Social › Abortion
What is your stance on abortion?
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me Your answerPro-life, but allow in cases of rape, incest, or danger to the mother or child |
Barely similar answerPro-life |
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DisagreePro-choice |
DisagreePro-choice, and providing birth control, sex education, and more social services will help reduce the number of abortions |
the Environment › Climate Change
Should the government increase environmental regulations to prevent climate change?
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me Your answerNo |
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DisagreeYes, and provide more incentives for alternative energy production |
Green disagreeYes |
the Economy › Equal Pay
Should employers be required to pay men and women the same salary for the same job?
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me Your answerNo, there are too many other variables such as education, experience, and tenure that determine a fair salary |
Similar answerNo, the government should never determine what a private business should pay employees |
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DisagreeYes |
Peace and Freedom disagreeYes, and businesses should be required to publish their salary ranges for each position |
Domestic Policy › Gun Control
Should there be more restrictions on the current process of purchasing a gun?
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me Your answerNo |
Similar answerNo, only for criminals and the mentally ill |
Republicans’ similar answerNo, and the government should pass a national “stand your ground” law |
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No disagreeYes, but only by closing the gun show loophole |
DisagreeYes, require strict background checks, psychological testing, and training |
Democrats disagreeYes |
the Economy › Minimum Wage
Should the government raise the federal minimum wage?
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me Your answerNo, and eliminate all wage standards |
Republicans’ similar answerNo |
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DisagreeYes, and adjust it every year according to inflation |
DisagreeYes, and make it a living wage |
Democrats disagreeYes |
Elections › Voter Fraud
Should a photo ID be required to vote?
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me Your answerYes |
Similar answerYes, this will prevent voter fraud |
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DisagreeNo, this will disadvantage those who do not have the resources to obtain one |
DisagreeNo |
Socialist disagreeNo, and lower the voting age to 15. |
Social › Gay Marriage
Do you support the legalization of same sex marriage?
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me Your answerTake the government out of marriage and instead make it a religious decision |
No’s similar answerYes, but allow churches the right to refuse same-sex ceremonies |
Similar answerYes |
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DisagreeNo, marriage should be defined as between a man and woman |
American disagreeNo |
Social › Confederate Flag
Should states be allowed to display the Confederate flag on government property?
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me Your answerYes |
Similar answerYes, each state should have the right to display any flag they choose |
Veterans’ similar answerYes, but only at historical monuments where it was originally flown |
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DisagreeNo, it is a symbol of racism, separatism and treason |
No disagreeNo, it should be put in a museum where it was originally flown |
DisagreeNo |
the Environment › Oil Drilling
Should the U.S. expand offshore oil drilling?
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me Your answerYes |
Constitution’s similar answerYes, and deregulate the energy sector to let the free market determine the best energy sources |
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DisagreeNo, and provide more incentives for alternative energy production |
DisagreeNo |
Veterans disagreeNo, but maintain our current offshore oil wells |
Green disagreeNo, end all offshore oil drilling |
Healthcare › Marijuana
Do you support the legalization of Marijuana?
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me Your answerYes |
Similar answerYes, but only for medical use |
Green’s similar answerYes, and legalize, tax, and regulate marijuana instead of criminalizing it |
Similar answerYes, and immediately release anyone serving time solely for drug offenses |
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DisagreeNo |
Social › Religious Freedom Act
Should a business be able to deny service to a customer if the request conflicts with the owner’s religious beliefs?
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me Your answerYes |
Veterans’ similar answerYes, but the owner must post a sign stating their beliefs and what they refuse |
Libertarians’ similar answerYes, any business should be able to deny service for any reason |
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DisagreeNo |
DisagreeNo, all customers deserve to be treated equally |
the Environment › Alternative Energy
Should the government give tax credits and subsidies to the wind power industry?
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me Your answerNo |
Constitution’s similar answerNo, and the government should never support unproven technologies |
Libertarians’ similar answerNo, end all tax credits and subsidies to the energy industry |
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DisagreeYes, the government should support more sustainable energy technologies |
DisagreeYes |
Socialist disagreeYes, wind power is the best alternative to coal and natural gas |
Social › Government Mandates
Should health insurance providers be required to offer free birth control?
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me Your answerNo |
American’s similar answerNo, the government should not decide what services a private business can provide |
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DisagreeYes |
DisagreeYes, except for religious organizations and charities that oppose the use of contraception |
Foreign Policy › Terrorism
Should foreign terrorism suspects be given constitutional rights?
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me Your answerYes |
Similar answerYes, just like U.S. citizens, terrorists should be given a fair trial in federal courts |
Similar answerYes, give them a fair trial and shut down Guantanamo Bay |
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DisagreeNo, they should be tried in military tribunals but not subject to torture |
Healthcare › Medicaid
Should the federal government increase funding of health care for low income individuals (Medicaid)?
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me Your answerNo |
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DisagreeYes, but I prefer switching to a single payer healthcare system |
DisagreeYes |
Domestic Policy › Drug Policy
Are you in favor of decriminalizing drug use?
