Hillsdale College National Survey on Presidential Selection

January 17, 2021 in News by RBN Staff

Hillsdale College
National Survey on Presidential Selection

Please answer the following questions by choosing the option that best represents your views.

1. Do you agree or disagree with this statement?—We should continue to elect our president through the Electoral College as devised by the Framers of our Constitution.

2. Do you believe that young Americans receive a proper education in American civics, including how the Constitution works and its importance to liberty?

Yes

Not Sure / No Opinion

3. Do you think that most Americans understand how the Electoral College works, and its role in preserving free and representative government?

Yes

Not Sure / No Opinion

4. Do you think that eliminating the Electoral College will disenfranchise citizens in large parts of the U.S. and increase the intense partisanship that is already dividing our nation?

Yes

Not Sure / No Opinion

5. Do you agree or disagree with this statement?—The Electoral College requires candidates and parties to form broad coalitions that represent the interests of many Americans rather than just those of particular regions or urban areas.

6. Do you think that the ongoing effort to do away with the Electoral College by “progressive” politicians, academics, and the mainstream media is politically motivated?—motivated, in other words, by a desire to give an advantage to one political party over another?

Yes

Not Sure / Don’t Know

7. Are you aware that 14 states and the District of Columbia have already voted to do away with the Electoral College as devised by the Framers of our Constitution?

Yes

Not Sure / Don’t Know

8. Why do you think the movement to do away with the Electoral College is as successful as it is? (Check ALL that apply.)

American civics education—education in American history and government—has been neglected in our K-12 schools and colleges.

Too many Americans are so overcome with partisanship that they forget how the Electoral College works to unify the country and ensure a government that is representative of all regions and interests.

Left-wing domination of the media, as shown by The New York Times’ “1619 Project,” undermines informed patriotism by promoting a biased distortion of our nation’s history and of our Constitution.

Not Sure / Don’t Know

9. Hillsdale promotes informed patriotism by educating increasing millions of Americans about our nation’s great heritage of liberty. Which of Hillsdale’s educational outreach efforts do you consider most effective at educating for liberty? (Check ALL that apply.)

Imprimis, Hillsdale’s digest of liberty, reaching over 5.6 million households and businesses free of charge, ten times each year

Hillsdale’s free online courses on topics including the Constitution, American history, and free-market economics, in which more than 2.4 million Americans have enrolled

Hillsdale’s social media outreach, which reaches hundreds of thousands of young people each month, with videos and articles on the Constitution and its underlying principles of liberty

Hillsdale’s project to send pocket-size copies of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution to millions of citizens and K-12 schools across America, as well as to members of our armed forces.

Hillsdale’s Barney Charter School Initiative, which helps to launch and provides ongoing guidance to classical K-12 charter schools nationwide (more than 20 Hillsdale-affiliated K-12 schools operate in 11 states, with additional schools opening each year)

10. Are you aware that Hillsdale College refuses to accept ONE PENNY of government support—not even indirectly in the form of federal or state student grants or loans? This principled independence frees Hillsdale from burdensome and corrupting federal regulations and allows Hillsdale to remain true to its mission.

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