Democrat or Republican Quiz

Are You a Democrat or a Republican?

Still undecided and want to become more politically aware? This quiz will help you answer the question, "Am I a Democrat or a Republican?"

How this quiz works:

Below, you will find statements drawn from the official 2016 party platforms. Read them and decide how much you agree or disagree. Your response to each will be either "This is a good idea," or "This is a bad idea." You may adjust your answers to signal how strongly you feel about each statement. Statements were carefully chosen to contrast the differing positions between Democrats and Republicans.

	Move a slider toward the thumbs up to express your support for a statement.
	Move a slider toward the thumbs down to express you oppose a statement.

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1. Limit political donations by corporations and wealthy individuals.

2. Schools should be controlled locally. No national standards or tests.

3. Make it a law that workers get at least 12 weeks paid maternity or medical leave.

4. Build oil pipelines and open more public land for oil and gas exploration.

5. The US should aim to transition to renewable energy sources by 2050.

6. Abolish the death penalty.

7. Ban abortion after 20 weeks or for fetal disabilities.

8. Lower the corporate tax rate to help businesses.

9. Audit the Pentagon, end out-dated military programs to reduce waste.

10. Parents should have choice of schools for their kids, using vouchers or tuition tax credits.

11. Diplomacy should be prioritized over shows of military force when handling overseas conflicts.

12. Government employees should face cuts to their benefits and paid time off.

13. It is a mistake to normalize relations with Cuba as long as the Castro regime is in power.

14. More tax relief for lower-income workers and families with children, no cut for the wealthy.

15. Close Guantanamo and never allow torture or “enhanced interrogation”.

16. We must upgrade our missile defense system and nuclear arsenal.

17. US should lead the world in combatting the threat of climate change.

18. Reduce student loan interest rates, lower payments, and increase loan forgiveness.

19. Set a five year minimum prison sentence for repeat border crossers from Mexico.

20. Raise the federal minimum wage to $15 and index it to inflation.

21. Federal transportation funding should go to highways and bridges, not mass transit, ferries, sidewalks, and recreation trails.

22. Women should remain exempt from serving in combat forces and registering for the draft.

23. Close loopholes in gun purchase laws and strengthen background checks on gun buyers.

24. Simplify the tax code so much that the IRS becomes obsolete.

25. Create a new “millionaire’s tax” and raise the estate tax.

26. Maintaining a strong NATO alliance is a key advantage for the US.

27. Pass a constitutional amendment requiring balanced budgets. Tax increases should be made more difficult to pass.

28. Political donations should be public information, not secret.

29. The Constitution should be amended to protect the lives of the unborn.

30. Put more funding into building affordable housing for the elderly, disabled, low-income, and veterans.

31. No drilling in the arctic and along the atlantic coast.

32. Regulations from such agencies as the EPA, FCC, and HHS are onerous and must be scaled back.

33. Allow the Post Office to offer basic banking services in addition to mail delivery.

34. The military needs more troops, more naval ships, and more combat aircraft.

35. Ten Commandments should be allowed on display in government buildings and courthouses.

36. Make it easier for workers to unionize.

37. Reject U.N. treaties because they interfere with US sovereignty.

38. Close private prisons.

39. Explore ways to tie the value of a dollar to a resource such as gold.

40. Sex-ed should focus on abstinence, not ‘family planning’

41. Wall St.'s high frequency trades should be taxed.

42. Create funding to help roll out 5G mobile networks, lay more broadband lines, and create more free wifi hotspots.

43. Begin a phase-out of unions in the public sector.

44. ISPs should be prevented by law from blocking or slowing down certain sites and services.

45. Strengthen Social Security by raising taxes on incomes above $250,000. Don't raise retirement age or cut benefits.

46. The US should back Israeli policy. Israel is not an occupier.

47. Remove marijuana from Schedule 1 and allow states to regulate it.

48. No federal funding for embryonic stem cell research.

49. The federal government should not interfere with a state’s immigration rules, healthcare policies, land use decisions, and education curricula.

50. Trade agreements must include labor and environmental standards.

51. Use an “all of the above” strategy to get as much energy for least cost. No restrictions for fossil fuels.

52. Mortgage lending should not aim to increase home ownership among specific races or groups.

53. To improve police-community relations, ban racial profiling and offer de-escalation training to officers.

54. Easy access to obscene material online is a public health crisis and harms our culture.

55. Create federal incentives for companies to share their profits with employees.

56. Individuals and businesses have a right to express anti-LGBT views without being denied govt contracts, accreditation, tax-exempt status, or licensing.

57. Make it a law that all workers get at least seven paid sick days.

58. There should be no carbon tax, limits, or regulations.

59. Repeal the law that bans political speech from tax-exempt organizations such as churches.

60. Gender discrimination laws should also cover LGBT Americans.

61. Voter ID laws are an unfair burden on some voters and are not needed.

62. President Obama made a bad deal with Iran, and it should be revoked.

63. End “sanctuary cities” and don't grant licenses to illegal immigrants.

64. Increase spending for health research, community clinic, and mental health treatment.

65. Transfer federal public lands to the states. No new national parks or monuments unless the state agrees.

66. Children of illegal immigrants can become citizens if they go to college or serve in the military.

67. Fund and coordinate upgrades to the nation’s electric grid to strengthen it against EMP attack.

68. For-profit colleges that leave grads with big debts and poor job prospects should be shut down.

69. Automatically register all eligible citizens to vote. Make election day a national holiday.

70. The cost of any government regulation should be capped. New regulations should be offset by removal of old.

71. Access to the “morning after pill” and birth control pills should be convenient and affordable.

72. Continue public funding for the arts.

73. Appoint more judges like the late Antonin Scalia to follow the original intent of the Constitution.

74. Restricting firearm carry and magazine size goes against the Second Amendment.

75. Deportation should focus on criminals, not working families.

76. Wall St. regulations went too far and hurt small banks. Reduce financial regulations.

77. Public colleges should be tuition-free to low income students.

78. Ban the sale or transfer of fetal tissue for research.

79. Scale down the Endangered Species Act. It is overbroad and not properly implemented, harming land-owners and slowing economic growth.

80. Bible study should be offered as a high school literature elective.

81. Increase VA funding for mental health programs for veterans, with extra focus on PTSD.

82. Countries committing cyber attacks on the US should face strong diplomatic and financial consequences.

83. To save Medicare, raise the retirement age and allow under 55 year olds to get subsidized private insurance instead.

84. For Medicaid, give states the funding and allow them to set up their own programs.

85. Increase funding for pre-school and after-school programs.

86. Repeal the Affordable Care Act. Instead, offer health savings accounts, limit medical lawsuits, and allow insurance to be sold across state lines.

87. Allow US foreign aid to go to organizations that may offer abortion services.

88. Only private lenders, not the government, should offer student loans.

89. Build a wall along the entire US-Mexico border to stop illegal immigration and crime.

90. Public funding should not be used for private religious schools.

91. States should be able to ban trans persons from bathrooms and locker rooms that don’t match their birth gender.

92. Continue to fully fund foreign aid. It is both a moral and diplomatic good.

93. Access to abortion services should not be made more burdensome. No new regulations on providers.

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