Tom McCormick's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
Key
Official Position: Candidate addressed this issue directly by taking the Political Courage Test.
Inferred Position: Candidate refused to address this issue, but Vote Smart inferred this issue based on the candidate's public record, including statements, voting record, and special interest group endorsements.
Unknown Position: Candidate refused to address this issue, or we could not infer an answer for this candidate despite exhaustive research of their public record.
Additional Information: Click on this icon to reveal more information about this candidate's position, from their answers or Vote Smart's research.
Other or Expanded Principles & Legislative Priorities are entered exactly as candidates submit them. Vote Smart does not edit for misspelled words, punctuation or grammar.
Tom McCormick is currently being tested through the 2020 Political Courage Test.
Issue Positions
For Presidential and Congressional candidates who refuse to provide voters with their positions, Vote Smart has researched their public records to determine their likely responses. These issue positions are from 2020.
- Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? "Pro-Choice" (votesmart.org)
- In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket? "Yes" (votesmart.org)
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
- Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? "Yes" (votesmart.org)
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
- "At POGO, we are committed to rooting out wasteful Pentagon spending and fighting every day for a responsible defense budget that actually helps our troops. We need concerned citizen activists to fight with us through the budget process this fall, and we urgently need 500 more people to stand with us before midnight. " (www.facebook.com)
- "I will vote for no appropriations bill that would fund the building of nuclear weapons or their delivery systems." (tomforcongress.org)
- Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth? "Yes" (votesmart.org)
- Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth? "No" (votesmart.org)
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
- Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards? "Yes" (votesmart.org)
- Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)? "Yes" (votesmart.org)
- Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions? "Yes" (votesmart.org)
- Do you generally support gun-control legislation? "Yes" (votesmart.org)
- Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")? "Yes" (votesmart.org)
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
- Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border? "No" (votesmart.org)
- Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship? "No" (votesmart.org)
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
This candidate has responded to a Political Courage Test in a previous election. As a continued effort to provide the American public with factual information on candidates running for public office, these archived responses are made available here.
| Pro-choice | Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| Legal but rare. Focus on high school sex-ed to stop unwanted pregnancies. I support current Supreme Court rulings. | |||
| Yes | In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket? | ||
| Yes | In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing defense spending? | ||
| Defense spending has become more about corporate welfare than defending the Nation. Freeze the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program. No Columbia Class SLBM boats. Will not vote a penny for new nuke weapons | |||
| Yes | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| Favor overturning Citizen United. Favor no PAC money period. Support in district donations only. Support lower limits on individual giving. | |||
| Yes | Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| No | Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Favor increasing corporate taxes so, more profit will be directed to reinvestment, which wouldn't be taxed. Favor Federal spending in areas where markets are failing such as underinvestment in energy efficiency and renewable energy. Favor greater spending on scientific research. | |||
| Yes | Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards? | ||
| Favor expanding free public education by two years. Our citizens move from state to state so need equal standards. | |||
| Yes | Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)? | ||
| Yes | Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| Recommend seeing LiveScience article on hothouse Earth. We are headed towards a serious disaster unless emissions are stopped now. Trump/Perry plan to subsidize nukes and coal plants needs to be squashed. Favor a National Renewable Energy Authority. | |||
| Yes | Do you generally support gun-control legislation? | ||
| Favor an importation, manufacture and sales ban on handguns. Same for assault type weapons. The Second Amendment is about well-regulated militias not individual ownership. | |||
| Yes | Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")? | ||
| Act supports health insurance companies, I do not. "The health insurance corporations are leeches sucking the lifeblood out of the American people from an oozing wound on their side that is about to hemorrhage and bleed us out." I support universal healthcare, not insurance care. | |||
| No | Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border? | ||
| No | Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship? | ||
| Favor an adjudicated process in which illegals pay a fine and do community service then get on a path to citizenship. There is a human right to migrate. A government should regulate not prohibit movement. Just as capital can cross borders so should labor. | |||
| No | Do you support the legalization of marijuana for recreational purposes? | ||
| Weed doesn't need to be legalized. Present laws are racist in origin thus illegitimate. I favor simple expunging of all weed laws from the books. No regulation. No extra taxation. | |||
| Yes | Should the United States use military force in order to prevent governments hostile to the U.S. from possessing a nuclear weapon? | ||
| No | Do you support increased American intervention in Middle Eastern conflicts beyond air support? | ||
| Military action against friends and foes. All rogue nuke nations, Inda, Pakistan, North Korea, and Israel should be severely sanctioned. We should stand clear of the Sunni Holy War against the Shia. No more bombs to the Saudis to bomb Yemen. | |||
Vote Smart does not permit the use of its name or programs in any campaign activity, including advertising, debates, and speeches.