Jim Stalzer has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2022 Political Courage Test.
Pro-life | a) Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
No | b) Do you support legalizing abortion when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape? | ||
Yes | c) Do you support the prohibition of public funds for organizations that perform abortions? | ||
d) Other or expanded principles: |
No | a) In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing state employee salaries AND/OR pensions? | ||
No | b) DO you support raising taxes on any income or on any entity, to promote economic growth? | ||
c) Other or expanded principles: |
Yes | a) Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes? | ||
Yes | b) Should an individual under 18 accused of a violent crime be prosecuted as an adult? | ||
Yes | c) Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration laws by state and local police? | ||
No | d) Do you support the use of private prisons? | ||
No | e) Do you support mandatory minimum sentences for non-violent drug offenders? | ||
No | f) Do you support the legalization of medical marijuana in South Dakota? | ||
Medical marijuana was passed by the voters in 2020, so the only function of the legislature is to insure that it is properly implemented. |
No | a) Do you support state government spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
Yes | b) Do you support reducing government regulations on the private sector? | ||
No | c) Do you support an increase of the minimum wage of South Dakota? | ||
No | d) Do you support providing financial relief to businesses AND/OR corporations negatively impacted by the state of national emergency for COVID-19? | ||
Yes | e) Do you support government investment in efforts to establish more affordable housing in South Dakota? | ||
The minimum wage was increased and indexed by the voters, so any change should also come from the voters. |
No | a) Do you support adopting federal education standards in South Dakota? | ||
Yes | b) Do you support state funding for charter schools? | ||
Yes | c) Do you support increasing teacher salaries AND/OR benefits in South Dakota? | ||
No | d) Should immigrants unlawfully present in the United States who graduate from South Dakota's high schools be eligible for in-state tuition at public universities? | ||
e) Other or expanded principles: |
No | a) Do you support state funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)? | ||
No | b) Do you support government regulations of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
Yes | c) Do you support increasing state funding for clean drinking water initiatives? | ||
d) Other or expanded principles: |
Yes | a) Do you support the regulation of campaign contributions from corporations, unions, and individuals? | ||
No | b) Do you support the use of an independent AND/OR bipartisan commission for redistricting? | ||
Yes | c) Do you support requiring a government-issued photo identification in order to vote at the polls? | ||
No | d) Do you support automatic voter registration? | ||
e) Other or expanded principles: |
No | a) Do you generally support gun-control legislation? | ||
No | b) Should background checks be required on gun sales between private citizens at gun shows? | ||
No | c) Should a license be required for gun ownership? | ||
d) Other or expanded principles: |
Yes | a) Should the state government increase funding for treatment facilities to combat opioid abuse? | ||
No | b) Do you support a government-run (single-payer) healthcare program such as Medicare-for All? | ||
No | c) Should an individual have the right to choose to die through euthanasia? | ||
No | d) Do you support eliminating religious exemptions for vaccinations? | ||
No | e) Do you support expanding paid family AND/OR medical leave opportunities? | ||
Yes | f) Do you support lowering the cost of prescription drugs? | ||
g) Other or expanded principles: |
No | a) Do you support the inclusion of sexual orientation in South Dakota's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
No | b) Do you support the inclusion of gender identity in South Dakota's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
No | c) Do you support greater efforts by South Dakota's state government in closing gender, racial and other wage gaps? | ||
d) Other or expanded principles: |
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