Here are your answers compared to this voter’s answers.
Domestic Policy › Armed Teachers
9>9 Personal answerNo |
Social › Abortion
9>9 Personal answerPro-choice |
the Economy › Equal Pay
9>9 Personal answerYes, and businesses should be required to publish their salary ranges for each position |
Healthcare › Mental Health
9>9 Personal answerYes, but only increase funding for personalised care instead of subsidising pharmaceutical companies |
Social › Gay Marriage
9>9 Personal answerYes |
Social › Euthanasia
9>9 Personal answerYes, but psychological evaluation should be done on both the patient individually and with their family to ensure that there is no manipulation from outsiders affecting their choice. |
Healthcare › Drug Price Regulation
9>9 Personal answerYes, and the government should regulate the price of all prescription drugs |
Social › LGBT Adoption Rights
9>9 Personal answerYes, as long as they pass the same background checks as straight couples |
Healthcare › Universal Dental Care
9>9 Personal answerYes |
Domestic Policy › Government Surveillance
9>9 Personal answerYes, but only by court order |
the Economy › Taxes
9>9 Personal answerYes, remove all existing tax loopholes and increase penalties for tax evasion via loopholes for large corporations as well as individuals in the highest tax brackets. Work diligently to mitigate the trickle down tax impact on lower income brackets. |
Domestic Policy › Internet Regulation
9>9 Personal answerYes, but allow citizens the option to use a government funded internet filter and do not require ISPs to retain data |
Immigration › Deporting Criminal Immigrants
9>9 Personal answerNo, only if they have entered the country illegally |
Science › Mandatory Vaccinations
9>9 Personal answerYes, but only for deadly contagious diseases |
Healthcare › Marijuana
9>9 Personal answerYes, and legalise, tax, and regulate marijuana instead of criminalizing it |
Social › Death Penalty
9>9 Personal answerNo |
the Economy › Minimum Wage
9>9 Personal answerYes, and adjust it every year according to inflation |
Social › Gender Transition
9>9 Personal answerYes, but only for non-surgical treatments such as puberty blockers and hormone therapy |
Foreign Policy › Foreign Elections
9>9 Personal answerYes, but only to protect the country from human rights violations by a tyrannical ruler |
the Environment › Environmental Regulation
9>9 Personal answerYes |
the Economy › Welfare
9>9 Personal answerFewer, and ensure benefits go to those that need it most |
Foreign Policy › Mandatory Military Service
9>9 Personal answerNo, service should be a choice instead of an obligation |
Housing › First Home Buyers
9>9 Personal answerYes, reduce first home deposits to 1-5% as well as ban non citizens or residents from purchasing investment properties. Create a limit on how many properties a person can own, do a government buy back of houses from those people that exceed the limit and then repurpose those houses in a rent-to-own scheme to stabilise the market. |
Foreign Policy › Terrorist Citizenship
9>9 Personal answerNo, they should be detained, investigated, and given a fair trial once they re-enter our country |
Domestic Policy › Drug Policy
9>9 Personal answerYes to most drugs and increase and make mandatory drug education and support services, but not for exceptionally harmful drugs such as Meth, Heroin, Fentanyl etc |
the Economy › Welfare Drug Testing
9>9 Personal answerNo, only if they have a criminal history related to drug abuse |
Social › Hate Speech
9>9 Personal answerNo, freedom of speech laws should only protect you from criticizing the government |
Education › University Tuition
9>9 Personal answerYes and student loan forgiveness should be considered for exceptional circumstances such as for people who, within a certain time frame post graduating, develop chronic illnesses/disabilities/injuries that prevent them from being able to work. |
Social › Gender Workplace Diversity
9>9 Personal answerGender should be taken out of the equation entirely. An objective third party should recommend members based on qualifications alone |
Housing › Foreign Land Ownership
9>9 Personal answerYes, but there should also be a cap on how much land they can buy and taxes should be increased on foreign purchased land as well |
the Economy › Capital Gains Tax
9>9 Personal answerYes and a cap should be placed on how many properties an individual can own |
Crime › Drug Trafficking Penalties
9>9 Personal answerNo, I do not believe in the death penalty |
Housing › Housing Infrastructure
9>9 Personal answerYes, except road spending should go to public transport instead |
