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S1 Can you please tell me if you are currently registered to vote in the district where you live?
S2 Have you recently moved and have not yet re-registered in your new district?
QSAMPLE Final Selection
Q1 Based on what you have heard so far, is the size of the U.S. nuclear arsenal
Q2 So, looking at all of the nuclear weapons in the world, are they:
Q3 Were you aware or not aware that the U.S. has agreed to actively work together with other nuclear powers to reduce and ultimately eliminate all nuclear weapons?
Q4 Before they had arms control treaties, the U.S. and Russia (then the Soviet Union) built tens of thousands of nuclear weapons with the goal of trying to achieve a superior position.
Q5 The problem with arms control treaties is that they are based on the idea that we should accept that we are vulnerable to a devastating nuclear attack. But we should not accept it.
Q6 So do you approve or disapprove of the U.S. continuing to have arms control treaties with Russia?
Q7 As long as there are countries in the world with nuclear weapons, the U.S. government needs to make sure that no country can possibly think that it makes sense to attack the U.S. with nuclear weapons.
Q8 Using nuclear weapons is both immoral and impractical. They would kill hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians, most of whom would have had nothing to do with the decision to go to war.
Q9 Do you favor or oppose maintaining a U.S. arsenal that meets this minimum requirement for the U.S. nuclear arsenal?
Q10 How many nuclear weapons do you think the U.S. needs to have that would survive an all-out nuclear attack and could then be used for retaliation?
Q11 Russia has been developing small nuclear warheads that can be delivered with missiles or other means. This suggests that they believe they can use these nuclear weapons to their advantage in a conflict involving a nearby country or a European country t
Q12 It makes no sense that the Russians would think that they could launch a nuclear attack with a small nuclear warhead and that the U.S. would back down and not retaliate because it would take longer for its bombers to arrive at the target.
Q13 If our European allies see Russia building these relatively low explosive-power warheads that could be used against them and the U.S. does not respond by having a corresponding weapon, our allies may think that the U.S. commitment to defend Europe is w
Q14 Having more weapons is not the right way to assure our allies that the U.S. nuclear deterrent will keep them safe. The U.S. nuclear arsenal already has many kinds of weapons and they are overwhelming and effective.
Q15 So, having considered these arguments, do you think the U.S. should or should not put nuclear warheads with relatively low explosive power on missiles on submarines?
Q16 Regardless of whether you think the U.S. needs to develop this particular weapon, as a general principle do you think that:
Q17 There are many important threats against the U.S. vital interests over and above the threat of a nuclear attack. To protect against those threats we should make it clear and unambiguous that the use of nuclear weapons is on the table.
Q18 It is easy to say that we will deter bad behavior with the explicit threat of nuclear weapons. But sometimes deterrence fails. What then? Would we really want to use nuclear weapons in response to a non-nuclear attack?
Q19 While it can be justified to use nuclear threats to deter a country from attacking us or our allies with nuclear weapons, there is no way to justify using nuclear weapons for other purposes. Even if the United States were to only use a small nuclear we
Q20 Declaring unambiguously that the U.S. would never use nuclear weapons first would effectively tie one of our arms behind our back. There are many important threats that the U.S. is seeking to deter other than a nuclear attack-such as a large-scale non-
Q21 So now, what do you think the U.S. stance should be on using nuclear weapons first in response to a NON-NUCLEAR attack?
