Communitarians are those in the bottom quadrant and outside the center ring but at least 26 points from the bottom 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
25.5%	2333	24.3%	84.7	NO! Private gun ownership is too dangerous. (The 2nd Amendment is an obsolete relic from frontier days.)	0
23.1%	2181	22.7%	82.1	No. Ban private handguns. Carefully control hunting weapons.	24
33.5%	3371	35.1%	77.2	OK, but require registration and background checks.	50
11.5%	1113	11.6%	80.0	Yes. Legal handguns actually prevent crime, save lives, and give women equality. (And registration requirements are a dangerous slippery slope.)	75
6.5%	598	6.2%	84.1	YES! Private MILITARY arms are the last bastion against tyranny. (And gun registration is a dangerous slippery slope)	100
100%	9596	100%	80.9	Total	37.4

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
45.2%	4076	42.5%	77.6	Yes! It is high time that the US implement an Industrial Policy, guiding industries to our national purpose.	0
22.3%	2126	22.2%	73.4	Yes. The Freedom to Farm Act and free trade with Mexico have hurt too many workers. Repeal them.	27
20.2%	2115	22.0%	66.8	Some. The current amount of support for distressed industries is about right.	52
8.4%	871	9.1%	67.9	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
4.0%	408	4.3%	68.6	NO! Giving taxpayer money to favored industries is theft, pure and simple! Eliminate all subsidies, quotas and protective tariffs.	100
100%	9596	100%	73.0	Total	27.0

Education		Should the public schools be privatized?
ECONOMIC
Weighted Percent	Number	Unweighted Percent	Average Weight	Answer Text	Answer Score
57.0%	5380	56.1%	92.6	NO! We need to extend the public schools to day care and college.	0
33.6%	3257	33.9%	90.3	No. We need continued government ownership of schools. (Reform is possible.)	45
5.7%	570	5.9%	87.4	Yes. Replace government-owned schools with government-provided vouchers for everyone.	60
1.8%	180	1.9%	85.5	Yes! Government vouchers for the poor only. (Let the middle and upper classes write their own checks.)	80
2.0%	209	2.2%	83.7	YES! Complete separation of education and state. (Let churches and other charities educate the poor.)	100
100%	9596	100%	91.2	Total	21.9

Social Security		Should Social Security be phased out?
ECONOMIC
Weighted Percent	Number	Unweighted Percent	Average Weight	Answer Text	Answer Score
36.9%	3374	35.2%	83.3	NO! All we have to do is start investing the Social Security trust fund in the stock market.	0
22.0%	2078	21.7%	80.9	NO! Raise taxes as necessary when the baby boomers retire.	20
21.1%	2064	21.5%	77.9	No, but pay down the national debt now, before the baby boomers retire.	50
7.3%	774	8.1%	71.6	Some. Ramp up the retirement age so the average number of years for receiving government checks is brought back down to 5.	60
4.0%	395	4.1%	76.5	Yes. Replace Social Security with a purely aged-based MINIMUM income (comparable to current minimum Social Security payouts) funded out of general revenues.	68
4.9%	496	5.2%	75.1	Yes. Replace Social Security with a forced savings plan for the young.	76
4.0%	415	4.3%	72.7	YES! Complete separation of retirement and state. Let people plan their own retirement.	100
100%	9596	100%	79.5	Total	29.7

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
35.3%	3239	33.8%	83.4	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
32.6%	3069	32.0%	81.2	Yes! Workplace equality has not yet been achieved. Clearly more action is required.	20
16.8%	1733	18.1%	74.2	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
8.8%	900	9.4%	75.3	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
6.5%	655	6.8%	76.5	NO! Hiring and working should be purely voluntary activities. (The marketplace will punish discriminators.)	100
100%	9596	100%	79.8	Total	27.4

