Friday, 06 Dec On this day ...
Q1. Would you want a 'score' to be kept of how each US citizen behaves when it comes to societal contributions? Things like volunteering (on the plus side) or littering (on the negative side) kept in a ledger akin to a credit rating but for good citizenship/societal contribution?
male
female
rep
ind
dem
18-29
30-44
45-64
65+
No
83%
80%
86%
86%
80%
83%
57%
84%
90%
Yes, and I prefer it be kept by the federal government
1%
2%
0%
0%
2%
0%
7%
0%
0%
Yes, and I prefer it be kept by state governments
2%
2%
2%
3%
1%
2%
6%
3%
0%
Yes, and I prefer it be kept by non government entities
4%
7%
1%
5%
1%
6%
7%
4%
4%
Don't know
6%
4%
8%
1%
11%
6%
17%
5%
3%
Don't care
1%
3%
0%
2%
1%
1%
2%
1%
2%
Q2. If such a ledger were to be kept (even if you don't think one should be kept) which items would you want to be on it? (check all that apply)
male
female
rep
ind
dem
18-29
30-44
45-64
65+
Academic honesty
35%
37%
33%
35%
27%
44%
51%
35%
30%
Volunteer activity
38%
44%
33%
27%
35%
53%
53%
38%
34%
Filial piety
6%
8%
4%
5%
9%
4%
6%
4%
8%
Offensive internet comments
22%
21%
23%
23%
21%
23%
12%
26%
23%
Reliability of information posted online
29%
34%
23%
22%
28%
36%
28%
32%
26%
Prompt payment of court judgments (including traffic tickets)
30%
33%
28%
32%
28%
31%
44%
34%
23%
Tidiness of yard/sidewalk
13%
13%
12%
14%
14%
10%
12%
14%
12%
Recycling participation
27%
28%
26%
14%
26%
42%
46%
27%
22%
Gas mileage of cars/use or public transport
12%
16%
9%
4%
13%
19%
16%
10%
12%
Voting participation
51%
53%
50%
46%
47%
63%
74%
53%
44%
None of these
36%
31%
39%
42%
38%
26%
20%
33%
42%
Q3. France has a 'Duty to Rescue' law such that anyone who fails to render assistance to a person in danger will be found liable before French Courts (civil and criminal liability). Russia, Germany and a handful of other European countries have similar laws. The US does not have such a law, would you prefer that we did?
male
female
rep
ind
dem
18-29
30-44
45-64
65+
Yes
38%
43%
33%
32%
34%
48%
25%
42%
38%
No
47%
42%
52%
52%
51%
38%
68%
35%
49%
Don't know
13%
13%
14%
14%
13%
13%
6%
20%
11%
Don't care
0%
1%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
1%
0%
'Duty to Rescue' laws should not be confused with 'Good Samaritan' laws, which offer legal protection to people who give reasonable assistance to those who are, or who they believe to be, injured, ill, in peril, or otherwise incapacitated. The protection is intended to reduce bystanders' hesitation to assist, for fear of being sued or prosecuted for unintentional injury or wrongful death. All 50 states have some form of Good Samaritan laws.
You may recall the French Duty to Rescue law coming in to play in 1997 when Princess Diana's car crashed in France, killing her and critically injuring other passengers. Before medical help arrived photographers allegedly snapped photographs of her body instead of assisting her and the others trapped in the car. As a result, the seven photographers were investigated for possibly violating the law.
The Chinese government does keep a rating akin to a credit rating for social behavior. Among the categories are options a-f in today's question 2.
You may recall the French Duty to Rescue law coming in to play in 1997 when Princess Diana's car crashed in France, killing her and critically injuring other passengers. Before medical help arrived photographers allegedly snapped photographs of her body instead of assisting her and the others trapped in the car. As a result, the seven photographers were investigated for possibly violating the law.
The Chinese government does keep a rating akin to a credit rating for social behavior. Among the categories are options a-f in today's question 2.
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