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Why are you a conservative?
What public policy issue is most important to you?
(Part 1)
If you had the power to do so, how would you change public policy in the U.S. with respect to this issue?
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(Part 2)
National Defense
Using a scale of 1-5, please indicate how you feel about the following public policy issues: 1 (strongly agree); 2 (Generally agree); 3 (no strong feelings); 4 (generally disagree); 5 (strongly disagree); 0 (undecided)
A strong American nuclear force remains essential to the preservation of world peace.
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Homosexual activity should be incompatible with service in the U.S. military forces.
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The U.S. should use any appropriate means, including deadly force, to retaliate against sources of international terrorism.
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U.S. troops should be deployed overseas in support of humanitarian foreign policy objectives.
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The U.S. should get approval from the United Nations before engaging in any military action abroad.
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The U.S. devotes too great a portion of its budget to defense spending.
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Foreign Policy
Using a scale of 1-5, please indicate how you feel about the following public policy issues: 1 (strongly agree); 2 (Generally agree); 3 (no strong feelings); 4 (generally disagree); 5 (strongly disagree); 0 (undecided)
A strong Israel is vital to American interests in the Middle East.
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U.S. foreign aid should be tied to the development of political and economic liberty.
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Communism has been sent to the trashcan of history. There is no chance it will resurface as a serious threat to world peace.
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By far the most important immigration issue is the U.S. to regain control of our borders.
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Economic sanctions are always a bad foreign policy. The U.S. should never apply them to other countries.
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U.S. armed forces should not be put under United Nations command.
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Elections
Using a scale of 1-5, please indicate how you feel about the following public policy issues: 1 (strongly agree); 2 (Generally agree); 3 (no strong feelings); 4 (generally disagree); 5 (strongly disagree); 0 (undecided)
Political Action Committees should be further regulated so they cannot abuse our election process.
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Financing of political campaigns with public funds is necessary to ensure equal access to political power for all citizens.
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Negative advertising, when actually based on a candidate’s record, is a valuable information source to the electorate.
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Right to Work/Organized Labor
Using a scale of 1-5, please indicate how you feel about the following public policy issues: 1 (strongly agree); 2 (Generally agree); 3 (no strong feelings); 4 (generally disagree); 5 (strongly disagree); 0 (undecided)
Government workers should have the right to strike.
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If an individual receives benefits from a union-negotiated contract, it is fair for the government to require him to pay union dues.
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Employers should be allowed to replace striking workers permanently with new employees.
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No one should be required to pay dues or other fees to a union as a condition of employment.
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Federal workers should be allowed to run for public office, participate in political races, and raise money for partisan candidates.
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Union officials exert too much influence on government decision-making at the federal, state, and local levels.
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If a union wins a majority vote of workers, that union should have the exclusive right to negotiate with the employer for them all.
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Education
Using a scale of 1-5, please indicate how you feel about the following public policy issues: 1 (strongly agree); 2 (Generally agree); 3 (no strong feelings); 4 (generally disagree); 5 (strongly disagree); 0 (undecided)
Teachers unions are necessary for successful educational reform in U.S. schools.
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Textbooks should be reviewed by parents and interested groups to determine if their content is suitable for young minds.
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Homeschooling is a positive alternative for parents who have become frustrated with the public school system.
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Speech codes are needed on college campuses to safeguard against racial, ethnic, religious, and sexual verbal abuses.
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Permitting voluntary prayer in public schools would violate separation of church and state.
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Education vouchers would aid private schools at too great an expense to public schools.
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Employees should have the right to vote using secret ballots when deciding whether nor not to unionize.
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Energy/Economics/Government Relations
Using a scale of 1-5, please indicate how you feel about the following public policy issues: 1 (strongly agree); 2 (Generally agree); 3 (no strong feelings); 4 (generally disagree); 5 (strongly disagree); 0 (undecided)
Importation restrictions are an effective tool to protect American jobs and improve the U.S. economy.
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The threat of global warming requires strict government limitations on carbon dioxide emission.
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Free trade is always beneficial to a country’s economy, regardless of other nations’ tariffs or protectionist policies.
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Universal access to healthcare is a fundamental right which a government should guarantee for all citizens.
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Minimum wage laws contribute to unemployment.
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Judges should base their decisions on the original intent of the Constitution.
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To decrease U.S. dependence on foreign oil, the federal government should subsidize and require clean energy development.
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Financial bailouts by the federal government for large companies and financial institutions are justified during an economic recession.
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Congress should balance the federal budget without raising taxes.
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Social Issues
Using a scale of 1-5, please indicate how you feel about the following public policy issues: 1 (strongly agree); 2 (Generally agree); 3 (no strong feelings); 4 (generally disagree); 5 (strongly disagree); 0 (undecided)
Hiring practices and admissions standards should not be based on qualifications alone; members of disadvantaged groups should have preference by law to correct past inequities.
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Since the subject is primarily a question of a woman's control of her own body; she should have the right to an abortion.
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America is a land of many cultures, therefore no mandated preference for one language over another is acceptable.
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The use and possession of small amounts of marijuana should be decriminalized.
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Mandatory registration of handguns is needed to make Americans safer.
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The court system in the U.S. currently enjoys more power than the framers originally intended.
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In general, criminal sentencing in this country is too lenient.
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Since human life begins at conception, unborn life deserves legal protections.
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Marriage should be legally defined as between one man and one woman.
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The Second Amendment was meant to permit members of militias to own guns, it was never meant to allow all citizens to own guns.
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Public Policy Identification
Using a scale of 1-3, please indicate how you feel about the following public policy issues: 1 (strongly agree); 2 (no strong feelings); 3 (strongly disagree)
Governor Mike Pence
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Hugo Chavez
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Senator Tom Coburn
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AFL – CIO
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Greenpeace
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Heritage Foundation
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Jesse Jackson
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Milton Friedman
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National Media Observer
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National Review Magazine
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Phyllis Schlafly
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Planned Parenthood
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Rush Limbaugh
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The United Nations
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American Civil Liberties Union
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American Conservative Union
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Americans for Tax Reform
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National Education Association
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MoveOn.org
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National Rifle Association
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Senator Marco Rubio
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National Right to Life Committee
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People for the American Way
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PETA
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Americans for Prosperity
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Media Matters
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Media Research Center
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Reason Magazine
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Congressman Paul Ryan
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Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi
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Focus on the Family
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Center for American Progress
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Tea Party Movement
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ACORN
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Mark Levin
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George Soros
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P.T. Bridgeport
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Senator Jim DeMint
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Koch Industries
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Campaign for Liberty
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Senator Rand Paul
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