Conservative-Leaning Centrists are those in the Conservative quadrant but within the center circle.

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Guns Should the Second Amendment stay in force?
ECONOMIC
Weighted PercentNumberUnweighted
Percent
Average
Weight
Answer TextAnswer Score
1.8% 259 1.7% 83.3 NO! Private gun ownership is too dangerous. (The 2nd Amendment is an obsolete relic from frontier days.) 0
5.0% 788 5.1% 76.8 No. Ban private handguns. Carefully control hunting weapons. 24
43.4% 7122 46.1% 74.2 OK, but require registration and background checks. 50
37.3% 5516 35.7% 82.3 Yes. Legal handguns actually prevent crime, save lives, and give women equality. (And registration requirements are a dangerous slippery slope.) 75
12.6% 1759 11.4% 87.0 YES! Private MILITARY arms are the last bastion against tyranny. (And gun registration is a dangerous slippery slope) 100
100% 15444 100% 78.8 Total63.4

Subsidies & Tariffs Should the government help certain "important" industries using subsidies, quotas, and/or tariffs?
ECONOMIC
Weighted PercentNumberUnweighted
Percent
Average
Weight
Answer TextAnswer Score
5.2% 774 5.0% 71.7 Yes! It is high time that the US implement an Industrial Policy, guiding industries to our national purpose. 0
10.1% 1586 10.3% 68.2 Yes. The Freedom to Farm Act and free trade with Mexico have hurt too many workers. Repeal them. 27
28.9% 4774 30.9% 64.8 Some. The current amount of support for distressed industries is about right. 52
45.0% 6760 43.8% 71.1 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
10.8% 1550 10.0% 74.1 NO! Giving taxpayer money to favored industries is theft, pure and simple! Eliminate all subsidies, quotas and protective tariffs. 100
100% 15444 100% 69.2 Total63.2

Education Should the public schools be privatized?
ECONOMIC
Weighted PercentNumberUnweighted
Percent
Average
Weight
Answer TextAnswer Score
6.0% 903 5.8% 89.6 NO! We need to extend the public schools to day care and college. 0
52.8% 8139 52.7% 88.1 No. We need continued government ownership of schools. (Reform is possible.) 45
28.8% 4477 29.0% 87.6 Yes. Replace government-owned schools with government-provided vouchers for everyone. 60
8.8% 1353 8.8% 88.5 Yes! Government vouchers for the poor only. (Let the middle and upper classes write their own checks.) 80
3.6% 572 3.7% 86.2 YES! Complete separation of education and state. (Let churches and other charities educate the poor.) 100
100% 15444 100% 88.0 Total51.7

Social Security Should Social Security be phased out?
ECONOMIC
Weighted PercentNumberUnweighted
Percent
Average
Weight
Answer TextAnswer Score
5.3% 808 5.2% 79.0 NO! All we have to do is start investing the Social Security trust fund in the stock market. 0
2.4% 361 2.3% 81.0 NO! Raise taxes as necessary when the baby boomers retire. 20
28.6% 4351 28.2% 78.6 No, but pay down the national debt now, before the baby boomers retire. 50
18.5% 3033 19.6% 72.8 Some. Ramp up the retirement age so the average number of years for receiving government checks is brought back down to 5. 60
12.5% 1980 12.8% 75.6 Yes. Replace Social Security with a purely aged-based MINIMUM income (comparable to current minimum Social Security payouts) funded out of general revenues. 68
19.1% 2827 18.3% 80.5 Yes. Replace Social Security with a forced savings plan for the young. 76
13.5% 2084 13.5% 77.2 YES! Complete separation of retirement and state. Let people plan their own retirement. 100
100% 15444 100% 77.3 Total62.4

Workplace Should the government continue to regulate employment relations in the name of Civil Rights?
ECONOMIC
Weighted PercentNumberUnweighted
Percent
Average
Weight
Answer TextAnswer Score
5.0% 669 4.3% 84.1 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
8.0% 1185 7.7% 76.5 Yes! Workplace equality has not yet been achieved. Clearly more action is required. 20
26.9% 4266 27.6% 71.5 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
44.3% 6942 44.9% 72.3 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
15.8% 2382 15.4% 75.3 NO! Hiring and working should be purely voluntary activities. (The marketplace will punish discriminators.) 100
100% 15444 100% 73.4 Total64.3

