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Jonathan Chane's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)

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Jonathan Chane has refused to provide voters with positions on key issues covered by the 2016 Political Courage Test, despite repeated requests from Vote Smart and voters like you.

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Issue Positions

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 2016.

  • "Jonathan supports a woman’s right to choose. He will fight every single attempt to erode that right including defending Planned Parenthood and the services they provide." (www.jonathanchane.com)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • "Jonathan believes we need to invest in our infrastructure, including roads, bridges, water systems and broadband access. This will not only stimulate our economy with good-paying construction jobs, infrastructure improvements are the backbone for thriving small and medium-sized businesses." (www.jonathanchane.com)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • "Jonathan will fight for full funding for the federal government’s commitments to education. This is an economic necessity. We cannot expect our schools to improve when we starve them of resources." (www.jonathanchane.com)
  • "While testing can be useful in assessing student achievement, Jonathan understands that it must NOT be the only way we measure student progress or teacher success. Punishing struggling schools in under-resourced areas for poor test results does not improve education for our students, and actively discourages great teachers from staying at struggling schools." (www.jonathanchane.com)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • "Jonathan knows that the single biggest threat facing our environment and our special way of life here in South Florida is Climate Change. We must act quickly to reduce carbon emissions and turn back the clock on the harm we’ve done." (www.jonathanchane.com)
  • "Jonathan supports repealing the fracking exemption from the Safe Drinking Water Act, and unless it can be proven safe, we should ban fracking altogether – it’s just too big of a risk." (www.jonathanchane.com)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • "Jonathan will be a leader in opposing any attempt to encode discrimination against members of the LGBTQ community into our laws, including efforts to pass a Constitutional Amendment banning same-sex marriage." (www.jonathanchane.com)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • Endorsed by Florida Alliance for Retired Americans (www.jonathanchane.com)
  • "Jonathan will fight any attempt to privatize Social Security, raise the retirement age, or reduce already-too-low benefits – these are not acceptable policy options. Too many Americans rely on this program just to get by, and by scrapping the cap on taxable income, the fairest way to shore up the program’s trust fund, we can expand Social Security." (www.jonathanchane.com)

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