Yeah... I think that's a bad idea to have political questions on the bios, even if they are optional, because some of those who would choose not to share their political views could possibly get other members to wonder about them in a not so good way. Being on this site now for well over half a year, I'm convinced politics actually divide us more than religion does, and gives some the motivation to be nasty to others. Glad to hear you are a centrist, and truth be told my own views align more closely with Libertarian values as opposed to one side or the other. Again, not sure that would be going in a sound direction, then again it might be a useful addition, guess we won't know for sure until that option is implemented. A little busy at the moment, I'll take a look later and pick the best fifteen questions from that list.

Whoo! There are many of those categories that I have an opinion or interest in, & many I wrestle with. Also, some of them can be joined together, as one often follows from the other, i.e.: Abortion Rights & Support of Planned Parenthood. Some are very personal or immediate to my situation; VA Privatization, Medicare Drug Prices on the one hand, First Amendment-Separation Issues, & Death Penalty & Euthenasia Issues on the other. Political issues also abound, Gun Control, NSA Surveillance, Gerrymandering, Campaign Finance, Support of Labor Unions, Equal Pay, Fair Taxation. There is Climate Change & Alternative Energy. Legalization of Marijuana. Gay Marriage. Many Immigration Issues linked to Border Issues. & how Foreign Affairs are handled opens up a whole spectrum!
Have fun going through this, I couldn't cut it down much, maybe you can! Best of luck!

I would stay away from things like the hijab and cultural things that most of us know very little about.

I went through list and came up with 21 questions-It would be much easier if we could check off the page. Any way to print it out and let us respond that way-so many categories to consider.?

Why bother, there are already pages and groups for those expressing a political preference once joined, why appear nosey when welcoming newbies?

I suppose these are political questions but many of them are, to me, questions of morality. Not religion and not politics.

I would want to know things like:

Do you believe in homeopathy?

Do you believe any form of birth control should be restricted, including abortions?

Do you believe any adult should have the right to marry? If not, who should not have that right?

I have a love-and-hate relationship with politics. One minute, I want to sprint on the campaign trail. And on the minute after that, I want to lock up my neck on the doors of a voting location to protest against that whole electoral gimmick.

Should the military be allowed to use enhanced interrogation techniques, such as waterboarding, to gain information from suspected terrorists?

Should the government increase environmental regulations to prevent climate change?

Do you believe labor unions help or hurt the economy?

Should employers be required to pay men and women the same salary for the same job?

Should health insurers be allowed to deny coverage to individuals who have a pre-existing condition?

Should there be more restrictions on the current process of purchasing a gun?

Should the U.S. build a wall along the southern border?

Should the government support a separation of church and state by removing references to God on money, federal buildings, and national monuments?

We have proved beyond any doubt in this site that we have passed all kinds of tests on religion prejudice...... with flying colors. Now, politics seems to be still a minefield. Exploring the territory is the right approach as painful as it might be.....

What party if any do you affiliate with? (list as many choices as possible)
How strongly do you support this party?
What issues are important to you? (list issues)
Are you politically active?
How are you active?

I hate political posts. One reason I'm ready to leave facebook.

Looking at what you've cobbled together here I think you obviously know what you're doing. I think as long as we steer away from abortion I think we'll be fine. Although I've always viewed prolife as a religious issue. Damn it, now I'm curious.

Don't ask do you consider yourself to be left or right wing, but do ask do you think there are such thing as left and right, or are those two lumping groups too crude to be useful.

I think adding these questions are a great idea. I think you should keep them generic and base them on ideology because each country uses different labels and that will be confusing. I would ask questions like the following:

Do you think governments should allocate resources for social programs like pensions and social security? Yes,?No? Somewhere in the middle?

Do you think governments should allocate resources for free education from early childhood through college or trade school?Yes? No? Somewhere in the middle?

Do you think governments should have the strongest military in the world? somewhere in the middle? Or no military at all?

Do you support the death penalty? Yes? No? Only in some extreme cases

Do you support recreational marijuana? Yes? No? Only for medicinal?

Do you think governments should allocate resources for free public health care for all? Yes? No? Somewhere in the middle?

Do you think governments should participate in global partnerships like the united nations, the world trade Organizations, NATO and global climate agreements? Yes? No? Somewhere in the middle?

Do you think governments should allocate resourced to help immigrant refugees? Yes? No? Somewhere in the middle

Do you think governments should build border walls and aggressively deport illegal immigrants? Yes? No? Somewhere in the middle

Do you think habitual non violent offenders should receive life sentences? Yes? No? somewhere in the middle?

Are you Pro life? Pro choice? Or somewhere in the middle

Do you support gun ownership? Yes? No? Somewhere in the middle?

That's all I got for now. I can't wait to see the end result of this effort. Thanks!

Like others, I believe this should be voluntary. Our unifying principle is our thoughts on religion.

That said, another short political landscape set of questions (beyond Political Compass mentioned below) is the Pew Research Institute 11 questions. If this does go forward, believe you can find about 10 questions in common to all the various ideology landscape surveys.

Works for me.

will do.