Here are your answers compared to this voter’s answers.
Social › LGBT Adoption Rights
ed>ed Personal answerYes, as long as they pass the same background checks as straight couples |
Social › Abortion
ed>ed Personal answerPro-choice, and providing birth control, sex education, and more social services will help reduce the number of abortions |
Social › Gay Marriage
ed>ed Personal answerNo, allow civil unions but don’t call it marriage |
the Economy › Equal Pay
ed>ed Personal answerYes, but only if other factors are equal, such as experience, qualifications, etc. |
Domestic Policy › Gun Control
ed>ed Personal answerYes |
Crime › Police Body Cameras
ed>ed Personal answerYes, this will protect the safety and rights of police officers and citizens |
Healthcare › Drug Price Regulation
ed>ed Personal answerPossibly, but certainly the government should be able to negotiate prices with drug companies. |
Healthcare › Pre-Existing Conditions
ed>ed Personal answerNo |
Social › Gun Buyback
ed>ed Personal answerYes |
Social › Gender Transition
ed>ed Personal answerNo, children should not be allowed to make irreversible life decisions |
Social › Gender Identity
ed>ed Personal answerYes, and the government should do more to protect minorities from discrimination |
Healthcare › Mental Health
ed>ed Personal answerYes, but only increase funding for personalized care instead of subsidizing pharmaceutical companies |
Social › Religious Freedom Act
ed>ed Personal answerNo |
Social › Transgender Athletes
ed>ed Personal answerYes, but only if their hormone levels are equivalent to those in the gender category in which they compete |
Immigration › Muslim Immigrant Ban
ed>ed Personal answerNo, banning immigrants based on their religion is unconstitutional |
Social › Planned Parenthood Funding
ed>ed Personal answerYes |
the Economy › Minimum Wage
ed>ed Personal answerYes |
Domestic Policy › Armed Teachers
ed>ed Personal answerNo |
the Environment › Climate Change
ed>ed Personal answerYes, and provide more incentives for alternative energy production |
the Economy › Paid Sick Leave
ed>ed Personal answerYes, and this should be covered by the one-payer health system which would relieve businesses of the employee medical costs they currently may have. |
Domestic Policy › Drug Policy
ed>ed Personal answerYes |
the Economy › Taxes
ed>ed Personal answerYes |
Domestic Policy › Muslim Surveillance
ed>ed Personal answerNo, this decision should be based on crime rates instead of race or religion |
Social › Racial Sensitivity Training
ed>ed Personal answerYes |
Education › Critical Race Theory in K-12 Education
ed>ed Personal answerYes, but only to seniors, after previously taken the "ordinary civics" courses,, and as a "Perfecting American Democracy" course. |
Elections › Foreign Lobbying
ed>ed Personal answerNo, foreign interests should not be able to buy the influence of our politicians |
Education › Free College for All
ed>ed Personal answerYes, but for only two years and at the community college equivalent amount of dollars, and then provide loans with a rate only that of inflation to third- and fourth-year students. |
Immigration › Immigration
ed>ed Personal answerYes, if they were born here |
Education › Student Loans
ed>ed Personal answerYes |
Social › Death Penalty
ed>ed Personal answerNo |
Immigration › Deporting Criminal Immigrants
ed>ed Personal answerNo, only if they have entered the country illegally |
Healthcare › Marijuana
ed>ed Personal answerYes, and legalize, tax, and regulate marijuana instead of criminalizing it |
Social › Hate Speech
ed>ed Personal answerYes, because I don’t trust the government to define the boundaries of hate speech |
Social › Government Mandates
ed>ed Personal answerYes |
Social › Confederate Flag
ed>ed Personal answerNo |
Domestic Policy › No-Fly List Gun Control
ed>ed Personal answerYes, but not until the no-fly list screening process is improved for accuracy and includes due process |
Domestic Policy › Supreme Court Reform