the Environment › Plastic Product Ban
9>9 Personal answerYes |
Social › Transgender Athletes
9>9 Personal answerYes, but only if their hormone levels are equivalent to those in the gender category in which they compete |
Transportation › Public Transportation
9>9 Personal answerYes, but only if the spending goes towards environmentally friendly solutions |
the Economy › Retirement Age
9>9 Personal answerNo, but incentivise those who choose to continue work |
the Economy › Four-day Workweek
9>9 Personal answerYes, and require overtime pay for work over four days per week |
Domestic Policy › Maori Parliament Seats
9>9 Personal answerNo |
Education › National Standards
9>9 Personal answerYes |
the Economy › Universal Basic Income
9>9 Personal answerYes, everyone should receive an income to cover basic necessities including food and housing |
Healthcare › Single-Payer Healthcare
9>9 Personal answerYes, but allow people to use private insurance |
the Environment › Animal Testing
9>9 Personal answerNo |
Education › Student Allowance
9>9 Personal answerYes |
Education › Te Reo Māori
9>9 Personal answerYes, but only in primary school |
Healthcare › Healthcare Privatisation
9>9 Personal answerLess, and provide more government funding |
the Economy › Government Spending
9>9 Personal answerNo, reduce military spending, focus on ending tax evasion and increase taxes on the wealthy. |
the Economy › Corporate Tax
9>9 Personal answerIncrease for large multinational corporations but lower for small businesses |
Science › Nuclear Energy
9>9 Personal answerNo, we should invest in cleaner alternatives such as wind, hydroelectric, thorium, and geothermal |
Domestic Policy › Social Media Regulation
9>9 Personal answerMonitored but not regulated, so that appropriate action/information can be released to offset potentially harmful content |
the Economy › Economic Stimulus
9>9 Personal answerYes, but in the form of tax breaks for low income citizens |
Immigration › Muslim Immigrant Ban
9>9 Personal answerNo, banning immigrants based on their religion is unconstitutional |
Social › Teacher and Faculty Diversity Training
9>9 Personal answerYes, and immediately terminate any staff members that commit acts of discrimination |
Domestic Policy › GP Visits
9>9 Personal answerYes |
Healthcare › COVID Employment Health Pass
9>9 Personal answerYes, but only if they are businesses which could effect public health outbreaks |
Domestic Policy › Woman Quotas
9>9 Personal answerNo, the most qualified candidate should get the position regardless of gender |
Foreign Policy › United Nations
9>9 Personal answerYes |
the Environment › Fracking
9>9 Personal answerNo |
Elections › Minimum Voting Age
9>9 Personal answerNo |
Elections › Mental competency testing
9>9 Personal answerYes |
Social › Niqāb
9>9 Personal answerYes, but their identity must be privately verified by a female staff member |
Social › Women in Combat
9>9 Personal answerYes, preventing women from serving in combat roles is discriminatory |
the Environment › 1080 Ban
9>9 Personal answerYes |
Healthcare › Medical Consensus
9>9 Personal answerNo, but the doctors should be required to disclose that the advice contradicts contemporary scientific consensus |
the Environment › Genetically Modified Foods
9>9 Personal answerYes |
Immigration › Skilled Immigrants
9>9 Personal answerIncrease |
Social › Employee Diversity Training
9>9 Personal answerYes, and all companies should require mandatory diversity training |
Crime › Private Prisons
9>9 Personal answerNo, private prisons will sacrifice quality of care and rehabilitation services for profit |
Crime › Criminal Voting Rights
9>9 Personal answerYes, but only after completing their sentences and parole/probation |
Healthcare › Safe Haven
9>9 Personal answerYes, drug abuse should be treated as a health issue, not a criminal issue |
Crime › Demilitarize the Police
9>9 Personal answerNo, extreme situations should be handled by higher agencies with specialized training and equipment |
Social › Student Diversity Training
9>9 Personal answerYes |
Social › Parental Leave
9>9 Personal answerNo, but increase the equal pay amount and duration of leave |
the Economy › Bonus Cap
9>9 Personal answerYes, and lower the cap to 50% |
Crime › Defunding the Police
9>9 Personal answerFunding should depend on the crime rates within that community. It should be a flexible scale that takes into account current affairs |
the Environment › Water Tax
9>9 Personal answerYes, and use the funds to clean up local waterways |
the Economy › Labor Unions
9>9 Personal answerHelp, but ban their ability to make political donations |
