Nevada 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.
- X

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.
- No Answer

6. Abortions should be limited by waiting periods and parental notification requirements.
- No Answer

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.
- X

9. Other
- No Answer

10. Should Nevada government funding be provided to clinics and medical facilities that provide abortion services?
- Undecided

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
- Yes

2. Public employment
- Yes

3. State contracting
- Yes

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 death penalty.
- No Answer

5. Oppose the death penalty.
- X

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

7. Inform communities when a convicted sex offender moves into the community.
- X

8. Increase state funds for programs which rehabilitate and educate inmates during and after their prison sentences.
- X

9. Decriminalize the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes.
- X

10. Strengthen penalties and sentences for drug-related crimes.
- No Answer

11. Strengthen penalties and sentences for sex offenders.
- No Answer

12. Lower the blood-alcohol-content limit defining drunk driving.
- No Answer

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

14. End legalized prostitution in Nevada.
- No Answer

15. 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.
- X

2. Reduce state government regulations on the private sector in order to encourage investment and economic expansion.
- No Answer

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.
- X

5. Prohibit door-to-door sales by students for school fundraising activities.
- No Answer

6. Other
- No Answer

7. Do you support establishing an urban growth boundary around the Las Vegas Valley?
- No

Education

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

1. Increase state funds for professional development of public school teachers and administrators.
- X

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).
- No Answer

4. Favor charter schools where independent groups receive state authorization and funding to establish new schools.
- No Answer

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

6. Support sex education programs which stress safe sexual practices.
- X

7. Increase state funds for school construction and facility maintenance.
- X

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

9. Endorse teacher-led voluntary prayer in public schools.
- No Answer

10. Require eighth-graders to take entrance exams to qualify for high school.
- No Answer

11. Provide incentives for experienced teachers to remain in "at risk" schools.
- X

12. Require school districts to pay full credit on the salary schedules for incoming experienced teachers.
- X

13. Establish a "tiered" licensing system in which a beginning teacher receives a preliminary license and must be evaluated for competence and be required to complete course work before receiving full licensure.
- No Answer

14. Increase state funding to public schools for special education programs.
- X

15. Other
- No Answer

16. Do you support using Nevada's rainy day fund in order to compensate for the state's public school fund shortage?
- Yes

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.
- X

2. Support "self-audit" legislation which creates incentives for industries to audit themselves and clean up pollution.
- No Answer

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 Nevada.
- 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.
- No Answer

8. Restructure the electric utility industry to allow consumers to choose their power company.
- No Answer

9. Support a Constitutional Amendment to reduce taxes on property used in manner that conserves water.
- No Answer

10. Other
- No Answer

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

12. Do you support the Department of Energy's decision to store high-level nuclear waste at a site on Yucca Mountain?
- No

13. Do you support increasing water rates, sewer fees and connection charges in order to improve the regional water delivery system from Lake Mead to the Las Vegas Valley?
- Yes

14. Should the federal Bureau of Land Management sell excess wild horses in order to manage the wild horse population in Nevada?
- Yes

15. Do you support giving local governments more control over federal land exchanges?
- Yes

Government Reform

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

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

1. State Senators and Representatives
- No

2. Governor
- Yes

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

1. Individual
- Yes

2. PAC
- Yes

3. Corporate
- Yes

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?
- Yes

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?
- Yes

8. Do you support limiting the time lawmakers are in regular session to 120 days every other year?
- Yes

9. Should the Nevada constitution be amended to remove the lieutenant governor as the President of the Senate?
- Undecided

10. Should Nevada labor unions be required to attain members' consent before spending union dues on political campaigns?
- No

11. 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.
- X

4. Ease state restrictions on the purchase and possession of firearms.
- No Answer

5. Repeal state restrictions on the purchase and possession of firearms by law-abiding citizens.
- No Answer

6. Favor allowing citizens to carry concealed firearms.
- No Answer

7. Require manufacturers to provide child-safety locks with firearms.
- X

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.
- X

3. Provide health care to uninsured children by expanding Medicaid.
- No Answer

4. Provide health care to uninsured children by designing a children's health insurance program.
- X

5. Transfer more existing Medicaid recipients into managed care programs.
- X

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

7. Limit the amount of damages that can be awarded in medical malpractice lawsuits.
- No Answer

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

9. Support granting licensed homeopaths prescription rights.
- No Answer

10. Establish a Nevada State Minority Health Office to identify minority health needs and provide services.
- No Answer

11. Other
- No Answer

Social

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

1. Increase state funding for programs to prevent teen pregnancy.
- X

2. Provide tax credits for businesses that provide child care for their employees.
- X

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.
- X

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.
- X

7. Increase state funding for community centers and other
- No Answer

8. Support state funding of programs for at-risk youth such as guaranteed college loans and job training and placement.
- X

9. Other
- No Answer

10. Do you believe that the Nevada government should include sexual orientation in Nevada's anti-discrimination laws?
- Yes

11. Do you believe that the Nevada government should recognize same-sex marriages?
- Yes

State Budget

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

1. Agriculture
- Maintain Status

2. Education (K-12)
- Greatly Increase

3. Education (Higher)
- Slightly Increase

4. Environment
- Maintain Status

5. Health care
- Slightly Increase

6. Law enforcement
- Slightly Increase

7. Transportation infrastructure (highways, roads, bridges)
- Slightly Increase

8. Welfare
- Slightly Decrease

9. Other
- No Answer

State Taxes

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

1. Capital gains taxes
- No Answer

2. Cigarette taxes
- Slightly Increase

3. Corporate taxes
- No Answer

4. Gas taxes
- Maintain Status

5. Property taxes
- Maintain Status

6. Sales taxes
- Maintain Status

7. Other
- No Answer

8. Do you support implementing a state income tax in Nevada?
- No

9. Do you support increasing the state tax on Nevada casinos?
- No

10. Do you support increasing Nevada's tax on liquor and beer to generate revenue for drug and alcohol prevention, treatment and rehabilitation programs?
- Yes

11. Should a sales tax be placed on items purchased by the state of Nevada that are intended to be resold to the public?
- Yes

Welfare

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

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

2. Require that able-bodied recipients work within 24 months in order to receive benefits.
- X

3. Increase employment and job training programs for welfare recipients.
- X

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.
- 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.
- No Answer

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

10. 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.
- Education & Growth