UVOTE Vote Summary File for All Issues and Solutions
Update time and date: Fri Oct 30 12:42:19 1998
Topic Ave Combined # of Standard
Votes Vote VOTES Deviation
I101 EXCESSIVE NATIONAL DEBT 8.75 0.875 67 2.344
S101.1 Balanced Budget Amendment 7.85 0.687 88 3.057
S101.2 Individual National Debt 3.29 0.288 55 3.526
Accounts
S101.3 Path to Balanced Budget 5.30 0.464 46 3.788
I102 UNCONTROLLED GOVERNMENT 9.08 0.908 26 1.354
SPENDING
S102.1 Line Item Veto 8.00 0.726 41 2.720
A102.1.1 Congressional Line Item 8.35 0.758 26 2.652
Veto Overide
S102.2 Single Purpose Legislation 8.56 0.777 32 2.047
S102.3 Privatize Government 7.24 0.657 33 2.926
Services
S102.4 Annual Private Sector 5.94 0.540 18 3.058
Audit
S102.5 Foreign Aid Loans 6.12 0.556 24 3.663
S102.6 Approve Budget First 7.23 0.656 22 2.448
S102.7 GNP Limit on Spending 6.83 0.620 18 3.569
S102.8 No Unfunded Federal Mandates 9.04 0.821 23 1.364
S102.9 Uniform Government Spending 6.88 0.624 16 3.403
Requirement
I103 UNNECESSARILY COMPLEX 7.56 0.756 18 2.935
TAX SYSTEM
S103.1 Minimum Deduction Tax 4.10 0.310 20 3.417
Code
S103.2 National Consumption 8.05 0.608 40 3.258
Tax - No Income Tax
S103.3 Flat Rate - No Deduction 6.50 0.491 30 3.501
Income Tax
I104 CHRONIC TRADE DEFICITS 8.40 0.840 5 3.050
S104.1 Balanced Trade Import 6.36 0.535 11 4.342
Limits
I201 SPECIAL INTEREST ELECTION 7.50 0.750 8 3.071
FUNDING
S201.1 Tax Deductible Poltical 6.60 0.495 15 3.376
Contributions
S201.2 Can't Vote, Can't Contribute 8.87 0.665 23 2.262
S201.3 Blind Trust for Contributions 6.27 0.470 15 3.712
S201.4 Limited Free Air Time 7.64 0.573 14 2.951
For Candidates
S201.5 Only Voluntary Dues For 4.38 0.328 8 3.623
Political Causes
I202 EXCESSIVE NEGATIVE CAMPAIGNS 5.17 0.517 6 3.312
S202.1 Required Issue Statement 5.50 0.284 10 3.923
I203 INADEQUATE CITIZEN CONTROL 9.22 0.922 9 1.302
S203.1 Democracy In Government 6.08 0.561 12 3.528
S203.2 Democracy In Private 4.11 0.379 9 3.296
Organizations
S203.3 Democratic Business Operation 3.56 0.328 9 2.920
S203.4 Term Limits For Congress 7.44 0.687 18 3.666
S203.5 Congressional Audit and 7.70 0.710 10 3.622
Review of Federal Reserve
I204 LOW VOTER PARTICIPATION 8.43 0.843 7 0.787
S204.1 National Initiative Process 8.00 0.674 8 2.878
S204.2 Negative Vote Option 4.86 0.409 7 3.625
A204.2.1 None of the Above Majority 7.71 0.650 7 3.200
= New Election
S204.3 Partial Funding Option 5.83 0.492 6 3.545
S204.4 ATM and Phone Voting 7.11 0.599 9 3.551
S204.5 Official Voter Polls 6.62 0.558 8 3.583
S204.6 Weekend Voting 7.62 0.642 13 3.798
S204.7 Official Internet Voting 6.17 0.520 6 4.021
S204.8 National Voters Holiday 4.40 0.371 5 4.669
I205 EXCESSIVE DOMESTIC SPECIAL 8.50 0.850 6 1.378
INTEREST INFLUENCE
S205.1 Can't Vote, Can't Contribute 9.09 0.773 11 2.700
S205.2 Restricted Private Access 4.14 0.352 7 4.100
I206 EXCESSIVE FOREIGN INTEREST 9.43 0.943 7 0.976
INFLUENCE
S206.1 No Private Access 6.62 0.625 8 3.623
S206.2 No Foreign Investments 7.64 0.720 11 3.414
or Income
S206.3 Only US Campaign Contributions 8.18 0.771 11 3.601
S206.4 Can't Vote, Can't Contribute 8.67 0.817 9 2.915
S206.5 Media Ownership By US 8.00 0.754 10 3.712
Citizens
I207 EXCESSIVE GOVERNMENT 9.67 0.967 3 0.577
REGULATION
S207.1 Congress Abides by the 9.60 0.928 10 0.843
