The Pulse
Where do AGP members stand?
Survey questions answered by verified members — every number is one real person, counted once. Answer the ones that catch your eye, skip the rest.
Our standard: no bots, no brigades, and a survey question stays open until its answers can be read fairly — we close one only when there's something reliable to say about where people stand.
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Do you believe most people are basically good?
The question this whole place is built on.
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Should members of Congress be allowed to trade individual stocks?
They vote on the industries they can invest in.
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Should a company be allowed to sell where your phone has been?
Location history is one of the most valuable things about you.
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Do the people in charge care what you think?
A plain question about being heard.
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Is it getting harder to talk to people who disagree with you?
Compared with a few years ago.
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Should everyone working a full week get paid time off when sick?
About a quarter of workers get none.
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Are you satisfied with your outlets for voicing your opinions to the government on specific issues?
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Who should look after people when they get too old to manage?
Most families end up deciding this in a hurry.
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Would you rather your representative compromise to get something done, or hold the line?
Two ways to do the job.
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Who has more power over your daily life?
Pick the one you feel most.
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Would you be willing to pay more for a product sold or service provided by a Non-profit that supported a cause you are interested in?
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Are you interested in voicing your opinions anonymously on a "positive only" platform?
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Would you be interested in serving in the US Congress or your state's Congress?
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Do you have immediate family members you take care of or expect to take care of?
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How confident are you about your short-term financial future?
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What generation are you in?
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Do you feel comfortable voicing your opinion on political issues?
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Do you have children or are you a guardian?
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We need a third party to change Congress.
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Would you rather: (A) work part-time, (B) full-time with job security and benefits, or (C) start a business (risk but potential for large reward)
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Are you interested in flex-time self-employment?
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Do you approve or disapprove of the Supreme Court's performance in the last six months?
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Cooking for people you love is:
The kitchen question.
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Do you agree that we need Campaign Finance Reform to stop big money from controlling the government?
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Rewatching a favorite vs. something new:
Comfort or discovery — pick a side.
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Phones at the dinner table:
The modern etiquette question.
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A four-day workweek would make most people:
No wrong answers. Employers may disagree.
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Where does your best thinking happen?
The shower lobby has been very confident about this.
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Small talk:
The elevator awaits your verdict.
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Are you happy with your news source(s)?
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The book or the movie?
Be honest.
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When does your brain actually work?
Everyone has a window. When's yours?
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Pineapple on pizza: settle it.
The internet's oldest war. One tap.
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Reclining your airplane seat:
Row 23 is watching.
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What should verified humans build together first?
Your answer steers real AGP projects.
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Which is worse: 30 minutes early or 5 minutes late?
Punctuality people, assemble.
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A free one-way trip to Mars — do you go?
One way. Think about it.
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Are people meaner online than in person?
Same species, different room.
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Does money buy happiness?
The oldest argument at the dinner table.
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Could you go a full day without your phone?
Be honest with yourself.
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Do you believe there should be ballot propositions that give voters a say on specific issues in every election?
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Should it be illegal to declaw a cat for convenience?
It's the cat's natural weapon. It's also destructive furniture damage.
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Should over-the-counter cold medicine have warnings about addiction?
People misuse it. But heavy labels might scare off people who need it.
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Is it okay to serve homemade food at a party when you bought some of it?
Guests came for the meal, not to audit your kitchen.
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Should schools teach kids to type, or is handwriting still worth it?
Keyboards are faster. Handwriting might train the brain differently.
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Should you quit a job you're good at if the commute has burned you out?
You're winning at work. The drive is killing you anyway.
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Should your email let you unsend a message after five minutes?
A safety net for accidents. Also a chance to erase without a trace.
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If you're good at your job but exhausted, should you quit?
Money is real, so is burnout.
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Should your home speaker record you when it's not actively listening?
Convenience lives next door to surveillance.
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Is it okay to microwave someone else's lunch without asking?
The fridge is shared; the food is not.
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Should it be legal to keep a monkey as a pet?
It might thrive in your care; it will not thrive in your home.
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Should your employer see what you're doing if you work from home?
Trust is easier to monitor than to measure.
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Should a startup founder stay to fix a broken product or take the exit?
Walking away pays the bills; staying fixes the customer's problem.
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Should your streaming account keep a permanent record of everything you watched?
The easiest thing to delete is often the last thing companies want gone.
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Should a company use your face to train facial recognition without asking?
Your likeness becomes useful data the moment it's captured.
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Should a library ban a book because parents object to it?
Every choice keeps someone's book from someone else's kid.
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Should a landlord be able to refuse a tenant with a service dog?
One person's allergy, another person's lifeline.
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Is it okay to lie about homemade if you made half of it?
The effort is real; the claim is not.
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Should schools let parents opt their kid out of all group projects?
Teamwork is a skill some families see differently.
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Should your smart TV keep watching you to show better ads?
Better targeting means cheaper devices, but nothing is free.
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Should an AI be allowed to apply for a job and interview without disclosing it's AI?
The hiring manager thinks they're talking to a person.
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Should a museum return looted art even if no one else wants it back?
Repairing the past means giving up something.
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Should you call out someone who lies in a group chat?
Someone else will see it and believe it — unless you say something.
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Should you disclose a past relationship before sleeping with someone new?
Honesty matters early; so does knowing what they need to know.
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Should your internet provider be able to throttle speeds for some apps?
One service, different routes — but not all routes cost the same to run.
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Is it okay to ask a vet to declaw your cat?
It stops the scratching; it changes how the cat walks.
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Should a city plant trees on your land to hit climate targets?
Your property, but the air belongs to everyone.
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Should there be a limit on how many times rent can go up in a year?
One protects tenants; the other lets landlords keep pace.
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Should you tell someone you're not looking for anything serious before you kiss them?
One person might assume you're building toward something.
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Should your employer be able to track your fitness data from a smartwatch?
They can see your heart rate, your sleep, how active you were.
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Is it okay to keep a wild animal as a pet if it seems happy?
Happy in captivity is not the same as happy in the wild.
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Should you correct someone's lie if they post it where your other friends see it?
You know it's false; staying quiet looks like you agree.
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Should there be a cap on credit card interest rates?
Some people pay 25 percent yearly; others pay half that.
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Should a social media app be allowed to sell your browsing history to advertisers?
Your data is the product they're selling; you never agreed in detail.
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Should you tell your boss if you see them share something false?
Speaking up takes nerve; staying quiet has a cost too.
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Should a hospital share your DNA with researchers working on disease?
It could save lives; it's also yours to keep.
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Should a bus rapid transit line run through a quiet neighborhood?
It moves people fast; it also moves noise close.
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Should you tell someone you're not ready for commitment yet?
Saying it early saves time; saying nothing wastes theirs.
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Is it okay to eat at your desk while on a call?
The mic picks it up; nobody wants to hear it.
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Should a school take down a mural students find offensive?
Art says something; taking it down also says something.
What should we ask next?
Suggest a question for a future pulse — something everyday people would want the honest answer to.