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
40.3%	3797	39.6%	84.5	NO! Government is too small. There are vital programs that are under-funded.	0
27.0%	2651	27.6%	80.8	No. Government is about the right size.	40
22.5%	2167	22.6%	82.5	Yes. Cut by 10-20% (eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse...).	55
3.9%	367	3.8%	83.7	Yes! Cut significantly, 30-40%.	65
2.3%	214	2.2%	84.3	Yes! Cut spending roughly in half.	75
2.4%	232	2.4%	82.4	YES! Cut 70% or more. (The rightful function of government is to protect our borders and enforce laws protecting life, liberty and property.)	86
1.7%	168	1.8%	79.6	YES!! Taxation is theft! Government should be run from voluntary contributions and user fees only.	100
100%	9596	100%	82.8	Total	31.1

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
42.9%	3842	40.0%	79.4	Everyone should have the experience of two years of "National Service" (can be non-military).	0
22.1%	2200	22.9%	71.5	No draft now, but keep draft registration.	50
20.1%	2114	22.0%	67.8	Under extreme circumstances a draft could be acceptable. However, we do not need draft registration now.	70
7.4%	712	7.4%	73.4	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
7.5%	728	7.6%	73.5	The draft is slavery and therefore morally unacceptable. A country that needs a draft to defend itself deserves to lose.	100
100%	9596	100%	74.1	Total	38.6

Censorship		Should the FCC regulate the content of broadcast television?
PERSONAL
Weighted Percent	Number	Unweighted Percent	Average Weight	Answer Text	Answer Score
30.9%	2752	28.7%	80.1	Yes! The government should own the air waves. We need a system like the BBC.	0
42.9%	3947	41.1%	77.6	Yes. We need less sex, less violence, and/or more "educational" TV.	25
14.9%	1592	16.6%	66.8	Yes. The current level of FCC power is about right.	50
7.5%	862	9.0%	62.4	No. Let broadcasters choose content and format. Only require that they scramble the really rude stuff.	76
3.7%	443	4.6%	59.8	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%	9596	100%	74.3	Total	27.6

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
37.4%	3046	31.7%	82.8	Yes! It is time to actually enforce laws against sex out of wedlock and certain "deviant" acts.	0
18.7%	1705	17.8%	73.9	Yes. Time to enforce the laws against certain "deviant" acts.	25
9.6%	901	9.4%	71.8	Yes. Time to enforce the laws against sex out of wedlock.	30
11.7%	1258	13.1%	62.7	Well, keep current sodomy and fornication laws on the books to make a statement, but don't enforce them.	50
12.2%	1452	15.1%	56.7	No. Sodomy and fornication laws are unenforceable and obsolete. Take them off the books.	76
10.4%	1234	12.9%	56.6	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%	9596	100%	70.2	Total	33.1

Drugs		Should the War on Drugs continue?
PERSONAL
Weighted Percent	Number	Unweighted Percent	Average Weight	Answer Text	Answer Score
66.5%	5951	62.0%	89.3	YES! And we need to redouble our efforts! More life sentences! More mandatory drug tests! More no-knock warrants!	0
15.8%	1583	16.5%	79.6	Yes! Continue on our present course.	44
7.0%	761	7.9%	73.1	Well yes, but obey the Constitution. Repeal civil asset forfeiture and/or lessen some of the more outrageous punishments.	59
8.8%	1049	10.9%	66.8	No. Legalize the safer drugs such as marijuana. Tax and regulate them like liquor.	81
2.1%	252	2.6%	65.7	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%	9596	100%	83.4	Total	20.2

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
58.7%	5354	55.8%	87.7	Illegal immigration is a serious problem. Institute a national ID for everyone.	0
25.5%	2493	26.0%	81.8	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
7.1%	806	8.4%	70.5	Keep the current system more or less.	50
4.2%	472	4.9%	71.4	Keep the immigration quotas but keep our Constitutional rights also. Eliminate the proof of legal residency requirement to get a job.	72
4.5%	471	4.9%	75.7	Immigrants are a blessing to this country. Open the gates! Just require that they pay their own way.	100
100%	9596	100%	83.4	Total	21.2

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