On The Ballot: Running, Republican for U.S. House (NJ) - District 2
Jeff Van Drew is currently being tested through the 2024 Political Courage Test.
Please indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding abortion.
a) Abortions should always be legally available. | |||
X | b) Abortions should be legally available when the procedure is completed within the first trimester of pregnancy. | ||
c) Abortions should be legal only when the pregnancy resulted from incest, rape or when the life of the woman is endangered. | |||
d) Abortions should be legal only when the life of the woman is endangered. | |||
e) Abortions should always be illegal. | |||
X | f) Abortions should be limited by waiting periods and parental notification requirements. | ||
No | g) Should New Jersey government funding be provided to clinics and medical facilities that provide abortion services? | ||
Yes | h) Do you support a state ban on the partial-birth abortion procedure? | ||
If yes, should a ban include an exception when the health of the woman is endangered? | |||
Yes | should a ban include an exception when the life of the woman is endangered? | ||
i) Other |
Please indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding affirmative action in New Jersey.
X | a) The New Jersey government should prosecute cases of discrimination in the public and private sectors. | ||
b) The New Jersey government should consider race and sex in making hiring, contracting and admissions decisions. | |||
c) The New Jersey government should discontinue affirmative action programs. | |||
d) Other |
Please indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding auto insurance reform in New Jersey.
X | a) Support more aggressive prosecution of insurance fraud through the hiring of additional fraud investigators. | ||
X | b) Create an elected, as opposed to appointed, Insurance Commissioner. | ||
X | c) Support a continued freeze on insurance rates. | ||
X | d) Reduce insurance premiums. | ||
X | e) Reduce or eliminate insurance company surcharges. | ||
X | f) Support policies that give consumers a greater choice of insurance companies, plans and rates. | ||
X | g) Reinstate the Office of Public Advocate. | ||
h) Eliminate the no-fault insurance program. | |||
i) Other |
Please indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding children & family issues in New Jersey.
X | a) Increase state funding for programs to prevent teen pregnancy. | ||
X | b) Provide tax credits for businesses that provide child care for their employees. | ||
X | c) Deny or suspend state-issued permits and licenses to parents who are delinquent in paying court-ordered child support. | ||
No | d) Do you believe that the New Jersey government should recognize same-sex marriages? | ||
e) Other |
Please indicate which principles you support (if any) to address crime in New Jersey.
X | a) Increase state funds for construction of state prisons and for hiring of additional prison staff. | ||
X | b) Expand and promote "community policing" programs. | ||
X | c) Support "truth in sentencing" for violent criminals so they serve their full sentences with no chance of parole. | ||
d) Expand the use of the death penalty for additional circumstances relating to murder. | |||
e) Oppose the death penalty. | |||
f) Implement penalties other than incarceration for certain non-violent offenders. | |||
X | g) Continue to impose mandatory life sentences for third-time, violent felons. | ||
X | h) Inform communities when a convicted sex offender moves into the community. | ||
i) Increase state funds for programs which rehabilitate and educate inmates during and after their prison sentences. | |||
j) Decriminalize the possession and private use of certain illegal drugs such as marijuana. | |||
X | k) Strengthen penalties and sentences associated with drug-related crimes. | ||
X | l) Implement chain gangs in which prison inmates work together in chained work groups. | ||
m) Other |
Please indicate which principles you support (if any) to address juvenile crime in New Jersey.
X | a) Prosecute juveniles who commit murder or other serious violent crimes as adults. | ||
b) Expand the death penalty to apply to 16 and 17-year-olds who commit murder. | |||
X | c) Provide state funding for military-style "boot-camps" for juvenile first-time felons. | ||
X | d) Increase state funding for community centers and other social agencies in areas with at-risk youth. | ||
X | e) Support state government funding of programs for at-risk youth such as guaranteed college loans and job training and placement. | ||
f) Other |
Please indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding New Jersey's economic development.
X | a) Increase state funds for improving the state's transportation system, including major roadways, railways and airports. | ||
X | b) Provide low interest loans and tax credits for expanding, starting or relocating businesses. | ||
c) Expand legalized gambling (e.g., casino gambling, slot machines, Keno). | |||
X | d) Reduce state government regulations on the private sector. | ||
e) Remove state government controls or caps from wages, prices, rents, profits, production and interest rates. | |||
X | f) Support limits on cash damages in lawsuits against businesses and professionals for product liability or malpractice. | ||
X | g) Increase state funding for programs to re-train unemployed workers. | ||
h) Other |
Please indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding New Jersey's education system.
