American Political Party and Faction Quiz

This quiz will help you to get a sense where you're ideologically positioned within the Democratic and Republican Parties in the United States and their respective internal factions.

You can answer questions on all major policy areas of American politics and find out which party and faction within the party you lean towards the most.

Created by: Peter Pulheim

Do you favor or oppose the legalization of same-sex marriage?
- Favor
- Oppose
What is your position on abortion?
- Pro-choice
- Mostly pro-choice
- Mostly pro-life
- Pro-life
Do you think gun laws should be stricter?
- Yes
- No
What size and role should government have?
- It should be much bigger in size and do much more
- It should be a little bigger in size and do a little more
- It should be a little smaller in size and do a little less
- It should be much smaller in size and do much less
Do you favor the death penalty for murder?
- Yes
- No
What should be done with regards to defense spending?
- It should be decreased
- It should stay as it is
- It should be increased a little
- It should be increased a lot
What should broadly be done about taxes?
- They should be increased, particularly on the wealthy
- They should stay as they are or cut for the middle class, while being raised a little on the wealthy
- They should be cut for the middle class
- They should be cut for all
Do you generally support or oppose being tough on crime?
- Oppose
- Somewhere in-between
- Support
- Strongly support
Do you support school vouchers?
- No
- No, only in certain circumstances
- Yes
Should government pay for tuition at four-year colleges and universities?
- Yes, it should be completely free for all
- Yes, for poor students
- Yes, but only for partial tuition
- No, but college should be more affordable
- No
Should the corporate tax be raised or lowered?
- Raised
- Raised a little
- Lowered a little
- Lowered
Should the budget be balanced?
- No
- Yes, if it's achievable
- Yes
- Yes, and there need to be spending cuts
What should be done about government spending?
- It should be increased substantially
- It should be increased a little
- It should stay as it is
- It should be decreased a little
- It should be decreased substantially
Should funding for public education be increased?
- Yes, substantially
- Yes, a little
- No, but no decreases
- No
Do you support the legalization of marijuana?
- Yes, legalize it federally
- Yes, if the states want that
- No, only medical marijuana
- No
What should be done about legal immigration?
- It should be increased a lot
- It should be increased a little
- It should stay the same
- It should be decreased
What should be done about border security?
- It should be decreased
- It should be increased somewhat
- It should be increased substantially
Is it more important to provide paths to citizenship for illegal immigrants or to provide more border security?
- Paths to citizenship for illegal immigrants are more important
- Both is equally important
- Border security is more important
- Only border security is important
What should be done about climate change?
- Significantly more governmental action, regulations, carbon taxes and restrictions
- More governmental action, more investments in clean energy, more subsidies
- The market will find the best, most innovative solutions, government's role should be limited, maybe some tax incentives
- There is not much that can be done
What should be done about environmental regulations?
- They should be increased substantially
- They should be increased somewhat
- They should stay as they are
- They should be decreased somewhat
- They should be decreased substantially
Should funding for public transportation be increased?
- Yes, substantially
- Yes, somewhat
- No, but no decreases
- No
What should be done about health care?
- There should be a single-payer system
- There should be a public option, alongside private options
- There need to be small reforms
- There should be more free market competition
Should the U.S. continue to support Israel?
- No
- Yes, but also consider problems of Palestinian civilians
- Yes
Do you support gay couples having the same adoption and parenting rights as straight couples?
- Strongly support
- Somewhat support
- Oppose
Do you support or oppose the Black Lives Matter movement (not the phrase or organization)?
- Strongly support
- Somewhat support
- Somewhat oppose
- Strongly oppose
Should the minimum wage be raised or lowered?
- Raised a lot
- Raised somewhat
- Raised a little or kept the same
- Kept the same or lowered
What should be done with regards to welfare?
- It should be increased
- It should stay the same or increased a little
- It should stay the same or decreased a little
- It should be decreased
What is your position on labor unions?
- Support right to unionize and favor expanding unions
- Support right to unionize
- Support right to unionize, but limit their powers
- Oppose public unions, skeptical towards private unions
What should be America's guiding principle when it comes to foreign policy?
- Human Rights, Diplomacy
- Liberal Internationalism, Pragmatism
- American Exceptionalism, Imperialism

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