Jeffrey Hoagland's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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North Carolina State Legislative Election 2024 Political Courage Test
| Pro-life | 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 (e.g. Medicaid) for organizations that perform abortions? | ||
| I believe out side of incest or rape, abortion should not be allowed after the baby is able to live out side of the mother, right now the earliest birth that survived was at 21 weeks and if we that that as an outlier then after 22 weeks elective abortions should not be allowed as that could be argueed as murder | |||
| Yes | a) In order to balance the budget, do you support limiting state government spending on social programs (e.g. SNAP, TANF)? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support a decrease in income taxes in order to promote economic growth? | ||
| No | c) Do you support a wealth tax in order to pay for public programs in your state? | ||
| government social programs have a history of trapping people to be reliant on them and not really helping them get out of poverty. I firmly believe that people are better stuwards of their money than any government can be, and a general "wealth tax" would kill off every small business if passed | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support capital punishment for violent crimes? | ||
| No | 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 nonviolent drug offenders? | ||
| Yes | f) Do you support the legalization of marijuana for recreational use in North Carolina? | ||
| a) some crimes have only removal as the answer b) depends, if a child is running around being a child and hurts someone,no. If they knowingly plan and execute an action that leads to violents and harm, yes c) yes laws should be enforced, if you don't like the law, get in people to change it d)no, if the publics wants a punishment the public should run it and not a for profit corporation e) I do not support minimum sentences as it makes judges lazy and biased f) if people aren't hurting others, leave them alone | |||
| No | a) Do you support state government spending as a means of promoting economic growth (e.g. grants, tax incentives)? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support reducing state government regulations on the private sector (e.g. for business or the environment)? | ||
| No | c) Do you support an increase of the minimum wage of North Carolina? | ||
| No | d) Do you support government spending on affordable housing projects in North Carolina? | ||
| a) all government money comes from taxes, which come from other businesses, and I do not support letting government take from one to give to another that they want to promote b)all except for direct saftey, most regulations have been put in my lobbiest to prevent competition, and competition is what is needed in a healthy capitalist market place c) I believe a minimum wage harms people more than it helps, it keeps people from negotiating wage which keeps wages at around the minnimum wage instead of what the individual brings to the job d)no, after watching the affordable housing projects in Chapel Hill for the last 8 years and how it hasn't helped with housing and instead is costing $300,000 per unit for studio apartment level living, I don't think government spending on housing solves anything | |||
| No | a) Do you support adopting federal education standards (e.g. Common Core) in North Carolina? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support state funding for charter schools? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support increasing teacher salaries AND/OR benefits in North Carolina? | ||
| No | d) Should immigrants in the United States who graduate from North Carolina high schools be eligible for in-state tuition at public universities, regardless of immigration status? | ||
| a)no child left behind was a disaster that let to common core, which was also a disaster and currently has made it so 19% of high school graduates can not read but some how were given a diploma for graduating high school, cause that is what federal standards do b)yes more cometition leads to better inovation, i beleive we also need to start funding trades training in high school to give students more options and job training right out of high school c) if you don't pay teachers they can't keep teaching d) no, in state tuition is for US citizen who live in North Carolina as a North Carolina citizen and residents | |||
| No | a) Do you support state funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support state governments allowing permits for drilling on public lands? | ||
| No | c) Do you support increasing state funding for clean drinking water initiatives? | ||
| a) solar is great supplement but can not be relied upon to generate consistant electricity, I say this as physicist. Wind is not sutanable at all, and geo-thermal is very much geographically determined if you can use it or not b) yes as long as they do no spill oil c) no because this doesn't make sense but i support clean drinking water, but not sure what you mean by initiatives | |||
| Yes | a)Do you support limiting campaign contributions from corporations, unions, and individuals? | ||
| No | b) Do you support the use of an independent or bipartisan commission for redistricting? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support requiring a government-issued photo identification in order to vote at the polls? | ||
| No | d) Do you support automatic voter registration? | ||
| No | e) Do you support the implementation of ranked choice voting in North Carolina? | ||
| Yes | f) Should it be mandatory for any potential voter to be verified as a U.S. citizen before registering to vote or casting a ballot? | ||
| a) corporations and unions are not people and should not be allowed to contribute to campaigns at all, and limiting individuals spending makes it more about people interacting instead of just spending money to sell a candidate b) no such thing as independent in politics and bipartisan just mean both sides agreed to the corruption c) yes, you should be able to prove who you are before you vote so that you can't vote for other people d)no, i believe the voter rolls should be cleared after every election and that people should have to register before every election to vote e)no, ranked choice voting is just allowing people who voted for a lesser candidate to get multiple votes in a single election, it should always be one person one vote, not one person as many votes as it takes f) yes only citizen should be able to vote | |||
| No | a) Do you generally support gun-control legislation (e.g. red flag laws, closing the boyfriend loophole)? | ||
| Yes | b) Should background checks be required on gun sales between private citizens at gun shows? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support the right to concealed carry in North Carolina? | ||
| a) shall not be infringed is kind of clear b)background checks are already required to buy a gun at a gun show in North Caroina c) yes I believe was could have constitutional concealed carry in North Carolina, I don't think we should have to get government permition to do it | |||
| Yes | a) Should the state government increase funding for treatment facilities to combat opioid abuse? | ||
| No | b) Do you support a government-run (e.g. single-payer) healthcare program such as Medicare-for-All? | ||
| No | c) Should an individual have the right to choose to die (e.g. those with a terminal illness) through euthanasia? | ||
| No | d) Do you support mandating vaccinations (e.g. for school or employment)? | ||
| No | e) Do you support expanding paid family AND/OR medical leave benefits (e.g. maternity leave)? | ||
| No | f) Should the government be able to regulate the cost of prescription drugs? | ||
| a) yes, its becoming a problem in the state and if a facility can help stop the abuse absolutly fund it b) no , with out competition there is no incentive to do better c)depends, in hospice care, yes, if some depressed person, absolutly not d) no, let people make these decsions with their doctor e)no, that is to be negatiated with emplyers not forced thru government f) no, government regulation of cost of good as never resulted in a good out come | |||
| No | a) Do you support inclusion of sexual orientation in North Carolina's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| No | b) Do you support the inclusion of gender identity in North Carolina's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support greater efforts by North Carolina's state government in closing gender, racial, and other wage gaps? | ||
| a) no one can define this to me in a consitant way so no I can't support something that can't be defined b) again, no one can define this, and I can't support something that can't be defined or that can change on the days whems c) yes, pay should only be determined by value brought the business, not by any other factor | |||
| I am pushing to set up more nuclear plants, starting with converting the coal plant in Chapel Hill, this would also expand the TUNL program allowing for more trained nuclear personel that could be sent to new nuclear plants across the state, giving 2 cent a kilowatt hour energy I also want to push people trains by adding commuter trains to the huge network or existing railways in the state I want to get rid of the income tax in North Carolina to help offset the huge increase in taxes coming to Chapel Hill, Carrboro and most of Orange county in my district of NC 56 |
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