Labor/Peace Survey August 2020 (RESULTS OUT!)

[Dr. MB]

I've created a survey to ask the Atlasian left on their attitudes toward certain things. I did a similar thing last summer and it was a big success so I'd really appreciate it if everyone fills it out. It doesn't take long at all.

After a few days I'll post the results.

Take it right here!

Here's the 2019 version by the way

[Dr. MB]

26 responses. Keep 'em coming.

[Dr. MB]

It's been a week, doubt I'll get any more responses so here are the results! 35 people total replied, not counting the 30 or so trolls or non Labor-associated players.

Q: What party do you belong to?

Labor Party: 31 (88.6%)
Peace Party: 2 (5.7%)
Other (but left affiliated): 2 (5.7%)

Q: What year did you first register for Atlasia?
2014 or before: 4 (11.4%)
2015: 4 (11.4%)
2016: 3 (8.6%)
2017: 6 (17.1%)
2018: 7 (20%)
2019: 4 (11.4%)
2020: 7 (20%)

Q: What label would you give your political views?
Social Democratic (6)
Progressive (4)
Communitarian (3)
Left/leftie/left wing (3)
Center left (2)
Liberal (2)

others (1 each):
Moderate pro-union communitarian
Progressive/Social Democrat
Marxism-Thompsonism
Social Democracy with a 'Populist' streak
Democratic Socialism
Libertarian Socialist but not actually socialist lol
Cente
Corporate Buddhist
Far-left
libertarian socialism I guess
social liberalism (socially left, economically centrist)
Secular Progressive
Leftietarian distribust
Fiscal center-left, Social centrist
Progressive socialist

Q: Do you consider yourself more of a...
Socialist: 21 (60%)
Capitalist: 14 (40%)

Q: Who do you support in the 2020 U.S. presidential election?
Joe Biden: 31 (88.6%)
Howie Hawkins: 2 (5.7%)
Leaning Biden/undecided: 2 (5.7%)
"In the short term I would prefer Biden, in the long term I think it’s irrelevant"
"Still waiting to see who Joe Biden picks as VP to decide"

Q: Who did you support in the 2020 Democratic primary?
Bernie Sanders: 15 (42.9%)
Elizabeth Warren: 7 (20%)
Joe Biden: 4 (11.4%)
Pete Buttigieg: 3 (8.6%)
Amy Klobuchar: 2 (5.7%)
Steve Bullock: 1 (2.9%)
Marianne Williamson: 1 (2.9%)
Andrew Yang: 1 (2.9%)
"Supported Bernie at the time but in hindsight maybe Biden (will review this after November)": 1 (2.9%)

Q: Do you support a ban on so-called assault weapons?
Yes: 19 (54.3%)
No: 16 (45.7%)

Q: Should marijuana be legalized?
Yes: 32 (91.4%)
No: 3 (8.6%)

Q: Should cocaine be legalized?
No: 24 (68.6%)
Yes: 11 (31.4%)

Q: In your opinion, do the police do more harm than good?
Yes: 21 (60%)
No: 14 (40%)

Q: Is it possible for someone who is not white to be racist against someone who is white?
Yes: 29 (82.9%)
No: 6 (17.1%)

Q: Does increased government surveillance pose a major threat to all of us?
Yes: 33 (94.3%)
No: 2 (5.7%)

Q: Do you fall under the label of LGBTQ?
No: 21 (60%)
Yes: 14 (40%)

Q: Do you think Labor is...
just about right: 24 (68.6%)
too far right: 7 (20%)
too far left: 4 (11.4%)

Q: Who would you like to see run for president of Atlasia in October?
MB (6)
HCP (3)
Pericles (3)
Wulfric (2)
Sestak (2)
Sestak or MB (2)
N/A (2)

Others (1 each):
Whoever the Labor Party machine wants
Idk
Uncommitted in the primary at this stage
Truman or MB
Siren, Lumine, Adam Griffin, MB, Scott
Unsure
R2D2
Don't know too many people who are active, maybe MB or Sestak
not sure, maybe a rising star?
No idea who's running
YE
pericles, mb
Don't know
Tack50
North Carolina Yankee