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me Your answerYes |
American’s similar answerYes, and supports increased funding for addiction prevention, treatments, and rehabilitation, as well as mandatory rehabilitation programs in lieu of imprisonment. |
Similar answerYes, and retroactively reduce sentences for those already serving time |
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DisagreeNo |
DisagreeNo, but increase funding for addiction prevention and rehabilitation |
Domestic Policy › Term Limits
Should there be term limits set for members of Congress?
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me Your answerNo |
Similar answerNo, officials gain valuable experience and become more effective representatives over time |
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DisagreeYes |
DisagreeYes, term limits will increase performance and prevent corruption |
Social › Death Penalty
Do you support the death penalty?
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me Your answerNo |
Transhumanist’s similar answerNo, because technology will allow us in a decades time to offer structural changes in the brain to make criminals into good people. We must wait until then, and give them this choice. |
Women's’ similar answerNo, too many people are innocently convicted |
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DisagreeYes, but only for horrific crimes with undeniable evidence |
DisagreeYes |
Foreign Policy › United Nations
Should the U.S. remain in the United Nations?
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me Your answerNo, and remove the U.N. headquarters from the U.S. |
Similar answerNo |
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DisagreeYes |
DisagreeYes, but scale back our current involvement |
Domestic Policy › Net Neutrality
Should internet service providers be allowed to speed up access to popular websites (that pay higher rates) at the expense of slowing down access to less popular websites (that pay lower rates)?
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me Your answerYes |
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DisagreeNo |
DisagreeNo, this would allow them to remove competition, create artificial scarcity, and increase prices |
DisagreeNo, treat all traffic equally and continue the openness of the internet |
Healthcare › Obamacare
Do you support the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare)?
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me Your answerNo |
Libertarians’ similar answerNo, government should not be involved in healthcare |
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DisagreeYes, but a mandatory single payer system would be even better |
Democrats disagreeYes |
DisagreeYes, I support a majority of the plan but not all aspects |
Domestic Policy › Affirmative Action
Do you support affirmative action programs?
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me Your answerNo |
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DisagreeYes |
Peace and Freedom disagreeYes, and drastically increase the current amount of programs |
DisagreeRegardless, we should create more social programs to address poverty |
Foreign Policy › Israel
Should the U.S. continue to support Israel?
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me Your answerNo, we should not give aid to any foreign nations |
Similar answerNo, cut all support and aid |
Peace and Freedom’s similar answerNo, we should be less involved |
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DisagreeYes |
DisagreeWe should give equal support to Israel and Palestine. |
Republicans disagreeYes, and with more aid and support |
DisagreeYes, but respect Israel’s sovereignty and do not dictate how it should interact with its neighbors |
the Economy › Government Spending
Should the government make cuts to public spending in order to reduce the national debt?
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me Your answerYes, and eliminate federal agencies that are unconstitutional |
Similar answerYes |
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DisagreeNo, increase taxes on the wealthy instead |
DisagreeNo, increase taxes on large multinational corporations instead |
DisagreeNo, focus on ending tax evasion instead |
Domestic Policy › Gerrymandering
Should the redrawing of Congressional districts be controlled by an independent, non-partisan commission?
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me Your answerYes |
Socialist’s similar answerYes, switch to a multi-member, proportionally selected redistricting system |
Similar answerYes, gerrymandering gives an unfair advantage to the party in power during redistricting |
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Republicans disagreeNo |
the Environment › Fracking
Do you support the use of hydraulic fracking to extract oil and natural gas resources?
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me Your answerYes |
Similar answerYes, but increase oversight |
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DisagreeNo |
DisagreeNo, we should pursue more sustainable energy resources instead |
DisagreeNo, more research is needed to measure the long term effects of fracking |
Social › First Amendment
Should the government support a separation of church and state by removing references to God on money, federal buildings, and national monuments?
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me Your answerYes |
Similar answerYes, but do not waste money removing existing references |
Similar answerYes, it creates a bias against religions that do not believe in God |
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DisagreeNo, as long as it does not reference a specific religion |
DisagreeNo, religion is an important aspect of our country’s history |
No’s political party support base disagreesNo |
Immigration › Border Security
Should the U.S. increase restrictions on its current border security policy?
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me Your answerNo |
Similar answerNo, make it easier for immigrants to access temporary work visas |
Similar answerNo, and we should implement an open border policy |
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DisagreeYes |
DisagreeYes, and allow border states to manage their own security policy |
Domestic Policy › Patriot Act
Do you support the Patriot Act?
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me Your answerNo, and pass strict laws prohibiting government surveillance without probable cause and a warrant |
Similar answerNo |
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Forward disagreeYes, but the sections involving surveillance and criminalization are too broad |
DisagreeYes |
DisagreeYes, but limit the scope of the government’s powers |
Education › Common Core
Do you support Common Core national standards?
