Here are your answers compared to this voter’s answers.
Social › LGBT Adoption Rights
8>8 Personal answerYes, as long as they pass the same background checks as straight couples |
Social › Abortion
8>8 Personal answerBoth Pro-life and pro-choice: I support both personal responsibility and the protection of life. We should fight for the preservation of life through an encouragement of greater personal responsibility, better education, and ease of access to more humane alternatives to abortion. |
Social › Gay Marriage
8>8 Personal answerYes, but allow churches the right to refuse same-sex ceremonies |
the Economy › Equal Pay
8>8 Personal answerNo, this is irrelevant because the gender wage gap is a myth |
Domestic Policy › Gun Control
8>8 Personal answerNo, but at least require safety training with a back ground check and at most a psychological test |
Crime › Police Body Cameras
8>8 Personal answerYes, this will protect the safety and rights of police officers and citizens |
Social › Marital Rape
8>8 Personal answerYes |
Domestic Policy › Insurrection Act
8>8 Personal answerNo, the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878, prohibits the military from conducting law-enforcement |
Healthcare › Drug Price Regulation
8>8 Personal answerNo, but shorten the lifespan of drug patents |
Domestic Policy › COVID-19 School Closures
8>8 Personal answerNo, let each school decide |
Healthcare › Pre-Existing Conditions
8>8 Personal answerNo, it is immoral to deny health insurance to people with pre-existing conditions |
Social › Gun Buyback
8>8 Personal answerNo, it should be voluntary with strong financial incentives instead |
Social › Gender Identity
8>8 Personal answerNo |
Healthcare › Mental Health
8>8 Personal answerNo |
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, athletes should compete based on the biological sex that is listed on their birth certificate |
Immigration › Muslim Immigrant Ban
8>8 Personal answerNo, banning immigrants based on their religion is unconstitutional |
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, and eliminate all wage standards |
Domestic Policy › Armed Teachers
8>8 Personal answerNo, this would increase the risk of accidental shootings |
the Environment › Climate Change
8>8 Personal answerNo |
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 answerYes, and retroactively reduce sentences for those already serving time |
Domestic Policy › Term Limits
8>8 Personal answerYes, but the limit should be long enough that they can gain experience and produce a body of work. |
Foreign Policy › Iran
8>8 Personal answerNo, the U.S. should encourage Iran to disarm through diplomatic channels |
the Economy › Taxes
8>8 Personal answerAbolish the income tax, disallow all deductions and increase the sales tax |
Foreign Policy › Mandatory Military Service
8>8 Personal answerNo, service should be a choice instead of an obligation |
Domestic Policy › Muslim Surveillance
8>8 Personal answerNo, targeting Muslims is unconstitutional, racist, and incendiary |
Elections › Foreign Lobbying
8>8 Personal answerNo, foreign interests should not be able to buy the influence of our politicians |
Immigration › Immigration
8>8 Personal answerYes, and abolish all national borders |
Education › Student Loans
8>8 Personal answerNo, and transition all current government student loans into privately managed accounts |
Social › Death Penalty
8>8 Personal answerNo, too many people are innocently convicted |
Immigration › Deporting Criminal Immigrants
8>8 Personal answerYes, only if the original country is willing and able to uphold the conviction. The US should not be required to pay for the housing of inmates that are illegal immigrants. |
Education › Free College for All
8>8 Personal answerNo, but provide lower interest rates for student loans |
Healthcare › Marijuana
8>8 Personal answerYes, and legalize, tax, and regulate marijuana instead of criminalizing it |
Elections › Mail In Ballot
8>8 Personal answerYes, and implement a secure online voting process |
Social › Hate Speech
8>8 Personal answerYes, as long as it does not threaten violence |
Social › Confederate Flag
8>8 Personal answerNo, it is a symbol of racism, separatism and treason |
Domestic Policy › No-Fly List Gun Control
8>8 Personal answerYes, but not until the no-fly list screening process is improved for accuracy and includes due process |
Social › Government Mandates
8>8 Personal answerNo, it should be covered like any other prescription |
Domestic Policy › Supreme Court Reform
8>8 Personal answerNo, and the Supreme Court should not be politicized |
Domestic Policy › NSA Domestic Surveillance
