<p>I'm doing a political belief survey for AP U.S. Government. It would really help me out if you could take it. The survey is posted below. If you are willing to take it, please take it seriously. You can either post your answers, PM them, or email them to <a href="mailto:asb41281@yahoo.com">asb41281@yahoo.com</a> When you respond with your answers, number them 1-14, without the questions.<br>
Thanks very much.</p>
<ol>
<li><p>The problem with our country is the government. If only it got out of our way, we’d all be better off.
Strongly Agree Agree No Opinion
Disagree Strongly Disagree</p></li>
<li><p>Problems like health care, poverty, and education are better solved through government programs than the free market.
Strongly Agree Agree No Opinion
Disagree Strongly Disagree</p></li>
<li><p>Religion has no place in politics. The two should be kept completely separate.
Strongly Agree Agree No Opinion
Disagree Strongly Disagree</p></li>
</ol>
<ol>
<li><p>Every person has a fundamental right to a well-paying job, adequate food, a decent home, adequate health care, and a good education.
Strongly Agree Agree No Opinion
Disagree Strongly Disagree</p></li>
<li><p>When people fail in life, it’s their own fault and their responsibility to dig themselves out.
Strongly Agree Agree No Opinion
Disagree Strongly Disagree</p></li>
<li><p>The poor need a safety net to fall back on.
Strongly Agree Agree No Opinion
Disagree Strongly Disagree</p></li>
<li><p>The free market will take care of most things, and as a result, the government should stay out of the marketplace as much as possible.
Strongly Agree Agree No Opinion
Disagree Strongly Disagree</p></li>
</ol>
<ol>
<li><p>Immigrants help make our country economically, socially, and ethnically stronger. They strengthen American values and should be welcomed in to our country.
Strongly Agree Agree No Opinion
Disagree Strongly Disagree</p></li>
<li><p>When it comes to abortion and stem cell research, I am pro-life.
Strongly Agree Agree No Opinion
Disagree Strongly Disagree</p></li>
<li><p>Homosexuals should have the same rights as married couples (including marriage).
Strongly Agree Agree No Opinion
Disagree Strongly Disagree</p></li>
<li><p>No matter what the cost, the government should protect the environment.
Strongly Agree Agree No Opinion
Disagree Strongly Disagree</p></li>
</ol>
<ol>
<li><p>Political power should be concentrated in state and local governments rather than the federal government.<br>
Strongly Agree Agree No Opinion
Disagree Strongly Disagree</p></li>
<li><p>In the last few elections, you’ve tended to (would have) vote(d) for:
Democrats Republicans Independents Libertarians Socialists Green Party</p></li>
<li><p>You consider yourself:
Very Liberal Liberal Independent Conservative Very Conservative</p></li>
</ol>
<p>1 strongly disagree
2 Agree
3 strongly agree
4 Agree
5 Agree
6 Agree
7 No Opinion
8 Strongly Agree
9 Disagree (it depends on the situation)
10 agree
11 agree
12 agree
13 democrats
14 idk</p>
<ol>
<li>Disagree</li>
<li>Agree</li>
<li>Agree</li>
<li>Disagree</li>
<li>No Opinion</li>
<li>Agree</li>
<li>Disagree</li>
<li>Agree</li>
<li>Disagree</li>
<li>No Opinion</li>
<li>Disagree</li>
<li>Agree</li>
<li>Democrats</li>
<li>Liberal</li>
</ol>
<p>Thanks a lot guys. I really appreciate it!</p>
<p>Keep 'em coming</p>
<p>From an AP Stats kid to an AP Gov kid:
This survey suffers from
1) Voluntary-response bias
2) Convenience sampling
3) CollegeConfidential not being remotely a simple random sample of Americans
4) Response bias -- leading questions</p>
<p>But if your teacher's not that strict with statistical principles, I'll contribute to the cause:</p>
<p>1) No Opinion (define better off...and is it necessarily a good thing if the people are better off?)
2) No Opinion (I don't have a degree in economics)
3) No Opinion (I'll tell you when I get a religion)
4) No Opinion (I have no idea, check back when I get a system of beliefs)
5) No Opinion (depends on if man has free will)
6) No Opinion (I have no clue what a poor person may or may not need, nor if they all need the same things. Perhaps <em>if</em> they want to survive they'll need certain things from the government. But that's a "maybe.")
7) No Opinion (don't ask me any "should" questions)
8) No Opinion (is it more important to serve country, humanity, or something else?)
9) No Opinion
10) No Opinion
11) No Opinion (again, I'm amoral)
12) No Opinion (to what ends?)