Q22AR1 A major non-nuclear attack on the military forces of the United States or other countries that are our partners or allies: Here are some types of non-nuclear attacks. Please select whether you think the U.S. should declare that it would consider usi
Q22AR2 A major attack using chemical or biological weapons on the U.S. or other countries that are our partners or allies: Here are some types of non-nuclear attacks. Please select whether you think the U.S. should declare that it would consider using nucl
Q22AR3 A major non-nuclear attack on civilians in the U.S. or other countries that are our partners or allies: Here are some types of non-nuclear attacks. Please select whether you think the U.S. should declare that it would consider using nuclear weapons
Q22AR4 Non-nuclear attacks on infrastructure in the U.S. or other countries that are our partners or allies: Here are some types of non-nuclear attacks. Please select whether you think the U.S. should declare that it would consider using nuclear weapons fi
Q22AR5 Non-nuclear attacks on the nuclear forces of the U.S. or our allies: Here are some types of non-nuclear attacks. Please select whether you think the U.S. should declare that it would consider using nuclear weapons first in response to:
Q22AR6 Non-nuclear attacks on the systems that provide warning about attacks on the U.S. or our allies and assessments of the damage caused: Here are some types of non-nuclear attacks. Please select whether you think the U.S. should declare that it would c
Q23 The choice to start a nuclear war is the most significant decision any president can make. No individual, particularly one who would likely be under tremendous stress, should be able to make this decision alone, except in the event of a nuclear attack
Q24 The Constitution states that the President is the Commander in Chief and he clearly has the authority to use military force to defend the nation from attack. The last time Congress formally declared war was during World War II.
Q25. Should Congress should pass a law that says: On the policy of First Use of nukes, the President would have to consult Congress and get a declaration of war before attacking another country with nukes
Q26 Russia has violated the INF treaty for years. In dialog with the Russians about this problem-over two presidential administrations-the Russians have refused to admit their violations. We cannot let Russia cheat without consequences. We cannot let them
Q27 The INF Treaty has played a very important role in European security for more than thirty years. These weapons were especially dangerous because they were very accurate and powerful, and could destroy leadership and military targets in minutes.
Q28 So now, do you think the U.S. should:
Q29 If New START expires without a replacement, there would be no limits on U.S. and Russian long-range nuclear weapons for the first time since 1972. Extending New START is important for U.S. national security because it keeps the number of Russian nuclea
Q30 We should let New START expire. Russia has been violating another arms control treaty on intermediate range weapons, so why should we reward them by extending New START?
Q31 So now, do you favor or oppose the U.S. agreeing to extend the New START Treaty that limits U.S. and Russian strategic weapons and requires extensive inspections and information sharing?
Q32 When land-based missiles were first developed they were more accurate than submarine-based missiles. But now submarine-based ones are just as accurate and we have a lot of warheads-945-on these missiles, and they are not vulnerable to attack. We also h
Q33 For many decades now the U.S. has had three different means of delivering strategic nuclear weapons. This redundancy makes it clearer to any enemy that the U.S. will always be able retaliate with overwhelming destructive power.
Q34 If we are going to phase out the land-based missiles, we should at least make sure that we keep the same number of warheads. Lowering the total number of warheads from 1,550 to 1,150 would be a serious drop. The Russians could still have 1,550 warheads
Q35 Having 1,150 warheads would be more than plenty for assuring that we can deter any potential enemy from attacking us. Building additional warheads for submarines and bombers would be expensive and unnecessary.
Q36 So now, do you think the U.S. should:
Q37 Do you approve or disapprove of the U.S. continuing to abide by the moratorium on nuclear testing?
Q38 Anything that we can do to reduce the number of weapons that could reach the U.S. or its allies is something we should do. It could save lives and reduce damage to our military forces and infrastructure. Even if the new weapon could not destroy all of
Q39 Even if the U.S. were able to destroy a few more of an enemy's nuclear weapons than it can now, the U.S. would still be vulnerable to a major attack. Further, adversaries would surely develop countermeasures that would make the new capability ineffecti
Q40 In such a case, do you think the U.S. should or should not develop and test the new type of weapon, breaking the moratorium against testing nuclear weapons?
D1 Generally speaking, do you think of yourself as a:
D1A Do you think of yourself as closer to the:
D2A How often would you say you vote in the general election-that is, the election for President every four years, or in off-years for just members of Congress?
D2B How often would you say you vote in your party's primary elections?
D3 Did you vote in the November 2016 election or did you not get a chance to vote?
D3A In voting for President in November 2016, who did you choose?
D4 Do you approve or disapprove of the way Donald Trump is handling his job as President?
D5 Thinking about President Trump, how responsive do you think he is to the American people?
D6 What is your religion?
D6A Would you describe yourself as a born-again Christian?
D6B Would you describe yourself as an Evangelical Christian?
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