Michael Havig's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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California State Legislative Election 2010 Political Courage Test
| Pro-life | a) Do you consider yourself pro-choice or pro-life? | ||
| No | b) Should abortion be legal only within 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? | ||
| Yes | g) Do you support sexual education programs that include information on abstinence, contraceptives, and HIV/STD prevention methods? | ||
| No | h) Do you support abstinence-only sexual education programs? | ||
| F) If the life of the mother is endangered, or caused from rape or incest and she is a minor then do not require parental consent, but still require parental notification. G) I do feel that abstinence should be stressed more in sexual education classes than it currently is, but it is also very important to be informed on contraceptives and STD prevention. | |||
1) State SpendingIndicate 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 TaxesIndicate 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 StabilizationIndicate which proposals you support (if any) for balancing California's budget.
| Greatly Increase | a) Education (higher) | ||
| Greatly Increase | b) Education (K-12) | ||
| Slightly Decrease | c) Environment | ||
| Slightly Increase | d) Health care | ||
| Greatly Increase | e) Law enforcement | ||
| Maintain Status | f) Transportation and highway infrastructure | ||
| Greatly Decrease | g) Welfare | ||
| Greatly Increase | h) Other or expanded categories | ||
| Maintain Status | a) Alcohol taxes | ||
| Maintain Status | b) Cigarette taxes | ||
| Greatly Decrease | c) Corporate taxes | ||
| Slightly Decrease | d) Gasoline taxes | ||
| Maintain Status | e) Property taxes | ||
| Slightly Decrease | f) Sales taxes | ||
| Greatly Decrease | g) Income taxes (low-income families) | ||
| Slightly Decrease | h) Income taxes (middle-income families) | ||
| Maintain Status | i) Income taxes (high-income families) | ||
| j) Other or expanded categories | |||
| No | a) Tapping into California's "rainy day" fund | ||
| No | b) Issuing the early release of certain non-violent offenders | ||
| No | c) Instituting mandatory furloughs and layoffs for state employees | ||
| No | d) Reducing benefits for Medicaid recipients | ||
| Yes | e) Privatizing certain government services | ||
| f) Other or expanded principles | |||
| Education, law enforcement and other emergency services are my top priorities. Firefighters and emergency medical responders also: 1-Greatly Increase | |||
e) Do you support limits on the following types of contributions to candidates for state government?
| No | a) Should California hold a constitutional convention to rewrite the state constitution? | ||
| No | b) Do you support changing the requirement for state budget passage from a two-thirds vote to a majority vote? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support limits on the number of terms for California governors? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support limits on the number of terms for California state legislators? | ||
| Yes | 1) Individual | ||
| Yes | 2) Political Action Committee | ||
| Yes | 3) Corporate | ||
| Yes | 4) Political Party | ||
| Yes | f) Should candidates for state office be encouraged to meet voluntary spending limits? | ||
| Yes | g) Do you support requiring full and timely disclosure of campaign finance information? | ||
| h) Other or expanded principles | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes? | ||
| No | b) Do you support alternatives to incarceration for certain non-violent offenders, such as mandatory counseling or substance abuse treatment? | ||
| No | c) Should the possession of small amounts of marijuana be decriminalized? | ||
| Yes | d) Should a minor accused of a violent crime be prosecuted as an adult? | ||
| Yes | e) Should a minor who sends sexually-explicit or nude photos by cell phone face criminal charges? | ||
| Yes | f) Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration laws by state and local police? | ||
| B) Do not support as alternatives but as an addition to the sentence. D) Depends on the severity of the offense, and how close in age the minor is to being an adult. | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support reducing government regulations on the private sector? | ||
| No | b) Do you support increased state funding for job-training programs that re-train displaced workers? | ||
| No | 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? | ||
| No | 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? | ||
| Yes | g) Do you support suspending the sale of bonds that would finance the California high-speed rail? | ||
| E) Infrastructure projects provide temporary jobs at a very high cost. Leave spending for projects as is. | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support national education standards? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support requiring public schools to administer high school exit exams? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support using a merit pay system for teachers? | ||
| No | d) Do you support state funding for charter schools? | ||
| Yes | e) Do you support the state government providing college students with financial aid? | ||
| No | f) Should illegal immigrants who graduate from California high schools be eligible for in-state tuition at public universities? | ||
| E) Financial aid should be available to those who cannot afford the college they will be attending and should be based on performance, such as GPA and disciplinary history. Ex: Student suspensions, reprimands, etc... F) They broke a federal law, why should we reward them? | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support state funding for the development of alternative energy? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support state funding for the development of traditional domestic energy sources (e.g. coal, natural gas, oil)? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support providing financial incentives to farms that produce biofuel crops? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support state funding for improvements to California's energy infrastructure? | ||
| Yes | e) Do you support state funding for open space preservation? | ||
| No | 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) Do you support requiring background checks on gun sales between private citizens at gun shows? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support allowing individuals to carry concealed guns? | ||
| No | d) Do you support requiring a license for gun possession? | ||
| A) Restrict Automatic/Machine guns C) CCW should be allowed by those who can pass a background, psychological evaluation, and safety courses comparable to police training. I do not agree with people being required to have a reason to need a CCW in order to attain one. A desire for personal protection should be a sufficient requirement. | |||
| No | a) Do you support the establishment of a single-payer, publicly-administered health care system for California? | ||
| No | b) Do you support a universally-accessible, publicly-administered health insurance option? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support expanding access to health care through commercial health insurance reform? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support interstate health insurance compacts? | ||
| No | e) Should individuals be required to purchase health care insurance? | ||
| Yes | f) Do you support monetary limits on damages that can be collected in malpractice lawsuits? | ||
| Yes | g) Do you support legalizing physician-assisted suicide in California? | ||
| No | h) Do you support allowing doctors to prescribe marijuana to their patients for medicinal purposes? | ||
| G) I'm not 100% on this. Parts of both sides I agree with. Physician-assisted suicide should only be allowed if the patient is in immense physical pain while medicine doesn't help. It shouldn't be allowed just because the patient doesn't want to live, due to depression or emotional pain. H) There's only one medicinal purpose for marijuana that I know: If due to another treatment the patient cannot eat, and is becoming sicker from starvation, marijuana relaxes the stomach muscles and makes the user hungry. I would allow this, but only administered at the hospital. No "take home" privileges. | |||
| Yes | a) Should marriage only be between one man and one woman? | ||
| Yes | b) Should California allow same-sex couples to form domestic partnerships? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support state funding for stem cell research? | ||
| No | d) Do you support state funding for embryonic stem cell research? | ||
| No | e) Do you support the state's use of affirmative action? | ||
| Yes | f) Do you support the inclusion of sexual orientation in California's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| No | g) Do you support the inclusion of gender identity in California's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| A) Marriage is one of the Judeo-Christian parts of this country. Most people have heard, "Keep religion out of politics." Well, how about, "Keep your politics out of our religion." I do feel that same-sex couples should receive every right and benefit as traditional couples, just don't call it a marriage. E) Racism is racism no matter what color skin it is directed towards. Jobs should be given to those who can meet the requirements, regardless of ethnicity. | |||
| Education, law enforcement, and other emergency response. Unless you are lucky, education is required to succeed, and we should make sure that everyone has an equal opportunity to succeed. Law enforcement is imperative to maintain order in society, and to protect the communities from those who wish to destroy its foundations and its people. Life without education is a struggle, but life without law enforcement is chaos. The same goes for Firefighters and EMR's. Our top priorities should be to those who dedicate their lives to protect the people. |
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