X | a) Increase state funds for professional development and salaries of public school faculty. | ||
b) Endorse teacher-led voluntary school prayer in public schools. | |||
X | c) Encourage private or corporate investment in certain public school programs. | ||
d) Provide parents with state-funded vouchers to send their children to any participating school (public, private, religious, technical). | |||
X | e) Support continuation of charter schools where teachers and other professionals receive state authorization and funding to establish new schools. | ||
X | f) Require the use of state-wide achievement standards for all state public schools. | ||
g) Emphasize local control of education as long as the school district meets state health and safety standards. | |||
X | h) Support sex education programs which stress abstinence. | ||
X | i) Support sex education programs which stress safe sexual practices. | ||
X | j) Offer financial incentives to encourage school districts to consolidate. | ||
Endorse moment of silence in public schools. |
Please indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding New Jersey's environment and natural resources.
a) Support tougher environmental standards in order to encourage the sale of cleaner-burning fuels throughout New Jersey. | |||
b) Support tougher auto emission inspection standards. | |||
c) Support "self-audit" legislation which creates incentives for polluting industries to audit themselves and clean up pollution. | |||
d) Require a cost/benefit analysis be completed to determine the economic impact of proposed environmental regulations before they are implemented. | |||
e) Require the state to reimburse citizens when state-sponsored environmental regulations limit the use of privately-owned land. | |||
X | f) Provide funding for recycling programs in New Jersey. | ||
X | g) Request flexibility from the federal government in enforcing and funding federal environmental regulations. | ||
h) Suspend New Jersey's participation in unfunded, federally mandated environmental protection legislation. | |||
i) Maintain environmental quality standards equal to, but not exceeding, those mandated by current federal regulations. | |||
j) Other |
a) Do you support amending the New Jersey Constitution to limit the terms of New Jersey's State Senators and Assemblymembers? | |||
If yes, limit: | |||
Yes | b) Do you support amending the U.S. Constitution to require an annual balanced federal budget? | ||
Yes | c) Do you support stricter limits on individual contributions to state legislative candidates? | ||
Yes | d) Do you support stricter limits on PAC contributions to state legislative candidates? | ||
Yes | e) Do you support stricter limits on corporate and union contributions to state legislative candidates? | ||
Yes | f) Do you support requiring full and timely disclosure of campaign finance information? | ||
Yes | g) Do you support imposing spending limits on state level political campaigns? | ||
h) Do you support partial funding from state taxes for state level political campaigns? | |||
i) Other |
Please indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding gun issues.
a) Increase state restrictions on the purchase and possession of firearms. | |||
b) Maintain all state registration procedures and state restrictions on possession of firearms. | |||
c) Ease state procedures and restrictions on the purchase and registration of firearms. | |||
d) Repeal all state bans and measures that restrict law-abiding citizens from obtaining firearms. | |||
e) Allow law-abiding citizens to carry concealed firearms. | |||
f) Other |
Please indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding New Jersey's health care system.
X | a) Expand state funding for pre-natal and infant care programs available in the state, including immunizations. | ||
X | b) Provide tax incentives to assist small businesses in providing health care to their employees. | ||
c) Ensure that New Jersey's citizens have access to basic health care through managed care, insurance reforms or state-funded care where necessary. | |||
d) Guaranteeing medical care to all citizens is not a responsibility of state government. | |||
e) Limit the amount of damages that can be awarded in medical malpractice lawsuits. | |||
f) Other |
Indicate what changes you support (if any) regarding levels of funding for the following categories.
a) Abortion | |||
b) Affirmative Action | |||
c) AIDS Programs | |||
d) Education | |||
e) Environment | |||
f) Health Care | |||
g) Law Enforcement | |||
h) Welfare | |||
No | i) Do you support turning over more state functions to the private sector? | ||
j) Other |
Please indicate the changes you will support (if any) regarding New Jersey's tax levels.
a) Alcohol Taxes | |||
b) Business Taxes | |||
c) Capital Gains Taxes | |||
d) Cigarette Taxes | |||
e) Income Taxes (incomes less than $75,000) | |||
f) Income Taxes (incomes greater than $75,000) | |||
g) Property Taxes | |||
h) Sales Taxes | |||
i) State Fees | |||
No | j) Do you support a flat tax structure for state income taxes? | ||
k) Other |
Please indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding New Jersey's welfare system.
X | a) Provide childcare services to welfare recipients who work or attend school. | ||
b) Allow welfare recipients to work and still receive state-funded health care and child care (if needed) until they become self-sufficient. | |||
X | c) Require that able-bodied welfare recipients receive job training, attend school, or work in order to receive welfare benefits. | ||
X | d) Require that unwed mothers under the age of 18 attend school and live with a parent or guardian (if possible) to receive welfare benefits. | ||
X | e) Limit welfare benefits given to recipients who have additional children. | ||
f) Provide two-parent families living in poverty the same welfare benefits as one-parent families. | |||
g) Eliminate government-funded welfare and advocate privately-funded assistance to people in need. | |||
X | h) Support a two-year limit on welfare benefits for recipients who are able to work. | ||
i) Other |
I'll work with both parties to lower car insurance rates. My plan forces everyone to the table -- and requires three rate-lowering options. If the state won't decide, then the public should vote on a solution. Campaigns could be productive if candidates took responsibility for advertisements, as I'm doing. |
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