The Politics Test: #33

[ElectionsGuy]

1. Strongly Agree. 71/29, 54/16/15/15
2. Agree. 52/48, 43/10/26/21
3. Disagree. 21/79, 4/17/38/42
4. Strongly Agree. 70/30, 55/14/14/16
5. Strongly Agree. 87/13, 58/28/5/8
6. Strongly Agree. 87/13, 60/27/7/7
7. Agree. 71/29, 37/33/20/10
8. Disagree. 40/60, 12/29/27/33
9. Strongly Agree. 71/29, 51/20/20/9
10. Agree. 55/45, 29/27/16/29
11. Disagree. 20/80, 11/8/33/48
12. Strongly Agree. 75/25, 58/17/15/10
13. Disagree. 37/63, 25/12/19/44
14. Disagree. 49/51, 26/23/40/12
15. Disagree. 37.5/62.5, 8/29/44/19
16. Disagree. 37/63, 27/10/31/32
17. Agree. 58/42, 11/47/22/20
18. Disagree. 41/59, 26/15/22/37
19. Strongly Disagree. 22/78, 15/7/22/57
20. Agree. 61/39, 14/47/18/20
21. Agree. 79/21, 42/37.5/17/4
22. Disagree. 35/65, 17/17/33/33
23. Strongly Agree. 66/34, 50/16/26/8
25. Strongly Agree. 77/23, 65/12/12/12
26. Agree. 64/36, 25/40/19/17
27. Strongly Disagree. 16/84, 6/10/20/64
28. Strongly Disagree. 30/70, 16/14/18/52
29. Strongly Disagree. 9/91, 9/0/13/78
30. Strongly Disagree. 22/78, 12/10/24/54

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Keep voting on proposition 32

Strongly Disagree

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Weak agree, but I think special establishments can apply for smoking/hookah lounges with certain conditions.

[Goldwater]

Strongly Disagree.

[Blue3]

Why can't I vote?

[Intell]

Mostly Agree.

[Classic Conservative]

Why can't I vote?

[dead0man]

strongly disagree

[Green Line]

Disagree, but really meh either way.  Although the smoke of cig smoke disgusts me so I wouldn't be too sad about it

[ElectionsGuy]

Not sure why voting was locked. Sorry about that.

[DemPGH]

Strongly agree. I think if people want to smoke privately, that's obviously their choice, but please don't poison/nauseate me! I also think that tobacco became an industry eons before its health risks were understood or appreciated, so smoking bans seem prudent to me.

[DavidB.]

Does "statewide" mean "federal" (as in: in the entire state = US) or simply "in all states (i.e. enforced by states)"?

[ElectionsGuy]

Does "statewide" mean "federal" (as in: in the entire state = US) or simply "in all states (i.e. enforced by states)"?

Enforced by the states (which in Netherlands, it would be the 12 provinces).

[Maxwell]

Disagree, but really meh either way.  Although the smoke of cig smoke disgusts me so I wouldn't be too sad about it

[DavidB.]

Enforced by the states (which in Netherlands, it would be the 12 provinces).

Okay, clear. Actually, provinces don't have much power in the Netherlands: the Netherlands is an extreme example of a unitary state, though recently the national government's power has been diminished by decentralization (to the municipalities) and (more importantly) by European integration. However, I answer all of these questions as if I were in the US.

It's a hard one, and one in which my libertarian/free market principles clash with my own preference of going to places where smoking is not allowed. I hate the fact that there is no smoking ban in Israel, even though I'm not sure whether this should be implemented. I was against the implementation of the Dutch smoking ban, but as a non-smoking contact lenses wearer, I very much like its effects. I'd be against a federal US smoking ban, because this is none of the federal government's business, but my libertarian principles have eroded somewhat, and I have become more supportive of laws that are theoretically problematic but work toward most people's advantage in reality. I don't really like the phrasing of the question and it doesn't really feel good, but I guess I vote "agree", even if a "neutral" option might reflect my position more accurately.

[Knives]

Strongly disagree.

[ProgressiveCanadian]

Disagree...pretty sure being exposed to cigarettes rarely when you think of all the other chemicals we put in the air is less harmful.