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me Your answerNo |
Similar answerNo, education should be handled at the state and local level instead of the national level |
Green’s similar answerNo, it is a waste of time and effort to change my state’s current educational standards |
Similar answerNo, teach to each student's potential instead of uniform testing |
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Democrats disagreeYes, I support the concept but not the current implementation |
DisagreeYes, national standards will help improve our national average and better prepare students for college |
DisagreeYes, I support a national base standard but allow states and local districts to customize their implementation |
Foreign Policy › Drones
Should the military fly drones over foreign countries to gain intelligence and kill suspected terrorists?
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me Your answerNo, the military has no right to do so without a Congressional declaration of war |
Women's’ similar answerNo, only to gather intelligence, not to kill suspected terrorists |
Similar answerNo |
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DisagreeYes, but only with permission from the country in question |
DisagreeYes |
the Economy › Labor Unions
Do you believe labor unions help or hurt the economy?
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me Your answerHurt, I support some private unions but am strongly against public unions |
Similar answerHurt |
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DisagreeHelp |
No disagreeHelp, in theory but have recently become corrupt and should have their powers limited |
Transhumanist disagreeHelp, but ban their ability to make political donations |
Domestic Policy › NSA Domestic Surveillance
Should the NSA (National Security Agency) be allowed to collect basic metadata of citizen’s phone calls such as numbers, timestamps, and call durations?
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me Your answerNo, and abolish the NSA |
Barely similar answerNo, only with a warrant showing probable cause of criminal activity |
Barely similar answerNo |
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DisagreeYes |
Social › Euthanasia
Should terminally ill patients be allowed to end their lives via assisted suicide?
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me Your answerYes |
Similar answerYes, but only after a psychological examination to show they fully understand this choice |
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DisagreeNo |
the Economy › Capital Gains Tax
Should the government increase the tax rate on profits earned from the sale of stocks, bonds, and real estate?
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me Your answerNo, increasing the capital gains tax will limit investment in our economy |
Similar answerNo |
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DisagreeYes, on stocks and bonds but not real estate |
DisagreeYes, and all income should be taxed at the same rate |
DisagreeYes |
DisagreeYes, and increase to the average U.S. tax rate (31.5%) |
Immigration › Immigrant Assimilation
Should immigrants be required to learn English?
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me Your answerNo |
Similar answerNo, we should embrace the diversity that immigrants add to our country |
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DisagreeYes, but the government should provide free language learning courses |
DisagreeYes |
Veterans disagreeYes, and remove multilingual translations from government documents and services |
Domestic Policy › Social Security
Should the government raise the retirement age for Social Security?
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me Your answerYes, but I would prefer to privatize it instead |
Similar answerYes |
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DisagreeNo, this will disadvantage low income seniors whose life expectancy is lower than wealthier seniors |
DisagreeNo, eliminate the income cap on taxable earnings and stop spending current funds on other programs instead |
DisagreeNo |
Foreign Policy › Cuba
Do you support President Obama’s move to lift the trade and travel embargo on Cuba?
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me Your answerYes |
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DisagreeNo |
DisagreeNo, lift the travel embargo but do not allow trade until Cuba becomes a democratic republic |
the Economy › Pension Reform
Should pension plans for federal, state, and local government workers be transitioned into privately managed accounts?
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me Your answerYes |
Similar answerYes, but only for future workers |
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DisagreeNo |
DisagreeNo, privately managed accounts will jeopardize the financial security of senior citizens |
the Economy › Property Taxes
Would you favor an increased sales tax in order to reduce property taxes?
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me Your answerYes, but dramatically reduce government spending instead of raising taxes |
Similar answerYes, property taxes rates do not reflect the owners ability to pay |
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DisagreeNo, but decrease tax rates for senior citizens |
DisagreeNo |
Foreign Policy › NSA Surveillance
Should the U.S. continue NSA surveillance of its allies?
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me Your answerNo |
Similar answerNo, spying on our allies severely damages our reputation abroad |
Socialist’s similar answerNo, and abolish the NSA |
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DisagreeYes, surveillance of all foreign countries is essential to tracking potential terrorist threats |
Transhumanist disagreeYes |
the Economy › Farm Subsidies
Should the government subsidize farmers?
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me Your answerNo |
Libertarians’ similar answerNo, end all government subsidies and let the free market run its course |
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DisagreeYes, but only small local farms instead of large corporations |
DisagreeYes |
the Economy › Trans-Pacific Partnership
Do you support the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)?
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me Your answerNo |
Similar answerNo, this will incentivize companies to move jobs out of the country |
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Forward disagreeYes, it will bring economic growth to all countries involved |
DisagreeYes |
Foreign Policy › War on ISIS
Should the U.S. formally declare war on ISIS?
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me Your answerNo |
Green’s similar answerNo, we should stay out of Middle Eastern conflicts |
Similar answerNo, not until they attack us on U.S. soil |
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DisagreeYes |
Transhumanist disagreeYes, but only with full cooperation from the United Nations |
