Progressive Legislation Poll
Progressive Legislation Poll
21 members have voted
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1. Which kinds of Progressive Legislation do you generally support?
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Civil Rights legislation, such as emancipation, women's suffrage, voting rights acts, anti-lynching laws, LGBT rights, and the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
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Environmentalism, including conservation and the National Park System
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Reform allowing voters more direct control of government, (i.e. La Follette's "Wisconsin Idea")
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Government healthcare (Medicaid, medicare, Obamacare,, desire for universal single-payer healthcare)
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Labor laws (Child labor ban, work safety laws, anti-discrimination laws, minimum wage)
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Protect unions and encourage Unionization of workers
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Prohibition laws which ban, limit, or curb things like guns, alcohol, soda, and fast food in hopes of forcing people to be healthier for their own good
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Anti-monopoly legislation, aimed to help small businesses and competition
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Social Security
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Anti-discrimination laws (protecting the elderly, disabled, minorities, LGBT, etc.)
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Welfare programs (assistance for very impoverished families)
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Government-funded infrastructure programs (building/updating roads, canals, bridges, airports, highways and also reducing unemployment in the process)
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Keynsian economics (or a tolerance of spending, rather, as a means of eventual greater economic output)
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Financial regulations and audits on banks and other financial industries
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Regulation of some businesses and corporations
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Lenient immigration laws
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Military action and intervention as a last resort, for defense and humanitarian reasons.
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Promote secular, public education
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A general tendencies in legislation towards a greater relation with the international community, and less of an isolationist "America First" attitude
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None of the above
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2. Do you believe you are a Progressive?
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Yes, much in the form of Teddy Roosevelt, La Follette, FDR, Henry Wallace, Dennis Kucinich, Elizabeth Warren, or Bernie Sanders
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Yes, but I am more fiscally conservative, since I believe one can be a progressive and fiscally conservative.
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No, but I consider myself liberal, so I will embrace some or much of this.
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No, I am a conservative and a moderate, and while I support some of this, I don't see myself as a progressive.
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No, I am conservative and this is antithetical to my conservative values.
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Yes, but I don't support most or any of this. Progress is made, not through "progressive" legislature, but by the principles I avow.;
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3. Who is your favorite progressive political figure? You must choose one, even if you don't like any of them.
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Theodore Roosevelt
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Robert La Follette
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Hiram Johnson0
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George W. Norris0
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FDR
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Huey P. Long
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Henry A. Wallace
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William Borah0
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LBJ (as a domestic president only)
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Dennis Kucinich
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Barack Obama (in campaign mode only)
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Bernie Sanders
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