Gary Hopper did not provide voters with positions on key issues covered by the 2022 Political Courage Test, despite repeated requests from Vote Smart and voters like you.
Pro-life | a) Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
No | b) Should abortion be legal when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape? | ||
No | c) Do you support the prohibition of public funds for organizations that perform abortions? | ||
When a woman gets pregnant she has a new person inside. That child has a right to life. The exception would be if her life was threatened. |
1) Budget Stabilization:Indicate which proposals you support (if any) for balancing New Hampshire's budget.
No | a) Do you support the creation of a state income tax in New Hampshire? | ||
b) Reducing state employee salaries AND/OR pensions? | |||
c) Instituting mandatory furloughs AND/OR layoffs for state employees? | |||
d) Reducing benefits for Medicaid recipients? | |||
This would depend on what the bill does, some benefits are too high but not all. |
No | a) Do you support any limits on campaign contributions to state candidates? | ||
No | b) Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
No | 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? | ||
No | e) Do you support imposing penalties on state legislators who fail to attend legislative sessions? | ||
f) Other or expanded principles: |
No | a) Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes? | ||
b) Do you support the legalization of marijuana for recreational purposes? | |||
No | c) Should a minor accused of a violent crime be prosecuted as an adult? | ||
Yes | d) Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration laws by state and local police? | ||
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 taxes as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
Yes | c) Do you support reducing state 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 New Hampshire? | ||
E) the devil is in the details. |
No | a) Do you support adopting federal education standards in New Hampshire? | ||
Yes | b) Do you support state funding for charter schools? | ||
No | c) Should immigrants unlawfully present in the United States who graduate from New Hampshire high schools be eligible for in-state tuition at public universities? | ||
d) Other or expanded principles: |
No | a) Do you support state funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)? | ||
No | b) Do you support state government regulations of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
No | c) Do you support increasing state funding for clean drinking water initiatives? | ||
d) Other or expanded principles: |
No | a) Do you generally support gun-control legislation? | ||
No | 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? | ||
No | d) Should a license be required for gun ownership? | ||
The 2nd Amendment has 2 purposes, to allow people to defend themselves and to keep the balance of power in the hands of the people. Without that balance we become its subjects. |
Yes | a) Should the state government increase funding for treatment facilities to combat opioid abuse? | ||
No | b) Do you support Medicaid expansion through New Hampshire's health care programs? | ||
No | c) Do you support requiring individuals to purchase health care insurance? | ||
No | 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? | ||
The opioid problem must be studied so that we can find out what programs are effective. Spending 10s of thousands of dollars to put someone through a 28 day program and not knowing what % are still clean and sober a year latter, is tax payer money poorly spent. |
No | a) Do you support the inclusion of sexual orientation in New Hampshire's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
No | b) Do you support the inclusion of gender identity in New Hampshire's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
No | c) Do you support greater efforts by New Hampshire state government in closing the pay gap between men and women? | ||
d) Other or expanded principles: |
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