Q: In a hypothetical Labor Party primary, who would you support?
MB: 19 (54.3)
Sestak: 16 (45.7%)

Q: In a hypothetical Labor Party primary, who would you support?
Sestak: 18 (51.4%)
Pericles: 17 (48.6%)

Q: In a hypothetical Labor Party primary, who would you support?
MB: 22 (62.9%)
Pericles: 13 (37.1%)

Q: In a hypothetical Labor Party primary, who would you support?
MB: 30 (85.7%)
Dwarven Dragon (Wulfric): 5 (14.3%)

Q: In a hypothetical Labor Party primary, who would you support?
Pericles: 20 (57.1%)
HCP: 15 (42.9%)

Q: Any final thoughts?
• no
• Green wouldn't be such a crackpot party if PSOL and T'Chenka weren't so involved in making it a Fed-aligned clusterf**k tbh, I'm glad I was able to jump ship while I still could
• We need to run someone for the House, preferably a new person. We have a pretty small bench compared to our overall registrations. We need to fix that
• Disappointed there is no question about how people will vote in the 2020 NZ election Two ticks Labour!
• I actually nailed two of the possible candidates wow (also choosing between MB and Sestak will be very hard)
• I answered Q MB v Peri under duress! No idea how I'd vote
• the police question is off but i'd say they do more harm than good

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Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnnie Ray
South Pacific, Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggio
Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Studebaker, Television
North Korea, South Korea, Marilyn Monroe
Rosenbergs, H-Bomb, Sugar Ray, Panmunjom
Brando, The King And I, and The Catcher In The Rye
Eisenhower, Vaccine, England's got a new queen
Marciano, Liberace, Santayana goodbye
Joseph Stalin, Malenkov, Nasser and Prokofiev
Rockefeller, Campanella, Communist Bloc
Roy Cohn, Juan Peron, Toscanini, Dacron
Dien Bien Phu Falls, "Rock Around the Clock"
Einstein, James Dean, Brooklyn's got a winning team
Davy Crockett, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland
Bardot, Budapest, Alabama, Khrushchev
Princess Grace, Peyton Place, Trouble in the Suez
Little Rock, Pasternak, Mickey Mantle, Kerouac
Sputnik, Zhou En-lai, Bridge On The River Kwai
Lebanon, Charles de Gaulle, California baseball
Starkweather Homicide, Children of Thalidomide
Buddy Holly, Ben-Hur, Space Monkey, Mafia
Hula Hoops, Castro, Edsel is a no-go
U-2, Syngman Rhee, payola and Kennedy
Chubby Checker, Psycho, Belgians in the Congo
Hemingway, Eichmann, Stranger in a Strange Land
Dylan, Berlin, Bay of Pigs invasion
Lawrence of Arabia, British Beatlemania
Ole Miss, John Glenn, Liston beats Patterson
Pope Paul, Malcolm X, British Politician sex
J.F.K. blown away, what else do I have to say?
Birth control, Ho Chi Minh, Richard Nixon back again
Moonshot, Woodstock, Watergate, punk rock
Begin, Reagan, Palestine, Terror on the airline
Ayatollahs in Iran,Russians in Afghanistan
Wheel of Fortune, Sally Ride, heavy metal suicide
Foreign debts, homeless Vets, AIDS, crack, Bernie Goetz
Hypodermics on the shores, China's under martial law
Rock and Roller cola wars, I can't take it anymore

• Goddamit, why'd you make me vote in all those primary scenarios?
• Pericles should not seek a third consecutive term
• Don)t take the primary selections too seriously. I don’t know the positions of any candidates, so I just went with the order I first spoke to them lol
• no u
• And Solid's goofy maps that have Sununu, Parsons losing and Dems winning IN gov are sensible? He doesnt even post on a regular basis, and tell us why his maps are goofy. He just posts NUT maps all over the place and never responds. Because he is Authoritarian
• Nothing much at this exact point in time
• Excluded meme picks from my 2020 election picks (both primary and general)
• The racism question is pretty dumb to be honest.

