Arizona State Legislative Election 1998 National Political Awareness Test

Abortion

Indicate which principles you support (if any) concerning abortion.

1. Abortions should always be legally available.
- No Answer

2. Abortions should be legal only within the first trimester of pregnancy.
- No Answer

3. Abortions should be legal only when pregnancy resulted from incest, rape, or when the life of the woman is endangered.
- No Answer

4. Abortions should be legal only when the life of the woman is endangered.
- No Answer

5. Abortions should always be illegal.
- X

6. Abortions should be limited by waiting periods and parental notification requirements.
- X

7. Prohibit the late-term abortion procedure known as "partial-birth" abortion.
- X

8. Support "buffer zones" by requiring demonstrators to stay at least 15 feet away from abortion clinic doorways and driveways.
- No Answer

9. Other
- No Answer

10. Should Arizona government funding be provided to clinics and medical facilities that provide abortion services?
- No

Affirmative Action

Indicate the principles you support (if any) concerning affirmative action. State government agencies should take race and sex into account in the following sectors:

1. College and university admissions
- No

2. Public employment
- No

3. State contracting
- No

4. Other
- No Answer

Crime

Indicate which principles you support (if any) to address crime.

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.
- No Answer

3. End parole for repeat violent felons.
- X

4. Support the use of the death penalty.
- X

5. Oppose the death penalty.
- No Answer

6. Implement penalties other than incarceration for certain non-violent offenders.
- X

7. Inform communities when a convicted sex offender moves into the community.
- No Answer

8. Increase state funds for programs which rehabilitate and educate inmates during and after their prison sentences.
- No Answer

9. Decriminalize the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes.
- No Answer

10. Strengthen penalties and sentences for drug-related crimes.
- X

11. Strengthen penalties and sentences for sex offenders.
- X

12. Lower the blood-alcohol-content limit defining drunk driving.
- X

13. Prosecute juveniles who commit murder or other serious violent crimes as adults.
- X

14. Increase the number of crimes for which the state requires judges to impose mandatory sentences.
- No Answer

15. Criminalize the practice of cockfighting.
- No Answer

16. Other
- No Answer

Economy and Employment

Indicate which principles you support (if any) concerning the economy and employment.

1. Provide low interest loans and tax credits for starting, expanding, or relocating businesses.
- No Answer

2. Reduce state government regulations on the private sector in order to encourage investment and economic expansion.
- X

3. Support limits on cash damages in lawsuits against businesses and professionals for product liability or malpractice.
- X

4. Increase funding for state job-training programs that retrain displaced workers or teach skills needed in today's job market.
- No Answer

5. Support state funding to stimulate creation and expansion of technology-related businesses.
- No Answer

6. Other
- No Answer

7. Do you support expanding legalized gambling on tribal lands?
- No

8. Do you support reauthorizing the Arizona state lottery?
- No

Education

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding education.

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. Provide parents with state-funded vouchers to send their children to any participating school (public, private, religious).
- X

4. Favor charter schools where independent groups receive state authorization and funding to establish new schools.
- X

5. Support sex education programs which stress abstinence.
- No Answer

6. Support sex education programs which stress safe sexual practices.
- No Answer

7. Increase state funds for school construction and facility maintenance.
- No Answer

8. Increase state funds for hiring of additional teachers.
- No Answer

9. Endorse teacher-led voluntary prayer in public schools.
- X

10. Other
- No Answer

11. Do you support continuing bilingual education programs in Arizona?
- No

12. Do you support requiring students to pass a standardized exit exam before graduating high school?
- No

Environment & Energy

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding the environment and energy.

1. Require the use of cleaner burning fuels in order to prevent pollution.
- No Answer

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 the state to fully compensate citizens when environmental regulations limit uses on privately owned land.
- X

5. Provide funding for recycling programs in Arizona.
- No Answer

6. Request added flexibility from the federal government in enforcing and funding federal environmental regulations.
- X

7. Suspend participation in unfunded, federally mandated environmental protection legislation.
- X

8. Other
- No Answer

9. State environmental regulations should not be stricter than federal law.
- No

10. Do you support providing state general revenue each year to purchase or lease state trust land and to protect land from development?
- No

Government Reform

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding government reform.

Do you support limits on the number of terms of the following Arizona officials?

1. State Senators and Representatives
- No

2. Governor
- No

Do you support limiting the following types of contributions to state legislative candidates?

