Social Conservatives are those who are in the Conservative quadrant while being below the equator, and are outside the center ring but at least 26 points from the right corner.

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Guns		Should the Second Amendment stay in force?
ECONOMIC
Weighted Percent	Number	Unweighted Percent	Average Weight	Answer Text	Answer Score
3.7%	247	3.8%	81.0	NO! Private gun ownership is too dangerous. (The 2nd Amendment is an obsolete relic from frontier days.)	0
5.3%	351	5.4%	80.4	No. Ban private handguns. Carefully control hunting weapons.	24
31.5%	2208	34.1%	76.7	OK, but require registration and background checks.	50
33.7%	2133	32.9%	84.9	Yes. Legal handguns actually prevent crime, save lives, and give women equality. (And registration requirements are a dangerous slippery slope.)	75
25.8%	1540	23.8%	90.2	YES! Private MILITARY arms are the last bastion against tyranny. (And gun registration is a dangerous slippery slope)	100
100%	6479	100%	83.0	Total	68.1

Subsidies & Tariffs		Should the government help certain "important" industries using subsidies, quotas, and/or tariffs?
ECONOMIC
Weighted Percent	Number	Unweighted Percent	Average Weight	Answer Text	Answer Score
17.4%	1054	16.3%	77.7	Yes! It is high time that the US implement an Industrial Policy, guiding industries to our national purpose.	0
11.6%	771	11.9%	70.5	Yes. The Freedom to Farm Act and free trade with Mexico have hurt too many workers. Repeal them.	27
20.0%	1406	21.7%	66.9	Some. The current amount of support for distressed industries is about right.	52
34.7%	2260	34.9%	72.3	No. Subsidies keep inefficient industries in this country keeping us poorer in the long run. Limit subsidies to help out in short term crises only.	77
16.3%	988	15.2%	77.4	NO! Giving taxpayer money to favored industries is theft, pure and simple! Eliminate all subsidies, quotas and protective tariffs.	100
100%	6479	100%	72.6	Total	56.5

Education		Should the public schools be privatized?
ECONOMIC
Weighted Percent	Number	Unweighted Percent	Average Weight	Answer Text	Answer Score
8.1%	530	8.2%	86.8	NO! We need to extend the public schools to day care and college.	0
37.7%	2430	37.5%	87.7	No. We need continued government ownership of schools. (Reform is possible.)	45
30.6%	1979	30.5%	87.5	Yes. Replace government-owned schools with government-provided vouchers for everyone.	60
9.8%	634	9.8%	87.6	Yes! Government vouchers for the poor only. (Let the middle and upper classes write their own checks.)	80
13.7%	906	14.0%	85.4	YES! Complete separation of education and state. (Let churches and other charities educate the poor.)	100
100%	6479	100%	87.2	Total	56.9

Social Security		Should Social Security be phased out?
ECONOMIC
Weighted Percent	Number	Unweighted Percent	Average Weight	Answer Text	Answer Score
8.8%	553	8.5%	79.7	NO! All we have to do is start investing the Social Security trust fund in the stock market.	0
2.9%	186	2.9%	79.6	NO! Raise taxes as necessary when the baby boomers retire.	20
20.2%	1300	20.1%	78.0	No, but pay down the national debt now, before the baby boomers retire.	50
12.8%	898	13.9%	71.4	Some. Ramp up the retirement age so the average number of years for receiving government checks is brought back down to 5.	60
10.1%	674	10.4%	75.2	Yes. Replace Social Security with a purely aged-based MINIMUM income (comparable to current minimum Social Security payouts) funded out of general revenues.	68
21.1%	1330	20.5%	79.5	Yes. Replace Social Security with a forced savings plan for the young.	76
24.1%	1538	23.7%	78.8	YES! Complete separation of retirement and state. Let people plan their own retirement.	100
100%	6479	100%	77.5	Total	65.4

Workplace		Should the government continue to regulate employment relations in the name of Civil Rights?
ECONOMIC
Weighted Percent	Number	Unweighted Percent	Average Weight	Answer Text	Answer Score
8.0%	491	7.6%	78.7	YES! A job is a right. The burden of proof lies on the employer to fire anyone. All firings should be subject to judicial review.	0
6.1%	394	6.1%	75.4	Yes! Workplace equality has not yet been achieved. Clearly more action is required.	20
15.8%	1087	16.8%	70.4	Yes. About what it is now. (Sure, some of the lawsuits are ridiculous, but it takes dire threats to bring certain employers into line.)	44
38.2%	2516	38.8%	73.6	No. The penalties for discrimination and/or offending people have gotten way out of line. The loss of a job is worth a few months' pay in damages at most.	79
31.8%	1991	30.7%	77.4	NO! Hiring and working should be purely voluntary activities. (The marketplace will punish discriminators.)	100
100%	6479	100%	74.7	Total	70.2

