Results: Politics Questions (Are They Random? More Than They Could Be, Probably!)
1.
1.
Regardless of whether you've lived all your life in Canada and/or the U.S., how many presidents and/or prime ministers have you lived through, basing the number on the country where you currently live (if you're now in Canada, count p.m.'s; if in the States, count prezes)?
5 or fewer
10%
•
179 votes
6-8
18%
•
330 votes
9-10
15%
•
266 votes
11-13
15%
•
263 votes
14 r more
11%
•
200 votes
Not Applicable
31%
•
562 votes
2.
2.
Without looking it up before you answer, can you name the mayor of the municipality where you live?
Yes
41%
•
729 votes
I live someplace without a mayor.
9%
•
157 votes
No
28%
•
500 votes
Not Applicable
23%
•
414 votes
3.
3.
How often do you vote in non-presidential/-prime ministerial elections?
Always or almost so
46%
•
826 votes
More than half the time, but les than three quarters of the time
11%
•
191 votes
Morethan one quarter of the time, but less than half
6%
•
105 votes
Less than one quarter of the time (which may also indicate that I dno't vote for my nation's highest office either)
6%
•
108 votes
Not Applicable
32%
•
570 votes
4.
4.
How concerned are you with the functions of government being taken over by artificial intelligence?
Extremely
26%
•
465 votes
Very
15%
•
271 votes
Moderately
16%
•
288 votes
Some
8%
•
139 votes
Minimally or not at all
10%
•
181 votes
Not Applicable
25%
•
456 votes
5.
5.
Leading from my assertion that politics and government shouldn't be the be-all and end-all of a person's life but that it should be important to be involved in the governance of one's nation, state/province, and city in so far as s/he is able, how distracted do you believe you are currently from being the effective political participant you believe you ought to be?
Extremely (which may indicate my total or near total disinterest in political matters)
5%
•
97 votes
Very
9%
•
160 votes
Moderately
19%
•
336 votes
Some
13%
•
239 votes
Minimally or not at all (which may a l s o indicate my disinterest)
13%
•
232 votes
Not Applicable
41%
•
736 votes
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