On The Ballot: Running, Democratic for U.S. House (MA) - District 5
Candidates who qualify will be invited to take the 2022 Political Courage Test.
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding abortion.
a) Abortions should always be illegal. | |||
X | b) Abortions should always be legal. | ||
c) Abortions should be legal only within the first trimester of pregnancy. | |||
d) Abortions should be legal when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape. | |||
e) Abortions should be legal when the life of the woman is endangered. | |||
f) Prohibit public funding of abortions and of organizations that advocate or perform abortions. | |||
g) Other or expanded principles |
State Budget: Indicate the funding levels (#1-6) you will support for the following general categories. Select one level per category.State Taxes: Indicate the tax levels (#1-6) you will support. Select one level per tax.
Greatly Increase | a) Education (Higher) | ||
Greatly Increase | b) Education (K-12) | ||
Slightly Increase | c) Environment | ||
Greatly Increase | d) Health care | ||
Slightly Increase | e) Law enforcement | ||
Slightly Increase | f) Transportation and highway infrastructure | ||
Slightly Increase | g) Welfare | ||
h) Other or expanded categories | |||
Maintain Status | a) Alcohol taxes | ||
Maintain Status | b) Capital gains taxes | ||
Slightly Increase | c) Cigarette taxes | ||
Slightly Increase | d) Corporate taxes | ||
Maintain Status | e) Estate taxes | ||
Slightly Decrease | f) Gasoline taxes | ||
Maintain Status | g) Income taxes (incomes below $75,000) | ||
Maintain Status | h) Income taxes (incomes above $75,000) | ||
Slightly Decrease | i) Property taxes | ||
Slightly Increase | j) Sales taxes | ||
Maintain Status | k) Vehicle taxes | ||
l) Other or expanded categories | |||
m) Should Internet sales be taxed? | |||
n) Other or expanded principles |
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding campaign finance and government reform.c) Do you support limiting the following types of contributions to state legislative and gubernatorial candidates?Auto Insurance Reform: Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding auto insurance reform.
a) Do you support limiting the number of terms for Massachusetts governors? | |||
No | b) Do you support limiting the number of terms for Massachusetts state senators and representatives? | ||
Yes | 1) Individual | ||
Yes | 2) PAC | ||
Yes | 3) Corporate | ||
Yes | 4) Political Parties | ||
Yes | d) Do you support requiring full and timely disclosure of campaign finance information? | ||
Yes | e) Do you support imposing spending limits on state level political campaigns? | ||
Yes | f) Do you support adopting statewide standards for counting, verifying, and ensuring accuracy of votes? | ||
Yes | g) Do you support prohibiting the reporting of media exit polling results until all polling locations in Massachusetts are closed? | ||
Yes | h) Should Massachusetts recognize civil unions between same-sex couples? | ||
No | i) Should Massachusetts restrict marriage to a union only between a man and a woman? | ||
Yes | j) Do you support allowing out-of-state same-sex couples to marry in Massachusetts? | ||
k) Other or expanded principles | |||
X | a) Distribute high-risk drivers evenly among auto insurance providers. | ||
X | b) Increase the investigation and prosecution of auto insurance fraud. | ||
X | c) Support increased competition between auto insurance providers in Massachusetts. | ||
X | d) Reduce subsidies paid by good drivers to offset rate increases for bad drivers. | ||
e) Other or expanded principles |
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding crime.
a) Increase state funds for construction of state prisons and for hiring of additional prison staff. | |||
b) Implement the death penalty in Massachusetts. | |||
X | c) Support programs to provide prison inmates with vocational and job-related skills and job-placement assistance when released. | ||
d) End parole for repeat violent offenders. | |||
X | e) Implement penalties other than incarceration for certain non-violent offenders. | ||
f) Decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana. | |||
g) Strengthen penalties and sentences for drug-related crimes. | |||
h) Minors accused of a violent crime should be prosecuted as adults. | |||
X | i) Increase state funding for community centers and other social agencies in areas with at-risk youth. | ||
X | j) Increase funding for state and local emergency agencies to prevent and to respond to terrorist attacks. | ||
k) Other or expanded principles |
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding education.
