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ProCon.org's Questions |
Responses |
| 1 |
Abortion |
Should abortion remain a legal option in America? |
Pro |
Now Con |
Con |
Now NC |
Pro |
Pro |
| 2 |
Abortion |
Should parental consent be required for pregnant minors to have abortions? |
NC |
Pro |
Pro |
NC |
NC |
? |
| 3 | Character |
Is competence more important than honesty in a President? |
NC |
NC |
NC |
? |
? |
? |
| 4 | China |
Is China a threat to the US? |
NC |
NC |
Pro |
Pro |
NC |
? |
| 5 | China |
Should the US impose economic sanctions on China as an incentive to improve its human rights policies? |
NC |
NC |
NC |
NC |
NC |
NC |
| 6 | Criminal Justice |
Should felons, who have completed their jail time and probation and paid all their fines, be allowed to vote in elections? |
Pro |
NC |
NC |
? |
Pro |
? |
| 7 | Criminal Justice |
Should the US develop programs that focus more on rehabilitation than punishment in order to reduce its rate of incarceration? |
Pro |
? |
NC |
? |
Pro |
Pro |
| 8 | Cuba |
Should the US continue to support an embargo against Cuba? |
Pro |
Pro |
Pro |
NC |
Con |
Con |
| 9 |
Darfur |
Should the US send any American forces, with or without the UN, to the Darfur region of Sudan to stop the genocide? |
Con |
NC |
Con |
Con |
? |
NC |
| 10 |
Death Penalty |
Should the death penalty remain a legal option in America? |
Pro |
Pro |
Pro |
Pro |
Con |
Con |
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| 11 | Defense |
Should the US build its missile defense shield in former Soviet states despite objections from Russia? |
Pro |
NC |
Con |
NC |
Con |
NC |
| 12 | District of Columbia |
Should the District of Columbia become the 51st US state? |
NC |
NC |
Con |
? |
Pro |
Pro |
| 13 |
Economy |
Is outsourcing jobs to other countries good for America? |
NC |
Pro |
Con |
? |
Con |
NC |
| 14 |
Economy |
Should the US include mandatory regulations for labor rights in free trade agreements? |
NC |
NC |
Con |
NC |
Pro |
Pro |
| 15 |
Economy |
Has the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) had an overall benefit for the US? |
Con |
Pro |
Con |
Con |
Con |
Con |
| 16 |
Education |
Has the No Child Left Behind Act been effective at improving public education? |
Con |
Pro |
Con |
Con |
NC |
Con |
| 17 |
Education |
Is the increasing cost of college and university tuition pricing America's middle class out of higher education? |
Pro |
Pro |
NC |
NC |
NC |
NC |
| 18 |
Education |
Should the federal government fund school voucher programs? |
Now NC |
Pro |
Con |
Pro |
? |
Con |
| 19 | Education |
Should sex education in our schools be based on abstinence only? |
Con |
Pro |
Con |
NC |
NC |
? |
| 20 |
Election
Reform |
Should voter verified paper audit trails (VVPAT) be mandatory in elections? |
Pro |
? |
Pro |
NC |
Pro |
NC |
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| 21 |
Election Reform |
Should there be restrictions on campaign contributions? |
Pro |
Pro |
Con |
NC |
NC |
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| 22 |
Election Reform |
Should the election campaigns of candidates for public office be publicly financed? |
Pro |
Pro |
Con |
Con |
Pro |
Pro |
| 23 | Eminent Domain |
Should federal or state government be allowed to use eminent domain laws to take private property for non-public use? |
? |
Con |
Con |
Con |
? |
Con |
| 24 |
Energy |
Should drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) be allowed? |
Con |
Con |
Pro |
Pro |
Con |
Con |
| 25 |
Energy |
Should the US tap into its emergency oil reserves to help bring down the price of gasoline? |
NC |
Pro |
NC |
NC |
NC |
NC |
| 26 |
Environment |
Should the US ratify an international environmental agreement (such as the Kyoto Protocol) that mandates reductions in carbon emissions? |
Pro |
NC |
Con |
NC |
Pro |
Pro |
| 27 |
Environment |
Should the federal government mandate an increase in fuel efficiency standards for automobiles? |
Pro |
Pro |
Con |
Now Con |
Pro |
Pro |
| 28 |
Environment |
Are humans substantially responsible for global climate change today? |
Pro |
NC |
Con |
Con |
NC |
NC |
| 29 |
Gun
Control |
Are more federal regulations on guns and ammunition needed? |
Pro |
Con |
Con |
Con |
NC |
Pro |
| 30 |
Health Care |
Should all Americans have a right to government or employer subsidized basic health care? |
Pro |
Con |
Con |
Con |
Pro |
Pro |
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Health
Care |
Should Americans be allowed to purchase their prescription drugs from other countries? |
Pro |
Pro |
Pro |
? |
NC |
? |
| 32 | Health Care |
Are fast food companies responsible in any way for America's obesity problems? |
NC |
NC |
Con |
NC |
NC |
Pro |
| 33 |
Immigration |
Are illegal immigrants a net gain to the US economy? |
NC |
NC |
Con |
NC |
? |
NC |
| 34 |
Immigration |
Should illegal aliens receive any of the rights or benefits that lawful permanent residents enjoy? |
Pro |
Pro |
Con |
Con |
NC |
Pro |
| 35 |
Immigration |
Should the US build a physical barrier, such as a fence, along the US-Mexico border? |
Pro |
Now Con |
Pro |
Con |
Con |
? |
| 36 |
Iran |
Should the US use military force against Iran if Iran does not dismantle its nuclear program? |
Now Con |
NC |
NC |
Con |
NC |
NC |
| 37 |
Iraq |
Was it a mistake to attack Iraq in 2003? |
Pro |
Con |
Pro |
Now Pro |
Pro |
Pro |
| 38 |
Iraq |
Has the war in Iraq made America safer?