Taxes & Spending		Should the size of government be significantly reduced (over a period of time)?
ECONOMIC
Weighted Percent	Number	Unweighted Percent	Average Weight	Answer Text	Answer Score
6.3%	419	6.5%	83.5	NO! Government is too small. There are vital programs that are under-funded.	0
10.0%	702	10.8%	79.4	No. Government is about the right size.	40
31.0%	2033	31.4%	85.0	Yes. Cut by 10-20% (eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse...).	55
18.5%	1167	18.0%	88.5	Yes! Cut significantly, 30-40%.	65
12.6%	779	12.0%	90.6	Yes! Cut spending roughly in half.	75
15.3%	955	14.7%	89.6	YES! Cut 70% or more. (The rightful function of government is to protect our borders and enforce laws protecting life, liberty and property.)	86
6.4%	424	6.5%	83.8	YES!! Taxation is theft! Government should be run from voluntary contributions and user fees only.	100
100%	6479	100%	86.2	Total	62.0

The Draft		Should military service be voluntary, or should there be a draft?
PERSONAL
Weighted Percent	Number	Unweighted Percent	Average Weight	Answer Text	Answer Score
52.2%	3086	47.6%	80.3	Everyone should have the experience of two years of "National Service" (can be non-military).	0
23.4%	1635	25.2%	68.0	No draft now, but keep draft registration.	50
16.8%	1241	19.2%	64.5	Under extreme circumstances a draft could be acceptable. However, we do not need draft registration now.	70
5.4%	366	5.6%	70.0	In times of crisis the problem is not lack of volunteers; the problem is lack of a prepared populace. Add military training to the basic high school curriculum and make training camps available without further obligation.	80
2.1%	151	2.3%	66.5	The draft is slavery and therefore morally unacceptable. A country that needs a draft to defend itself deserves to lose.	100
100%	6479	100%	73.3	Total	29.9

Censorship		Should the FCC regulate the content of broadcast television?
PERSONAL
Weighted Percent	Number	Unweighted Percent	Average Weight	Answer Text	Answer Score
22.5%	1283	19.8%	84.9	Yes! The government should own the air waves. We need a system like the BBC.	0
53.0%	3330	51.4%	77.0	Yes. We need less sex, less violence, and/or more "educational" TV.	25
15.9%	1191	18.4%	64.6	Yes. The current level of FCC power is about right.	50
6.6%	511	7.9%	62.3	No. Let broadcasters choose content and format. Only require that they scramble the really rude stuff.	76
2.0%	164	2.5%	60.0	No! Any government censorship is intolerable. Give broadcasters the same freedoms of expression enjoyed by publishers of books and magazines -- including how much sex, violence and crude language.	100
100%	6479	100%	74.7	Total	28.2

Sex		Should the government have laws regulating sex between consenting adults? Should they be enforced?
PERSONAL
Weighted Percent	Number	Unweighted Percent	Average Weight	Answer Text	Answer Score
49.2%	2764	42.7%	85.5	Yes! It is time to actually enforce laws against sex out of wedlock and certain "deviant" acts.	0
21.1%	1352	20.9%	74.9	Yes. Time to enforce the laws against certain "deviant" acts.	25
11.0%	731	11.3%	72.3	Yes. Time to enforce the laws against sex out of wedlock.	30
9.8%	799	12.3%	58.7	Well, keep current sodomy and fornication laws on the books to make a statement, but don't enforce them.	50
6.5%	592	9.1%	52.7	No. Sodomy and fornication laws are unenforceable and obsolete. Take them off the books.	76
2.4%	241	3.7%	47.8	NO! The government has no right to regulate sex between consenting adults. Take all such laws off the books, including laws against prostitution.	100
100%	6479	100%	74.1	Total	20.8

Drugs		Should the War on Drugs continue?
PERSONAL
Weighted Percent	Number	Unweighted Percent	Average Weight	Answer Text	Answer Score
85.7%	5395	83.3%	89.2	YES! And we need to redouble our efforts! More life sentences! More mandatory drug tests! More no-knock warrants!	0
8.7%	623	9.6%	78.4	Yes! Continue on our present course.	44
2.9%	223	3.4%	72.2	Well yes, but obey the Constitution. Repeal civil asset forfeiture and/or lessen some of the more outrageous punishments.	59
2.3%	202	3.1%	63.0	No. Legalize the safer drugs such as marijuana. Tax and regulate them like liquor.	81
0.4%	36	0.6%	65.2	No! Legalize all recreational drugs for adult use. (What you take is none of the government's business as long as you handle your 'high' responsibly.)	100
100%	6479	100%	86.6	Total	7.8

Immigration		Is illegal immigration a serious problem? Does it justify the cost and lost rights necessary to keep people out?
PERSONAL
Weighted Percent	Number	Unweighted Percent	Average Weight	Answer Text	Answer Score
69.6%	4422	68.3%	91.1	Illegal immigration is a serious problem. Institute a national ID for everyone.	0
27.4%	1812	28.0%	87.6	Illegal immigration is a serious problem, but the solution is more border patrol and/or use of the military to guard the borders better.	40
1.8%	152	2.3%	69.0	Keep the current system more or less.	50
0.5%	45	0.7%	68.0	Keep the immigration quotas but keep our Constitutional rights also. Eliminate the proof of legal residency requirement to get a job.	72
0.6%	48	0.7%	70.2	Immigrants are a blessing to this country. Open the gates! Just require that they pay their own way.	100
100%	6479	100%	89.3	Total	12.8

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