Here are your answers compared to this voter’s answers.
Social › Abortion
8>8 Personal answerPro-choice, I don’t agree but the government has no right to ban it |
the Economy › Equal Pay
8>8 Personal answerNo, with the exception of government contractors and suppliers, the government should not determine what a private business should pay employees. |
Crime › Police Body Cameras
8>8 Personal answerNo, it should be a police department’s or officer’s choice to wear one |
Healthcare › Drug Price Regulation
8>8 Personal answerNo, limiting drug prices would also limit the investment in research and development into new life-saving drugs |
Healthcare › Pre-Existing Conditions
8>8 Personal answerThe main reason we have pre-existing conditions is because the health care system is screwed up. Untie the health insurance market from employers and let them pay employees more without raising income taxes. Also untie insurance from the states and allow residents in one state to buy insurance in another state. Then when the person leaves an employer or a state then they could keep their insurance. Staying with an insurer means no more "pre-existing condition". |
Social › Gun Buyback
8>8 Personal answerYes, and we should also demilitarize local police departments |
Education › School Reopenings
8>8 Personal answerNo, allow local school districts to decide if they want to reopen as well as offer a choice between online and in-person learning. |
Social › Gender Identity
8>8 Personal answerYes |
Healthcare › Mental Health
8>8 Personal answerGovernment should not fund health research. The National Health Instituted should be made non-profits and funded by donations and revenue from licensing patents to the drugs they create. |
Social › Religious Freedom Act
8>8 Personal answerYes, any business should be able to deny service for any reason |
Social › Transgender Athletes
8>8 Personal answerNo |
Immigration › Muslim Immigrant Ban
8>8 Personal answerNo, but we should ban immigrants from “high risk” countries |
Social › Planned Parenthood Funding
8>8 Personal answerNo, and the government should not give funds to any organizations |
the Economy › Minimum Wage
8>8 Personal answerNo, the government should eliminate minimum wage laws for citizens. Instead government should institute a basic minimum income and health savings accounts. |
the Economy › Paid Sick Leave
8>8 Personal answerNo, private businesses should decide the amount of competitive incentives they offer to employees instead of a government mandate |
Domestic Policy › Drug Policy
8>8 Personal answerNo, but decriminalize drugs that offer medicinal benefits such as marijuana |
the Economy › Taxes
8>8 Personal answerNo,. personal income tax is slavery. |
Domestic Policy › Term Limits
8>8 Personal answerNo, we already have term limits that are called “elections” |
Domestic Policy › Muslim Surveillance
8>8 Personal answerNo, but police should increase surveillance and patrol of all high crime neighborhoods |
Elections › Foreign Lobbying
8>8 Personal answerNo |
Education › Free College for All
8>8 Personal answerNo, the federal government has no constitutional authority to fund or regulate education. If you want the government to have that ability then propose and try to get ratified a constitutional amendment. |
Immigration › Immigration
8>8 Personal answerYes, but only after performing 4 years of military service or graduating college |
Education › Student Loans
8>8 Personal answerNo, one, transition all current government student loans into privately managed accounts. And two, the federal government has no constitutional authority to fund or regulate education. If you want the government to have that ability then propose and try to get ratified a constitutional amendment. |
Social › Death Penalty
8>8 Personal answerNo, too many people are innocently convicted |
Immigration › Deporting Criminal Immigrants
8>8 Personal answerYes, as long as it is safe for them to return to their country |
Healthcare › Marijuana
8>8 Personal answerYes, and not just marijuana but all drugs and other victimless "crimes". |
Social › Hate Speech
8>8 Personal answerIf we had a constitutionally limited it would not matter. |
Social › Government Mandates
8>8 Personal answerNo, it should be covered like any other prescription |
Domestic Policy › No-Fly List Gun Control
8>8 Personal answerNo, this is a slippery slope that will eventually ban the sale of guns to anyone |
Domestic Policy › NSA Domestic Surveillance
8>8 Personal answerNo, only with a warrant showing probable cause of criminal activity |
Social › Women in Combat
8>8 Personal answerYes, preventing women from serving in combat roles is discriminatory |
Immigration › Illegal Immigrant Detainment
8>8 Personal answerNo, only if they are convicted of a violent crime |
Healthcare › Medicaid
8>8 Personal answerYes, but only increase for the elderly and disabled |
Domestic Policy › Social Media Regulation
