Here are your answers compared to this voter’s answers.
Social › Gay Marriage
8>8 Personal answerYes |
Foreign Policy › European Union
8>8 Personal answerNo |
Social › Abortion
8>8 Personal answerPro-choice, and providing birth control, sex education, and more social services will help reduce the number of abortions |
the Economy › Equal Pay
8>8 Personal answerYes, and businesses should be required to publish their salary ranges for each position |
Healthcare › Mental Health
8>8 Personal answerYes, but only increase funding for personalised care instead of subsidising pharmaceutical companies |
Social › LGBT Adoption Rights
8>8 Personal answerYes, as long as they pass the same background checks as straight couples |
Foreign Policy › Military Neutrality
8>8 Personal answerNo |
the Environment › Environmental Regulation
8>8 Personal answerYes, and provide more incentives for alternative energy production |
Transportation › Public Transportation
8>8 Personal answerYes, and provide more free public transportation |
Domestic Policy › Government Surveillance
8>8 Personal answerNo, and enact legislation preventing government surveillance of citizen communications |
Science › Mandatory Vaccinations
8>8 Personal answerYes, but only for deadly contagious diseases |
the Economy › Minimum Wage
8>8 Personal answerYes, and make it a living wage |
the Economy › Social Housing
8>8 Personal answerYes, and housing should be made more affordable by reforming zoning laws to reduce the amount of new single family homes being built and allow for more apartment complexes. |
the Economy › Taxes
8>8 Personal answerYes. Remove all existing corporate tax loopholes and introduce progressive tax brackets for capital gains and corporate profits. |
the Environment › Plastic Product Ban
8>8 Personal answerNo, but charge companies for the landfill cost and provide tax incentives for better alternatives. |
Healthcare › NHS Healthcare System
8>8 Personal answerYes |
Education › Irish Language Curriculum
8>8 Personal answerYes, but focus more on the ability to speak and understand the language instead of analysing poems, stories, and phrases |
Domestic Policy › United Ireland
8>8 Personal answerYes, but only if both sides independently and overwhelmingly vote in favor of it |
Social › Death Penalty
8>8 Personal answerNo, too many people are innocently convicted |
Social › Euthanasia
8>8 Personal answerYes, but only if there is no chance they will survive their illness |
Foreign Policy › Foreign Elections
8>8 Personal answerNo, and we should not try to influence any other country’s elections or policy |
Education › Tuition Fees
8>8 Personal answerYes |
Foreign Policy › United States of Europe
8>8 Personal answerYes, but only for external affairs and not for internal affairs. |
Social › Gender Transition
8>8 Personal answerNo, children should not be allowed to make irreversible life decisions |
Foreign Policy › Mandatory Military Service
8>8 Personal answerNo, service should be a choice instead of an obligation |
Elections › Retirement Age of Politicians
8>8 Personal answerNo, provide tax incentives to low-cost housing developers instead |
Healthcare › Healthcare Privatisation
8>8 Personal answerLess, and there should be no privatization of the healthcare industry |
Crime › Drug Trafficking Penalties
8>8 Personal answerNo, sentence them to life in prison without parole instead |
the Environment › Animal Testing
8>8 Personal answerYes, but not for cosmetics |
the Economy › Corporate Tax
8>8 Personal answerIncrease for large multinational corporations but lower for small businesses |
Social › Gender Workplace Diversity
8>8 Personal answerNo, board members should be the most qualified regardless of gender |
Domestic Policy › Whistleblower Protection
8>8 Personal answerYes |
Social › Hate Speech
8>8 Personal answerYes, as long as it does not threaten violence |
Crime › Demilitarize the Police
8>8 Personal answerNo, extreme situations should be handled by higher agencies with specialized training and equipment |
Social › Women in Combat
8>8 Personal answerNo, women are not as physically capable as men for combat |
Healthcare › Single-Payer Healthcare
8>8 Personal answerYes, this system guarantees healthcare for everyone |
Crime › Private Prisons
8>8 Personal answerNo, private prisons will sacrifice quality of care and rehabilitation services for profit |
Domestic Policy › Drug Policy
