Ike Lawrence's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Ike Lawrence has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2019 Political Courage Test.
Kentucky Gubernatorial Election 2019 Political Courage Test
| Pro-life | a) Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| Yes | b) Should abortion be legal when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support the prohibition of public funds for organizations that perform abortions? | ||
| d) Other or expanded principles: | |||
Budget Stabilization:Indicate which proposals you support (if any) for balancing Kentucky's budget.
| No | a) Do you support the legalization and taxation of online gambling for the purpose of stabilizing Kentucky's pension system? | ||
| Yes | b) Reducing state employee salaries AND/OR pensions? | ||
| Yes | c) Instituting mandatory furloughs AND/OR layoffs for state employees? | ||
| No | d) An income tax increase on any tax bracket? | ||
| e) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support a limit on campaign contributions to state candidates? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support the use of an independent AND/OR bipartisan commission for redistricting? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support requiring a government-issued photo identification in order to vote at the polls? | ||
| e) Do you support automatic voter registration? | |||
| Don't understand e) question. | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes? | ||
| Yes | b) Should a minor 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? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support the legalization of medical marijuana? | ||
| e) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| No | a) Do you support state government spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support lowering state income taxes as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support reducing government regulations on the private sector? | ||
| No | d) Do you support expanding access to unemployment benefits? | ||
| Yes | e) Do you support requiring welfare applicants to pass a drug test in order to receive benefits? | ||
| No | f) Do you support an increase of the minimum wage of Kentucky? | ||
| No | g) Do you support requiring employers to provide paid family leave? | ||
| h) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| No | a) Do you support adopting federal education standards in Kentucky? | ||
| No | b) Do you support state funding for charter schools? | ||
| No | c) Should immigrants unlawfully present in the United States who graduate from Kentucky high schools be eligible for in-state tuition at public universities? | ||
| No | d) Do you support increasing funding for higher education? | ||
| d)lowering costs. | |||
| No | a) Do you support state funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support government regulations of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support increasing state funding for clean drinking water initiatives? | ||
| No | d) Do you support decreasing compensation for citizens who generate excess energy from personal solar panels ("net-metering")? | ||
| e) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| Yes | a) Do you generally support gun-control legislation? | ||
| Yes | b) Should background checks be required on gun sales between private citizens at gun shows? | ||
| Yes | c) Should teachers be allowed to bring guns into the classroom? | ||
| Yes | d) Should a license be required for gun ownership? | ||
| e) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| No | a) Should the state government increase funding for treatment facilities to combat opioid abuse? | ||
| No | b) Do you support Medicaid expansion through Kentucky's health care programs? | ||
| No | c) Do you support requiring individuals to purchase health care insurance? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support legislation that grants citizens the right to choose to die through euthanasia? | ||
| No | e) Do you support eliminating religious exemptions for vaccinations? | ||
| No | f) Do you support a statewide smoking ban in workplaces that do not specialize in selling tobacco? | ||
| g) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support the inclusion of sexual orientation in Kentucky's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| No | b) Do you support the inclusion of gender identity in Kentucky's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| No | c) Do you support greater efforts by Kentucky state government in closing the pay gap between men and women? | ||
| d) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| We need to stop the flow of Fentynol and opiods at the Federal and state highway borders with random, dog sniffing stops. Signs that say we have the 'death penalty for drug dealers' should stop this carnage of our Kentucky citizens. | |||
| Lower beer drinking to age 19 and age 18 if in the military. Put fun and parties back on Ky campuses and out of our neighborhoods. Sue the federal gov't if they try to deny federal highway funds. Age 21 for beer isn't working. 1700 college kids/year die in off-campus, unsupervised drinking. No extra funding needed. Saves 18-20 year-old lives. We have graduated driver's licensing. We need graduated drinking of alcohol. They've earned it. They are age 18 and of majority. Economic boom to Kentucky if we are first to lower beer drinking age. |
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