a) Support national standards and testing of public school students. | |||
b) Provide parents with state-funded vouchers to send their children to any public school. | |||
c) Provide parents with state-funded vouchers to send their children to any private or religious school. | |||
X | d) Increase state funds for school capital improvements (e.g. buildings and infrastructure). | ||
X | e) Increase state funds for hiring additional teachers. | ||
f) Support teacher testing and reward with merit pay. | |||
g) Endorse voluntary prayer in public schools. | |||
h) Require public schools to administer high school exit exams. | |||
X | i) Provide state funding to increase teacher salaries. | ||
X | j) Increase funding for Head Start programs. | ||
X | k) Provide state funding for tax incentives and financial aid to help make college more affordable. | ||
l) Offer free public college tuition to the top quarter of Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System scorers. | |||
X | m) Support sexual education programs that include information on abstinence, contraceptives, and HIV/STD prevention methods. | ||
n) Support abstinence-only sexual education programs. | |||
o) Other or expanded principles |
Employment: Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding employment.Affirmative Action: Should race, ethnicity or gender be taken into account in state agencies' decisions on:
X | a) Increase funding for state job-training programs that re-train displaced workers and teach skills needed in today's job market. | ||
b) Increase the number of weeks an individual must work in order to be eligible for unemployment benefits. | |||
c) Reduce the number of weeks that individuals are eligible for unemployment benefits. | |||
d) Reduce state government regulations on the private sector in order to encourage investment and economic expansion. | |||
X | e) Provide low interest loans and tax credits for starting, expanding, or relocating businesses. | ||
X | f) Provide tax credits for businesses that provide child care for children in low-income working families. | ||
X | g) Increase state funds to provide child care for children in low-income working families. | ||
X | h) Include sexual orientation in Massachusetts's anti-discrimination laws. | ||
X | i) Increase the state minimum wage. | ||
j) Other or expanded principles | |||
Yes | a) Public employment | ||
Yes | b) State college and university admissions | ||
Yes | c) State contracting | ||
d) Other or expanded principles |
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding the environment and energy.
X | a) Promote increased use of alternative fuel technology. | ||
X | b) Support increased production of traditional domestic energy sources (e.g. coal, natural gas, and oil). | ||
X | c) Use state funds to clean up former industrial and commercial sites that are contaminated, unused, or abandoned. | ||
X | d) Support funding for open space preservation. | ||
X | e) Enact environmental regulations even if they are stricter than federal law. | ||
f) Other or expanded principles |
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding guns.
a) Maintain and strengthen the enforcement of existing state restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns. | |||
b) Ease state restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns. | |||
c) Repeal state restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns. | |||
d) Allow citizens to carry concealed guns. | |||
X | e) Require manufacturers to provide child-safety locks on guns. | ||
X | f) Require background checks on gun sales between private citizens at gun shows. | ||
X | g) Support current licensing requirements for gun possession. | ||
h) Other or expanded principles |
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding health.
X | a) Ensure that citizens have access to basic health care through managed care, insurance reforms, or state-funded care where necessary. | ||
b) Transfer more existing Medicaid recipients into managed care programs. | |||
c) Limit the amount of punitive damages that can be awarded in medical malpractice lawsuits. | |||
X | d) Support patients' right to sue their HMOs. | ||
X | e) Support patients' right to appeal to an administrative board of specialists when services are denied. | ||
f) Guaranteed medical care to all citizens is not a responsibility of state government. | |||
g) Legalize physician assisted suicide in Massachusetts. | |||
h) Allow doctors to prescribe marijuana to their patients for medicinal purposes. | |||
i) Other or expanded principles |
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding welfare and poverty.
a) Support increased work requirements for able-bodied welfare recipients. | |||
X | b) Increase funding for employment and job training programs for welfare recipients. | ||
X | c) Increase access to public transportation for welfare recipients who work. | ||
d) Support current limits on benefits given to recipients if they have additional children while on welfare. | |||
e) Redirect welfare funding to faith-based and community-based private organizations. | |||
X | f) Use federal TANF (Temporary Assistance to Needy Families) funds to extend health and child care subsidies to the working poor. | ||
g) Support marriage promotion programs for welfare recipients. | |||
h) Eliminate government-funded welfare programs. | |||
X | i) Increase funding for affordable housing programs. | ||
j) Other or expanded principles |
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