Same Rules as the Public
S207.2 Required Congressional 9.57 0.925 7 0.787
Regulation Approval
S207.3 Sunset Provision 8.33 0.806 6 1.862
S207.4 No Unfunded Federal Mandates 9.75 0.943 8 0.463
S207.5 Sunset Via Minority Repeal 8.50 0.822 2 2.121
S207.6 Minority Repeal 7.00 0.677 4 3.559
I301 EXCESSIVELY LARGE CORPORATE 5.71 0.571 7 3.450
EMPIRES
S301.1 Corporate Size Control 3.33 0.190 9 3.279
S301.2 Small Business subcontract 4.00 0.229 7 3.742
Incentive
S301.3 Compensation Cap for 4.83 0.276 6 4.446
CEO
S301.4 Stockholder Approval 6.50 0.371 10 4.353
of CEO Salary
I302 INSUFFICIENT SMALL BUSINESS 6.33 0.633 3 4.726
OPPORTUNITIES
S302.1 Business subcontract 5.60 0.355 5 4.278
Incentive
S302.2 Reduced Capital Gains 7.20 0.456 5 3.701
Tax For Small Business
S302.3 Small Business Gasoline 5.33 0.338 6 4.761
Stations
I303 EXCESSIVE MEDICAL COST 5.86 0.586 7 2.968
S303.1 Private Practice Nurses 7.00 0.410 4 3.559
S303.2 Limited Insurance Deductibility 2.75 0.161 4 3.500
S303.3 Medicare Fraud Crackdown 5.50 0.322 4 4.203
I304 3RD PARTY MEDICAL FUNDING 6.00 0.600 1 0.000
S304.1 Basic Insurance Availability/Deductibility 4.50 0.270 2 4.950
S304.2 Medical Savings Account 9.17 0.550 6 0.983
I305 EXCESSIVE LEGAL COSTS 9.00 0.900 2 1.414
S305.1 Non-Trial Attorneys 9.43 0.849 7 1.134
S305.2 Budgets For Trials 4.67 0.420 6 3.724
S305.3 Professional Damage Assessment 6.00 0.540 6 3.098
S305.4 Proportional Civil Court 5.83 0.525 6 3.312
Settlements
I306 MISLEADING CONSUMER PRODUCT 8.33 0.833 3 1.528
INFORMATION
S306.1 Required unit Price History 5.25 0.438 4 4.924
I401 DIMINISHING HIGH VALUE 5.00 0.500 3 4.000
JOB BASE
S401.1 Hourly Wage Assistance 2.00 0.100 5 2.236
Program
S401.2 Foreign Production Standards 4.00 0.200 6 4.290
S401.3 Surtax on Foreign Investments 5.25 0.262 8 3.919
S401.4 Balanced Trade Import 6.20 0.310 5 4.764
Limits
I402 FALLING EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS 9.00 0.900 4 1.414
S402.1 "Payment in Full Voucher" 6.82 0.614 11 3.842
Public Choice Education
S402.2 National Achievement 6.25 0.562 8 3.615
Tests
S402.3 Separate Problem Students 7.85 0.706 13 3.313
I403 INADEQUATE CAREER EDUCATION 6.00 0.600 3 3.464
S403.1 Required Career Counseling 6.33 0.380 3 4.041
S403.2 Required Career Skill 7.00 0.420 3 4.359
Training
I404 INADEQUATE SAVINGS RATE 5.67 0.567 3 3.215
S404.1 Limited Divident/Interest 4.50 0.255 4 4.359
Tax Exclusion
S404.2 Required Retirement Savings 4.33 0.246 3 4.163
I405 FORCED CROSS GENERATIONAL 8.00 0.800 1 0.000
RETIREMENT FUNDING
S405.1 Required Retirement Savings 4.33 0.347 3 4.163
S405.2 Raise Social Security 7.00 0.560 2 1.414
Earnings Limit
I501 EXCESSIVE UNEMPLOYMENT 5.25 0.525 4 3.096
S501.1 Hourly Wage Assistance 2.22 0.117 9 2.386
Program
S501.2 Corporate Apprenticeship 3.50 0.184 8 2.726
Programs
S501.3 Unemployment Loan Program 4.86 0.255 7 3.388
S501.4 Tax Deductible "Do It 3.80 0.199 5 3.564
Yourself" Labor
I502 EXCESSIVE VIOLENT CRIME 8.00 0.800 11 1.897
S502.1 Criminal Point System 6.47 0.518 19 3.044
For Life Sentence
S502.2 Enforce Death Penalty 7.72 0.617 39 3.195
S502.3 Zero Gun Tolerance In 6.06 0.485 35 3.472
Schools
S502.4 Gun Registration to Buy 2.33 0.187 30 3.055
Ammunition
S502.5 Gun Registration to All 2.29 0.183 24 2.881
2nd Owners
