Ryan VP Quiz

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Question 1

Rep. Paul Ryan, the Republican nominee for vice president,

is the youngest-ever nominee for either vice president or president.
is the first vice presidential nominee of a major party to have been born in the 1960s.
was the valedictorian of both his high school and college graduating classes.
was rated by 39 percent of Republicans in a Gallup poll as an “excellent” choice.

Question 2

Prior to his selection as Mitt Romney’s running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan was best known for

devising a plan to raise the federal government’s debt ceiling.
arguing for tax cuts for the middle class instead of for the wealthy.
authoring a budget proposal that would reduce deficits, cut government spending, and overhaul Medicare.
leading workouts with fellow members of Congress.

Question 3

Paul Ryan has named which of the following as his true mentor?

Jack Kemp
Ayn Rand
Sarah Palin
Milton Friedman

Question 4

Which of the following is not true of the results of Gallup polls on American adults’ reactions to the selection of recent vice presidential nominees?

More Americans thought John Edwards was an “excellent/pretty good” pick than any other since 1988.
More Americans thought Dan Quayle to be an “only fair/poor” pick than any other.
More than half of Americans thought Paul Ryan was an “only fair/poor” pick.
About twice as many Independents than Democrats thought Paul Ryan was an “excellent/pretty good” pick.

Question 5

Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s choice of Rep. Paul Ryan as his running mate

was based on the need to “balance” the Republican ticket geographically.
is likely to rally conservative support for the Republican ticket.
was considered by most political observers to be a “safe bet.”
was far more surprising to political observers than John McCain’s choice of Sarah Palin in 2008.

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