Economics
The central banking system of the United States.
What is the Federal Reserve?
"Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem."
Who is Reagan?
This is one of the few areas in which conservatives want governmental oversight into the private actions of individuals.
What is abortion, or women's right to choose?
This type of information-gathering from the public consists of a random sampling, stratified sampling (different demographics), and a representative sample.
What is scientific polling?
A man in Plainfield, NH once barricaded his home and threatened to shoot Federal Marshalls because he disagreed with this power granted to Congress via the 16th Amendment, ratified in 1913.
What is collect income tax?
"As was true 50 years ago, there are those who dismiss the Great Society as a failed experiment and an encroachment on liberty; who argue that government has become the true source of all that ails us, and that poverty is due to the moral failings of those who suffer from it. I reject such thinking."
Who is Obama?
Individuals who follow this political ideology think that government should have virtually zero role in our lives.
What is libertarianism?
“How bad is this Jeopardy answer?” is an example of an opinion poll question containing this.
What is loaded language, or framing, or a leading question?
The central banking system did this on March 16 to try to lower inflation.
What is raise interest rates?
“I am going to build the kind of nation that President Roosevelt hoped for, President Truman worked for and President Kennedy died for.”
Who is Johnson?
Libertarians would agree with this family in a 1972 Supreme Court case regarding school attendance.
Who is Yoder?
The percentage of Americans who elected President Biden. (Can answer in a 10 point range.)
What is 24.6 percent, or 20-30 percent?
This liberal economic theory says that the government should play a role in creating jobs and economic growth.
What is Keynesian economics?
“I believe in the American Constitution. I favor the American system of individual enterprise, and I am opposed to any general extension of government ownership, and control. I believe not only in advocating economy in public expenditure, but in its practical application and actual accomplishment. I believe in a reduction and reform of taxation, and shall continue my efforts in that direction.”
Who is Coolidge?
This is one of the few areas of federal government in which liberals do not want to increase investment.
What is the military, or defense?
On March 3, 2022, 79% of Americans supported this, though many experts were opposed.
What is a no-fly zone over Ukraine?
A conservative writer wrote that these "increase the cost of intermediate goods used by U.S. firms in their own production of final goods for sale to consumers. These higher costs hurt manufacturing employment in U.S. firms that export abroad or that sell their products here at home."
What are tarrifs?
“It is true that Communists and Fascists were round about. They formed popular fronts and gave the applause. These men shifted the relation of government to free enterprise from that of umpire to controller. Directly or indirectly they politically controlled credit, prices, production of industry, farmer and laborer. They devalued, pump-primed and deflated. They controlled private business by government competition, by regulation and by taxes. They met every failure with demands for more and more power and control.”
Who is Hoover?
A conservative journalist wrote the following to describe the difference between these two presidents. "Free markets, free trade, free enterprise. Free people. A strong military, to safeguard that freedom. The rule of law, to do the same. Limited government. Personal responsibility. U.S. leadership in the world. Civil society, or little platoons. Patriotism — the genuine kind, not jingoism or boobery. Pluralism. Colorblindness. Toleration. E pluribus unum. Betsy Ross. All that good stuff."
Who is Reagan and Trump?
These are the TWO reasons the Literary Digest incorrectly predicted Alfred Landon would win the 1936 presidential election.
What is selection bias AND non-response bias?