Ed Legg's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Maine State Legislative Election 2012 Political Courage Test
| Pro-choice | a) Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| No | b) Should abortions be illegal after the first trimester of pregnancy? | ||
| Yes | c) Should abortion be legal when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape? | ||
| Yes | d) Should abortion be legal when the life of the woman is endangered? | ||
| Yes | e) Do you support requiring parental notification before an abortion is performed on a minor? | ||
| Yes | f) Do you support requiring parental consent before an abortion is performed on a minor? | ||
| No | g) Do you support the prohibition of public funds for abortion procedures? | ||
| No | h) Do you support the prohibition of public funds for organizations that perform abortions? | ||
| i) Other or expanded principles: | |||
1) State Spending:Using the key, indicate what state funding levels (#1-6) you support for the following general categories. Select one level per category; you may use a number more than once.2) State Taxes:Using the key,indicate what state tax levels (#1-6) you support for the following general categories. Select one level per category; you may use a number more than once.3) Budget Stabilization:Indicate which proposals you support (if any) for balancing Maine's budget.
| Greatly Increase | a) Education (higher) | ||
| Greatly Increase | b) Education (K-12) | ||
| Greatly Increase | c) Environment | ||
| Greatly Increase | d) Health care | ||
| Slightly Increase | e) Law enforcement/corrections | ||
| Greatly Increase | f) Transportation/infrastructure | ||
| Slightly Increase | g) Welfare | ||
| Slightly Increase | a) Alcohol taxes | ||
| Greatly Increase | b) Cigarette taxes | ||
| Slightly Decrease | c) Corporate taxes | ||
| Slightly Increase | d) Gas/Oil taxes | ||
| Slightly Decrease | e) Property taxes | ||
| Slightly Increase | f) Sales taxes | ||
| Slightly Decrease | g) Income taxes (low-income families) | ||
| Slightly Decrease | h) Income taxes (mid-income families) | ||
| Slightly Increase | i) Income taxes (high-income families) | ||
| No | a) Tapping into Maine's "rainy day" fund | ||
| Yes | b) Increasing tuition rates at public universities | ||
| No | c) Reducing or eliminating public worker collective bargaining | ||
| No | d) Reducing state employee salaries AND/OR pensions | ||
| No | e) Instituting mandatory furloughs AND/OR layoffs for state employees | ||
| No | f) Reducing benefits for Medicaid recipients | ||
| g) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| 1 - Maine's Land for Maine's Future 1 - Expanded use of Maine's Kid-Safe Products Act 1 - Expanded Access to affordable health Insurance 1 - Bonds for Research and Development administered by the Maine Technology Institute (M.T.I.) | |||
| f. Maine's "tourist" taxes need to be Raised. Currently these taxes are very low compared to other states. There is little evidence that slight raises of "tourist taxes" negatively affects tourism, which is Maine's number 1 industry. | |||
a) Do you support limits on the following types of contributions for state candidates?