8>8 Personal answerYes, government should not dictate to people what they can and can not do with their own body. |
Science › Mandatory Vaccinations
8>8 Personal answerNo, again the federal government has power granted to it by the Constitution to require vaccinations. |
Crime › Private Prisons
8>8 Personal answerNo, a prison industrial complex will want more people in prison not less in order to maximize profits. |
Immigration › Border Security
8>8 Personal answerYes |
Crime › Qualified Immunity for Police
8>8 Personal answerYes, but only for officers that have a clean record of no complaints |
the Environment › Alternative Energy
8>8 Personal answerNo |
Immigration › Immigration Healthcare
8>8 Personal answerNo, and the government should never subsidize healthcare |
Elections › Campaign Finance
8>8 Personal answerNo, this is a violation of free speech. And donations must be kept private if the donor wants it private. If a donor has to be named then some people will not donate as they don't want to be identified. |
Healthcare › Single-Payer Healthcare
8>8 Personal answerThere should be no such thing as illegal immigrants, except violent criminals. |
Immigration › Immigrant Laborers
8>8 Personal answerNo, but allow them to stay |
Elections › Voter Fraud
8>8 Personal answerYes, and a current address with voter's name. Say a current electrical bill |
the Economy › Corporate Tax
8>8 Personal answerFirst reduce the size of the government to what the Constitution allows the government to do and reduce military spending, then see if the budget can be balanced. |
the Economy › Government Spending
8>8 Personal answerYes, and eliminate federal agencies that are unconstitutional |
Elections › Minimum Voting Age
8>8 Personal answerNo |
Foreign Policy › Israel
8>8 Personal answerNot the current administration |
Social › First Amendment
8>8 Personal answerYes, as long as they have finished serving their sentence, as long as the crime was not committed while in office, and as long as it was not a felony, violent, financial, or sexual crime. |
Healthcare › Medicaid Work Requirement
8>8 Personal answerNo, the vast majority of people who receive Medicaid are disabled |
Crime › Defunding the Police
8>8 Personal answerNo, increase funding and training for police departments in higher crime rate communities |
Crime › Solitary Confinement for Juveniles
8>8 Personal answerWhat do research studies conclude? We should use science to make informed decisions. |
Social › Niqāb
8>8 Personal answerNo |
Crime › Mandatory minimum prison sentences
8>8 Personal answerNo, drugs as well as other victimless "crimes" need to be removed from the law books. |
Social › Euthanasia
8>8 Personal answerYes, but only after a psychological examination to show they fully understand this choice |
Elections › Right of Foreigners to Vote
8>8 Personal answerNo, only legal citizens should be allowed to vote |
Healthcare › Safe Haven
8>8 Personal answerNo, but legalize drugs |
Healthcare › Medicare Drug Prices
8>8 Personal answerNo, the government should not interfere with the free market |
the Economy › Universal Basic Income
8>8 Personal answerYes, and health savings accounts. |
the Economy › Welfare
8>8 Personal answerNeither, current welfare benefits should be abolished. |
Domestic Policy › Flag Burning
8>8 Personal answerNo, it’s just a piece of cloth that doesn’t represent what it should |
Crime › Demilitarize the Police
8>8 Personal answerNo, extreme situations should be handled by higher agencies with specialized training and equipment |
the Economy › Labor Unions
8>8 Personal answerLabor unions can both help and hurt the economy. |
Elections › Campaign Finance
8>8 Personal answerNeither corporations nor unions should donate to political parties or individual candidates. Non-profits though should be able to though. Think about it, a political party is a non-profit organization. |
the Economy › Welfare Drug Testing
8>8 Personal answerFirst, there should be no welfare programs, instead institute a universal basic income program and health savings accounts. |
the Economy › Economic Stimulus
8>8 Personal answerNo |
the Economy › Capital Gains Tax
8>8 Personal answerNo, personal income tax is slavery. |
Education › Common Core
8>8 Personal answerNo, teach to each student's potential instead of uniform testing |
Immigration › In-State Tuition
8>8 Personal answerYes, and they should also be eligible for financial assistance and scholarships |
Healthcare › World Health Organization
8>8 Personal answerYes, and increase the amount |
the Environment › Oil Drilling
8>8 Personal answerYes |
Foreign Policy › Afghanistan
8>8 Personal answerNo |
Healthcare › Obamacare
8>8 Personal answerYes |
Elections › Candidate Transparency
8>8 Personal answerNo, the only way a financial statement is helpful is by showing the candidate can balance their finances, which they better be able to do if they want to get anywhere near government's budget. |
Elections › Lobbyists
8>8 Personal answerNo, this violates the individual's 1st Amendment right of Freedom of Speech. |
