Indicate which principles you support (if any) concerning abortion.
X | a) Abortions should always be illegal. | ||
b) Abortions should always be legal. | |||
c) Abortions should be legal only within the first trimester of pregnancy. | |||
d) Abortions should be legal when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape. | |||
X | e) Abortions should be legal when the life of the woman is endangered. | ||
X | f) Eliminate public funding for abortions and public funding of organizations that advocate or perform abortions. | ||
g) Other or expanded principles |
State Budget: Indicate the funding levels you will support for the following general categories.State Taxes: Indicate the tax levels you will support.
Greatly Increase Funding | a) Education (Higher) | ||
Greatly Increase Funding | b) Education (K-12) | ||
Maintain Funding Status | c) Environment | ||
Slightly Increase Funding | d) Health care | ||
Slightly Increase Funding | e) Law enforcement | ||
Slightly Increase Funding | f) Transportation and Highway infrastructure | ||
Slightly Decrease Funding | g) Welfare | ||
h) Other or expanded categories | |||
Slightly Increase | a) Alcohol taxes | ||
Slightly Decrease | b) Capital gains taxes | ||
Slightly Increase | c) Cigarette taxes | ||
Slightly Decrease | d) Corporate taxes | ||
Maintain Status | e) Gasoline taxes | ||
Maintain Status | f) Income taxes (incomes below $75,000) | ||
Maintain Status | g) Income taxes (incomes above $75,000) | ||
Eliminate | h) Inheritance taxes | ||
Maintain Status | i) Property taxes | ||
Slightly Decrease | j) Sales taxes | ||
Maintain Status | k) Vehicle taxes | ||
l) Other or expanded categories | |||
Undecided | m) Should Internet sales be taxed? | ||
n) Other or expanded principles |
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding campaign finance and government reform.c) Do you support limiting the following types of contributions to state legislative and gubernatorial candidates?
Yes | a) Do you support the current limit of two four-year terms for Louisiana governors? | ||
Yes | b) Do you support the current limit of three four-year terms for Louisiana state senators and representatives? | ||
Yes | 1) Individual | ||
Yes | 2) PAC | ||
Yes | 3) Corporate | ||
Yes | 4) Political Parties | ||
Yes | d) Do you support requiring full and timely disclosure of campaign finance information? | ||
e) Do you support partial funding from state taxes for state level political campaigns? | |||
f) Do you support voting on-line? | |||
Yes | g) Do you support adopting statewide standards for counting, verifying and ensuring accuracy of votes? | ||
h) Do you support prohibiting the reporting of media exit polling results until all polling locations in Louisiana are closed? | |||
No | i) Should Louisiana recognize civil unions between same-sex couples? | ||
Yes | j) Should Louisiana restrict marriage to a union only between a man and a woman? | ||
Yes | k) Do you support permitting insurance companies to enact rate increases or decreases of up to 10% without approval from the State Rating Commission? | ||
Yes | l) Should Louisiana restrict public access to government records that are deemed security-sensitive? | ||
m) Other or expanded principles |
Indicate which principles you support (if any) to address crime.
a) Increase state funds for construction of state prisons and for hiring of additional prison staff. | |||
b) Support contracting with private sector firms to build and/or manage state prisons. | |||
X | c) Support the use of the death penalty in Louisiana. | ||
X | d) Support programs to provide prison inmates with vocational and job-related skills and job-placement assistance when released. | ||
X | e) End parole for repeat violent offenders. | ||
X | f) Implement penalties other than incarceration for certain non-violent offenders. | ||
g) Decriminalize the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes. | |||
X | h) Strengthen penalties and sentences for drug-related crimes. | ||
X | i) Minors accused of a violent crime should be prosecuted as adults. | ||
j) Require that crimes based on gender, sexual orientation or disability be prosecuted as hate crimes. | |||
X | k) Ban the use of racial profiling by law enforcement officers. | ||
X | l) Increase state funding for community centers and other social agencies in areas with at-risk youth. | ||
m) Increase state funding for additional security of critical infrastructure against terrorist attacks. | |||
X | n) Prohibit any open alcohol containers in vehicles. | ||
o) Other or expanded principles |
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding education.
