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 2022.
Pro-life | Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
I support pro-life legislation. Life begins at conception and should be protected until natural death. |
No | In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket? | ||
No | Do you support expanding federal funding to support entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare? | ||
The previous question of expanding federal funding for social security and Medicare is poorly written. I believe in cutting wasteful government spending and the government paying people what they've been told they'd receive. |
Yes | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? |
Unknown Position | Do you support the protection of government officials, including law enforcement officers, from personal liability in civil lawsuits concerning alleged misconduct? | ||
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Yes | Do you support increasing defense spending? | ||
To provide for the common defense is a primary purpose of government. |
No | Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
Yes | Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
Yes | Do you support providing financial relief to businesses AND/OR corporations negatively impacted by the state of national emergency for COVID-19? | ||
I would not have supported the shut down businesses for COVID-19. I would have supported the cutting of regulations and permitting to provide relief to businesses. |
No | Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards? | ||
The federal government does not belong in education. What works in New York or California should not be mandated in Arizona. |
No | Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)? | ||
No | Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions? |
No | Do you generally support gun-control legislation? | ||
I will never vote to infringe on the right to keep and bear arms. I will work to abolish unconstitutional laws pertaining to the 2nd amendment. |
Yes | Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")? | ||
No | Do you support requiring businesses to provide paid medical leave during public health crises, such as COVID-19? |
Yes | Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border? | ||
Yes | Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship? |
No | Should the United States use military force to prevent governments hostile to the U.S. from possessing a weapon of mass destruction (for example: nuclear, biological, chemical)? | ||
Yes | Do you support reducing military intervention in Middle East conflicts? | ||
We are not the world police force. |
Yes | Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)? |
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