8>8 Personal answerYes, and retroactively reduce sentences for those already serving time |
the Economy › Four-day Workweek
8>8 Personal answerYes, as long as working hours and salaries would remain unchanged. |
Immigration › Muslim Immigrant Ban
8>8 Personal answerNo, banning immigrants based on their religion is unconstitutional |
Healthcare › Safe Haven
8>8 Personal answerYes, drug abuse should be treated as a health issue, not a criminal issue |
Social › Transgender Athletes
8>8 Personal answerNo, transgender athletes should have their own dedicated category in sports to ensure fairness. |
Healthcare › COVID Employment Health Pass
8>8 Personal answerNo, I think businesses should require vaccination but not by government mandate |
the Economy › Welfare
8>8 Personal answerFewer, and ensure benefits go to those that need it most |
the Economy › Inheritance Tax
8>8 Personal answerNo, reform so the tax rate is based on the wealth of the recipient rather than the deceased |
the Environment › Fox Hunting
8>8 Personal answerNo, this is a cruel sport which should remain illegal |
Crime › Defunding the Police
8>8 Personal answerYes, replace police with unarmed community based responders for non-violent calls |
the Economy › Water Charges
8>8 Personal answerNo, because water infrastructure costs money to maintain. |
the Economy › Bonus Cap
8>8 Personal answerYes, and lower the cap to 50% |
the Economy › Welfare Drug Testing
8>8 Personal answerNo, only if they have a criminal history related to drug abuse |
Education › Niqāb
8>8 Personal answerYes, unless the school adheres to a dress code. |
Foreign Policy › Taliban Financial Aid
8>8 Personal answerNo, the Taliban government can't be trusted to use aid money in good faith, but sanctions should be lifted as they only hurt the people. |
Healthcare › Marijuana
8>8 Personal answerYes, and legalise, tax, and regulate marijuana instead of criminalizing it |
Healthcare › Vaccine Mandates for Customers
8>8 Personal answerYes, as long as it's not used to deny service. |
Foreign Policy › EU Army
8>8 Personal answerYes, as it will allow for much better coordination and for the cost to be shared equitably by all members. |
Foreign Policy › Ukraine and Nato
8>8 Personal answerYes, so long as it's only to guarantee their own security and not used to install nuclear warheads close to the Russian border. |
Domestic Policy › Social Media Regulation
8>8 Personal answerNo, as it would set a dangerous precedent. Instead, users should be simply informed and advised to be cautious. |
the Environment › Fracking
8>8 Personal answerNo, we should pursue more sustainable energy resources instead |
Social › Niqāb
8>8 Personal answerYes, but their identity must be privately verified by a female staff member |
the Economy › Government Spending
8>8 Personal answerNo, increase taxes on large multinational corporations instead |
the Economy › State Ownership
8>8 Personal answerYes, the government should receive equity for any financial aid they provide to companies |
the Economy › Universal Basic Income
8>8 Personal answerYes, everyone should receive an income to cover basic necessities including food and housing |
the Economy › Labor Unions
8>8 Personal answerHelp, but ban their ability to make political donations |
Science › Nuclear Energy
8>8 Personal answerYes, and more funding should be invested into new reactor designs that can extract more energy out of new nuclear pellets and reuse spent nuclear pellets. |
the Economy › Economic Stimulus
8>8 Personal answerYes, but in the form of tax breaks for all citizens |
Elections › Campaign Finance
8>8 Personal answerNo, these types of donations just turn into bribes |
Immigration › EU Migrant Quota
8>8 Personal answerNo |
Foreign Policy › Backstop
8>8 Personal answerYes, keep the EU bloc’s single market and its customs union |
Immigration › Immigrant Assimilation
8>8 Personal answerYes, but the government should provide free language learning courses |
Immigration › Immigrant Welfare Benefits
8>8 Personal answerYes, as long as they are working and paying taxes |
Foreign Policy › European Union Countries
8>8 Personal answerNo |
Domestic Policy › Seanad Éireann Electoral System
8>8 Personal answerYes |
Immigration › Citizenship Test
8>8 Personal answerYes, but only if they're trying to apply for dual citizenship. |
the Environment › Genetically Modified Foods
