2008 Sample Debate or Voter Guide Questions

Suggested by the National League of Women Voters

1. What, if anything, do you believe the federal government should do to control global climate change?

2. What, if anything, should the federal government do to address our nation's energy issues?

3. What are the most important things that should be done to improve our nation's economy?

4. What should the federal government do, if anything, to ensure that every American has health coverage?

5. What should be our short term and long term goals in the Middle East?

6. What should be our short term and long term goals in Iraq?

7. What should be our short term and long term goals in Afghanistan?

8. What should be done at the federal level, if anything, to combat the high cost of health care?

9. Please explain why you do or do not support setting spending limits for political campaigns and providing public funding for all candidates who agree to take no private contributions.

10. What measures would you support, if any, to provide voting representation in the U.S. Congress for American citizens living in the District of Columbia?

11. How can civil liberties be preserved while giving our government necessary tools to fight terrorism?

12. What, if anything, should the federal government do about immigration?

13. How will you balance the continuing costs of military actions with the costs of domestic needs?

14. What should be done, if anything, to help young Americans achieve greater financial security?

15. What, if anything, should the federal government do about the growing economic disparity between the middleclass and the well-to-do?

16. What, if anything, should the federal government do to create the world's best educational system for all children in America?

Comments, suggestions, questions? Contact our webmaster. Last revised: January 5, 2009 13:13 PST.

© Copyright League of Women Voters of the Upper Valley, New Hampshire. All rights reserved.