22. Cutting taxes for individuals and businesses is the
key to economic growth.
15 50 29 20 5 (57) 5.9
23. There should be stronger regulation of sex and
violence in popular culture and on the Internet.
23 49 16 35 18 (69) 5.4
24. Government programs for the poor undermine
individual initiative and responsibility.
15 48 23 29 10 (49) 5.5
25. Human life begins at conception and must be
protected from that point forward.
31 47 22 30 20 (58) 5.7
26. Limited government is always better than big
government.
18 44 38 18 5 (56) 5.9
27. Healthy economic growth requires eliminating
budget deficits, which discourage private investment
and raise interest rates.
13 44 38 17 5 (45) 5.8
28. Labor unions play a positive role in our economy. 12 44 33 23 9 (46) 5.5
29. Changes in the traditional American family have
harmed our society.
18 43 19 38 19 (59) 5.1
30. The primary responsibility of corporations is to
produce profits and returns for their shareholders, not
to improve society.
12 43 27 30 9 (44) 5.4
31. African Americans and other minority groups still
lack the same opportunities as whites in our country.
15 43 14 43 22 (50) 4.8
32. Free-market solutions are better than government
at creating jobs and economic growth.
12 42 40 18 5 (60) 5.7
33. Military force is the most effective way to combat
terrorism and make America safer.
13 42 19 39 15 (58) 5.0
34. Immigrants today are a burden on our country
because they take our jobs and abuse government
benefits.
17 42 16 42 21 (43) 4.9
35. America should spend more to help meet the basic
economic, health, and education needs of people
around the world.
14 38 20 43 16 (36) 4.9
36. We must do whatever is necessary to protect
America from terrorism, even if it means restricting
civil liberties or engaging in methods some might
consider torture.
15 37 16 47 22 (53) 4.6
37. Government regulation of business does more
harm than good.
11 36 34 29 8 (43) 5.3
38. Talking with rogue nations such as Iran or with
state-sponsored terrorist groups is naive and only gives
them legitimacy.
10 35 30 35 12 (41) 5.0
39. It is unpatriotic to criticize our government leaders
or our military during a time of war.
10 30 19 51 28 (45) 4.1
40. Homosexuality is unnatural and should not be
accepted by society.
18 29 13 58 43 (35) 3.7