Nicholas Sawall's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Nicholas Sawall has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2022 Political Courage Test.
Tennessee State Legislative Election 2022 Political Courage Test
| Pro-choice | a) Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support legalizing abortion when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support the prohibition of public funds for organizations that perform abortions? | ||
| I believe this issue is far too complicated for the decision to be in the hands of the government. It is an extremely personal choice that should be made between the mother and her medical team. | |||
| Yes | a) In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing state employee salaries AND/OR pensions? | ||
| No | b) DO you support raising taxes on any income or on any entity, to promote economic growth? | ||
| Before reducing salaries, I'm am almost certain there are programs and other wasteful spending that can be eliminated. | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes? | ||
| Yes | b) Should an individual under 18 accused of a violent crime be prosecuted as an adult? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration laws by state and local police? | ||
| No | d) Do you support the use of private prisons? | ||
| No | e) Do you support mandatory minimum sentences for non-violent drug offenders? | ||
| A) Certain crimes are very very limited and the evidence must be 100% clear. B) It really depends on the age of the accused and the situation. | |||
| No | a) Do you support state government spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support reducing government regulations on the private sector? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support an increase of the minimum wage of Tennessee? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support providing financial relief to businesses AND/OR corporations negatively impacted by the state of national emergency for COVID-19? | ||
| C) minimum wage hasn't moved in almost 20 years. It should be adjusted on an annual basis as we do social security or other issues. D) The only reason I support financial relief for businesses is because the government intervened and forced them to close. Ideally, the free market would have prevailed and government funding would have not been needed. | |||
| No | a) Do you support adopting federal education standards in Tennessee? | ||
| No | b) Do you support state funding for charter schools? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support increasing teacher salaries AND/OR benefits in Tennessee? | ||
| Yes | d) Should immigrants unlawfully present in the United States who graduate from Tennessee high schools be eligible for in-state tuition at public universities? | ||
| e) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| No | a) Do you support state funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)? | ||
| No | b) Do you support government regulations of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support increasing state funding for clean drinking water initiatives? | ||
| We need to expand nuclear programs here in Tennessee | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support the regulation of campaign contributions from corporations, unions, and individuals? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support the use of an independent AND/OR bipartisan commission for redistricting? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support requiring a government-issued photo identification in order to vote at the polls? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support automatic voter registration? | ||
| e) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| No | a) Do you generally support gun-control legislation? | ||
| No | b) Should background checks be required on gun sales between private citizens at gun shows? | ||
| No | c) Should a license be required for gun ownership? | ||
| Shall not be infringed. | |||
| Yes | a) Should the state government increase funding for treatment facilities to combat opioid abuse? | ||
| No | b) Do you support a government-run (single-payer) healthcare program such as Medicare-for All? | ||
| Yes | c) Should an individual have the right to choose to die through euthanasia? | ||
| No | d) Do you support eliminating religious exemptions for vaccinations? | ||
| Yes | e) Do you support expanding paid family AND/OR medical leave opportunities? | ||
| Yes | f) Do you support lowering the cost of prescription drugs? | ||
| Yes | g) DO you support the legalization of medical marijuana in Tennessee? | ||
| h) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support the inclusion of sexual orientation in Tennessee's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support the inclusion of gender identity in Tennessee's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support greater efforts by Tennessee's state government in closing gender, racial and other wage gaps? | ||
| No | d) DO you support amending the Tennessee state constitution to make it illegal for workplaces to require mandatory labor union membership as a condition for employment? | ||
| D) Tennessee is already a right to work state, the amendment is unnecessary. | |||
| I fully support implementing term limits at the state level and it is a priority for me. | |||
| My main priority will require no funding and is very easy to implement. I want to improve communication and interaction between the legislative body and the general population. I plan to put out a weekly newsletter while in session, highlighting the bills that we are discussing. If there are any pressing issues going on, or a bill that would benefit from public input, I plan to hold virtual town halls to discuss with folks in my district to gain an understanding on how they feel. |
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