ed>ed Personal answerYes, and have judges over a certain age be placed in a pool of "standby" judges; the number of seats should also be increased so as to distribute workload. |
Social › Women in Combat
ed>ed Personal answerYes |
Immigration › Illegal Immigrant Detainment
ed>ed Personal answerNo, too many non-violent immigrants are being deported |
Healthcare › Medicaid
ed>ed Personal answerYes, but I prefer switching to a single payer healthcare system |
Science › Mandatory Vaccinations
ed>ed Personal answerYes |
Domestic Policy › Social Media Regulation
ed>ed Personal answerYes, social media companies should be subject to the same rules and regulations as apply to other "public airwaves" and "public forum" companies. |
Crime › Private Prisons
ed>ed Personal answerNo |
Crime › Qualified Immunity for Police
ed>ed Personal answerYes, but only for officers that have a clean record of no complaints |
Immigration › Border Security
ed>ed Personal answerNo, just enforce the current border policy |
the Environment › Alternative Energy
ed>ed Personal answerYes, the government should support more sustainable energy technologies |
Social › Gender Workplace Diversity
ed>ed Personal answerYes, and the government should do more to require diversity in the workplace |
Immigration › Immigration Healthcare
ed>ed Personal answerYes |
Immigration › Sanctuary Cities
ed>ed Personal answerYes |
Elections › Campaign Finance
ed>ed Personal answerYes, and corporations, if they are "people" should adhere to the same rules as "real" people. Unlimited donations to political PACs should be regulated with strict public donor disclosure. |
Healthcare › Single-Payer Healthcare
ed>ed Personal answerYes |
Elections › Voter Fraud
ed>ed Personal answerNo, and automatically register every citizen to vote when they turn 18 |
Immigration › Immigrant Laborers
ed>ed Personal answerYes, create a simple path to citizenship for immigrants with no criminal record |
the Environment › Alaska Wildlife Refuge
ed>ed Personal answerNo |
the Economy › Corporate Tax
ed>ed Personal answerKeep current rates but eliminate deductions and loop holes |
Social › Safe Spaces
ed>ed Personal answerYes, provide trigger warnings but students do not need safe spaces |
Domestic Policy › Patriot Act
ed>ed Personal answerNo, and pass strict laws prohibiting government surveillance without probable cause and a warrant |
the Economy › Government Spending
ed>ed Personal answerNo, focus on taxing wealthy and ending tax evasion; close loopholes and tax stock trades at one-tenth of one cent per share. |
Healthcare › COVID Employment Health Pass
ed>ed Personal answerYes, in the same way OSHA protects employee safety and health. |
Foreign Policy › NATO
ed>ed Personal answerYes |
Elections › Minimum Voting Age
ed>ed Personal answerNo |
Foreign Policy › Israel
ed>ed Personal answerYes |
Immigration › Border Wall
ed>ed Personal answerNo |
Domestic Policy › Net Neutrality
ed>ed Personal answerNo, this would allow them to remove competition, create artificial scarcity, and increase prices |
Immigration › Immigrant Assimilation
ed>ed Personal answerNo, but remove multilingual translations from government documents and services |
Healthcare › Medicaid Work Requirement
ed>ed Personal answerNo, it is hard to apply for a job if you are sick |
Domestic Policy › Gun Liability
ed>ed Personal answerYes |
Social › First Amendment
ed>ed Personal answerYes, but do not waste money removing existing references |
Domestic Policy › Congressional ban on stock trading
ed>ed Personal answerNo, and their investments should be held in a blind trust |
Crime › Defunding the Police
ed>ed Personal answerIncrease the size of the pie so that a generous slice can be allocated to social and community based programs and the police end need only be trimmed moderately. |
Crime › Solitary Confinement for Juveniles
ed>ed Personal answerYes, and we should create more social programs to help prevent and rehabilitate criminals |
Immigration › Citizenship Test
