2. Most important issues to me?
My response: Ecomomy and Health Care
3. How long do I think it'll take us to recover from the recession (from a list of time frames: 1 year, 1-2 years, 2-4 years, more than 4 years)
My response: 2-4 years
4. How much trust do I have in the following financial institutions (from 1=no trust to 5=a lot of trust):
Credit Card companies (I said 1)
Local/Regional banks (I said 2)
Investment Banks (I said 1)
International Banks (I said 1)
Credit Unions (I said 4)
5. How much do I trust the various financial institutions listed in #4 to give me straight info over the next 18 months?
(I gave the same responses as #4)
6-9: Do I approve/disapprove of...(strongly approve/approve/disapprove/strongly disapprove):
--Pelosi (approve)
--Obama (strongly approve)
--Reid (disapprove)
--Biden (strongly approve)
10: Do I approve of how Obama's doing his job (I think the previous one was more of a "personal" approval/disapproval rating):
I said "strongly approve".
11. Approve/disapprove of the Dems in congress? APPROVE
12. Approve/disapprove of the GOP in congress? STRONGLY DISPPROVE
13. In 2010, will I vote for the Dem or GOP in congress? DEMOCRAT
14. How much confidence do I have that Obama will be able to change the culture in DC? SOMEWHAT CONFIDENT
15. Am I excited/worried about the Dems controlling congress & white house? EXCITED
16. How important is it that Obama/Dem bills have GOP support (bipartisanship)? NOT AT ALL IMPORTANT
17. How likely am I to become/stay actively involved in political/social issues? VERY
18. Who do I blame most for the recession? (choice of: Bush/Cheney policies, Obama policies, Bank mismanagement, Lack of regulation of the industry, Consumers overextending themselves, Banks making bad loans)
I chose "Lack of Regulation", although obviously many of the choices overlap each other.
19. How closely am I paying attention to the economic situation/policies? VERY CLOSELY
20. Do I think the Gov't should be more or less involved in the economy? MORE INVOLVED
21. How confident am I that Obama and his economic advisors know what the hell they're doing? SOMEWHAT CONFIDENT
22. Stimulus package: how confident am I that it'll help? SOMEWHAT CONFIDENT
23. In 2010, am I more likely to vote for the guy who favored the stimulus bill or opposed it? FAVORED.
24. Re. the $75 billion foreclosure help bill, do I support/oppose it? SOMEWHAT SUPPORT
25. Do I think the foreclosure bill will stabilize the housing market? SOMEWHAT CONFIDENT
26. Do I support/oppose the GM/Chrysler gov't loan/bailout? SOMEWHAT SUPPORT
27. Do I generally think the fed gov't should help prevent the U.S. auto industry from going under? SUPPORT
28. Re. Obama's SOTU/budget proposals for Health/Education/Energy investments: Approve/disapprove? APPROVE
29. Re. Obama's budget proposal for raising $250K+ taxes: support/oppose? SUPPORT
30. re. Geithner's banking plan/proposal: Will it be successful/unsuccessful? NOT VERY SUCCESSFUL
31. If Geithner's plan is unsuccessful, would I blame Obama for the plan of the banks for continuing to be dicks? BANKS (mostly)
32. Aside from the Economy, which of a list do I think Obama should tackle next (choices: National Security, U.S. Image overseas, Enviroment, Education, Health, Energy, Social Security, reducing the Deficit).
I chose HEALTH although I had already listed that and obviously he can chew gum and walk at the same time.
33. Am I over 21? YES
34. Do I drink at all? YES (occasionally)
35. Some states are considering increasing the alcohol tax; would I support/oppose doing so? SUPPORT
36. Which of the following pro-alcohol tax increase reasons do I most agree with? (Choices: 1. it would reduce drunk driving; 2. it'd help states balance their budgets; 3. the states could use the money for other important causes; 4. it's just the right thing to do with the economy as it is)
I chose #2, although #2,3 and 4 kind of overlap.
37. Which of the following ANTI-alcohol tax increase reasons do I most agree with? (Choices: 1. it'd hurt businesses such as bars/restaurants; 2. it'd strain people's budgets when they're already strained; 3. it would cost jobs in the alcohol manu/distrib businesses; 4. it's just regressive/wrong in general).
I chose #1 although I have no idea whether it would do so--I had to choose one of them
38-40: Back to banks: Over the next few months, am I (likely/unlikely/already done so) to close an account with a TARP-receiving bank and instead open an account with a Credit Union/Local Bank/Other Institution that hasn't? (ie, how pissed off am I about BoA/etc sucking up our money).
I said "NOT LIKELY" for each although I think it's a good idea (I'm just lazy)
41. Demographic: How much education do I have? COLLEGE GRAD
42. Am I Dem/GOP/Indy? DEM
43. Strong/moderate Dem? STRONG DEM
44. Ethnicity? REFUSED
45. Household income? REFUSED
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Overall, a pretty all-encompassing poll of the national scene and the economic/political issues/people of the day.
The questions that I found most interesting were the "How much/little do you trust the banks?" and the "Should states raise sin taxes?" questions.
Just thought this would be of interest.
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