"The Political Quiz Show" from USA Weekend, October 28-30, 1994


How To Assign Points:
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 1. "Trust" - 0 points.
    "Distrust" gets 2 points.
    The major difference between liberals and conservatives is that liberals tend to trust
    government while conservatives do not.

 2. Any of the following gets 1 point (for a maximum of 5 points):
     The Pentagon
     The executive branch
     The FBI
     The CIA
     The Joint Chiefs

    Any of the following gets 0 points:
     The U.S. Postal Service
     The legislative branch
     The I.R.S.
     The Peace Corps
     The United Nations
   
    Liberals would pick the U.S. Postal Service, the I.R.S., the Peace Corps, the United Nations,
    and the legislative branch because they tend to believe in these institutions.

 3. Any of the following gets 1 point (for a maximum of 3 points):
     Doctors
     Business Executives
     Team Owners

    These answers score 0 points:
     Trial Lawyers
     Union Leaders
     Professional Athletes
   
    Liberals favor trial lawyers over doctors, and workers over executives because they tend to
    distrust businessmen and favor their workers and advocates.

 4. Give yourself 1 point on this question ONLY if you answered "none". All other answers: 0

 5. Give yourself 1 point for every answer (for a maximum of 9), EXCEPT "Cut defense spending" 
    and "Don't cut at all", which score 0.

 6. "Term limits" - 1 point
    "Public Financing" - 0

 7. "Ronald Reagan" - 1 point
    "Franklin D. Roosevelt" - 0

 8. "Melting Pot" - 1 point
    "Multicultural society" - 0

 9. "Elders" - 1 point
    "Robertson" - 0
    "Neither" - 0

10. "Stricter controls" - 0 points
    "Mandatory sentences" - 1
    "Both" - 0

11. "Build prisons" - 1 point
    "Rebuild cities" - 0
    "Both" - 0

12. "Agree" - 1   "Disagree" - 0

13. "Agree" - 1   "Disagree" - 0

14. "Agree" - 0   "Disagree" - 1

15. "Agree" - 0   "Disagree" - 1

16. "Agree" - 1   "Disagree" - 0

17. "Agree" - 0   "Disagree" - 1

18. "Agree" - 0   "Disagree" - 1

19. "Agree" - 0   "Disagree" - 1

20. "Agree" - 1   "Disagree" - 0

21. "Agree" - 0   "Disagree" - 1

22. "Agree" - 0   "Disagree" - 1

23. "Agree" - 1   "Disagree" - 0

24. "Agree" - 0   "Disagree" - 1

25. "Agree" - 0   "Disagree" - 1


About your score:
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Respondents with the most points (40) are 100 percent conservative; those with the least
(0) are 100 percent liberal.

Take note: A higher number of points is not meant to imply a higher level of political
consciousness! The system of accumulating points for conservative answers is simply a
practical method for assigning politically left-to-right slots on the spectrum.

About the authors:
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Victor Kamber is a veteran Democratic consultant and the president of The Kamber Group,
a political consulting firm in Washington, D.C.  Bradley S. O'Leary is a Republican 
consultant. Together they write the Kamber/O'Leary Report, a political newsletter.