13) Socialists (I was a bizarre 8th grader)
14) Independent</p>
<ol>
<li>Strongly Disagree</li>
<li>Disagree. Government programs haven't been helping at all.</li>
<li>Disagree. No matter what anyone says, their religion has had some influence on their personal beliefs, especially anything in terms of morals. It's hard to ignore that. Plus a lot of people follow religions that require they vote according to what the church teaches.</li>
<li>Disagree. Except for the education part. Without an education people cannot get the other things. I don't think handing the other things to people would solve any problems. And the people who work hard would end up getting lazy since everything can just be handed to them anyways.</li>
<li>Strongly Agree. No one has been there to dig me out!</li>
<li>No opinion.</li>
<li>Disagree</li>
<li>Disagree.</li>
<li>Strongly Agree.</li>
<li>Strongly Disagree. Though I support civil unions that provide them with the same legal rights as married couples without the marriage title.</li>
<li>Agree.</li>
<li>Disagree.</li>
<li>Uhm... Republican since it's a major one, though it's not really what I consider myself anymore.</li>
<li>Very Conservative.</li>
</ol>
<p>Fizix...I was just about to say something similar to what you said about the biasness of the survey, but you beat me to it. : ) I'll answer anyway, because I don't really have anything to do at the moment.</p>
<p>1.Disagree
2. Strongly Agree
3. Strongly Agree<br>
4. Strongly Agree
5. No Opinion
6. Agree
7. Disagree
8. Strongly Agree
9. Strongly Disagree
10. No Opinion
11. No Opinion
12. Disagree
13. Independents or Green Party
14. Liberal or Independent</p>
<p>Of course, it is easy to criticize the method of research until you are asked for a better one. ;)</p>
<p>1.Strongly Disagree
2.Disagree
3.Strongly Agree
4.Strongly Agree
5.No opinion
6. Agree
7. Agree
8. Strongly Agree
9. No Opinion
10. Strongly Agree
11. Strongly Agree
12. Strongly Agree
13. Black People dont vote right? nah, Democrats
14. Liberal</p>
<ol>
<li>agree</li>
<li>strongly disagree</li>
<li>strongly agree</li>
<li>strongly disagree</li>
<li>strongly agree</li>
<li>STONGLY DISAGREE. haha</li>
<li>agree</li>
<li>agree</li>
<li>disagree</li>
<li>agree</li>
<li>strongly disagree</li>
<li>agree</li>
<li>republicans/ libertarians</li>
<li>economically very conservative, socially slightly conservative... so overall conservative?</li>
</ol>
<p>1 Disagree
2 Agree
3 No Opinion
4 Agree
5 Agree
6 Agree
7 Agree
8 Agree
9 Disagree
10 Disagree
11 No Opinion
12 Agree
13 Democrats
14 Independent</p>
<p>I was going to mention the violations of a proper survey (as an AP Stat student), but others have seemed to beat me to it.</p>
<ol>
<li>strongly disagree</li>
<li>strongly agree</li>
<li>agree</li>
<li>agree (qualified; only if they're willing to work for it)</li>
<li>strongly agree</li>
<li>agree</li>
<li>disagree</li>
<li>strongly aree (qualified; as long as they're not illegal)</li>
<li>no opinion</li>
<li>strongly agree</li>
<li>strongly agree</li>
<li>strongly disagree</li>
<li>Democrats (but I wasn't of voting age then)</li>
<li>Liberal</li>
</ol>
<ol>
<li>disagree</li>
<li>disagree</li>
<li>disagree</li>
<li>agree</li>
<li>no opinion</li>
<li>no opinion</li>
<li>agree</li>
<li>no opinion (I agree with parts of the statement but not others)</li>
<li>strongly agree</li>
<li>strongly disagree</li>
<li>no opinion</li>
<li>agree</li>
<li>Republicans</li>
<li>Conservative</li>
</ol>
<ol>
<li>Strongly agree</li>
<li>Disagree</li>
<li>Strongly agree<br></li>
<li>Agree</li>
<li>Agree</li>
<li>Agree</li>
<li>Agree</li>
<li>Strongly Agree</li>
<li>I support abortion rights and I support stem cell research.</li>
<li>Strongly Agree
11.Disagree</li>
<li>I couldn't vote. But mostly democrat, since it's really a two-party system.</li>
<li>Independent-libertarian</li>
</ol>
<ol>
<li><p>Strongly Disagree- The government was set up for a reason. There are activities such as the economy and religion in which the government should stay out as much as possible while activities/institutions such as military and order should be centralized. </p></li>
<li><p>Disagree- Private companies are usually much more efficient and proactive in their objectives. That's why the government usually offers contracts to private companies to fulfill a role. I'd rather have a government oversight over private companies that deals with these problems. Then again, the government might slow down the company with red tapes and procedures.</p></li>
<li><p>Strongly Disagree- That will have to depend on which country you're talking about. For the United States, I would partially agree although I have to accept the fact that since religion is a facet in many people's lives and thinking, it is inevitable that religion does have an influence in the government. Heck, from the AP History class, the "separation of church and state" was more to prevent incursion of the government against the church; not vice versa as it seems today.</p></li>
<li><p>Strongly Disagree- I don't even need to explain this. The government ain't their mothers.</p></li>
<li><p>Strongly Agree- See #4</p></li>
<li><p>Agree- Let them have the safety net, but cut it loose after certain number of months have passed.</p></li>
<li><p>Agree- I agree IF it strongly upholds the "as much as possible" part of that statement.</p></li>
<li><p>Agree</p></li>
<li><p>Strongly Disagree- Actually, I would more let the states decide for themselves.</p></li>
<li><p>No opinion- Let the states decide</p></li>
<li><p>Strongly Disagree- "No matter what the cost"? the hell?</p></li>
<li><p>Disagree- That really goes against the reason the Constitution was created: The creation of a strong federal government that shares or divides power with the state and local governments: We'll be going back to Articles of Confederation here.</p></li>
<li><p>I'm more attracted to Democratic Party's values yet I hate the party and its members themselves: Independent or Republican. </p></li>
<li><p>Indepedent- a bit lean to the liberal side.</p></li>
</ol>
<p>Flame me away with my reasons :)</p>