Domestic Policy › Affirmative Action
Do you support affirmative action programs?
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me Your answerRegardless, we should create more social programs to address poverty |
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DisagreeYes |
DisagreeNo |
Peace and Freedom disagreeYes, and drastically increase the current amount of programs |
the Environment › Climate Change
Should the government increase environmental regulations to prevent climate change?
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me Your answerYes |
Similar answerYes, and provide more incentives for alternative energy production |
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DisagreeNo |
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 answerYes |
Peace and Freedom’s similar answerYes, and businesses should be required to publish their salary ranges for each position |
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Transhumanist disagreeNo, there are too many other variables such as education, experience, and tenure that determine a fair salary |
DisagreeNo, the government should never determine what a private business should pay employees |
Domestic Policy › Gun Control
Should there be more restrictions on the current process of purchasing a gun?
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me Your answerYes, require strict background checks, psychological testing, and training |
Democrats’ similar answerYes |
No’s similar answerYes, but only by closing the gun show loophole |
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Republicans disagreeNo, and the government should pass a national “stand your ground” law |
American disagreeNo, only for criminals and the mentally ill |
DisagreeNo |
Social › Government Mandates
Should health insurance providers be required to offer free birth control?
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me Your answerNo, it should be covered like any other prescription |
Similar 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 |
the Environment › Alternative Energy
Should the government give tax credits and subsidies to the wind power industry?
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me Your answerYes, wind power is the best alternative to coal and natural gas |
Democrats’ similar answerYes |
Similar answerYes, the government should support more sustainable energy technologies |
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Republicans disagreeNo |
Constitution disagreeNo, and the government should never support unproven technologies |
Libertarians disagreeNo, end all tax credits and subsidies to the energy industry |
Foreign Policy › United Nations
Should the U.S. remain in the United Nations?
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me Your answerYes, and use the U.N. peacekeeping forces to protect our interests |
Similar answerYes |
Similar answerYes, but scale back our current involvement |
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DisagreeNo |
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, only with a warrant showing probable cause of criminal activity |
Similar answerNo |
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DisagreeYes |
Foreign Policy › NSA Surveillance
Should the U.S. continue NSA surveillance of its allies?
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me Your answerNo, spying on our allies severely damages our reputation abroad |
Similar answerNo |
Socialist’s similar answerNo, and abolish the NSA |
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Republicans disagreeYes, surveillance of all foreign countries is essential to tracking potential terrorist threats |
Transhumanist disagreeYes |
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 |
Peace and Freedom disagreePro-choice, and providing birth control, sex education, and more social services will help reduce the number of abortions |
Social › Gay Marriage
Do you support the legalization of same sex marriage?
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me Your answerYes |
No’s similar answerYes, but allow churches the right to refuse same-sex ceremonies |
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American disagreeNo |
DisagreeNo, marriage should be defined as between a man and woman |
Social › Confederate Flag
Should states be allowed to display the Confederate flag on government property?
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me Your answerNo |
No’s similar answerNo, it should be put in a museum where it was originally flown |
Similar answerNo, it is a symbol of racism, separatism and treason |
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DisagreeYes |
DisagreeYes, each state should have the right to display any flag they choose |
Education › Student Loans
Do you support increasing taxes for the rich in order to reduce interest rates for student loans?
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me Your answerYes, and increase government funding so every student receives a free college education |
Similar answerYes |
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No disagreeNo, but we should still reduce interest rates for student loans |
DisagreeNo |
Libertarians disagreeNo, and transition all current government student loans into privately managed accounts |
Immigration › In-State Tuition
Should undocumented immigrants be offered in-state tuition rates at public colleges within their residing state?
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me Your answerYes, but deny eligibility for financial assistance and scholarships |
Transhumanist’s similar answerYes, I support totally free education for everyone at public colleges |
Similar answerYes |
Similar answerYes, as long as they pay taxes |
Similar answerYes, and they should also be eligible for financial assistance and scholarships |
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DisagreeNo |
Constitution disagreeNo, and all illegal immigrants should be deported |
Immigration › Immigration Healthcare
Should illegal immigrants have access to government-subsidized healthcare?