| Yes | 1) Individual | ||
| Yes | 2) Political Action Committee | ||
| Yes | 3) Corporate | ||
| Yes | 4) Political Party | ||
| Yes | b) Should candidates for state office be encouraged to meet voluntary spending limits? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support requiring full and timely disclosure of campaign finance information? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support the use of an independent AND/OR bipartisan commission for redistricting? | ||
| No | e) Do you support requiring a government-issued photo identification in order to vote at the polls? | ||
| a 1) A candidate and his/her spouse should have no limits. | |||
| No | a) Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support alternatives to incarceration for certain non-violent offenders, such as mandatory counseling or substance abuse treatment? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support requiring that bail decisions in domestic violence cases be made by a judge? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support decriminalizing the possession of small amounts of marijuana? | ||
| Yes | e) Should a minor accused of a violent crime be prosecuted as an adult? | ||
| Yes | f) Should a minor who sends sexually-explicit or nude photos by cell phone face criminal charges? | ||
| No | g) Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration laws by state and local police? | ||
| G. I do support state and local cooperation with and assistance to federal agencies whose immigration enforcement powers preempt state and local enforcement; e + f for minors 15 and older | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support reducing government regulations on the private sector? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support increased state funding for job-training programs that re-train displaced workers? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support expanding access to unemployment benefits? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support providing financial incentives to the private sector for the purpose of job creation? | ||
| Yes | e) Do you support increased spending on infrastructure projects for the purpose of job creation? | ||
| No | f) Do you support providing direct financial assistance to homeowners facing foreclosure? | ||
| g) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| No | a) Do you support the national Common Core State Standards initiative? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support a merit pay system for teachers? | ||
| No | c) Is the tenure process for public school teachers producing effective teachers? | ||
| No | d) Do you support expanding open enrollment policies for students in Maine? | ||
| No | e) Should parents be allowed to use vouchers to send their children to any school? | ||
| No | f) Do you support state funding for charter schools? | ||
| Yes | g) Do you support the state government providing college students with financial aid? | ||
| No | h) Should illegal immigrants who graduate from Maine high schools be eligible for in-state tuition at public universities? | ||
| F. I support financial assistance for state "magnet" schools. Support for charter schools should be from the local level, private and public; h. If they were brought to the U.S. at an early age and were educated through the public school systems, I would be inclined to support their eligibility | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support state funding for the development of alternative energy? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support expanding the wind turbine programs off the coast of Maine? | ||
| No | c) Do you support state funding for the development of traditional domestic energy sources (e.g. coal, natural gas, oil)? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support state funding for improvements to Maine's energy infrastructure? | ||
| Yes | e) Do you support state funding for open space preservation? | ||
| Yes | f) Do you support enacting environmental regulations aimed at reducing the effects of climate change? | ||
| g) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns? | ||
| Yes | b) Should background checks be required on gun sales between private citizens at gun shows? | ||
| Yes | c) Should citizens be allowed to carry concealed guns? | ||
| Yes | d) Should a license be required for gun possession? | ||
| a) Support background checks; do not support further restrictions on traditional hunting guns or on normal defense guns; do support restrictions on purely assault weapons; Maine's current laws are effective. | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support a universally-accessible, publicly-administered health insurance option? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support expanding access to health care through commercial health insurance reform? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support interstate health insurance compacts? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support requiring individuals to purchase health care insurance? | ||
| Yes | e) Do you support monetary limits on damages that can be collected in malpractice lawsuits? | ||
| Yes | f) Do you support allowing doctors to prescribe marijuana to their patients for medicinal purposes? | ||
| C. If the Affordable Care Act survives, yes. I do not support diminishing the insurance pool of a state, especially Maine by allowing healthy people to purchase health insurance from another state. I would strongly support Regional compacts created by the ACA or if they adopt Maine's former high accessibility health insurance and healthcare policies. E. But these limits should be high. | |||
| No | a) Should marriage only be between one man and one woman? | ||
| Yes | b) Should same-sex couples be allowed to form civil unions? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support the inclusion of sexual orientation in Maine's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support the inclusion of gender identity in Maine's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| I support same-sex marriage and civil unions as long as each church and each religion retains full and church-state separation rights as to whether they will perform same-sex marriages. For example, some churches will not perform a marriage if one of the couple is divorced. | |||
| 1. Through bonds, support entrepreneurial businesses and research and development, Land for Maine's Future and fixing our decaying transportation infrastructure. 2. Protect and expand Maine's current high level of access to healthcare which over 90% of our population currently has. 3. Build and expand an education system at all levels that prepares our workforce to meet modern-day demands for highly educated and highly skilled individuals. 4. Expand enforcement of Maine's Kid-Safe Products Act regarding toxic chemicals such as Bisphenol-A (BPA). 5. Continue Maine's difficult battles against the spread of and for better diagnostic and treatment tools regarding Lyme Disease. I... |
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