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QS1. Can you please tell me if you are currently registered to vote in the district where you live?
QS2. Have you recently moved and have not yet re-registered in your new district?
Q10. Members of Congress and senior staff who have recently left have unique personal relationships, access and insider knowledge, so the special interests that hire them get an unfair advantage in working the system. It is fine for special interests to c
Q11. Telling former government officials they cannot lobby in favor of a cause they believe in violates their First Amendment right to freedom of speech. They should have the right to speak with current government officials and share their views or expert
Q12. Working for the government should be something that people do as public service, not as a stepping stone for getting a high-paying lobbying job. It is also not right that people who have just come out of government get an unfair advantage over others
Q13. What if a former government official wants to lobby in support of legislation to help poor children or to seek a cure for cancer? They may be uniquely knowledgeable or passionate about a particular issue. Should they be prohibited from helping furthe
Q14. When people who work in government are thinking about leaving government or are concerned they might be voted out of office, they sometimes start thinking about the possibility of becoming a lobbyist because it can pay very well. This can lead them t
Q15. Working for the government is risky. An elected official may be voted out of office, or, in the case of a staffer, the elected official they work for may be voted out. There is nothing wrong with former government officials having lobbying as a fallb
Q16. So, on scale below, please select how acceptable it would be to you to extend the period former Members of Congress must wait before working as a lobbyist from 1-2 years to five years.
Q17. How acceptable would it be for you to go further and prohibit former Members of Congress from working as a lobbyist for the rest of their life.
Q18. So, which would you recommend the most when it comes to former Members of Congress working as a lobbyist:
Q19. How acceptable would it be to you to extend period a senior Congressional staffer would have to wait before working as a lobbyist from the current one year to two years.
Q20. So, which would you recommend the most when it comes to former senior Congressional staffers on working as a lobbyist:
Q21. How acceptable would it be to you to extend period a senior Executive Branch official would have to wait before lobbying the agency they worked for from 1-2 years to five years.
Q23. So, which would you recommend the most when it comes to senior Executive Branch officials lobbying the agency they worked for:
Q24. Overall, how important do you think it is to extend the periods that government officials must wait before lobbying the government?
Q25. Foreign governments should not be allowed to hire former senior Executive Branch officials who have unique knowledge, connections, and influence to advance the interests of the foreign power. Those foreign entities may have interests that are at odds
Q26. Singling out and permanently prohibiting former senior Executive Branch officials from lobbying for foreign governments is discriminatory and violates the principles of free speech. It won't protect against a foreign government's bad intentions becau
Q27. How acceptable would it be to you if former senior Executive Branch officials were prohibited from any lobbying on behalf of a foreign government, for the rest of their life.
Q28. So, would you recommend your Member of Congress vote in favor of or against a proposal to prohibit former senior Executive Branch officials from lobbying on behalf of a foreign government, for the rest of their life?
Q29. How important do you think it is for former Executive Branch officials to be prohibited from lobbying on behalf of foreign government for the rest of their life?
QD1. Generally speaking, do you think of yourself as a:
QD1A. Do you think of yourself as closer to the:
QD2A. 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?
QD2B. How often would you say you vote in your party's primary elections?
QD3. In voting for President, which of the following did you choose?
QD4. What is your religion?
QD4A. Would you describe yourself as a born-again Christian?
QD4B. Would you describe yourself as an Evangelical Christian?
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