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What this Presidential Election Poll is
[Jan. 17, 2013: I froze the polls to record the sentiment of the people at the time before the election. Unfortunately, I accidentally caused deletion of results in 2 questions.]
The Republican National Committee paid to send a poll to my house, and maybe to your house, too. The official, all-caps, title is "2012 PRESIDENTIAL PLATFORM SURVEY". In a beautiful world, this poll would be an inquiry into the will of the people. The honorable statesman behind the survey would then champion the causes of the people for freedom, business, and love (release the doves).
I believe I will speak for most of America (at least those who know more than campaign slogans like "Yes we can" and "Party of yes") in comments following each of the questions in the 2012 platform poll. Please, read on. Answer all the poll questions so we can get a feel for the position of our fellow Americans. And, post a comment at the end.
1. Do you believe Barack Obama has used the presidency and the powers of his office to look out for the concerns and interest of Americans like you?
- 35% Yes
- 65% No
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Do you agree or disagree with the statement on the left?
- 27% Strongly agree
- 5% Somewhat agree
- 2% Unsure
- 12% Somewhat Disagree
- 54% Strongly Disagree
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Statement for Question 2
"President Obama inherited an economy losing 800,000 jobs a month and averted a worse economic mess while passing health care reform, saving the auto industry, killing Osama bin Laden, and winding down the war in Iraq. He has done a good job and deserves to be re-elected."
3. How important is it to voters in your state to have candidates give attention to the following issues during the 2012 campaign?
3.1 Strengthening Border Security
- 62% Very important
- 27% Somewhat important
- 11% Not Important
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3.2 Reducing Federal Spending
- 83% Very Important
- 12% Somewhat Important
- 4% Not Important
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3.3 Keeping taxes low
- 73% Very Important
- 19% Somewhat Important
- 8% Not Important
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3.4 Exposing Obama's radical left-wing policies
- 62% Very important
- 6% Somewhat important
- 32% Not important
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3.5 Repealing Obamacare
- 72% Very Important
- 3% Somewhat Important
- 24% Not important
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3.6 Expanding domestic Exploration for oil and gas
- 68% Very important
- 18% Somewhat important
- 14% Not important
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3.7 Stimulating job creation in the private sector
- 79% Very important
- 17% Somewhat important
- 3% Not important
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3.8 Reining in government employees' unions
- 51% Very important
- 27% Somewhat important
- 22% Not important
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3.9 Demanding free and open trade to get U.S. manufacturing growing
- 67% Very important
- 25% Somewhat important
- 9% Not important
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4. Do you believe that President Obama's policies have helped make the economy better, had no impact on the economy, or made the economy worse?
- 16% Strongly believe they have made the economy better
- 7% Believe they have made the economy better
- 7% Believe they have had no impact
- 6% Believe they have made the economy worse
- 60% Strongly believe they have made the economy worse
- 2% Unsure
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5. President Obama has indicated that, if reelected, he will fight to increase tax rates on individuals and families he considers to be
- 0% Yes
- 0% No
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6. Are you concerned about inflation undercutting your savings, devaluing your home and increasing your cost of living?
- 91% Yes
- 9% No
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7. Do you believe that the polices of Barack Obama have helped create good jobs and improved the economy in your area?
- 19% Yes
- 81% No
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8. Do you support a federal Balanced Budget Amendment to the U.S. Constitution to stop deficit spending in Washington?
- 85% Yes
- 15% No
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9. Would you support a phased-in increase in the retirement/eligibility age for Social Security benefits that would not affect anyone over the age of 50?
- 68% Yes
- 32% No
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10. Should retirees be exempt from property tax increases on their residence?
- 78% Yes
- 22% No
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11. Would you support allowing individuals under 50 to opt to put a portion of their Social Security wihholdings into private accounts they control, but cannot access without penalty until retirement?
- 79% Yes
- 21% No
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12. Should the U.S. follow through on Obama's decision to eliminate the military's
- 0% Yes
- 0% No
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13. Has the Obama Administration done enough to counter Iran's drive to acquire a nuclear weapon?
- 25% Yes
- 75% No
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14. Should the U.S. demand that Pakistan reform it's military and intelligence agencies in order to receive military aid funds?
- 86% Yes
- 14% No
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15. Do you want our elected leaders to make stopping illegal immigration a top national priority?
- 71% Yes
- 29% No
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16. Do you believe Obama's strategy of treating all countries as equals to the U.S. has strengthened our security and weakened the resolve of our enemies?
- 25% Yes
- 75% No
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17. Do you believe the U.S. has done enough to ensure that Chinese markets are open and fair for imports from our nation?
- 23% Yes
- 77% No
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18. Do you support immediate and total repeal of the ObamaCare health care legislation?
- 74% Yes
- 26% No
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19. Have the government and news media provided information to ensure that citizens have a good understanding of the composition, impact and costs of the Democrat-passsed Obamacare proposal?
- 19% Yes
- 81% No
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20. Are you concerned Barack Obama and the Democrats intend for their ObamaCare legislatin to eventually lead to the creation of
- 0% Yes
- 0% No
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Results of Poll #20
Yes: 73%
No: 27%
In the processing of freezing the polls, some of the data is getting deleted.
21. Do you believe you can receive the same quality of health care and accessibility to quality health care through a federal government run health care system?
- 26% Yes
- 74% No
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22. Do you support President Obama's unprecedented decision to ignore federal law and order his Justice Department to stop enforcing and defending the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)?
- 26% Yes
- 74% No
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23. Do you support the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade to allow states to regulate/restrict abortion as they see fit?
- 44% Yes
- 56% No
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24. Do you believe life begins at conception?
- 63% Yes
- 37% No
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25. Should federal funds be provided to non-profit organizations whose primary function is conducting abortions?
- 21% Yes
- 79% No
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26. Do you support allowing parents to use government vouchers to send their children to the school of their choice be it public, parochial or private?
- 67% Yes
- 33% No
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27. Are Republicans in your area enthusiastic and committed to voting for our Republican slate of candidates this November?
- 65% Yes
- 35% No
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28. Do you suppport voter ID laws that require individuals to show a government issued picture ID when they go to the polls to vote?
- 79% Yes
- 21% No
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29. Do you believe the Republican Party needs to do a better job of exposing the Obama record and his radical liberal agenda?
- 74% Yes
- 26% No
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Are you committed to helping ensure that in 2012, the Obama-era of radical liberalism, reckless spending and embarrassing foreign policy comes to an end?
- 73% Yes
- 27% No
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The real purpose of the poll comes out
The truth about this special honor of selection as representation for "your area" becomes clear after the last question. A small box requesting a donation appears. Convenient check boxes are provided for $35, $50, $70, $100, $250, $500, and "other".
The first section asks you to donate to support Romney. The second requests a donation to "beat Obama". This is probably the real purpose of the poll- to find out if people will vote for Romney or against Obama. What do you think?
The last effort is a bit rude. It refers to the poll as a capital-D "Document" and asks you for $15 to "help" pay for processing your survey. Here is the donation block, below.
Comments, pollees?
Note the generous 2 lines provided for your comments. Does it not scream, "We actually don't care what you think!" ?
Please complete the entire survey whether you are Democrat, Republican, American Independent, Constitutionalist, or Freedom Party, or Independent, or any other party. Also look at the responses. Get a feel for the country.
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