8>8 Personal answerNo, and abolish the NSA |
Immigration › Illegal Immigrant Detainment
8>8 Personal answerNo, only if they are convicted of a violent crime |
Domestic Policy › Gerrymandering
8>8 Personal answerYes, gerrymandering gives an unfair advantage to the party in power during redistricting |
Social › Women in Combat
8>8 Personal answerYes, as long as they can pass the same physical tests as men |
Healthcare › Medicaid
8>8 Personal answerYes, but only increase for the elderly and disabled |
Domestic Policy › Social Media Regulation
8>8 Personal answerNo, social media companies are private and should not be regulated by the government |
Science › Mandatory Vaccinations
8>8 Personal answerNo, but require vaccination in order to attend public school |
Immigration › Border Security
8>8 Personal answerNo, and we should implement an open border policy |
Crime › Private Prisons
8>8 Personal answerYes, but eliminate contractual occupancy quotas |
Social › Gender Workplace Diversity
8>8 Personal answerNo, the government should never require the diversity of private businesses |
the Environment › Alternative Energy
8>8 Personal answerNo, end all tax credits and subsidies to the energy industry |
Immigration › Sanctuary Cities
8>8 Personal answerYes, but the immigration policy needs to be reformed to offer a realistic opportunity for citizenship for all immigrants. |
Immigration › Immigration Healthcare
8>8 Personal answerYes, and grant them citizenship |
Elections › Campaign Finance
8>8 Personal answerYes |
Healthcare › Single-Payer Healthcare
8>8 Personal answerNo, the government should not be involved in healthcare |
Immigration › Immigrant Laborers
8>8 Personal answerYes, create a simple path to citizenship for immigrants with no criminal record |
the Environment › Alaska Wildlife Refuge
8>8 Personal answerYes |
Foreign Policy › Israel Boycott
8>8 Personal answerNo, this is a violation of free speech |
the Economy › Corporate Tax
8>8 Personal answerKeep current rates but eliminate deductions and loop holes |
Social › Safe Spaces
8>8 Personal answerNo, college is meant to challenge students thoughts and opinions so they are prepared for real life |
Elections › Voter Fraud
8>8 Personal answerYes. But states should provide access to every citizen to receive an ID free of charge and should be accessible at state and federal offices (including post offices) that are not tied to bureau of motor vehicles. |
Domestic Policy › Patriot Act
8>8 Personal answerNo, and pass strict laws prohibiting government surveillance without probable cause and a warrant |
Foreign Policy › Foreign Elections
8>8 Personal answerNo |
the Economy › Government Spending
8>8 Personal answerYes |
Elections › Minimum Voting Age
8>8 Personal answerNo, and voters should be required to pass a basic test demonstrating their understanding of politics in order to vote |
Foreign Policy › Israel
8>8 Personal answerNo, we should not give aid to any foreign nations |
Foreign Policy › NATO
8>8 Personal answerNo, it is obsolete and should be abolished |
Immigration › Immigrant Assimilation
8>8 Personal answerNo, we should embrace the diversity that immigrants add to our country |
Social › First Amendment
8>8 Personal answerYes, but do not waste money removing existing references |
Immigration › Border Wall
8>8 Personal answerYes, but make it a high-tech surveillance barrier instead of a physical one |
Domestic Policy › Net Neutrality
8>8 Personal answerNo, this would allow them to remove competition, create artificial scarcity, and increase prices |
Healthcare › Medicaid Work Requirement
8>8 Personal answerYes, research shows people who are employed are healthier than those who are unemployed |
Domestic Policy › Gun Liability
8>8 Personal answerNo, manufacturers and dealers should only be held liable for negligence |
Crime › Defunding the Police
8>8 Personal answerOnly a portion of the budget should be redirected. However, police should have their funding reinstated if violent crimes begin to increase as a result of the redirection. |
Crime › Solitary Confinement for Juveniles
8>8 Personal answerYes, and we should create more social programs to help prevent and rehabilitate criminals |
Social › Niqāb
8>8 Personal answerYes, we should respect all cultural traditions |
Social › Euthanasia
8>8 Personal answerNo, but they should be allowed to refuse artificial life support |
Immigration › Skilled Immigrants
8>8 Personal answerIncrease, our economy relies on businesses hiring the highest skilled workers at the lowest cost |
Immigration › Citizenship Test
8>8 Personal answerYes |
