2. What would be your ideal candidate's position on BALANCING CIVIL LIBERTIES & SECURITY?
Would lean toward protecting civil liberties.
Would lean toward decreasing civil liberties as way to increase security.
Neither

What priority do you place on your selection above? Low     High

3. What would be your ideal candidate's position on LEAVING IRAQ?
Would tend to support President Bush's policy of no time line for withdrawal in Iraq: "We should stay the course".
Plan now to redeploy US troops out of Iraq.
Neither

What priority do you place on your selection above? Low     High

4. What would be your ideal candidate's position on SOCIAL SECURITY?
Make it solvent, including raising the earnings ceiling and/or the retirement age if necessary to do so.
Consider other options, including privatization.
Neither

What priority do you place on your selection above? Low     High

5. What would be your ideal candidate's position on SCHOOL CHOICE?
Opposes publicly-funded alternative education program that allows students to choose to attend any of various participating private and public schools.
Supports publicly-funded alternative education program that allows students to choose to attend any of various participating private and public schools.
Neither

What priority do you place on your selection above? Low     High

6. What would be your ideal candidate's position on ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES?
Would tend to favor positions of environmental groups like the League of Conservation Voters.
Would tend to oppose positions of environmental groups like the League of Conservation Voters.
Neither

What priority do you place on your selection above? Low     High

7. What would be your ideal candidate's position on STEM CELL RESEARCH?
Would support federal expansion of stem cell research.
Would oppose federal expansion of stem cell research.
Neither

What priority do you place on your selection above? Low     High

8. What would be your ideal candidate's position on GAY & LESBIAN ISSUES?
Would oppose civil unions for same sex couples.
Would support civil unions for same sex couples.
Neither

What priority do you place on your selection above? Low     High

9. What would be your ideal candidate's position on TRADE ISSUES?
Supports free trade.
Supports fair or protectionist trade policies.
Neither

What priority do you place on your selection above? Low     High

10. What would be your ideal candidate's position on TAXES & THE DEFICIT?
Would raise taxes and/or reduce spending if necessary to reduce the deficit and balance the budget in keeping with the philosophy of the Concord Coalition.
Would not be concerned with the deficit. Would not raise taxes nor reduce spending to balance budget
Neither

What priority do you place on your selection above? Low     High

11. What would be your ideal candidate's position on BUSINESS & LABOR?
Would favor the pro-business positions of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Would favor the pro-labor positions of the AFL-CIO.
Neither

What priority do you place on your selection above? Low     High

12. What would be your ideal candidate's position on CAPITAL PUNISHMENT?
Supports the death penalty.
Opposes the death penalty.
Neither

What priority do you place on your selection above? Low     High

13. What would be your ideal candidate's position on ABORTION?
Supports the pro-choice positions of organizations like NARAL.
Supports the pro-life positions of organizations like National Right to Life Committee.
Neither

What priority do you place on your selection above? Low     High

14. What would be your ideal candidate's position on GUN CONTROL?
Supports gun control legislation recommended by groups such as the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence
Opposes gun control legislation. Supports positions of groups such as of the Gun Owners of America.
Neither

What priority do you place on your selection above? Low     High

15. What would be your ideal candidate's position on IMMIGRATION?
Would support the interests of groups such as the Federation for American Immigration Reform which "seeks to improve border security, to stop illegal immigration, and to promote immigration levels consistent with the national interest--more traditional rates of about 300,000 a year."
Would oppose the interests of groups such as the Federation for American Immigration Reform.
Neither

What priority do you place on your selection above? Low     High

16. What would be your ideal candidate's political or professional QUALIFICATIONS?
A current member of Congress
A governor or former governor.
A past member of Congress, (but not currently in Congress).
Never in Congress.
Not important

What priority do you place on your selection above? Low     High

17. Would your ideal candidate have run for president PREVIOUSLY?
No. My ideal candidate will be a "fresh face" who has not campaigned for the presidency before.
Yes. My ideal candidate will have the experience of campaigning for president
Not important

What priority do you place on your selection above? Low     High

Just for fun, predict what your #1 result will be. Your prediction will not influence your results. Predict Your ResultSen. Hillary Clinton (D) Sen. John Kerry (D) Ex-VP Al Gore (D) Ex-Sen. John Edwards (D) Ex-Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) Sen. John McCain (R) Sen. George Allen (R) Sen. Joseph Biden (D) Gov. Bill Richardson (D) Sen. Chuck Hagel (R) Rep. Duncan Hunter (R) Sen. Russ Feingold (D) Sen. Sam Brownback (R) Ex-Rep. Newt Gingrich (R) Gov. Mitt Romney (R) Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) Gov. George Pataki (R) Sec. Condoleezza Rice (R) Rep. Tom Tancredo (R) Retired Gen. Wesley Clark (D) Sen. Christopher Dodd (D) Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D) Gov. Tom Vilsack (D) Sen. Barack Obama (D) Rep. Ron Paul (R)