a) Support national standards and testing of public school students. | |||
X | b) Provide parents with state-funded vouchers to send their children to any participating school (public, private, religious). | ||
c) Increase state funds for school capital improvements (e.g. buildings and infrastructure). | |||
X | d) Increase state funds for hiring additional teachers. | ||
X | e) Support teacher testing and reward teachers with merit pay. | ||
f) Support displaying the Ten Commandments in public schools. | |||
X | g) Endorse teacher-led voluntary prayer in public schools. | ||
X | h) Require public schools to administer high school exit exams. | ||
X | i) Provide state funding to increase teacher salaries. | ||
X | j) Increase state funding to expand Head Start programs. | ||
X | k) Provide state funding for tax incentives and financial aid to help make college more affordable. | ||
X | l) Support age-appropriate sexual education programs that teach about abstinence, contraceptives and HIV/STD prevention methods. | ||
X | m) Support abstinence-only sexual education programs. | ||
n) Other or expanded principles |
Employment: Indicate which principles you support (if any) concerning employment.Affirmative Action: Should race, ethnicity or gender be taken into account in state agencies' decisions on:
X | a) Increase funding for state job-training programs that re-train displaced workers or teach skills needed in today's job market. | ||
X | b) Reduce state government regulations on the private sector to encourage investment and economic expansion. | ||
X | c) Provide low interest loans and tax credits for starting, expanding or relocating businesses. | ||
X | d) Provide tax credits for businesses that provide child care for their employees. | ||
X | e) Increase state funds to provide child care for children of low-income working families. | ||
f) Include sexual orientation in Louisiana's anti-discrimination laws. | |||
g) Raise Louisiana's minimum wage to $6.15 an hour. | |||
h) Require that Louisiana's minimum wage stay $1 an hour above the federal minimum wage. | |||
i) Other or expanded principles | |||
No | a) College and university admissions | ||
No | b) Public employment | ||
No | c) State contracting | ||
d) Other or expanded principles |
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding the environment and energy.
X | a) Promote increased use of alternative fuel technology. | ||
b) Use state funds to clean up former industrial and commercial sites that are contaminated, unused or abandoned. | |||
c) Support state funding for open space preservation. | |||
d) Enact environmental regulations even if they are stricter than federal law. | |||
e) Other or expanded principles |
Indicate which principles you support (if any) concerning gun issues.
a) Ban the sale or transfer of semi-automatic guns, except those used for hunting. | |||
b) Maintain and strengthen the enforcement of existing state restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns. | |||
c) Ease state restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns. | |||
d) Repeal state restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns. | |||
e) Allow citizens to carry concealed guns. | |||
f) Require manufacturers to provide child-safety locks on guns. | |||
g) Require background checks on gun sales between private citizens at gun shows. | |||
h) Require a license for gun possession. | |||
i) Other or expanded principles |
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding health issues.
X | a) Ensure that citizens have access to basic health care through managed care, insurance reforms or state-funded care where necessary. | ||
X | b) Transfer more existing Medicaid recipients into managed care programs. | ||
X | c) Limit the amount of damages that can be awarded in medical malpractice lawsuits. | ||
d) Support patients' right to sue their HMOs. | |||
e) Support patients' right to appeal to an administrative board of specialists when services are denied by their HMO. | |||
f) Guaranteed medical care to all citizens is not a responsibility of state government. | |||
g) Legalize physician-assisted suicide in Louisiana. | |||
h) Increase state funding for training health workers to recognize and respond to the release of biological agents. | |||
i) Other or expanded principles |
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding welfare.
X | a) Support current time limits on welfare benefits. | ||
X | b) Increase employment and job training programs for welfare recipients. | ||
X | c) Provide tax incentives to businesses that hire welfare recipients. | ||
X | d) Provide child care for welfare recipients who work. | ||
X | e) Increase access to public transportation for welfare recipients who work. | ||
f) Eliminate government-funded welfare programs. | |||
X | g) Redirect welfare funding to faith-based and community-based private organizations. | ||
h) Use federal TANF (Temporary Assistance to Needy Families) funds to expand state services to include the working poor. | |||
i) Other or expanded principles |
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