|
Con |
NC |
Con |
NC |
? |
Con |
| 39 |
Iraq |
Should the US set a timetable for troop withdrawal in Iraq? |
Pro |
Con |
Pro |
Con |
Pro |
Pro |
| 40 |
Israel |
Should Israel continue to receive the current level of military and economic aid from the US? |
Pro |
Pro |
Con |
NC |
NC |
NC |
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| 41 |
Israeli-
Palestinian Conflict |
Should the US allow Hamas to join future Israeli-Palestinian negotiations? |
NC |
NC |
NC |
? |
? |
NC |
| 42 |
Israeli-
Palestinian Conflict |
Should there be an independent Palestinian state? |
Pro |
NC |
NC |
? |
NC |
Pro |
| 43 |
Kosovo |
Should the US have supported Kosovo's independence? |
NC |
Pro |
NC |
? |
? |
? |
| 44 |
Marriage |
Should there be a Constitutional amendment or federal law defining marriage as only between a man and a woman? |
Con |
Con |
Con |
Con |
? |
NC |
| 45 |
Marriage |
Should an affair outside of marriage disqualify a candidate for public office? |
NC |
NC |
? |
? |
? |
? |
| 46 | Media |
Should journalists be shielded from prosecution for protecting their sources? |
NC |
Pro |
Con |
? |
? |
? |
| 47 |
Medical
Marijuana |
Should marijuana be a medical option? |
Now Pro |
Con |
Pro |
Now Pro |
Pro |
Pro |
| 48 |
Medical
Marijuana |
Should the federal government stop raids against people for using medical marijuana in states where medical marijuana use is legal? |
Pro |
Pro |
Pro |
? |
? |
Pro |
| 49 | National ID |
Should there be a national identification card? |
? |
NC |
Con |
Con |
? |
? |
| 50 |
National
Service |
Should the US institute a military draft? |
Con |
Con |
Con |
Pro |
Con |
Con |
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National
Service |
Should openly gay people be allowed to serve in the US military? |
Pro |
Con |
Con |
Pro |
Pro |
NC |
| 52 | National Service |
Should the US mandate military service or civil service like the Peace Corps? |
NC |
Con |
Con |
Con |
? |
? |
| 53 |
Presidential Power |
Should the US President's powers be expanded to include a line item veto? |
? |
Pro |
Con |
? |
Con |
? |
| 54 | Presidential Power |
Should the unitary executive theory apply to the US President? |
NC |
NC |
NC |
NC |
Con |
Con |
| 55 |
Religion |
Should federal funds be given to faith-based (religious) organizations and initiatives? |
NC |
NC |
NC |
Pro |
? |
? |
| 56 |
Religion |
Should a candidate's religion matter to voters? |
NC |
Pro |
Pro |
NC |
? |
? |
| 57 |
Social
Security |
Should Social Security be privatized?
|
Con |
Pro |
Pro |
Pro |
? |
Con |
| 58 |
Stem Cells |
Should the federal government fund embryonic stem cell research? |
Pro |
Now Con |
Con |
Con |
Pro |
NC |
| 59 |
Taxes |
Should the Bush tax cuts be made permanent |
Con |
Now Pro |
Pro |
NC |
Con |
Con |
| 60 |
Turkey |
Should Turkey be able to enter Iraq or other countries unilaterally in search of its enemies? |
Con |
Con |
NC |
? |
? |
? |
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US
Constitution |
Should the US Constitution and Bill of Rights be altered or updated in any way? |
Pro |
Pro |
Con |
Pro |
? |
Pro |
| 62 |
War on
Terror |
Should interrogation techniques that some consider torture, such as waterboarding, be a legal option? |
Con |
Con |
NC |
Con |
? |
NC |
| 63 |
War on
Terror |
Should the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay be closed? |
Pro |
Pro |
Con |
? |
? |
NC |
| 64 | War on Terror |
Has the USA PATRIOT Act had an overall benefit for the US? |
Now NC |
NC |
Con |
NC |
Con |
Con |
| 65 | War on Terror |
Should telecommunication companies receive immunity for allowing the government to conduct past warrantless wiretaps? |
Con |
NC |
Con |
Con |
NC |
Con |
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A. Total % of Pro and Con responses (out of our 65 posted questions) |
65% |
63% |
77% |
46% |
42% |
48% |
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35% |
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23% |
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58% |
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