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1. Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
- Pro-life
1. In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
- No
2. In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing defense spending?
- No
Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
- Unknown Position
1. Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
- No
2. Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Yes
1. Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards?
- No
1. Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)?
- Yes
2. Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
- Unknown Position
Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
- No
Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
- Yes
1. Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border?
- Yes
2. Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
- Yes
Do you support the legalization of marijuana for recreational purposes?
- Unknown Position
1. Should the United States use military force in order to prevent governments hostile to the U.S. from possessing a nuclear weapon?
- No
2. Do you support increased American intervention in Middle Eastern conflicts beyond air support?
- Yes
1. Abortions should always be illegal.
- X
2. Abortions should always be legally available.
- No Answer
3. Abortions should be legal only within the first trimester of pregnancy.
- No Answer
4. Abortions should be legal when pregnancy results from incest, rape or the life of the woman is endangered.
- No Answer
5. Abortions should be limited by waiting periods and notification requirements as decided by each state government.
- No Answer
6. Prohibit the dilation and extraction procedure, also known as "partial-birth" abortion.
- X
7. Support "buffer zones" at abortion clinics by requiring demonstrators to remain a certain distance from doorways and driveways.
- No Answer
8. Prohibit public funding for abortions and organizations that advocate or perform abortions.
- X
9. Other
- No Answer
1. Corrections
- Slightly Decrease Funding
2. Education (Higher)
- Maintain Funding Status
3. Education (K-12)
- Maintain Funding Status
4. Environment
- Maintain Funding Status
5. Health care
- Maintain Funding Status
6. Law enforcement
- Maintain Funding Status
7. Transportation and Highway infrastructure
- Maintain Funding Status
8. Welfare
- Slightly Decrease Funding
9. Other
- No Answer
10. Alcohol taxes
- Eliminate
11. Capital gains taxes
- Eliminate
12. Cigarette taxes
- Eliminate
13. Corporate taxes
- Eliminate
14. Gasoline taxes
- Eliminate
15. Income taxes (incomes below $75,000)
- Eliminate
16. Income taxes (incomes above $75,000)
- Eliminate
17. Inheritance taxes
- Eliminate
18. Property taxes
- Eliminate
19. Sales taxes
- Eliminate
20. Vehicle taxes
- Eliminate
21. Should Internet sales be taxed?
- No
22. Do you support a flat tax structure for state income taxes?
- Yes
23. Would you support returning any operating surplus to Michigan taxpayers?
- Yes
24. Would you support placing any operating surplus into a "rainy day" fund?
- Undecided
25. Do you support implementing a state earned income tax credit?
- Undecided
1. Increase state funds for construction of state prisons and for hiring of additional prison staff.
- No Answer
2. Support contracting with private sector firms to build and/or manage state prisons.
- X
3. End parole for repeat violent offenders.
- X
4. Implement the death penalty in Michigan.
- X
5. Implement penalties other than incarceration for certain non-violent offenders.
- X
6. Inform communities when a convicted sex offender moves into the community.
- X
7. Support programs to provide prison inmates with vocational and job-related skills and job-placement assistance when released.
- X
8. Decriminalize the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes.
- No Answer
9. Strengthen penalties and sentences for drug-related crimes.
- No Answer
10. Lower the blood alcohol content limit defining drunk driving.
- No Answer
11. Prosecute as adults, youths accused of a felony.
- No Answer
12. Increase penalties for crimes committed on school grounds.
- No Answer
13. Require that crimes based on gender, sexual orientation, or disability be prosecuted as hate crimes.
- No Answer
14. Support programs that provide job training and placement services for at-risk youth.
- X
15. Ban the use of racial profiling by law enforcement officers.
- No Answer
16. Extend the amount of time allowed to issue criminal charges when DNA evidence is involved.
- No Answer
17. Other
- No Answer
1. Increase state funds for professional development of public school teachers and administrators.
- No Answer
2. Encourage private or corporate investment in public school programs.
- X
3. Support charter schools where teachers and professionals receive authorization and funding to establish new schools.
- X
4. Increase state funds for school capital improvements (e.g. buildings and infrastructure).
- No Answer
5. Increase state funds for hiring additional teachers.
- No Answer
6. Endorse teacher-led voluntary prayer in public schools.
- X
7. Support posting the Ten Commandments in public schools.
- X
8. Require public schools to administer high school exit exams.
- No Answer
9. Support national standards and testing of public school students.
- No Answer
10. Support teacher testing and reward teachers with merit pay.
- X
11. Provide state funding to increase teacher salaries.
- No Answer
12. Eliminate the cap on the number of charter schools allowed by the state.
- No Answer
13. Support transferring oversight of troubled school districts to the state.
- No Answer
14. Provide state funded tuition vouchers to allow parents to transfer their children from public schools with low graduation rates to any non-public school.
- No Answer
15. Reduce the state per-student allowance to offset voucher funding.
- No Answer
16. Other
- No Answer
1. Provide low interest loans and tax credits for starting, expanding, or relocating businesses.
- X
2. Reduce state government regulations on the private sector to encourage investment and economic expansion.
- X
3. Support limits on cash damages in lawsuits against businesses and professionals for product liability or malpractice.
- No Answer
4. Increase funding for state job-training programs that re-train displaced workers or teach skills needed in today's job market.