[Dr. MB]

Also here are some of the most striking changes from last year:

Socialism
60.5% of respondents did not consider themselves socialists in 2019, but in 2020 that's reversed. It might be partly because of the wording. I just straight up asked whether or not someone was a socialist in 2019, but this time around I asked them to pick between socialism and capitalism.

Presidential Support
18 people were Warren supporters in 2019. In 2020 that number fell down to just 7. Keep in mind last year's survey was done when Warren was at her peak in the polls. Bernie Sanders went up by a bit - from 12 to 15, and Biden from 1 to 4.

Also interesting is that last year, only 71% of respondents said they had supported Hillary Clinton in 2016. This time around 89% support Biden - and that goes up to 94% when you add in the soft support or undecideds.

Guns
63% of poll respondents in 2019 supported a ban on assault weapons but in 2020 that number fell down to only 54%. I was surprised, for one, and figured it would be about the same or even a little higher.

[LAKISYLVANIA]

Was my response counted. Didn't knew it was only a Labor / Peace survey however.

[Dr. MB]

Was my response counted. Didn't knew it was only a Labor / Peace survey however.

I deleted it because Greens aren’t Labor affiliated.

[Battista Minola 1616]

Who is the utter genius who pasted the entire lyrics of We Didn't Start The Fire under "final thoughts"?

[GM Team Member and Deputy PPT WB]

Who is the utter genius who pasted the entire lyrics of We Didn't Start The Fire under "final thoughts"?

probably HCP considering that the Law and Justice Party (HCP's party basically) had its full name as

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The rule of law and the arm of justice All Atlasia Anna Pacific Progressive Front: Permanent Revolution North America Atlasia Inc.: Harry Truman Doris Day Red China Johnnie Ray South Pacific Walter Winchell Joe DiMaggio Joe McCarthy Richard Nixon Studebaker television North Korea South Korea Marilyn Monroe Rosenbergs H-bomb Sugar Ray Panmunjom Brando "The King and I" and "The Catcher in the Rye" Eisenhower vaccine England's got a new queen Marciano Liberace Santayana goodbye Joseph Stalin, Malenkov Nasser and Prokofiev Rockefeller Campanella Communist Bloc Roy Cohn Juan Peron Toscanini Dacron Dien Bien Phu falls "Rock Around the Clock" Einstein James Dean Brooklyn's got a winning team Davy Crockett Peter Pan Elvis Presley Disneyland Bardot Budapest Alabama Krushchev Princess Grace "Peyton Place" trouble in the Suez Little Rock Pasternak Mickey Mantle Kerouac Sputnik Chou En-Lai "Bridge on the River Kwai" Lebanon Charles de Gaulle California baseball Starkweather homicide children of thalidomide Buddy Holly "Ben Hur" space monkey Mafia Hula hoops Castro Edsel is a no-go U2 Syngman Rhee payola and Kennedy Chubby Checker "Psycho" Belgians in the Congo Hemingway Eichmann "Stranger in a Strange Land" Dylan Berlin Bay of Pigs invasion "Lawrence of Arabia" British Beatlemania Ole Miss John Glenn Liston beats Patterson Pope Paul Malcolm X British politician sex JFK blown away Birth control Ho Chi Minh Richard Nixon back again Moonshot Woodstock Watergate punk rock Begin Reagan Palestine terror on the airline Ayatollah's in Iran Russians in Afghanistan "Wheel of Fortune" Sally Ride heavy metal suicide Foreign debts homeless vets AIDS crack Bernie Goetz Hypodermics on the shores China's under martial law Rock and roller cola wars Most Glorious National Union for Social Democracy (Trotsky-Bidenist and Corporate Buddhist, Mario and Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games Path).

[Battista Minola 1616]

Who is the utter genius who pasted the entire lyrics of We Didn't Start The Fire under "final thoughts"?

probably HCP considering that the Law and Justice Party (HCP's party basically) had its full name as

Oh wow.

