Political Beliefs Survey

To go along with the Mock election class I am taking, I did a survey about people's political beliefs. I had done about thirty surveys, but then I lost about half of them. So, this is the data from fourteen surveys out of an original thirty. Unfortunately, because I lost surveys, there are more Democrats and less Republicans, but originally there were about the same number of Democrats and Republicans.
I would like to thank everyone who participated in my survey, and apologize to the the people who's surveys I lost.
Well, anyways, here are the results of the fourteen surveys I still have:

Party Affiliation

What political party did your parents belong to?

- 11 said Democrat
- 2 said Republican
- 1 said Independent

Which political party do you most identify yourself with?

- 10 said Democrat
- 3 said Republican
- 1 said Independent

93% of people share their parents' party affiliation.

7% of people do not share their parents' party affiliation.

7% of people have changed their party affiliation over the years.

93% of people have not changed their party affiliation over the years.

Reasons given for change in party affiliation:- The party I supported went in a direction I didn't appreciate.

Issues

Top issues important to people when deciding who to vote for in a presidential election:

Democrats:

- 7 said the Economy
- 4 said the War in Iraq
- 3 said Environment
- 2 said Foreign Policy
- 2 said Civil Liberties
- 2 said Economic Opportunities
- 2 said Healthcare
- 1 said "How the candidate tries to do the best for the most people."
- 1 said "If the candidate is working for world peace."
- 1 said "If the candidate seems to be intelligent."

Republicans:

- 2 said Life Issues
- 1 said Marriage Issues
- 1 said National Defense
- 1 said School Choice
- 1 said Fair Taxes

Are there any issues on which you disagree with your preferred party's platform?
- 10 said yes
- 4 said no

80% of Democrats disagree with issues in the party platform.

67% of Republicans disagree with issues in the party platform.

Issues on which people disagree with their party:

Democrats:

- 3 said Life Issues
- 2 said the party isn't tough enough in defending the party platform
- 2 said Marriage Issues

Republicans:

- 1 said the War in Iraq
- 1 said the Environment
- 1 said Healthcare
- 1 said (parts of) the Economy

News Sources

What news sources do people trust for political news?

- 4 said CNN
- 4 said NPR
- 3 said the New York Times
- 2 said friends and family
- 2 said the internet
- 1 said ABC
- 1 said the candidates themselves
- 1 said the Freedom Foundation
- 1 said the Heritage Foundation
- 1 said MSNBC
- 1 said news magazines
- 1 said newspapers in general
- 1 said Newsweek
- 1 said PBS
- 1 said Cokie Roberts
- 1 said George Stephanopoulos
- 1 said the John Stewart Show
- 1 said television news
- 1 said Time Magazine
- 1 said the Washington Policy Center

What news sources do people not trust for political news:

Many people said they do not trust any news sources, are mindful of bias in reporting, and take news items with a grain of salt.

- 9 said FOX News
- 2 said some newspapers
- 1 said mainstream newspapers
- 1 said evangelical news sources

Voting History

Which party did people vote for in the 2004 presidential election?

10 said Democratic
4 said Republican

Which party did people plan to vote for in the 2008 presidential election?

10 said Democratic
3 said Republican
1 undecided

Who did people support in the 2008 presidential primary?

Democrats

6 said Barack Obama
4 said Hillary Clinton

Republicans

2 said Mike Huckabee
1 said Ron Paul

Percent of people who supported a different candidate in the presidential primary than they voted for in the general election:

Democrats: 40%
Republicans: 100%


Well, that's my whole survey, hope you enjoyed it!

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Well, until Friday, please read my posts, feel free to comment on anything, do the polls I set up, and if there are any issues you feel like I didn't talk about please tell me!

Unemployment

The government needs to be helping unemployed people get jobs and should be creating jobs for people who cannot find them. A lot of people being unemployed is bad for the economy.

Military

I think it is important that we have a strong military so we are protected if another country ever tries to invade us. But I think the military should only be used as a last resort after a lot of diplomacy and negotiations. We also should not be spending the most money on the military, the most money should be going to paying for health care for people who can't afford it and helping the environment. Such as installing solar energy.