Surely this has nothing to do with the fact that these are things that the republican party and democratic party preach on, and really has nothing to do with indicating that the conservative side really understands the question either. If the questions themselves are conservative slanted in the first place, of course the conservatives are going to score better. It doesn't really say anything about either side being right. If you were to ask if controls are necessary to keep people from exploiting others and the system, I'm sure we'd get to laugh at republican lack of understanding economics too.