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me Your answerNo, but their children should have access |
Similar answerNo |
Constitution’s similar answerNo, and we should deport all illegal immigrants |
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DisagreeYes |
DisagreeYes, but only for life threatening emergencies or infectious diseases |
No disagreeYes, if they pay taxes |
Peace and Freedom disagreeYes, and grant them citizenship |
Elections › Voter Fraud
Should a photo ID be required to vote?
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me Your answerNo, this will disadvantage those who do not have the resources to obtain one |
Similar answerNo |
Socialist’s similar answerNo, and lower the voting age to 15. |
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DisagreeYes, this will prevent voter fraud |
DisagreeYes |
the Environment › Oil Drilling
Should the U.S. expand offshore oil drilling?
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me Your answerNo, and provide more incentives for alternative energy production |
Similar answerNo |
Green’s similar answerNo, end all offshore oil drilling |
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DisagreeYes |
Constitution disagreeYes, and deregulate the energy sector to let the free market determine the best energy sources |
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 answerNo, all customers deserve to be treated equally |
Similar answerNo |
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DisagreeYes |
Libertarians disagreeYes, any business should be able to deny service for any reason |
Healthcare › Marijuana
Do you support the legalization of Marijuana?
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me Your answerYes, and legalize, tax, and regulate marijuana instead of criminalizing it |
Similar answerYes |
Similar answerYes, but only for medical use |
Similar answerYes, and immediately release anyone serving time solely for drug offenses |
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DisagreeNo |
Immigration › Immigration
Should children of illegal immigrants be granted legal citizenship?
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me Your answerYes, if they were born here |
Similar answerYes |
Similar answerYes, and abolish all national borders |
American’s similar answerYes, but it should not grant their parents citizenship |
No’s similar answerYes, but only after performing 4 years of military service or graduating college |
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DisagreeNo |
Immigration › Illegal Immigrant Detainment
Should local law enforcement be allowed to detain illegal immigrants for minor crimes and transfer them to federal immigration authorities?
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me Your answerNo, only if they are convicted of a violent crime |
Similar answerNo |
Similar answerNo, too many non-violent immigrants are being deported |
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DisagreeYes |
Healthcare › Medicaid
Should the federal government increase funding of health care for low income individuals (Medicaid)?
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me Your answerYes, but I prefer switching to a single payer healthcare system |
Similar answerYes |
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DisagreeNo |
Domestic Policy › Drug Policy
Are you in favor of decriminalizing drug use?
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me Your answerYes, for most but not all drugs |
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 |
Similar answerYes, and retroactively reduce sentences for those already serving time |
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DisagreeNo |
No disagreeNo, but increase funding for addiction prevention and rehabilitation |
Foreign Policy › Terrorism
Should foreign terrorism suspects be given constitutional rights?
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me Your answerNo, they should be tried in military tribunals but not subject to torture |
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DisagreeYes, just like U.S. citizens, terrorists should be given a fair trial in federal courts |
DisagreeYes, give them a fair trial and shut down Guantanamo Bay |
Green disagreeYes |
Domestic Policy › Term Limits
Should there be term limits set for members of Congress?
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me Your 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 |
Foreign Policy › Israel
Should the U.S. continue to support Israel?
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me Your answerNo, we should be less involved |
Constitution’s similar answerNo, we should not give aid to any foreign nations |
Similar answerNo, cut all support and aid |
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Republicans disagreeYes, and with more aid and support |
DisagreeWe should give equal support to Israel and Palestine. |
No disagreeYes, but respect Israel’s sovereignty and do not dictate how it should interact with its neighbors |
DisagreeYes |
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 increase taxes |
Barely similar answerYes |
Barely similar answerYes, and eliminate federal agencies that are unconstitutional |
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DisagreeNo, increase taxes on the wealthy instead |
DisagreeNo, increase taxes on large multinational corporations instead |
No disagreeNo, focus on ending tax evasion instead |
Healthcare › Obamacare
Do you support the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare)?
