Finding the correlations between career and President approval

[haybierman]

I'm going to get a study going here -

It's a sort of questionnaire.

If you like, you can PM me the answers or if you don't care about the info being private, you can post it on here.

I'll release the results in a few weeks once we have enough responses.

1. How old are you?
2. What is your highest level of education
3. Round up to the nearest $10000 for your salary
4. What is your career field?
5. At what age did you hold your first job and what was it? (cutting lawns as a kid doesn't count. I'm talking about jobs where you pay taxes)
6. Do you tend to lean Far right, moderate right, middle of the road, moderate left, or far left?
7. Do you believe in government intervention to re-distribute wealth from the rich to the poor?
8. Do you favor more religious or secular government policy?
9. Do you approve of George W. Bush's job as President?
10. What about Clinton?
11. What about Bush 41?
12. Who do you want to see elected in November, and a short sentence explaining why.
13. What is the number one problem domestic problem in this country? Who is best equipped to fix it? Why?
14. Do you believe America is a racist country? Are the majority of Americans racist?
15. What is the best way to overcome racism?
16. Do you consider yourself religious?
17. Without an attack in eight years, is terrorism still something we should be focusing on?
18. Why hasn't the U.S. found Bin Laden?
19. Did you grow up in a single or dual parent household?
20. Should illegal immigrants be given amnesty? Why?


I know some of these questions are a lot to answer but I'd like to put together a short study on the answers given. If you PM me, all your info will remain anonymous.

Thanks!

[daniel3417]

1. How old are you?
19

2. What is your highest level of education
Currently a sophomore in college.

3. Round up to the nearest $10000 for your salary
That'd be $0.00

4. What is your career field?
Major is finance.

5. At what age did you hold your first job and what was it? (cutting lawns as a kid doesn't count. I'm talking about jobs where you pay taxes)
18 years old

6. Do you tend to lean Far right, moderate right, middle of the road, moderate left, or far left?
Far right on the economy and military. Far left on social issues like gay marriage. I'm for minimal government.

7. Do you believe in government intervention to re-distribute wealth from the rich to the poor?
Absolutely not.

8. Do you favor more religious or secular government policy?
100% secular

9. Do you approve of George W. Bush's job as President?
Yes

10. What about Clinton?
He did ok. However, his foreign policy was weak, which is one reason 9/11 occured.

11. What about Bush 41?
I was 3, lol.

12. Who do you want to see elected in November, and a short sentence explaining why.
I will be voting for McCain/Palin primarily because Sarah Palin is a real Republican and the other three (McCain, Obama, Biden) are either Democrats, Socialist, or Communists.

13. What is the number one problem domestic problem in this country? Who is best equipped to fix it? Why?
The dependency on government aid whether it's a housing bailout or healthcare is the number one problem. The person to help fix it is your neighborhood, i.e., less government.

14. Do you believe America is a racist country? Are the majority of Americans racist?
No it isn't a racist country. No most people, like myself, don't give a damn.

15. What is the best way to overcome racism?
The best way to overcome racism is to allow normal people think for themselves. The more the media talks about race, the more we are told how amazing it is that Obama is black, the more we continue to see the differences between races instead of the similarities. Noting differences is a key to Democrats' politics. They do it all the time. Women, blacks, poor, immigrants, they are always pointing out our divisions.

16. Do you consider yourself religious?
It depends on what day it is! I go to church, if that matters.

17. Without an attack in eight years, is terrorism still something we should be focusing on?
Yes. It only takes one day for all of these safe seven years to be called into question.

18. Why hasn't the U.S. found Bin Laden?
He has a mass network of constituents and hides in underdeveloped countries. If he were to hide in Europe, we would have an organized government to aid us, but we have had to create that government in Afghanistan and Iraq. Remember that we also never found Hitler, but we consider WWII a success.

19. Did you grow up in a single or dual parent household?
Dual

20. Should illegal immigrants be given amnesty? Why?
No. Illegal immigrants have broken the law, and should receive whatever sentence they deserve. Using this logic, we should consider giving amnesty to theives and the like. Two friends come to mind that are citizens of Canada and South Africa, but are permanent residents of the United States. They renew their visas until they can apply for citizenship, and it really isn't that hard. The USA welcome immigrants; just tell us you're here!!

[haybierman]

Thanks for your reply! I have a database made up to enter everyone's answers. I'm hoping to get around 20 replies.

Also, please nobody turn this into a debate forum. This is strictly for posting YOUR replies to the questions above.