8>8 Personal answerYes, but producers should not be able to patent seeds |
Immigration › Dual Citizenship
8>8 Personal answerYes |
the Economy › Domestic Jobs
8>8 Personal answerNo, but drastically increase taxes and import tariffs on outsourcing businesses |
National Security › Foreign Assassination
8>8 Personal answerNo, they should be captured and given a fair trial |
Domestic Policy › Northern Ireland Power Sharing
8>8 Personal answerYes |
Elections › Criminal Politicians
8>8 Personal answerYes, as long as it was not a felony, violent, financial, or sexual crime |
Healthcare › World Health Organization
8>8 Personal answerYes, but only relative to the amount that other countries contribute |
the Economy › Government Pensions
8>8 Personal answerYes, but only for low-income pensioners |
Immigration › Skilled Immigrants
8>8 Personal answerDecrease, companies are currently taking advantage of this program to decrease wages |
Elections › Seanad Éireann Referendum
8>8 Personal answerNo, but make it a body that is wholly elected by the people |
Domestic Policy › Term Limits
8>8 Personal answerYes, term limits will increase performance and prevent corruption |
Foreign Policy › Foreign Aid
8>8 Personal answerIncrease, but only for countries that have no human rights violations |
Foreign Policy › European Commission
8>8 Personal answerNo |
Housing › Homeless Encampments
8>8 Personal answerYes, and create more social programs to provide free food, clothing, and medicine |
Education › Free Tuition Fees Scheme
8>8 Personal answerYes, foreign students deserve the same education opportunities as citizens |
Elections › Minimum Voting Age
8>8 Personal answerYes, any citizen that pays taxes should be allowed to vote |
the Economy › Offshore Banking
8>8 Personal answerNo, too many wealthy citizens are abusing loopholes in offshore banking laws to evade taxes |
the Economy › VAT Rates
8>8 Personal answerDecrease, but only on food and medicine |
Elections › Voting Rights Abroad
8>8 Personal answerYes, but only within the first five years of living abroad |
Elections › Right of Foreigners to Vote
8>8 Personal answerYes, but only after living in the country for 5 years |
Foreign Policy › Military Spending
8>8 Personal answerNeither, I am satisfied with the current amount of spending |
Crime › Free Legal Aid
8>8 Personal answerYes, but deny after three crimes |
Immigration › Migrant Children
8>8 Personal answerYes |
Elections › Elected Representatives
8>8 Personal answerNo, this would give too much political power to a small number of representatives |
Foreign Policy › Post Brexit UK
8>8 Personal answerYes, but with tariffs. |
Domestic Policy › Political Advertising on Social Media
8>8 Personal answerNo, so long as it doesn't attack political opponents, particular groups of people, or spread misinformation. Otherwise it would be a violation of free speech. |
Crime › Criminal Voting Rights
8>8 Personal answerYes, except for felons convicted of murder or violent crimes |
the Economy › Cryptocurrency
8>8 Personal answerYes, but only for cryptocurrencies that hold stable value without price fluctuation |
Crime › Prison Overcrowding
8>8 Personal answerYes, but they must perform community service on a daily basis |
Foreign Policy › Central EU Agency
8>8 Personal answerYes, it will make the EU more unified and efficient. |
Foreign Policy › EU Authoritarian Sanctions
8>8 Personal answerYes |
the Environment › Corporate Subsidies
8>8 Personal answerNo, spend that money on improving infrastructure and the community to attract companies |
the Economy › Tariffs
8>8 Personal answerNo, a global free trade system is better for our businesses and consumers |
Domestic Policy › Gambling
8>8 Personal answerNo, unless it is highly predatory. |
Domestic Policy › Flag Burning
8>8 Personal answerNo, I don’t respect anyone who does but they should have the right to do so |
the Economy › Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
8>8 Personal answerYes, but more priority should be given to food safety and environmental protection |
Domestic Policy › Dáil Participation
8>8 Personal answerNo |
the Economy › Decentralised Finance
8>8 Personal answerYes, but only if it’s truly decentralised and cannot be manipulated by any person, group, or government agency |
the Economy › Tech Monopolies
8>8 Personal answerYes |
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