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me Your answerYes, but a mandatory single payer system would be even better |
Democrats’ barely similar answerYes |
Barely similar answerYes, I support a majority of the plan but not all aspects |
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Libertarians disagreeNo, government should not be involved in healthcare |
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 answerNo, more research is needed to measure the long term effects of fracking |
Similar answerNo |
Similar answerNo, we should pursue more sustainable energy resources instead |
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Transhumanist disagreeYes, but increase oversight |
DisagreeYes |
Social › Death Penalty
Do you support the death penalty?
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me Your answerYes, but only for horrific crimes with undeniable evidence |
Similar answerYes |
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DisagreeNo |
Women's disagreeNo, too many people are innocently convicted |
Transhumanist disagreeNo, 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. |
Immigration › Border Security
Should the U.S. increase restrictions on its current border security policy?
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me Your answerNo, make it easier for immigrants to access temporary work visas |
Similar answerNo, and we should implement an open border policy |
Democrats’ similar answerNo |
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DisagreeYes |
Republicans disagreeYes, and allow border states to manage their own security policy |
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 answerNo, this would allow them to remove competition, create artificial scarcity, and increase prices |
Similar answerNo, treat all traffic equally and continue the openness of the internet |
Similar answerNo |
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DisagreeYes |
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, but do not waste money removing existing references |
Similar answerYes |
Peace and Freedom’s similar answerYes, it creates a bias against religions that do not believe in God |
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Libertarians 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 › Immigrant Assimilation
Should immigrants be required to learn English?
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me Your answerNo, we should embrace the diversity that immigrants add to our country |
Similar answerNo |
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DisagreeYes, but the government should provide free language learning courses |
DisagreeYes |
Domestic Policy › Gerrymandering
Should the redrawing of Congressional districts be controlled by an independent, non-partisan commission?
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me Your answerYes, gerrymandering gives an unfair advantage to the party in power during redistricting |
Similar answerYes |
Socialist’s similar answerYes, switch to a multi-member, proportionally selected redistricting system |
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Republicans disagreeNo |
Domestic Policy › Patriot Act
Do you support the Patriot Act?
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me Your answerNo |
Similar answerNo, and pass strict laws prohibiting government surveillance without probable cause and a warrant |
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DisagreeYes, but limit the scope of the government’s powers |
DisagreeYes |
the Economy › Labor Unions
Do you believe labor unions help or hurt the economy?
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me Your answerHelp |
No’s similar answerHelp, in theory but have recently become corrupt and should have their powers limited |
Transhumanist’s similar answerHelp, but ban their ability to make political donations |
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DisagreeHurt |
Libertarians disagreeHurt, I support some private unions but am strongly against public unions |
Education › Common Core
Do you support Common Core national standards?
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me Your answerYes, I support the concept but not the current implementation |
Similar answerYes, national standards will help improve our national average and better prepare students for college |
No’s similar answerYes, I support a national base standard but allow states and local districts to customize their implementation |
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Green disagreeNo, it is a waste of time and effort to change my state’s current educational standards |
DisagreeNo |
DisagreeNo, teach to each student's potential instead of uniform testing |
American disagreeNo, education should be handled at the state and local level instead of the national level |
the Economy › Paid Sick Leave
Should businesses be required to provide paid leave for full-time employees during the birth of a child or sick family member?
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me Your answerYes |
No’s similar answerYes, but only for companies with 100+ employees |
Similar answerYes, the lack of paid sick leave is unfair to working men and women |
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DisagreeNo |
Foreign Policy › Drones
Should the military fly drones over foreign countries to gain intelligence and kill suspected terrorists?