[RedGoneWILD]

1. How old are you?
26
2. What is your highest level of education
college grad
3. Round up to the nearest $10000 for your salary
anonymous
4. What is your career field?
anonymous
5. At what age did you hold your first job and what was it? (cutting lawns as a kid doesn't count. I'm talking about jobs where you pay taxes)
16
6. Do you tend to lean Far right, moderate right, middle of the road, moderate left, or far left?
i refuse to be classified like this
7. Do you believe in government intervention to re-distribute wealth from the rich to the poor?
i believe america should help its poor...interpret that how you want
8. Do you favor more religious or secular government policy?
religion needs to stay the hell out of government
9. Do you approve of George W. Bush's job as President?
hell no
10. What about Clinton?
for the most part
11. What about Bush 41?
too young to have followed closely...dont care enough to study
12. Who do you want to see elected in November, and a short sentence explaining why.
Ron Paul...he wants to stop the war and stop telling other countries what to do, he wants to eliminate half the federal government, he's against the war on drugs
13. What is the number one problem domestic problem in this country? Who is best equipped to fix it? Why?
i dont know if its the number one problem, but the prison population is absurd...stop building more jails
14. Do you believe America is a racist country? Are the majority of Americans racist?
america was founded by slave owners, so racism is in our history...we've made a lot of progress in the last 40 years, but there is absolutely still racism in this country...but not the majority of americans are
15. What is the best way to overcome racism?
talk about it
16. Do you consider yourself religious?
anonymous
17. Without an attack in eight years, is terrorism still something we should be focusing on?
yes...but without violating the constitution to do so...those who will sacrifice liberty for security deserve neither
18. Why hasn't the U.S. found Bin Laden?
because he's dead...would the government really tell us?
19. Did you grow up in a single or dual parent household?
single
20. Should illegal immigrants be given amnesty? Why?
no opinion

[chljoe]

1. How old are you?
26
2. What is your highest level of education
A lot of college
3. Round up to the nearest $10000 for your salary
Enough
4. What is your career field?
I have many fields
5. At what age did you hold your first job and what was it? (cutting lawns as a kid doesn't count. I'm talking about jobs where you pay taxes)
16
6. Do you tend to lean Far right, moderate right, middle of the road, moderate left, or far left?
I lean with my ability to think for myself
7. Do you believe in government intervention to re-distribute wealth from the rich to the poor?
You should look out for the people that live in the country
8. Do you favor more religious or secular government policy?
Secular is the way to go
9. Do you approve of George W. Bush's job as President?
Not really
10. What about Clinton?
Yes and no
11. What about Bush 41?
Yes and no
12. Who do you want to see elected in November, and a short sentence explaining why.
The person I vote for
13. What is the number one problem domestic problem in this country? Who is best equipped to fix it? Why?
Millions of uninsured, the person that knows this, because it needs to be done
14. Do you believe America is a racist country? Are the majority of Americans racist?
You can see the racial disparity and overall racism in the country. I don't know a majority of Americans.
15. What is the best way to overcome racism?
Begin to realize that it is just flat out stupid
16. Do you consider yourself religious?
Not in the least
17. Without an attack in eight years, is terrorism still something we should be focusing on?
Question too ambiguous
18. Why hasn't the U.S. found Bin Laden?
Because he is the best at Hide and Seek
19. Did you grow up in a single or dual parent household?
Too vague, does not take into consideration a split household
20. Should illegal immigrants be given amnesty? Why?
Why not

[TheTGB]

1. How old are you? 22

2. What is your highest level of education? Practically have my 4-year

3. Round up to the nearest $10000 for your salary? Not enough, part time

4. What is your career field? Criminology/Criminal Justice major

5. At what age did you hold your first job and what was it? (cutting lawns as a kid doesn't count. I'm talking about jobs where you pay taxes) 17, delivered pizza

6. Do you tend to lean Far right, moderate right, middle of the road, moderate left, or far left? Moderate left

7. Do you believe in government intervention to re-distribute wealth from the rich to the poor? To an extent, yes, we need to take care our own

8. Do you favor more religious or secular government policy? Secular please

9. Do you approve of George W. Bush's job as President? Not really

10. What about Clinton? Not so bad

11. What about Bush 41? Too young really

12. Who do you want to see elected in November, and a short sentence explaining why. Considering Nader has no chance to win, I will be voting for Obama because I don't want to see McCain and a VP with only 22 months of experience in top politics.

13. What is the number one problem domestic problem in this country? Who is best equipped to fix it? Why? I would consider broken families a big problem. And I have no idea who can fix that. If we can fix families in this country, we could solve many other problems. But we need to worry about ourselves first.

14. Do you believe America is a racist country? Are the majority of Americans racist? Yes and no.

15. What is the best way to overcome racism? Stop labeling people. Everyone is a person no matter what race or background they come from.

16. Do you consider yourself religious? No.

17. Without an attack in eight years, is terrorism still something we should be focusing on? Absolutely. It's still very easy to do something.

18. Why hasn't the U.S. found Bin Laden? Pakistan isn't playing nice.

19. Did you grow up in a single or dual parent household? Single

20. Should illegal immigrants be given amnesty? Why? No, we can't take care of the people who are already here.

[ensbergcollector]

guys - he is asking for you answers, it does no good to avoid questions.