1. Individual
- No

2. PAC
- No

3. Corporate
- No Answer

4. Do you support requiring full and timely disclosure of campaign finance information?
- Yes

5. Do you support imposing spending limits on state level political campaigns?
- No Answer

6. Do you support partial funding from state taxes for state level political campaigns?
- No

7. Would you vote to ratify an amendment to the U.S. Constitution requiring an annual balanced federal budget?
- No Answer

8. Do you support an open primary, allowing all registered voters to cast their ballots for any candidate?
- No

9. Other
- No Answer

Gun

Indicate which principles you support (if any) concerning gun issues.

1. Ban the sale or transfer of all forms of semi-automatic weapons.
- No Answer

2. Increase state restrictions on the purchase and possession of firearms.
- No Answer

3. Maintain state restrictions on the purchase and possession of firearms.
- No Answer

4. Ease state restrictions on the purchase and possession of firearms.
- X

5. Repeal state restrictions on the purchase and possession of firearms by law-abiding citizens.
- X

6. Favor allowing citizens to carry concealed firearms.
- X

7. Require manufacturers to provide child-safety locks with firearms.
- No Answer

8. Other
- No Answer

Health

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding health issues.

1. Provide tax incentives to small businesses that provide health care to their employees.
- No Answer

2. Ensure that citizens have access to basic health care, through managed care, insurance reforms, or state funded care where necessary.
- No Answer

3. Support Kids Care, a program that helps provide health insurance to uninsured children.
- No Answer

4. Provide health care to Medicaid recipients through a statewide managed care program.
- No Answer

5. Use state funds to continue some Medicaid coverage for legal immigrants.
- No Answer

6. Limit the amount of damages that can be awarded in medical malpractice lawsuits.
- X

7. Guaranteeing medical care to all citizens is not a responsibility of state government.
- X

8. Increase state funding for pre-natal and infant care programs available in the state, including immunizations.
- No Answer

9. Increase state funding for school-based Family Resource and Wellness Centers that provide low-cost health care to community members.
- No Answer

10. Other
- No Answer

11. Do you support allowing terminally ill patients or those in debilitating pain to receive legal prescriptions for drugs such as marijuana, heroin, LSD and methamphetamine?
- No

Social

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding social issues.

1. Increase state funding for programs to prevent teen pregnancy.
- No Answer

2. Provide tax credits for businesses that provide child care for their employees.
- No Answer

3. Increase state funds to provide child care to children in low-income working families.
- No Answer

4. Deny or suspend state-issued permits and licenses to parents who are delinquent in paying court-ordered child support.
- No Answer

5. Favor banning smoking in public places.
- No Answer

6. 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

7. Increase state funding for community centers and other social agencies in areas with at-risk youth.
- No Answer

8. Support state funding of programs for at-risk youth such as guaranteed college loans and job training and placement.
- No Answer

9. Increase state funding for programs to help prevent domestic violence.
- No Answer

10. Other
- No Answer

11. Do you believe that the Arizona government should include sexual orientation in Arizona's anti-discrimination laws?
- No

12. Do you believe that the Arizona government should recognize same-sex marriages?
- No

State Budget

Indicate the funding levels you will support for the following general categories. Select one level only.

1. Agriculture
- Maintain Status

2. Border Security
- Greatly Increase

3. Education (K-12)
- Maintain Status

4. Education (Higher)
- Maintain Status

5. Environment
- Eliminate

6. Health care
- Maintain Status

7. Law enforcement
- Maintain Status

8. Transportation infrastructure (highways, roads, bridges)
- Maintain Status

9. Welfare
- Slightly Decrease

10. Other
- No Answer

State Taxes

Indicate the tax levels you will support. Select one level only.

1. Alcohol Taxes
- Slightly Increase

2. Capital gains taxes
- Eliminate

3. Cigarette taxes
- Maintain Status

4. Corporate taxes
- Greatly Decrease

5. Gas taxes
- Greatly Decrease

6. Income taxes (incomes below $75,000)
- Greatly Decrease

7. Income taxes (incomes above $75,000)
- Greatly Decrease

8. Property taxes
- Eliminate

9. Sales taxes
- Greatly Decrease

10. Other
- No Answer

11. Do you support a flat tax structure for state income taxes?
- No Answer

Welfare

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding welfare.

1. Maintain the 5-year lifetime limit on welfare benefits.
- No Answer

2. Maintain the requirement that able-bodied recipients engage in work activities 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.
- No Answer

5. Provide child care for welfare recipients who work.
- No Answer

6. Increase access to public transportation for welfare recipients who work.
- No Answer

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.
- No Answer

9. Eliminate government-funded welfare programs.
- No Answer

10. Support increased privatization of welfare services and case management.
- No Answer

11. Other
- No Answer

Legislative Priorities

Please explain what your two main legislative priorities will be if elected. Please explain how you would obtain any additional government funding needed to implement these priorities.
- No Answer