Okay, well I have an assignment for my AP Government class and I have to do a survey. If you help me out on this, I will love you forever. I need the answers ASAP
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Devon Peterson 16 Male Liberal leanings (no party affiliation as yet)
1.) Do you think people should be able to vote, even if they are uninformed about the issues/candidate? It's the perrogative of the candidate to inform the people as they will, and perrogative of the people to inform themselves. It's the people who reap the results of uninformed decisions, so if they feel the need to blindly vote on issues they know nothing about, it's no issue to me.
2.) What is your opinion on preferential hiring/quotas/affirmative action? I think they're an attempt to solve a long-standing problem, but I don't believe it's quite the right course of action for the problem.
3.) Do you trust our government? Do you think that the general population trusts our government? Insofar as I trust in the individual goodness of people. I do, however, think the government is an institution that is easily corrupted and bent by those who desire it. Largely, I think "the people" trust the government out of necessity; if they didn't, more action would have to be taken and they don't have the time/money.
4.) Do you believe that economic inequality is acceptable, as long as everyone has the same opportunity? Heh, no. Equal opportunity is an illusion propagated by the already wealthy/privileged, in my opinion. "From each according to his ability to each according to his need."
5.) Do you believe the average citizen has the power to create change in the government? Only if the average citizen is willing to genuinely work for it, not just by casting an occasional semi-apathetic vote in an essentially fixed election (man, I sound so positive).
6.) Do you believe that religion has plays a role in American politics? No. The governmental framework is based on Greek democracy, Roman republicanism, and Enlightenment concept (Montesquieu, etc.). The law is based on English common law, and the references to God in the Declaration of Independence were of a deist vein, which is essentially a non-religious religion.
7.) Do you believe that everyone should be responsible for their own well-being, or do you believe that the government should provide some kind of aid? The government is obligated to provide aid for those who put it in power, willingly or not.
8.) If you were the leader of a community, would you allow a demonstration by a group whose views differed from yours? If you opposed their cause? Yes. If I truly believed in my cause (and not in theirs) I would not fear what their demonstration could produce. Otherwise, I'm not a leader but an oppressor.
9.) Which is more important, the rights of the individual, or the well-being of the nation as a whole? A nation is a concept, people are tangible and corporeal. The nation's well-being is first determined by the condition of the people, which is determined by their genuine personal rights (among other things).
10.) Do a candidate's morals play a role in how you view them? Insomuch as political opinions can be considered moral. Personal morals which do not have an implication in office (lechery, gluttony, religious views, for example, as opposed to cronic lying, greed, and fundamentalism) I do not take into account.
16
Male
Liberal leanings (no party affiliation as yet)
1.) Do you think people should be able to vote, even if they are uninformed about the issues/candidate? It's the perrogative of the candidate to inform the people as they will, and perrogative of the people to inform themselves. It's the people who reap the results of uninformed decisions, so if they feel the need to blindly vote on issues they know nothing about, it's no issue to me.
2.) What is your opinion on preferential hiring/quotas/affirmative action? I think they're an attempt to solve a long-standing problem, but I don't believe it's quite the right course of action for the problem.
3.) Do you trust our government? Do you think that the general population trusts our government? Insofar as I trust in the individual goodness of people. I do, however, think the government is an institution that is easily corrupted and bent by those who desire it. Largely, I think "the people" trust the government out of necessity; if they didn't, more action would have to be taken and they don't have the time/money.
4.) Do you believe that economic inequality is acceptable, as long as everyone has the same opportunity? Heh, no. Equal opportunity is an illusion propagated by the already wealthy/privileged, in my opinion. "From each according to his ability to each according to his need."
5.) Do you believe the average citizen has the power to create change in the government? Only if the average citizen is willing to genuinely work for it, not just by casting an occasional semi-apathetic vote in an essentially fixed election (man, I sound so positive).
6.) Do you believe that religion has plays a role in American politics? No. The governmental framework is based on Greek democracy, Roman republicanism, and Enlightenment concept (Montesquieu, etc.). The law is based on English common law, and the references to God in the Declaration of Independence were of a deist vein, which is essentially a non-religious religion.
7.) Do you believe that everyone should be responsible for their own well-being, or do you believe that the government should provide some kind of aid? The government is obligated to provide aid for those who put it in power, willingly or not.
8.) If you were the leader of a community, would you allow a demonstration by a group whose views differed from yours? If you opposed their cause? Yes. If I truly believed in my cause (and not in theirs) I would not fear what their demonstration could produce. Otherwise, I'm not a leader but an oppressor.
9.) Which is more important, the rights of the individual, or the well-being of the nation as a whole? A nation is a concept, people are tangible and corporeal. The nation's well-being is first determined by the condition of the people, which is determined by their genuine personal rights (among other things).
10.) Do a candidate's morals play a role in how you view them? Insomuch as political opinions can be considered moral. Personal morals which do not have an implication in office (lechery, gluttony, religious views, for example, as opposed to cronic lying, greed, and fundamentalism) I do not take into account.
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