- No Answer
5. Other
- No Answer
6. College and university admissions
- No
7. Public employment
- No
8. State contracting
- No
1. Encourage further development and use of alternative fuels to reduce pollution.
- X
2. Support "self-audit" legislation which creates incentives for industries to audit themselves and clean up pollution.
- X
3. Require a cost/benefit analysis to determine the economic impact of proposed environmental regulations before they are implemented.
- X
4. Require states to fully compensate citizens when environmental regulations limit uses on privately owned land.
- X
5. Support funding for recycling programs in Michigan.
- X
6. Request added flexibility from the federal government in enforcing and funding federal environmental regulations.
- No Answer
7. Suspend participation in un-funded, federally-mandated environmental protection legislation.
- X
8. Replace local water commissions with a state Regional Water and Sewer Authority.
- No Answer
9. Increase state funding for road construction and maintenance.
- No Answer
10. Require that ballast water brought into Michigan waterways be sterilized.
- No Answer
11. Other
- No Answer
12. Should state environmental regulations be stricter than federal law?
- Undecided
13. Should the Michigan state government have authority over the sale and transfer of water from the Great Lakes?
- No
1. Do you support the limit on terms for Michigan Governors?
- Yes
2. Do you support the limit on terms for Michigan State Senators and Representatives?
- Yes
3. Individual
- Yes
4. PAC
- Yes
5. Corporate
- Yes
6. Political Parties
- Yes
7. Do you support requiring full and timely disclosure of campaign finance information?
- Yes
8. Do you support imposing spending limits on state level political campaigns?
- No
9. Do you support partial funding from state taxes for state level political campaigns?
- No
10. Do you support voting on-line?
- Yes
11. Do you support on-line voter registration?
- Yes
12. Do you support requiring a two-thirds vote in the Michigan Legislature to enact legislation that would overrule local ordinances?
- No
13. Should Michigan Supreme Court justices be appointed instead of elected?
- Yes
14. Other
- No Answer
1. Ban the sale or transfer of semi-automatic guns, except those used for hunting.
- No Answer
2. Maintain and strengthen the enforcement of existing state restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns.
- No Answer
3. Ease state restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns.
- X
4. Repeal state restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns.
- No Answer
5. Allow citizens to carry concealed guns.
- No Answer
6. Require manufacturers to provide child-safety locks on guns.
- No Answer
7. Require background checks of gun buyers at gun shows.
- No Answer
8. Require a license for gun possession.
- No Answer
9. Hold gun owners, who do not properly store their guns, criminally and civilly liable for crimes committed by minors using their guns.
- X
10. Prohibit the carrying of guns on school grounds.
- No Answer
11. Other
- No Answer
12. Should Michigan cities and counties be prohibited from suing gun manufacturers and dealers for damages?
- Yes
1. Provide tax incentives to small businesses that provide health care to their employees.
- X
2. Ensure that citizens have access to basic health care through managed care, insurance reforms, or state funded care where necessary.
- No Answer
3. Transfer more existing Medicaid recipients into managed care programs.
- X
4. Use state funds to continue some Medicaid coverage for legal immigrants.
- No Answer
5. Limit the amount of damages that can be awarded in medical malpractice lawsuits.
- No Answer
6. Support a patient's right to sue his or her HMO.
- X
7. Support a patient's right to appeal to an administrative board of specialists when services are denied.
- X
8. Guaranteed medical care to all citizens is not a responsibility of state government.
- X
9. Allow health care providers and health care facilities to refuse services to which they morally object.
- X
10. Other
- No Answer
1. Provide tax credits for businesses that provide child care for their employees.
- X
2. Increase state funds to provide child care for children in low-income working families.
- No Answer
3. Deny or suspend state-issued permits and licenses to parents who are delinquent in paying court-ordered child support.
- No Answer
4. Increase state funding for Head Start in order to serve additional children and/or increase services from a half to a full day.
- No Answer
5. Increase state funding for community centers and other social agencies in areas with at-risk youth.
- No Answer
6. Support state funding of programs for at-risk youth such as guaranteed college loans, and job training and placement.
- No Answer
7. Allow parents to leave unwanted newborn infants at hospitals, police stations, or fire departments without facing criminal charges.
- No Answer
8. Other
- No Answer
9. Should physician-assisted suicide be legally available in Michigan?
- No
10. Should Michigan include sexual orientation in its anti-discrimination laws?
- No
11. Should Michigan recognize civil unions between same-sex couples?
- No
12. Should Michigan restrict marriage to a relationship only between a man and a woman?
- Yes
1. Maintain current time limits on welfare benefits.
- X
2. Maintain the requirement that able-bodied recipients work in order to receive benefits.
- X
3. Increase employment and job training programs for welfare recipients.
- No Answer
4. Provide tax incentives to businesses that hire welfare recipients.
- X
5. Provide child care for welfare recipients who work.
- No Answer
6. Increase access to public transportation for welfare recipients who work.
- X
7. Allow welfare recipients to remain eligible for benefits while saving money for education, starting a business, or buying a home.
- No Answer
8. Limit benefits given to recipients if they have additional children while on welfare.
- X
9. Eliminate government-funded welfare programs.
- No Answer
10. Redirect welfare funding to faith-based and community-based private organizations.
- No Answer
11. Use federal TANF (Temporary Assistance to Needy Families) funds to expand state services to include the working poor.
- No Answer
12. Other
- No Answer
