Sorry, but that’s a poor set of choices, and I couldn’t answer any one of them. There’s no room on there for a libertarian or classical liberal.
Here’s a better set
( ) Anarchist - I don’t want anyone telling me what to do, period. There should be no government at all. People can sort out their own affairs, and they can hire their own police and military if they think they need it.
( ) Libertarian - I think government should be as small as possible while still providing basic services and ensuring the peace, a consistent legal framework, and providing for the common defense. In short, it should do the absolute minimum required to provide for a stable, peaceful, civil society. It can raise tax money to provide for those basic services, but should otherwise stay out of my finances AND my bedroom.
( ) Republican-Conservative - I believe in the basic planks of the Republican party. Strong families, strong defense, and moderately sized government that keeps civil order and provides the basics for people who need it. It should also provide a moral framework and support traditional institutions. The core of civic life should be the family, then the local community, then the state. Religion is a strong force for good in organizing local communities. The government should also pass certain laws to protect the sanctity of life, such as prohibiting abortion.
( ) **Moderate Republican **- I generally believe in fiscal conservatism, but I also think government has a modest role to play providing health care, environmental regulation and other social goods where the market isn’t providing it. I generally support business, but I think government can be a force for good in some circumstances and that business needs to be regulated to be most effective at providing what society needs. I am generally skeptical of labor unions, but recognize the need for them. However, the needs of business must be weighed against them.
( ) Moderate Democrat - I generally believe that government is a force for good, and that businesses need strong regulation. I believe that the government should spend more money, even if it needs to borrow it, to provide a Keynesian jolt to a bad economy. I support labor unions and think they are generally a force for good, although they need the same kind of controls as business if they go too far. I support affirmative action and welfare programs, but agreed with the Clinton Administration’s welfare reforms because even good programs can get out of control without the right set of checks and balances.
( ) Liberal Democrat - I strongly support labor on most issues. I believe government should run health care, and that in general large businesses and corporations are untrustworthy and need to be strongly regulated and controlled to keep them from running rampant over workers and the public. I believe in strong environmental controls, and in general I believe in an activist government that should seek to correct injustices in society, from discrimination to wealth inequality. However, I still believe that the free market, suitably regulated, is probably the correct way to organize an economy. I just want to make sure that the government is there to make it fair and to keep the excesses of business in its place.
( ) Socialist/Social Democrat - I believe the government should be the main organizing force in our society. I do not trust corporations and big business, and in general would prefer that the government nationalize the core infrastructure or strongly regulate it. I do not believe that excess profits should go to business people, but instead are a social surplus that belongs to the entire country and should be distributed fairly. I believe that there should be a fairly narrow gap between the most highly paid and the lowest paid, to be enforced by government if necessary. I believe this because I believe that the wealthy get that way on the backs of the poor, and that everyone in society should be treated as equally as possible, including giving each of them an equivalent share of the nation’s wealth. However, I still believe in private ownership of the means of production in general - preferably smaller businesses with am ethic of strong social responsibility.
( ) Communist - I want the state to run everything, because scientific planning of production and resource allocation is preferable to the chaos of the market.
No, seriously, I believe a bunch of liberals have left the board and that the conservatives post more often than liberals in GD. I could be way off base here, but a measurement of how out-numbered our conservative brethren are would be nice.