Robyn Hamlin refused to tell citizens where she stands on any of the issues addressed in the 2012 Political Courage Test, despite repeated requests from Vote Smart, national media, and prominent political leaders.
For Presidential and Congressional candidates who refuse to provide voters with their positions, Vote Smart has researched their public records to determine their likely responses. These issue positions are from 2012.
Pro-life | a) Do you consider yourself pro-choice or pro-life? | ||
b) Should abortion be legal only within the first trimester of pregnancy? | |||
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) Should federal subsidies be prohibited from being used for abortion procedures? | ||
f) Other or expanded principles |
1) SpendingIndicate what federal funding levels (#1-6) you support for the following general categories. Select one number per category- you can use a number more than once.2) TaxesIndicate what federal tax levels (#1-6) you support for the following general categories. Select one number per category- you can use a number more than once.
Slightly Decrease | a) Agriculture | ||
Slightly Decrease | b) Arts | ||
Slightly Decrease | c) Defense | ||
Maintain Status | 1) Intelligence operations | ||
Maintain Status | 2) Military hardware | ||
Maintain Status | 3) National missile defense | ||
Maintain Status | 4) Salary and benefits for active duty personnel | ||
Slightly Decrease | 5) Programs to improve troop retention rates | ||
Maintain Status | 6) Research and development of new weapons | ||
Slightly Decrease | d) Education | ||
Slightly Decrease | e) Environment | ||
Slightly Decrease | f) Homeland security | ||
Greatly Decrease | g) International aid | ||
Slightly Decrease | h) Medical research | ||
Slightly Decrease | i) Scientific research | ||
Maintain Status | j) Space exploration | ||
Greatly Decrease | k) United Nations | ||
Slightly Decrease | l) Welfare | ||
Greatly Decrease | m) Other or expanded categories | ||
Maintain Status | a) Alcohol taxes | ||
Maintain Status | b) Capital gains taxes | ||
Maintain Status | c) Cigarette taxes | ||
Maintain Status | d) Corporate taxes | ||
Slightly Decrease | e) Gasoline taxes | ||
Eliminate | f) Income taxes (low-income families) | ||
Greatly Decrease | g) Income taxes (middle-income families) | ||
Slightly Decrease | h) Income taxes (high-income families) | ||
i) Other or expanded categories | |||
Yes | 3) Do you support the elimination of the federal estate tax? | ||
Yes | 4) Do you support requiring the federal budget to be balanced each year? | ||
6) Other or expanded principles | |||
No | 5) Do you support using government funds in an effort to stimulate and improve the economy? | ||
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Yes | a) Do you support privatizing elements of Social Security? | ||
Yes | b) Do you support reducing government regulations on the private sector? | ||
No | c) Do you support increasing the federal minimum wage? | ||
Yes | d) Do you support the ability of workers to unionize? | ||
Yes | e) Do you support federal funding for job-training programs that retrain displaced workers? | ||
f) Other or expanded principles |
No | a) Do you support increasing the amount individuals are permitted to contribute to federal campaigns? | ||
Yes | b) Should Congress regulate indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
No | c) Do you support removing all contribution limits on federal campaigns? | ||
Yes | d) Should candidates for federal office be encouraged to meet voluntary spending limits? | ||
Yes | e) Do you support giving the President the power of the line item veto for items concerning appropriations? | ||
No | f) Do you support limiting the President's ability to define how legislation is applied through the use of signing statements? | ||
g) Other or expanded principles |
Yes | a) Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes? | ||
Yes | b) Do you support programs that provide prison inmates with vocational and job-related training and job-placement assistance when released? | ||
Yes | c) Do you support programs that provide prison inmates with substance abuse treatment? | ||
Yes | d) Do you support reduced prison sentences for non-violent offenders? | ||
e) Do you support mandatory prison sentences for selling illegal drugs? | |||
f) Other or expanded principles |
b) Do you support federal funding for universal pre-K programs? | |||
c) Do you support federal funding for charter schools? | |||
d) Do you support federal funding for K-12 school vouchers? | |||
e) Do you support the federal government providing college students with financial aid? | |||
Unknown Position | a) Do you support federal education standards and testing requirements for K-12 students? | ||
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This should be sent back to the States to regulate. |
Yes | a) Do you support enacting environmental regulations aimed at reducing the effects of climate change? | ||
Yes | b) Do you support international emissions targets aimed at reducing the effects of climate change? | ||
No | c) Do you support allowing energy producers to trade carbon credits under a "cap and trade" system? | ||
Yes | d) Do you support strengthening fuel efficiency standards on all gasoline and diesel-powered engines, including cars, trucks, and sport utility vehicles? | ||
Yes | e) Do you support domestic oil exploration in federally-protected areas? | ||
Yes | f) Do you support federal funding for the development of alternative energy? | ||
g) Do you support the development of nuclear reactors? | |||
h) Other or expanded principles |
No | a) Do you support restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns? | ||
Yes | b) Do you believe that the Second Amendment guarantees the right of individual citizens to own guns? | ||
Yes | c) Do you support allowing individuals to carry concealed guns? | ||
No | d) Do you support a ban on assault rifles? | ||
e) Other or expanded principles |
No | a) Do you support a publicly-administered health insurance option? | ||
b) Do you support expanding access to health care through commercial health insurance reform? | |||
Yes | c) Should the federal government expand eligibility for tax-free medical savings accounts? | ||
Yes | d) Do you support monetary limits on damages that can be collected in malpractice lawsuits? | ||
Yes | e) Do you support relaxing regulations on the importation of prescription drugs? | ||
Health Insurance is not Health Care. Car insurance is not automotive maintenance so why do people think that health insurance is health care? |
No | a) Do you support a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants? | ||
Yes | b) Do you support decreasing the number of legal immigrants allowed into the country? | ||
Yes | c) Do you support establishing English as the official national language? | ||
Yes | d) Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration laws by state and local police? | ||
e) Other or expanded principles |
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