Tidbits from first two days of a Fed Internal Poll
23 Respondents (So far)
Largest single group ideologically is moderates at 27.3%
Two biggest Conservative groups are:
Traditionalist Conservatives 18.2%
Libertarian Conservatives 18.2%
Combining all the Conservative Groups together the Party is
Conservative 59%
Moderate/Populist 32%
Libertarian 9% (separate category from Libertarian Conservative)
Federalism is the new Regionalist movement
70% of Feds describe themselves as small f Federalists while just 26% listed Regionalist.
Most of those who listed Regionalists are older, and including 2 former Regional Protection Party members.
100% of Federalists support an even split in the legislature between federal and regional representatives, which means it is not just people selecting the party's name in the above question. They are more "federalist" then "regionalist" since a regionalist might support an all regional Senate with no popular representatives like some in the early RPP did.
60% support minor reforms to make existing things work
35% support major reforms as long as they adhere to federalist and conservative principles (see above)
5% Oppose all Reforms
0% support radical changes
86% Want to keep the Vice Presidency
95% want politicians who will steadfastly oppose the drift towards centralism
83% consider themselves fiscally conservative
95% support House Paygo and want it in the Senate.
83% would consider some form of a balanced budget amendment
48% of Feds think abortion should be illegal except for the big 3,
9% think abortion should always be illegal
82% think abortion should be illegal after week 20.
78% consider themselves pro-gun
83% oppose assault weapons ban
78% want stronger background checks
91% support improving mental health
70% support LGBT rights
In an homage to Public Policy Polling, I threw in the following question
65% want low potency explosives put back in the right to bear arms.
Eat your heart out Windjammer!
On foreign policy, the Federalist Party is evenly divided
Between unlikely to intervene and never intervening.
39.1% support Foreign Policy Restraint
30% are Non-Interventionist
13% are globalists or Interventionists
After that there is a scattering of positions with 4.3% each including Imperialism, Reagan Doctrine and "Aggressive FP" and Isolationist.
No real big surprises.