Taxes & Spending Should the size of government be significantly reduced (over a period of time)?
ECONOMIC
Weighted PercentNumberUnweighted
Percent
Average
Weight
Answer TextAnswer Score
1.8% 388 2.5% 61.9 NO! Government is too small. There are vital programs that are under-funded. 0
10.5% 1740 11.3% 79.9 No. Government is about the right size. 40
44.1% 6839 44.3% 85.4 Yes. Cut by 10-20% (eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse...). 55
20.5% 3047 19.7% 88.9 Yes! Cut significantly, 30-40%. 65
11.2% 1649 10.7% 90.2 Yes! Cut spending roughly in half. 75
9.9% 1467 9.5% 89.7 YES! Cut 70% or more. (The rightful function of government is to protect our borders and enforce laws protecting life, liberty and property.) 86
2.0% 314 2.0% 82.3 YES!! Taxation is theft! Government should be run from voluntary contributions and user fees only. 100
100% 15444 100% 85.7 Total60.7

The Draft Should military service be voluntary, or should there be a draft?
PERSONAL
Weighted PercentNumberUnweighted
Percent
Average
Weight
Answer TextAnswer Score
22.2% 3188 20.6% 73.5 Everyone should have the experience of two years of "National Service" (can be non-military). 0
28.7% 4571 29.6% 66.3 No draft now, but keep draft registration. 50
34.2% 5484 35.5% 65.9 Under extreme circumstances a draft could be acceptable. However, we do not need draft registration now. 70
9.2% 1387 9.0% 69.8 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
5.6% 814 5.3% 73.0 The draft is slavery and therefore morally unacceptable. A country that needs a draft to defend itself deserves to lose. 100
100% 15444 100% 68.3 Total51.3

Censorship Should the FCC regulate the content of broadcast television?
PERSONAL
Weighted PercentNumberUnweighted
Percent
Average
Weight
Answer TextAnswer Score
3.6% 492 3.2% 77.8 Yes! The government should own the air waves. We need a system like the BBC. 0
34.8% 4916 31.8% 74.3 Yes. We need less sex, less violence, and/or more "educational" TV. 25
35.1% 5640 36.5% 65.4 Yes. The current level of FCC power is about right. 50
20.6% 3336 21.6% 65.0 No. Let broadcasters choose content and format. Only require that they scramble the really rude stuff. 76
5.8% 1060 6.9% 57.8 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% 15444 100% 68.0 Total47.8

Sex Should the government have laws regulating sex between consenting adults? Should they be enforced?
PERSONAL
Weighted PercentNumberUnweighted
Percent
Average
Weight
Answer TextAnswer Score
13.2% 1690 10.9% 76.3 Yes! It is time to actually enforce laws against sex out of wedlock and certain "deviant" acts. 0
16.4% 2225 14.4% 72.2 Yes. Time to enforce the laws against certain "deviant" acts. 25
15.1% 2110 13.7% 69.9 Yes. Time to enforce the laws against sex out of wedlock. 30
22.2% 3501 22.7% 62.0 Well, keep current sodomy and fornication laws on the books to make a statement, but don't enforce them. 50
22.3% 3970 25.7% 54.9 No. Sodomy and fornication laws are unenforceable and obsolete. Take them off the books. 76
10.9% 1948 12.6% 54.9 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% 15444 100% 63.4 Total47.5

Drugs Should the War on Drugs continue?
PERSONAL
Weighted PercentNumberUnweighted
Percent
Average
Weight
Answer TextAnswer Score
37.3% 5202 33.7% 86.6 YES! And we need to redouble our efforts! More life sentences! More mandatory drug tests! More no-knock warrants! 0
30.9% 4713 30.5% 79.1 Yes! Continue on our present course. 44
16.5% 2738 17.7% 72.7 Well yes, but obey the Constitution. Repeal civil asset forfeiture and/or lessen some of the more outrageous punishments. 59
14.1% 2545 16.5% 66.7 No. Legalize the safer drugs such as marijuana. Tax and regulate them like liquor. 81
1.3% 246 1.6% 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% 15444 100% 78.2 Total36.0

Immigration Is illegal immigration a serious problem? Does it justify the cost and lost rights necessary to keep people out?
PERSONAL
Weighted PercentNumberUnweighted
Percent
Average
Weight
Answer TextAnswer Score
43.5% 6422 41.6% 89.5 Illegal immigration is a serious problem. Institute a national ID for everyone. 0
46.4% 7167 46.4% 85.6 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
6.2% 1168 7.6% 70.1 Keep the current system more or less. 50
2.4% 422 2.7% 74.4 Keep the immigration quotas but keep our Constitutional rights also. Eliminate the proof of legal residency requirement to get a job. 72
1.5% 265 1.7% 74.9 Immigrants are a blessing to this country. Open the gates! Just require that they pay their own way. 100
100% 15444 100% 85.6 Total24.9

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