ed>ed Personal answerNo, most citizens couldn’t even pass a citizenship test |
Immigration › Skilled Immigrants
ed>ed Personal answerIncrease, our economy relies on businesses hiring the highest skilled workers at the lowest cost |
Elections › Right of Foreigners to Vote
ed>ed Personal answerNo |
Crime › Mandatory minimum prison sentences
ed>ed Personal answerYes, but only for drug dealers, not users |
Healthcare › Medicare Drug Prices
ed>ed Personal answerYes |
Healthcare › Safe Haven
ed>ed Personal answerYes, drug abuse should be treated as a health issue, not a criminal issue |
Domestic Policy › Affirmative Action
ed>ed Personal answerRegardless, we should create more social programs to address poverty |
Healthcare › Vaccine Mandates for Customers
ed>ed Personal answerYes, if customers are "in person" rather than remote or on-line. |
the Economy › Universal Basic Income
ed>ed Personal answerNo; the "Negative Income Tax" would be a more incentivized system. |
Foreign Policy › Ukraine
ed>ed Personal answerNo, unless American lives are threatened and military force is necessary to rescue them. |
the Economy › Welfare
ed>ed Personal answerFewer, and ensure benefits go to those that need it most |
Domestic Policy › Flag Burning
ed>ed Personal answerNo |
Crime › Demilitarize the Police
ed>ed Personal answerNo, extreme situations should be handled by higher agencies with specialized training and equipment |
the Economy › Labor Unions
ed>ed Personal answerHelp |
the Economy › Welfare Drug Testing
ed>ed Personal answerNo, only if they have a criminal history related to drug abuse |
Elections › Campaign Finance
ed>ed Personal answerNo, but allow donations from unions and non-profits |
the Economy › Economic Stimulus
ed>ed Personal answerYes, the government should intervene to boost a recovery |
the Environment › Dakota Access Pipeline
ed>ed Personal answerYes |
the Economy › Capital Gains Tax
ed>ed Personal answerYes, at the normal income tax rates, and after adjusting for inflation from the date of purchase, such that less than one year means no adjustment. |
the Environment › Oil Drilling
ed>ed Personal answerNo |
Immigration › In-State Tuition
ed>ed Personal answerYes, as long as they pay taxes |
Education › Common Core
ed>ed Personal answerYes, I support the concept but not the current implementation |
Healthcare › World Health Organization
ed>ed Personal answerYes |
Foreign Policy › United Nations
ed>ed Personal answerYes |
Elections › Candidate Transparency
ed>ed Personal answerYes |
Healthcare › Obamacare
ed>ed Personal answerYes, but a mandatory single payer system would be even better |
the Environment › Fracking
ed>ed Personal answerNo, we should pursue more sustainable energy resources instead |
Elections › Lobbyists
ed>ed Personal answerYes |
the Economy › Overtime Pay
ed>ed Personal answerYes, and the government should do more to protect workers’ rights |
Domestic Policy › Eminent Domain
ed>ed Personal answerYes, but only for public projects which benefit the community and with fair compensation. |
Elections › Electoral College
ed>ed Personal answerNo, but switch to a ranked voting system and ensure all citizens are allowed to vote. |
Foreign Policy › Military Spending
ed>ed Personal answerDecrease |
Crime › Collective Bargaining
ed>ed Personal answerNo |
Science › Nuclear Energy
ed>ed Personal answerYes |
the Environment › Animal Testing
ed>ed Personal answerYes, but not for cosmetics |
Crime › Drug Trafficking Penalties
ed>ed Personal answerNo, I do not believe in the death penalty |
Foreign Policy › Torture
ed>ed Personal answerNo |
Elections › Criminal Politicians
ed>ed Personal answerYes |
Foreign Policy › Foreign Aid
ed>ed Personal answerI am satisfied with the current amount of spending |
Healthcare › VA Privatization
ed>ed Personal answerLess, we should increase funding to improve the current system instead |
Education › School Vouchers
ed>ed Personal answerYes, but only to schools which have been operating at least ten years with no government subsidy so as to eliminate pop-up and fly-by-night for-profit organizations. |