Crime › Mandatory minimum prison sentences
8>8 Personal answerNo |
Elections › Right of Foreigners to Vote
8>8 Personal answerNo, only legal citizens should be allowed to vote |
Healthcare › Safe Haven
8>8 Personal answerYes, drug abuse should be treated as a health issue, not a criminal issue |
Healthcare › Medicare Drug Prices
8>8 Personal answerYes |
Domestic Policy › Affirmative Action
8>8 Personal answerNo, people should be treated equally regardless of race or gender. |
the Economy › Corporate Mega Mergers
8>8 Personal answerNo, and the government should not interfere with the free market |
Domestic Policy › Flag Burning
8>8 Personal answerNo, this is a violation of free speech |
the Economy › Welfare
8>8 Personal answerReform the system, ensure welfare recipients are actively doing what they need to do to remove themselves from welfare. Oversight need to be better. A pipeline out of the system needs to be created to limit dependency on welfare. welfare should not be lifelong. |
the Economy › Universal Basic Income
8>8 Personal answerNo |
Foreign Policy › Soleimani
8>8 Personal answerOnly if Soleimani was the architect for attacks on US troops in Saudi Arabia. In the future, all assassination attempts must be approved by a federal court to ensure due process. |
the Economy › Labor Unions
8>8 Personal answerHurt, I support some private unions but am strongly against public unions |
the Economy › Free Tax Filing
8>8 Personal answerNo, but I would prefer to eliminate income taxes and abolish the IRS |
Elections › Campaign Finance
8>8 Personal answerNo |
the Environment › Dakota Access Pipeline
8>8 Personal answerYes, and the government should never be allowed to acquire land by eminent domain |
the Economy › Welfare Drug Testing
8>8 Personal answerNo |
the Economy › Economic Stimulus
8>8 Personal answerNo |
the Economy › Capital Gains Tax
8>8 Personal answerNo, and abolish capital gains taxes |
Immigration › In-State Tuition
8>8 Personal answerYes, and they should also be eligible for financial assistance and scholarships |
Education › Common Core
8>8 Personal answerYes, I support a national base standard but allow states and local districts to customize their implementation |
Healthcare › World Health Organization
8>8 Personal answerNo, fund national and local programs instead |
the Environment › Oil Drilling
8>8 Personal answerYes, and deregulate the energy sector to let the free market determine the best energy sources |
Domestic Policy › Whistleblower Protection
8>8 Personal answerNo. But depending on how the whistleblower conducted themselves and obtained the information, specific latitude should be able to be offered by local prosecutors. |
Foreign Policy › United Nations
8>8 Personal answerYes |
Foreign Policy › Afghanistan
8>8 Personal answerYes |
Healthcare › Obamacare
8>8 Personal answerNo, open the markets so insurers can compete across state lines and reduce costs |
Elections › Candidate Transparency
8>8 Personal answerNo, I would respect them more if they did but they shouldn’t be required to |
the Environment › Fracking
8>8 Personal answerYes |
Elections › Lobbyists
8>8 Personal answerNo, the current two-year ban is sufficient |
the Economy › Overtime Pay
8>8 Personal answerNo, and the government is currently over-regulating private businesses |
Domestic Policy › Eminent Domain
8>8 Personal answerYes, but only in extreme cases of national emergency |
Foreign Policy › Military Spending
8>8 Personal answerDecrease |
Elections › Electoral College
8>8 Personal answerNo, but reform so that votes are distributed proportionally instead of the current winner take all system |
the Environment › Animal Testing
8>8 Personal answerNo, instead use voluntary humans for testing |
Science › Nuclear Energy
8>8 Personal answerYes, as long as there is no public subsidy |
Crime › Drug Trafficking Penalties
8>8 Personal answerNo, I do not believe in the death penalty |
Foreign Policy › Torture
8>8 Personal answerNo, torture is inhumane, unethical, and violates the 8th amendment |
Elections › Criminal Politicians
8>8 Personal answerYes, as long as it was not a felony, violent, financial, or sexual crime |
Foreign Policy › Foreign Aid
8>8 Personal answerDecrease, and we should not give foreign aid to any countries |
Foreign Policy › North Korea Military Strikes
8>8 Personal answerNo, and I am not convinced that North Korea has or is capable of developing a long-range nuclear missile |
Healthcare › VA Privatization
8>8 Personal answerMore. Abolish the VA and fund insurance programs that allow veterans to see the doctor of their choice. |
Foreign Policy › Drones
