I bet you'd do a better job. Looking forward to your questionnaire.
I don't have an entire list, but I do have some things I would change from the recent survey. I hope this doesn't get me into trouble with the mods.
The question about evangelicals is based on a 2004 survey which by now is way out of date. More recently, the percentage of "nones" is way up, to nearly 22.8%, while the percentage of evangelicals is down slightly, to 26.4%. I would flip the survey question around and ask, "Do you know someone who is an atheist or who has never attended church or a house worship in the last 5 years?"
I'd ask this about TV viewing habits: "Do you watch Fox News or MSNBC as your main source of national news?" Yes=bubble, no=not.
I'd ditch that question about smoking. Many people, including myself, find smoking disgusting and avoid smokers because of self-preservation. And far fewer people smoke today than 50 years ago, when this question may have been more appropriate. I was an avid anti-smoking activist in the 1980s and 1990s, first asking eateries to set up simple non-smoking areas, then writing my state and local legislators to pass non-smoking laws in public places. Does wanting to breathe smoke-free air put me into a bubble?
Instead of a question about Jimmie Johnson, how about one which asks if you can name your member of the U.S. House, U.S. Senate, governor, state legislators, and a SCOTUS justice.
As for Avon, it's pretty biased against men, especially single men. And I buy different items for the special women in my life (LF, mom).
Instead of a question about pick-up trucks, how about one about Priuses?
I don't drink so that puts me into a bubble?
How about a question about playing chess or Scrabble, 2 popular board games, instead of one about fishing or "lettering" in something?
Instead of a question about riding a Greyhound bus, how about one about riding a city subway? New York City's subway annual ridership is 1.76
billion, 70 times that of Greyhound. Maybe a question with a picture of a NYC Metrocard asking someone to identify it correctly?
How about a question, "What does the word, "Ray's" mean to you? [It's a great pizza place (not as good as it used to be) in Greenwich Village, Manhattan.