Hailey, Idaho, July 4, 2024. Image via Wood River Valley Chamber of Commerce
Q1. Happy Independence Day!
Which of the events below, all of which occurred on July 4, do you think is the most important?
Which of the events below, all of which occurred on July 4, do you think is the most important?
(Image: Great Reunion of 1913, July 4, Gettysurg, PA. via Library of Congress)
overall
custom
male
female
rep
ind
dem
18-29
30-44
45-64
65+
1913 - "Great Reunion" of 53k Civil War vets
7%
7%
7%
8%
5%
7%
8%
9%
4%
8%
7%
1943 - Battle of Kursk, largest in history, begins
7%
12%
2%
11%
3%
4%
14%
7%
6%
4%
7%
1950 - 1st Radio Free Europe broadcast
7%
6%
8%
4%
5%
10%
8%
5%
5%
12%
7%
1951 - Wm Shockey announces 1st transistor
8%
9%
6%
10%
9%
4%
2%
10%
8%
8%
8%
1960 - Debut of 50-star US flag
17%
16%
19%
22%
7%
15%
23%
18%
17%
12%
17%
1966 - Freedom of Information Act signed
25%
24%
25%
18%
31%
30%
23%
25%
23%
28%
25%
1982 - Space Shuttle declared operational
2%
4%
0%
2%
3%
1%
1%
1%
2%
2%
2%
2004 - Freedom Tower cornerstone laid
3%
2%
3%
5%
2%
1%
1%
0%
6%
2%
3%
2012 - Existence of Higgs boson proved
4%
4%
4%
1%
6%
7%
0%
7%
4%
3%
4%
None of these important
9%
9%
8%
9%
8%
9%
8%
10%
8%
9%
9%
Don't know
9%
4%
14%
7%
17%
9%
12%
5%
12%
8%
9%
Don't care
3%
3%
3%
3%
4%
2%
0%
2%
5%
2%
3%
Q2. Scotsman Adam Smith published Wealth of Nations in March 1776, three months before the American colonies declared independence from his monarch, King George III.
The book represented a key departure from orthodoxy, as Smith proposed that self-interest and the forces of supply and demand, rather than regulation, should determine economic activity. It set the stage for the prevailing economic school of thought throughout the industrial revolution, and beyond.
Do you support Smith's view that an "invisible hand" of incentives created in a free market system direct self-interested people to act in the public interest, even if that is not something they intended?
The book represented a key departure from orthodoxy, as Smith proposed that self-interest and the forces of supply and demand, rather than regulation, should determine economic activity. It set the stage for the prevailing economic school of thought throughout the industrial revolution, and beyond.
Do you support Smith's view that an "invisible hand" of incentives created in a free market system direct self-interested people to act in the public interest, even if that is not something they intended?
(Image: 2017 replica of first locomotive (b 1802), Coalbrookdale, Shropshire, England via Blists Hall Victorian Town)
overall
custom
male
female
rep
ind
dem
18-29
30-44
45-64
65+
Very much so
23%
30%
17%
45%
15%
3%
1%
19%
28%
34%
23%
Somewhat
36%
44%
30%
43%
35%
30%
66%
32%
31%
28%
36%
Not really
16%
10%
21%
1%
18%
30%
17%
19%
13%
15%
16%
Not at all
13%
12%
14%
0%
18%
24%
13%
18%
11%
12%
13%
Not sure
10%
3%
17%
9%
10%
12%
2%
12%
14%
8%
10%
Don't care
1%
1%
1%
1%
3%
1%
0%
1%
1%
2%
1%
Q3. July 4, 2026 will mark the 250th anniversary of the ratification of the Declaration of Independence.
Your view?
Your view?
(Image: Kaboom Town, Addison, TX, July 4, 2024 via Visit Addison)
overall
custom
male
female
rep
ind
dem
18-29
30-44
45-64
65+
Don't care
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
Greatests civilizations/empires in human history:
United States (b. 1900) 32%
Ancient Rome (100 BC) 16%
Ancient Greece (750 BC) 11%
Ancient Egypt (1800 BC) 8%
Mesopotamia (2500 BC) 5%
Imperial China (500) 3%
Mayan (750) 3%
British Empire (1600) 2%
No human civilizations were great 12%
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