8>8 Personal answerNo, only to gather intelligence, not to kill suspected terrorists |
Science › GMO Labels
8>8 Personal answerNo, we have selectively bred crops for thousands of years and labeling just adds an unfounded stigma to the science |
Crime › Prison Overcrowding
8>8 Personal answerYes, but replace the jail sentence with community service. |
Education › Universal Pre-K
8>8 Personal answerNo, use a voucher system instead |
Transportation › Public Transportation
8>8 Personal answerYes, but only if the spending goes towards environmentally friendly solutions |
Education › Charter Schools
8>8 Personal answerYes, but only if they are non-profit |
Immigration › Dual Citizenship
8>8 Personal answerYes |
Domestic Policy › Social Security
8>8 Personal answerYes, but I would prefer to privatize it instead |
the Economy › Estate Tax
8>8 Personal answerYes, and we should eliminate it |
Crime › Criminal Voting Rights
8>8 Personal answerYes, but only after completing their sentences and parole/probation |
the Environment › Plastic Product Ban
8>8 Personal answerNo |
Foreign Policy › Terrorism
8>8 Personal answerYes, give them a fair trial and shut down Guantanamo Bay |
National Security › Military Congressional Approval
8>8 Personal answerNo, Congress should approve all military conflicts |
the Economy › Tech Monopolies
8>8 Personal answerNo |
the Environment › Paris Climate Agreement
8>8 Personal answerNo |
National Security › Foreign Assassination
8>8 Personal answerAny assassination attempt should be conducted through a joint task force with the country where the attempt will occur, and must go through due process at the Supreme Court level. |
Domestic Policy › College Sports and COVID
8>8 Personal answerYes, sports are an essential revenue stream for colleges and universities |
Foreign Policy › NATO
8>8 Personal answerNo, and we should withdraw from NATO |
the Economy › China Tariffs
8>8 Personal answerNo |
Science › Space Exploration
8>8 Personal answerNo |
the Economy › Domestic Jobs
8>8 Personal answerNo, the government should not interfere with the free market |
the Economy › NAFTA
8>8 Personal answerYes |
Domestic Policy › Political Advertising on Social Media
8>8 Personal answerNo |
the Economy › Offshore Banking
8>8 Personal answerYes |
Foreign Policy › India Arms
8>8 Personal answerNo, and we should not sell military weapons to any foreign country |
Domestic Policy › Edward Snowden
8>8 Personal answerNo, but investigate the CIA and NSA directors as well |
the Economy › Federal Reserve
8>8 Personal answerNo, in order to stabilize our financial system, it must remain independent of Congressional oversight |
Foreign Policy › NSA Surveillance
8>8 Personal answerNo, and abolish the NSA |
Foreign Policy › Cuba
8>8 Personal answerYes |
the Economy › Farm Subsidies
8>8 Personal answerNo, end all government subsidies and let the free market run its course |
Foreign Policy › Hong Kong Fugitive Extradition
8>8 Personal answerThe US should not be dictating the terms of operations of a sovereign foreign nation. |
the Economy › Tariffs
8>8 Personal answerNo |
Foreign Policy › Jerusalem
8>8 Personal answerNo, and foreign governments should not move their embassies there |
the Economy › Property Taxes
8>8 Personal answerYes |
Education › School Truancy
8>8 Personal answerYes |
the Economy › Pension Reform
8>8 Personal answerYes |
the Economy › Government Pensions
8>8 Personal answerOnly for existing retired government workers excluding politicians. Currently employed government workers should be moved into private retirement accounts for their own control and investment. And no political office should ever receive a pension or retirement benefit because public office is a public service, not a career. |
the Environment › Corporate Subsidies
8>8 Personal answerNo, spend that money on improving infrastructure and the community to attract companies |
the Economy › State Ownership
8>8 Personal answerNo, this impedes technological progress due to competition being stifled |
the Economy › Bitcoin
8>8 Personal answerNo, classify it as a commodity |
the Economy › Trans-Pacific Partnership
8>8 Personal answerYes |
Foreign Policy › F-35
8>8 Personal answerNo |
the Economy › Online Sales Tax
8>8 Personal answerYes |
Domestic Policy › Air Force One
8>8 Personal answerNo, not until the cost ($4B) is dramatically reduced |
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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.
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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.
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