S502.6 Stringent Concealed Weapon 8.21 0.657 19 3.137
Permits
I503 EXCESSIVE IRRESPONSIBLE 8.50 0.850 2 2.121
BIRTHS
S503.1 Foster Care for Underage 4.17 0.355 23 3.833
Births
S503.2 Active Father Identification 8.59 0.730 17 1.970
S503.3 Tax Credits For Two Children 4.50 0.383 12 3.680
to Married Parents
S503.4 Fines For Excessive Abortions 6.31 0.537 16 3.911
S503.5 Contemporary Statutory 5.94 0.505 16 4.074
Rape Law
I504 EXCESSIVE WELFARE 8.83 0.883 6 1.169
S504.1 Treat Welfare as a Loan 9.53 0.842 15 0.834
S504.2 Hourly Wage Assistance 4.75 0.420 8 3.991
Program
S504.3 Subsidized Child Care 5.91 0.522 11 3.646
S504.4 Low Income Medical Subsidy 4.86 0.429 7 3.436
S504.5 No Benefits to Mothers 8.93 0.789 15 2.314
under 18
S504.6 Two Year Limit on Welfare 8.22 0.726 18 2.962
S504.7 No Additional Welfare 9.67 0.854 15 0.900
For Additional Children
S504.8 Minor Welfare Mothers 8.40 0.742 10 2.836
Must Live With Parents
S504.9 Active Father Identification 9.78 0.864 9 0.441
S504.11 7.00 0.618 11 3.066
I505 EXCESSIVE SUBSTANCE ABUSE 8.50 0.850 8 1.309
S505.1 Selective Licensing 5.13 0.436 15 3.777
S505.2 Random Testing 2.28 0.194 18 2.718
S505.3 More Sting Operations 3.33 0.283 15 3.132
for Users
S505.4 Drug Legalization 6.90 0.586 29 3.155
I506 EXCESSIVE ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION 9.00 0.900 18 2.249
S506.1 Control the Borders 6.87 0.618 23 3.770
S506.2 Hourly Wage Assistance 3.73 0.335 11 4.002
Program
S506.3 Prop 187 - Fewer Public 7.27 0.654 15 3.845
Services for Illegals
S506.4 No Citizenship By Birth 8.07 0.727 27 3.496
for Illegals
S506.5 Greater Employment Penalties 8.50 0.765 18 2.975
for Hiring Illegals
I507 EXCESSIVE URBANIZATION 2.67 0.267 3 2.887
S507.1 Hourly Wage Assistance 3.20 0.085 5 3.194
Program
I508 EXCESSIVE TV VIOLENCE 5.00 0.500 9 4.062
S508.1 Required Preview Ratings 4.82 0.241 11 4.400
I509 AIDS EPIDEMIC 6.25 0.625 4 3.594
S509.1 Reward for AIDS Vaccine 6.50 0.406 8 4.567
I510 SOCIAL DISRUPTION OF 7.82 0.782 11 2.639
ABORTION
S510.1 Legal Restrictions on 5.48 0.429 29 3.562
Abortion
S510.2 National Abortion Standard 7.00 0.547 18 3.498
I601 INADEQUATE/BLOCKED TECHNICAL 8.33 0.833 3 2.082
INNOVATION
S601.1 10% Employee Inventor 4.75 0.396 4 4.500
Patent Rights
S601.2 Patent Rights on Government 6.75 0.562 4 4.031
Contracts
S601.3 10% Government Contracts 6.25 0.521 4 3.594
to Small Engineering
Companies
S601.4 Patent or Release to 7.25 0.604 4 4.272
Employee Inventor in
6 Months
S601.5 Limit Protection of Proprietary 5.00 0.417 3 3.606
Information
I602 STALLED FUSION ENERGY 7.00 0.700 10 3.091
DEVELOPMENT
S602.1 Fusion Energy Development 8.43 0.590 7 3.309
Program
I701 OVERPOPULATION 7.18 0.718 17 3.087
S701.1 Birth Control Technology 6.40 0.459 20 3.633
Support
S701.2 Tie Foreign Aid to Population 5.94 0.426 16 3.696
Control
S701.3 Tax Credits For Two Children 5.10 0.366 10 3.071
ALL (35) ISSUES 7.40 NA 305 2.301
ALL (129) SOLUTIONS 6.12 0.452 1709 3.235
Notes: 1) Ave Votes = the average of the 1 to 10 votes cast on that topic
2) Combined Vote = (Issue Ave Votes) X (Solution Ave Vote)/100
3) # of Vote is the total number of votes cast on that topic
4) Standard Deviation is a measure of the variation in the votes
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