Elections › Campaign Finance
9>9 Personal answerNo, these types of donations just turn into bribes |
Immigration › Immigrant Assimilation
9>9 Personal answerNo, we should embrace the diversity that immigrants add to our country |
Elections › Criminal Politicians
9>9 Personal answerYes, as long as it was not a felony, violent, financial, or sexual crime |
the Economy › Farm Subsidies
9>9 Personal answerYes, but only small local farms instead of large corporations |
Housing › Land Supply
9>9 Personal answerYes, but only if it is unproductive land and only if it is used to build affordable apartments to maximise use of the land whilst also providing the greatest social benefit |
Immigration › Dual Citizenship
9>9 Personal answerYes, but they should not be able to claim citizenship status of more than two nations |
the Environment › Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
9>9 Personal answerYes but it shouldn’t be a priority |
Crime › Prison Overcrowding
9>9 Personal answerThey should be placed under house arrest with electronic bracelets but be required to still take part in any therapy/education initiatives they were doing for the duration of their sentence. |
the Economy › State Ownership
9>9 Personal answerNo, the government should never own shares of private companies |
Elections › Right of Foreigners to Vote
9>9 Personal answerYes, but only after living in the country for 5 years |
the Economy › Domestic Jobs
9>9 Personal answerNo, but drastically increase taxes and import tariffs on outsourcing businesses |
the Economy › Government Pensions
9>9 Personal answerYes, for government workers but not for politicians |
Education › Charter Schools
9>9 Personal answerNo, we should focus on improving our public schools and increasing teacher wages instead |
Foreign Policy › Ukraine and Nato
9>9 Personal answerNo, this should be decided after the current war ends so we avoid a third world war |
Housing › Homeless Encampments
9>9 Personal answerYes, but more shelter options should be made available for them to accommodate for the reasons why they previously refused i.e safety concerns from other residents, drug use etc. Capsule shelters on public land, such as those in Japan or recent initiatives in Brisbane, Australia should be considered as well. |
Foreign Policy › Ukrainian Defense Funding
9>9 Personal answerYes, but only provide humanitarian aid |
Domestic Policy › TikTok Ban
9>9 Personal answerNo, only ban the use on government issues phones |
the Economy › Tariffs
9>9 Personal answerNo, this will hurt our manufacturing businesses that rely on importing cheap resources to make their products |
Elections › Candidate Transparency
9>9 Personal answerYes, and require a public audit each year they are in office |
the Economy › Trans-Pacific Partnership
9>9 Personal answerNo, there are too many hidden provisions in this specific agreement |
the Economy › Offshore Banking
9>9 Personal answerNo, and neither should corporations and business organizations |
Immigration › Citizenship Test
9>9 Personal answerNo |
Domestic Policy › Term Limits
9>9 Personal answerNo, but their salary and benefits should decrease and not be exorbitant. Money should not be a motivation for those positions. |
Healthcare › World Health Organization
9>9 Personal answerYes, but decrease the amount |
Foreign Policy › Foreign Aid
9>9 Personal answerDecrease, and deny aid to countries that harbour or promote terrorism |
Domestic Policy › Political Advertising on Social Media
9>9 Personal answerAlgorithms should be monitored for pushing increasingly radicalising content to viewers |
Foreign Policy › Military Spending
9>9 Personal answerDecrease |
Elections › Elected Representatives
9>9 Personal answerYes, and reduce their salaries and retirement benefits |
the Economy › Surcharge Ban
9>9 Personal answerYes, all costs for a service should be included in the final purchase price |
the Economy › Cryptocurrency
9>9 Personal answerNo, classify cryptocurrencies as unregulated commodities |
Domestic Policy › Flag Burning
9>9 Personal answerNo, it is not a priority |
the Economy › Tech Monopolies
9>9 Personal answerNo |
the Economy › Gig worker tax reporting
9>9 Personal answerNo, unless the transaction is considered income |
the Environment › Corporate Subsidies
9>9 Personal answerNo, spend that money on improving infrastructure and the community to attract companies |
the Economy › Stock Buybacks
9>9 Personal answerYes |
Foreign Policy › Saudi Arabia and Iran
9>9 Personal answerYes, we should always promote diplomatic peace talks during foreign conflicts |
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