Foreign Policy › Drones
ed>ed Personal answerNo, only to gather intelligence, not to kill suspected terrorists |
Science › GMO Labels
ed>ed Personal answerYes, I trust the science of responsible food engineering but I don’t trust the motives of the food companies selling them |
Foreign Policy › Taliban Financial Aid
ed>ed Personal answerNot if they are still generally, not just by us, recognized as a "terrorist" organization. |
Crime › Prison Overcrowding
ed>ed Personal answerYes, but they must perform community service on a daily basis |
Education › Universal Pre-K
ed>ed Personal answerYes |
Housing › Homeless Encampments
ed>ed Personal answerNo |
Transportation › Public Transportation
ed>ed Personal answerYes, but only if the spending goes towards environmentally friendly solutions |
the Economy › Estate Tax
ed>ed Personal answerNo, and increase it at a progressive rate with exceptions for a "small" family farms or business to be taxed at a somewhat lower rate. |
Education › Charter Schools
ed>ed Personal answerNo |
Foreign Policy › Ukraine and Nato
ed>ed Personal answerNot necessarily. It's complicated. We probably shouldn't admit Georgia or Azerbaijan. |
Immigration › Dual Citizenship
ed>ed Personal answerYes, unless they have committed a crime |
Crime › Criminal Voting Rights
ed>ed Personal answerYes |
the Environment › Plastic Product Ban
ed>ed Personal answerNo, but increase tax incentives for companies that make biodegradable products |
National Security › Military Congressional Approval
ed>ed Personal answerNo; there exists the imminent/immediate threat authority, but there should be as short time after which congress must authorize any conflict with a sunset provision . |
Foreign Policy › Terrorism
ed>ed Personal answerYes, constitutional rights are really just our codification of human rights and until proven otherwise, they are still human. |
the Environment › Paris Climate Agreement
ed>ed Personal answerNo |
the Economy › Tech Monopolies
ed>ed Personal answerYes, if companies violate the Sherman and Clayton acts, they should face the consequences. |
National Security › Foreign Assassination
ed>ed Personal answerNo, capture, interrogate, and imprison them instead |
Science › Space Exploration
ed>ed Personal answerYes |
Foreign Policy › NATO
ed>ed Personal answerYes, and refusing to defend other NATO countries sets a dangerous precedent for the balance of global power |
the Economy › Domestic Jobs
ed>ed Personal answerNo, but drastically increase taxes and import tariffs on outsourcing businesses |
the Economy › NAFTA
ed>ed Personal answerYes |
Education › Open for Learning Recovery Benefit Program
ed>ed Personal answerYes |
Domestic Policy › Juneteenth
ed>ed Personal answerYes |
Domestic Policy › Political Advertising on Social Media
ed>ed Personal answerNo, but they should be required to distinguish them from "normal" content.in a distinctly clear manner. |
the Economy › Offshore Banking
ed>ed Personal answerNo |
Foreign Policy › India Arms
ed>ed Personal answerYes |
Domestic Policy › Edward Snowden
ed>ed Personal answerYes, he should be protected under the Whistleblower Protection Act |
Foreign Policy › NSA Surveillance
ed>ed Personal answerYes, surveillance of all foreign countries is essential to tracking potential terrorist threats |
Foreign Policy › Cuba
ed>ed Personal answerYes |
Foreign Policy › Jerusalem
ed>ed Personal answerNo, and foreign governments should not move their embassies there |
Education › School Truancy
ed>ed Personal answerYes |
the Environment › Corporate Subsidies
ed>ed Personal answerNo, but punish them for moving jobs out of the country |
Foreign Policy › F-35
ed>ed Personal answerNo |
Domestic Policy › Air Force One
ed>ed Personal answerMaybe; more information from qualified sources about the necessity is required. |
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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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