowding
9>9 Personal answerYes, but place them under house arrest using an electronic bracelet |
Education › Universal Pre-K
9>9 Personal answerNo |
Housing › Homeless Encampments
9>9 Personal answerYes, and create more social programs to provide free food, clothing, and medicine |
Social › Employee Diversity Training
9>9 Personal answerYes |
Transportation › Public Transportation
9>9 Personal answerYes, and provide more free public transportation |
Foreign Policy › Ukraine and Nato
9>9 Personal answerNo |
Education › Charter Schools
9>9 Personal answerYes, but not at the expense of funding public schools |
Domestic Policy › Social Security
9>9 Personal answerNo, they should lower it. Social Security should in the long term be replaced by other, more universal welfare but for the meantime be strengthened. |
Crime › Criminal Voting Rights
9>9 Personal answerYes |
the Environment › Plastic Product Ban
9>9 Personal answerNo |
Foreign Policy › Terrorism
9>9 Personal answerYes, give them a fair trial and shut down Guantanamo Bay |
National Security › Military Congressional Approval
9>9 Personal answerYes, but military action beyond two weeks needs Congressional approval to continue. |
the Economy › Four-day Workweek
9>9 Personal answerNo, and should provide greater flexibility for employers and employees alike on whether to have shorter weeks or longer weeks. |
the Environment › Paris Climate Agreement
9>9 Personal answerNo |
the Economy › Tech Monopolies
9>9 Personal answerYes |
Healthcare › Medical Consensus
9>9 Personal answerThe doctors should be required to disclose that the advice contradicts contemporary scientific consensus and the advice should not be proven to harm the patient. In addition, they should be penalized for advising people that non-psychological treatments generally considered safe by consensus are actually dangerous. |
National Security › Foreign Assassination
9>9 Personal answerOnly if it is not possible or too risky to try to capture them and the governments of the regions they live in cannot be trusted to arrest them. |
Foreign Policy › NATO
9>9 Personal answerYes, and refusing to defend other NATO countries sets a dangerous precedent for the balance of global power |
Science › Space Exploration
9>9 Personal answerOnly scientific expeditions, not space tourism. And NASA's budget should be increased in good economic years. |
the Economy › Domestic Jobs
9>9 Personal answerNo |
the Economy › China Tariffs
9>9 Personal answerNo, but there should be divestment and sanctions. |
the Economy › Gas Tax
9>9 Personal answerOnly if it is replaced by either carbon tax or more ideally by a combination of tariffs on foreign oil and taxes on oil production and refinement |
National Security › Mexican Drug Cartels
9>9 Personal answerYes, but any operations within Mexico should be approved by the Mexican government first. |
Domestic Policy › Political Advertising on Social Media
9>9 Personal answerNo |
the Economy › Offshore Banking
9>9 Personal answerYes, as long as offshore income is reported |
Foreign Policy › India Arms
9>9 Personal answerNot until the human rights situation in India improves. |
Domestic Policy › Edward Snowden
9>9 Personal answerYes, he should be protected under the Whistleblower Protection Act |
the Economy › Federal Reserve
9>9 Personal answerThey should give reports to Congress but retain independent of Congressional oversight. |
Foreign Policy › NSA Surveillance
9>9 Personal answerYes |
the Environment › Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
9>9 Personal answerNo, provide subsidies to private companies that compete to build the best network instead |
the Economy › Farm Subsidies
9>9 Personal answerOnly for necessary medication and emergency feed for animals. However the government should also offer to be a buyer of last resort. |
Foreign Policy › Cuba
9>9 Personal answerYes, but I also think that reimposing some sanctions was good. There should be trade and travel but sanctions on government-owned businesses, the military, the police and top politicians should be maintained. |
Education › University Debt Accountability
9>9 Personal answerNo, and higher education should be free for everyone |
the Economy › Tariffs
9>9 Personal answerOnly as reciprocal tariffs or in proportion to foreign subsidy or drastic wage differences, or on foreign fossil fuels. |
the Economy › Property Taxes
9>9 Personal answerI prefer income taxes and wealth taxes over both. |
Foreign Policy › Jerusalem
9>9 Personal answerYes |
Education › School Truancy
9>9 Personal answerYes |
the Economy › Pension Reform
9>9 Personal answerThe workers should be allowed to choose if they want to manage the accounts themselves or keep it in government management. |
the Economy › Government Pensions
9>9 Personal answerYes, adjust them yearly for cost of living |
the Economy › Surcharge Ban
9>9 Personal answerNo, as long as the costs are clearly communicated before purchases |
the Environment › Corporate Subsidies
9>9 Personal answerNo |
Foreign Policy › Saudi Arabia and Iran
9>9 Personal answerLet them sort out direct relations amongst themselves, but support resolving violence in Yemen. |
the Economy › State Ownership
9>9 Personal answerNo, but it should be allowed to set up temporary additional restrictions and controls on the business. |
Foreign Policy › F-35
9>9 Personal answerNo |
the Environment › EV Subsidies
9>9 Personal answerNo, but there should be a subsidy for electrifying existing vehicles. |
the Economy › Gig Workers
9>9 Personal answerYes |
the Economy › Decentralized Finance
9>9 Personal answerIt should be optional whether people use blockchains, traditional finance or digital dollars - although the government will always accept the latter two as valid legal tender. |
the Economy › Cryptocurrency
9>9 Personal answerNo, classify cryptocurrencies as highly regulated securities |
the Economy › Stock Buybacks
9>9 Personal answerYes |
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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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