JFK
BLOWN AWAY
WHAT ELSE DO I HAVE TO SAY?
(angry voice)

[S019]

Who is the utter genius who pasted the entire lyrics of We Didn't Start The Fire under "final thoughts"?

probably HCP considering that the Law and Justice Party (HCP's party basically) had its full name as

Oh wow.

JFK
BLOWN AWAY
WHAT ELSE DO I HAVE TO SAY?
(angry voice)

We didn't start the fire, it was always burning...

[Dr. MB]

here are some of the crosstabs which I found pretty interesting:

Assault Weapon Ban

LGBTs: 8-6 Against
Straights: 13-8 For

Socialists: 12-9 Against
Capitalists: 10-4 For

Labor just about right: 15-9 For
Labor too far right: 6-1 Against
Labor too far left: 3-1 For

Presidential Picks

Socialists: 13 Sanders, 4 Warren, 2 Klobuchar, 1 Buttigieg, 1 Yang
Capitalists: 4 Biden, 3 Warren, 3 Sanders, 2 Buttigieg, 1 Bullock, 1 Williamson

LGBTs: 8 Sanders, 3 Buttigieg, 2 Warren, 1 Klobuchar
Straights: 8 Sanders, 5 Warren, 4 Biden, 1 Bullock, 1 Klobuchar, 1 Williamson, 1 Yang

AWB Supporters: 7 Sanders, 4 Biden, 4 Warren, 2 Buttigieg, 1 Klobuchar, 1 Williamson
AWB Opponents: 9 Sanders, 3 Warren, 1 Bullock, 1 Buttigieg, 1 Klobuchar, 1 Yang

(Sanders calculations include the potentially regretted Sanders vote)

Cocaine Legalization

LGBTs: 8-6 Against
Straights: 16-5 Against

Socialists: 12-9 Against
Capitalists: 12-2 Against

View on Police

(to keep things simple "positive" means they answered No to the "police do more harm than good" and "negative" means they answered Yes)

Capitalists: Tied 7-7
Socialists: 14-7 Negative

LGBTs: 10-4 Negative
Straights: 11-10 Negative

AWB Supporters: 11-8 Negative
AWB Opponents: 10-6 Negative

Labor just about right: 13-11 Negative
Labor too far right: 6-1 Negative
Labor too far left: Tied 2-2

Labor Primary: MB vs. Sestak

Capitalists: 8-6 Sestak
Socialists: 13-8 MB

AWB Supporters: 10-9 MB
AWB Opponents: 9-7 MB

Police Bad: 11-10 MB
Police Good: 8-6 MB

Labor just about right: 13-11 MB
Labor too far right: 5-2 MB
Labor too far left: 3-1 Sestak

Labor Primary: Pericles vs. Sestak

Capitalists: Tied 7-7
Socialists: 11-10 Sestak

AWB Supporters: 13-6 Pericles
AWB Opponents: 12-4 Sestak

Police Bad: 12-9 Sestak
Police Good: 8-6 Pericles

Labor just about right: 14-10 Pericles
Labor too far right: 5-2 Sestak
Labor too far left: 3-1 Sestak

Labor Primary: Pericles vs. MB

Capitalists: 8-6 MB
Socialists: 14-7 MB

AWB Supporters: 10-9 Pericles
AWB Opponents: 13-3 MB

Police Bad: 17-4 MB
Police Good: 9-5 Pericles

Labor just about right: Tied 12-12
Labor too far right: 7-0 MB
Labor too far left: 3-1 MB

Labor Primary: Pericles vs. HCP

Capitalists: 8-6 Pericles
Socialists: 12-9 Pericles

AWB Supporters: 12-7 Pericles
AWB Opponents: Tied 8-8

Police Bad: 12-9 Pericles
Police Good: 8-6 Pericles

Labor just about right: 16-8 Pericles
Labor too far right: 5-2 HCP
Labor too far left: Tied 2-2