Mini Poll: Veterans Affairs
Current Totals:
Do you think that the US armed forces are overextended at this time?
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Should Veterans Day continue to be a state holiday in Missouri, or would you consider replacing it with another?
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Keep Veterans Day a state holiday:
90%
Replace Veterans Day with a different state holiday:
1%
Get rid of Veterans Day as a state holiday and don't replace it:
9%
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Do you believe that military veterans should be given preference in hiring for federal jobs?
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Do you believe that military veterans should be given preference in hiring for jobs in state and local government?
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Yes:
55%
State, but not local:
7%
Local, but not state:
1%
No:
37%
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In general, how do you rate the health care and other services provided to veterans by the federal Veterans Administration?
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Exellent:
4%
Good:
27%
Fair:
34%
Poor:
17%
I have no idea:
19%
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In general, how do you rate the care provided to veterans by the St. Louis VA Medical Center?
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Exellent:
6%
Good:
23%
Fair:
22%
Poor:
7%
I have no idea:
41%
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Should empty space in VA hospitals be made available to homeless veterans?
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Do you believe that National Guard and Reserve veterans should receive the same type of health coverage as active-duty personnel?
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In general, which political party's politicians are more supportive of veterans issues?
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Democrats:
27%
Republicans:
23%
There is no real difference:
51%
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Should the US Census include a question to identify combat veterans?
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Should military recruiters be required to inform women recruits prior to enlistment about the current numbers of service members reporting rapes or other sexual offenses?
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Do you support repeal of the 1993 federal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" law that bans openly gay members of the military?
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Yes, right now:
67%
Yes, eventually:
11%
No, not right now:
9%
No, never:
14%
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Would you voluntarily contribute five dollars a year to a fund to refurbish the City's Soldiers Memorial?
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Which of the following is the best single American book to read about war?
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Red Badge of Courage:
12%
Killer Angels:
3%
A Farewell to Arms:
10%
Catch-22:
18%
Slaughterhouse-Five:
6%
War and Rememberance:
9%
The Thin Red Line:
4%
The Things They Carried:
3%
A Rumor of War:
2%
Dispatches:
2%
Jarhead:
1%
I have not read any of them, so I cannot answer:
30%
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Note: Due to rounding, results for some questions may not total 100%.
1277
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