1. How old are you?
27

2. What is your highest level of education
College Grad

3. Round up to the nearest $10000 for your salary
Rounding up to 40k

4. What is your career field?
Youth Minister

5. At what age did you hold your first job and what was it? (cutting lawns as a kid doesn't count. I'm talking about jobs where you pay taxes)
16 years old, life guard and good ol target!

6. Do you tend to lean Far right, moderate right, middle of the road, moderate left, or far left?
Far Right

7. Do you believe in government intervention to re-distribute wealth from the rich to the poor?
Absolutely not.

8. Do you favor more religious or secular government policy?
Not sure what religious government policy would be but I don't believe in the church having a hand in government if that answers the question.

9. Do you approve of George W. Bush's job as President?
85% yes

10. What about Clinton?
No. I think he coasted and didn't do anything of consequence. He avoided actual issues IMO.

11. What about Bush 41?
yes. Although, I think he spent his first term preparing for his second so aside from the Iraq war, he did very little.

12. Who do you want to see elected in November, and a short sentence explaining why.
I am not a fan of McCain in anyway. However, of the available choices, I will begrudgingly vote for him. I favor the staples of the republican ticket (pro-gun, anti-abortion, anti-gay marriage, minimized government).

13. What is the number one problem domestic problem in this country? Who is best equipped to fix it? Why?
The dependency on government aid whether it's a housing bailout or welfare, or healthcare is the number one problem (agree with the answer so I am stealing it). We are. Once we decide it is up to ourselves to take care of ourselves, everything changes.
14. Do you believe America is a racist country? Are the majority of Americans racist?
Racism still exists. However, I dont believe we are a racist country nor are the majority racist.

15. What is the best way to overcome racism?
Might get in trouble for this one. The best way to overcome racism is to actually treat people as equals. Stop giving preferential treatment to any one group. All that does is tell people they aren't equal. This goes for women, minorities, etc. Recent studies show that by 2025, caucasions will be in the minority in this country. Will they start being given preferential treatment at that time?
16. Do you consider yourself religious?
Absolutely

17. Without an attack in eight years, is terrorism still something we should be focusing on?
Yes. It only takes one day for all of these safe seven years to be called into question. (Again, stealing an answer)

18. Why hasn't the U.S. found Bin Laden?
He has a mass network of constituents and hides in underdeveloped countries. If he were to hide in Europe, we would have an organized government to aid us, but we have had to create that government in Afghanistan and Iraq. Remember that we also never found Hitler, but we consider WWII a success.

19. Did you grow up in a single or dual parent household?
Dual

20. Should illegal immigrants be given amnesty? Why?
No. Illegal immigrants have broken the law, and should receive whatever sentence they deserve. Using this logic, we should consider giving amnesty to theives and the like. Two friends come to mind that are citizens of Canada and South Africa, but are permanent residents of the United States. They renew their visas until they can apply for citizenship, and it really isn't that hard. The USA welcome immigrants; just tell us you're here!! (stealing answer and adding the following). When did the word illegal stop meaning what it means?

[Bonds_25]

1. How old are you? 21
2. What is your highest level of education? Senior in college so 3 years of college so far
3. Round up to the nearest $10000 for your salary: Zip, zilch, nada
4. What is your career field? Business Administration (major)
5. At what age did you hold your first job and what was it? 18
6. Do you tend to lean Far right, moderate right, middle of the road, moderate left, or far left? moderate right
7. Do you believe in government intervention to re-distribute wealth from the rich to the poor? That's a tough one. I support it to an extent, but nothing outrageous.
8. Do you favor more religious or secular government policy? Secular
9. Do you approve of George W. Bush's job as President? No, started a war on false premises
10. What about Clinton? Yes
11. What about Bush 41? Wasn't old enough to accurately judge him
12. Who do you want to see elected in November, and a short sentence explaining why? Obama, I believe he has what it takes to change this country for the better.
13. What is the number one problem domestic problem in this country? Who is best equipped to fix it? Why? The economy.
14. Do you believe America is a racist country? Are the majority of Americans racist? No and no, though racism certainly still exists in this country. More prevalent in some areas of the country of course.
15. What is the best way to overcome racism? No idea
16. Do you consider yourself religious? Not in the least bit
17. Without an attack in eight years, is terrorism still something we should be focusing on? Absolutely
18. Why hasn't the U.S. found Bin Laden? Too much focus on Iraq, lost focus on Afghanistan and other areas in the Middle East. Or he could be dead.
19. Did you grow up in a single or dual parent household? Dual
20. Should illegal immigrants be given amnesty? Why? No, if you break the law you deserve to pay the consequences.

[haybierman]

Thanks everyone for your answers so far.

Also, for those of you skipping questions or not directly answering them, I would like to remind you that this is a survey, not a soapbox. Also, if you don't want to type your answer in the public forum, please feel free to PM me your answers. I will not make them public record.

Thanks again everybody!

[TheTGB]

Oh, I missed one, editing my first job.