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me Your answerYes, but only with permission from the country in question |
Similar answerYes |
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DisagreeNo |
Peace and Freedom disagreeNo, the military has no right to do so without a Congressional declaration of war |
Women's disagreeNo, only to gather intelligence, not to kill suspected terrorists |
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 answerYes |
Similar answerYes, and all income should be taxed at the same rate |
Democrats’ similar answerYes, and increase to the average U.S. tax rate (31.5%) |
American’s similar answerYes, on stocks and bonds but not real estate |
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DisagreeNo, increasing the capital gains tax will limit investment in our economy |
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 |
Domestic Policy › Social Security
Should the government raise the retirement age for Social Security?
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me Your answerNo, this will disadvantage low income seniors whose life expectancy is lower than wealthier seniors |
Women's’ similar answerNo, eliminate the income cap on taxable earnings and stop spending current funds on other programs instead |
Similar answerNo |
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DisagreeYes |
DisagreeYes, but I would prefer to privatize it instead |
the Economy › Pension Reform
Should pension plans for federal, state, and local government workers be transitioned into privately managed accounts?
| Agree |
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me Your answerNo |
Similar answerNo, privately managed accounts will jeopardize the financial security of senior citizens |
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DisagreeYes, but only for future workers |
DisagreeYes |
the Economy › Property Taxes
Would you favor an increased sales tax in order to reduce property taxes?
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me Your answerNo, property taxes are the most reliable and consistent form of state revenue |
Similar answerNo |
Democrats’ similar answerNo, but decrease tax rates for senior citizens |
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DisagreeYes, property taxes rates do not reflect the owners ability to pay |
Transhumanist disagreeYes, but dramatically reduce government spending instead of raising taxes |
the Economy › Farm Subsidies
Should the government subsidize farmers?
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me Your answerYes, but only small local farms instead of large corporations |
Similar answerYes |
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Constitution disagreeNo |
Libertarians disagreeNo, end all government subsidies and let the free market run its course |
Science › Space Exploration
Should the government fund space travel?
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me Your answerYes, and drastically increase NASA’s current budget |
Similar answerYes |
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Libertarians disagreeNo |
Constitution disagreeNo, the government should leave human space travel to private companies |
DisagreeNo, we should focus on saving the Earth instead of leaving it |
the Economy › Trans-Pacific Partnership
Do you support the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)?
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me Your answerNo, this will incentivize companies to move jobs out of the country |
Similar answerNo |
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DisagreeYes |
Foreign Policy › War on ISIS
Should the U.S. formally declare war on ISIS?
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me Your answerNo, we should not legitimize ISIS as a sovereign entity |
Green’s similar answerNo, we should stay out of Middle Eastern conflicts |
Similar answerNo |
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 |
Foreign Policy › Russian Airstrikes in Syria
Should the U.S. prevent Russia from conducting airstrikes in Syria?
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me Your answerNo, we should let the Russians take out ISIS |
Similar answerNo |
Libertarians’ similar answerNo, we should not get involved |
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Democrats disagreeYes |
Republicans disagreeYes, and establish a no-fly zone |
the Economy › Minimum Wage
Should the government raise the federal minimum wage?
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me Your answerYes, and adjust it every year according to inflation |
Similar answerYes, and make it a living wage |
Democrats’ similar answerYes |
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| Disagree |
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DisagreeNo, and eliminate all wage standards |
Republicans disagreeNo |
Immigration › Immigrant Laborers
Should working illegal immigrants be given temporary amnesty?
| Agree |
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me Your answerNo, fine companies that employ illegal immigrants |
Republicans’ similar answerNo, remove them from the U.S. |
Constitution’s similar answerNo |
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DisagreeYes, create a simple path to citizenship for immigrants with no criminal record |
Social › Euthanasia
Should terminally ill patients be allowed to end their lives via assisted suicide?
| Agree |
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me Your answerNo, but they should be allowed to refuse artificial life support |
Similar answerNo |
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DisagreeYes |
Women's disagreeYes, but only after a psychological examination to show they fully understand this choice |