the Economy › Overtime Pay
8>8 Personal answerNo, the government has no constitutional authority to regulate how businesses compensate employees. |
Domestic Policy › Eminent Domain
8>8 Personal answerYes, as long as landowners are fairly compensated and the projects will benefit the community |
Elections › Electoral College
8>8 Personal answerYes, and switch to a ranked voting system where all candidates run for president. The candidate with the highest score become the president and the runner up the vice president. |
Foreign Policy › Military Spending
8>8 Personal answerDecrease by returning most troops back to the US and reducing the size of the military. |
Crime › Collective Bargaining
8>8 Personal answerYes, limit. Don't totally remove collective bargaining. |
Crime › Drug Trafficking Penalties
8>8 Personal answerAs stated above get rid of all victimless crimes such as drug offenses and free those prisoners convicted of such crimes. |
Foreign Policy › Torture
8>8 Personal answerNo, torture is an ineffective form of interrogation |
Elections › Criminal Politicians
8>8 Personal answerYes, as long as they have finished serving their sentence, the crime was not committed while in office, and as long as it was not a felony, violent, financial, or sexual crime. |
Healthcare › VA Privatization
8>8 Personal answerMore, and replace the VA healthcare system with a personal health savings account |
Education › School Vouchers
8>8 Personal answerIf "government" means local or maybe state government then yes, children and their parents deserve to have school choice and the money should follow the student. Even if the student is home schooled. |
Foreign Policy › Drones
8>8 Personal answerNo |
Science › GMO Labels
8>8 Personal answerPreviously I said yes, but on further thinking I change that to no. That's because the federal government does not have the constitutional authority to demand labeling. Not even nutritional labels. |
Healthcare › Vaccine Passports
8>8 Personal answerYes, but only for international travel |
Crime › Prison Overcrowding
8>8 Personal answerFirst get rid of all victimless crimes such as drug offenses and free those prisoners convicted of such crimes, then watch as the prison population shrinks. |
Education › Universal Pre-K
8>8 Personal answerNo, the federal government does not have the constitutional authority to fund or regulate education. If you want it to have that power then propose and amendment and try to get it ratified. |
Transportation › Public Transportation
8>8 Personal answerNo, the US Constitution does not authorize federal funding of any public transportation services. The federal government doesn't even have the power to build roads or bridges. |
Education › Charter Schools
8>8 Personal answerYes, children and their parents should have the freedom of choice. Then have the money follow the child. |
the Economy › Estate Tax
8>8 Personal answerFirst reduce the size and budget of government then conduct economic studies to determine the outcome of various actions. To make proper decisions we need to what the effects of different actions will be. |
Immigration › Dual Citizenship
8>8 Personal answerYes, unless they have committed a crime |
Crime › Criminal Voting Rights
8>8 Personal answerNo |
the Environment › Plastic Product Ban
8>8 Personal answerNo, but increase tax incentives for companies that make biodegradable products |
National Security › Military Congressional Approval
8>8 Personal answerYes, but it must be limited. |
National Security › Foreign Assassination
8>8 Personal answerNo, they should be captured and given a fair trial |
Science › Space Exploration
8>8 Personal answerNo, the government should leave human space travel to private companies |
Foreign Policy › NATO
8>8 Personal answerYes |
the Economy › NAFTA
8>8 Personal answerNo, but we should adopt a unilateral free trade policy |
the Economy › Offshore Banking
8>8 Personal answerYes |
Foreign Policy › India Arms
8>8 Personal answerNo, and we should increase diplomatic efforts to resolve conflicts peacefully |
Domestic Policy › Edward Snowden
8>8 Personal answerYes, as long as it does not threaten violence and I don’t trust the government to define the boundaries of hate speech. |
Foreign Policy › Jerusalem
8>8 Personal answerNo, and foreign governments should not move their embassies there |
Education › School Truancy
8>8 Personal answerIf "government" means local or maybe state government then it should be handled case by case. If however "government" means the federal government then the government needs to get out of it as it doesn't have the constitutional authority to regulate education. If you want it to have that authority then propose an amendment and try to get it ratified. |
the Environment › Corporate Subsidies
8>8 Personal answerNo |
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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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