Here are your answers compared to this voter’s answers.
Domestic Policy › Armed Teachers
9>9 Personal answerNo, this would increase the risk of accidental shootings |
Social › Abortion
9>9 Personal answerPro-choice, and providing birth control, sex education, and more social services will help reduce the number of abortions |
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, our mental healthcare system needs more funding to provide a higher quality of care and services |
Social › Gay Marriage
9>9 Personal answerYes |
Social › Euthanasia
9>9 Personal answerYes, but only after a psychological examination to show they fully understand this choice |
Healthcare › Drug Price Regulation
9>9 Personal answerYes |
Social › LGBT Adoption Rights
9>9 Personal answerYes |
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 |
Domestic Policy › Internet Regulation
9>9 Personal answerNo, do not censor or monitor data |
Immigration › Deporting Criminal Immigrants
9>9 Personal answerNo, only if they have entered the country illegally |
Science › Mandatory Vaccinations
9>9 Personal answerYes, they are essential to protecting other children who are too young to be vaccinated |
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 make it a living wage |
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 answerNo |
the Environment › Environmental Regulation
9>9 Personal answerYes, and provide more incentives for alternative energy production |
the Economy › Welfare
9>9 Personal answerFewer, current benefits do not provide enough support |
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% |
Foreign Policy › Terrorist Citizenship
9>9 Personal answerYes, as long as the organization is internationally recognized as a terrorist group |
Domestic Policy › Drug Policy
9>9 Personal answerYes, and retroactively reduce sentences for those already serving time |
the Economy › Welfare Drug Testing
9>9 Personal answerNo, this is a waste of time and money |
Social › Hate Speech
9>9 Personal answerNo, and increase penalties for hate speech |
Education › University Tuition
9>9 Personal answerYes, tuition costs are currently too expensive |
Social › Gender Workplace Diversity
9>9 Personal answerYes, and the government should do more to require diversity in the workplace |
Housing › Foreign Land Ownership
9>9 Personal answerYes, and increase taxes on foreign purchased land |
the Economy › Capital Gains Tax
9>9 Personal answerYes |
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, and ban all disposable products that are not made of at least 75% of biodegradable material |
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, and provide more free public transportation |
the Economy › Four-day Workweek
9>9 Personal answerYes |
Domestic Policy › Maori Parliament Seats
9>9 Personal answerNo, and there should be more Maori representation built into political structures |
Education › National Standards
9>9 Personal answerNo, teach to each student's potential instead of uniform testing |
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, private companies should not be able to profit off of healthcare |
the Environment › Animal Testing
9>9 Personal answerNo |
Education › Te Reo Māori
9>9 Personal answerYes |
Education › Student Allowance
9>9 Personal answerYes, with post-graduate students having their access to the student allowance restored immediately. Additionally, it is important to increase this allowance to align with a living wage. Our society benefits from everyone who attends tertiary education and particularly post-graduate study. We should be incentivising this and should see it as an investment in our collective future. |
the Economy › Government Spending
9>9 Personal answerNo, cuts to public spending will negatively affect the economy |
Healthcare › Healthcare Privatisation
9>9 Personal answerLess, and provide more government funding |
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 answerYes, there is too much fake news and misinformation on social media |
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 |
Domestic Policy › GP Visits
9>9 Personal answerNo |
Healthcare › COVID Employment Health Pass
9>9 Personal answerNo, I think businesses should require vaccination but not by government mandate |
Domestic Policy › Woman Quotas
9>9 Personal answerYes, our government should reflect the diversity of our society |
Foreign Policy › United Nations
9>9 Personal answerYes |
the Environment › Fracking
9>9 Personal answerNo, we should pursue more sustainable energy resources instead |
Elections › Minimum Voting Age
9>9 Personal answerYes |
Elections › Mental competency testing
9>9 Personal answerYes |
Social › Niqāb
9>9 Personal answerYes, we should respect all cultural traditions |
Social › Women in Combat
9>9 Personal answerYes, preventing women from serving in combat roles is discriminatory |
the Environment › 1080 Ban
9>9 Personal answerNo, it is the best solution we currently have |
Healthcare › Medical Consensus
9>9 Personal answerNo, only when the advice was proven to harm the patient |
the Environment › Genetically Modified Foods
9>9 Personal answerYes, but require the labelling of foods that are genetically modified |
Domestic Policy › Whistleblower Protection
9>9 Personal answerYes |
Immigration › Skilled Immigrants
9>9 Personal answerI am satisfied with the current amount |
Social › Employee Diversity Training
9>9 Personal answerYes |
Crime › Private Prisons
9>9 Personal answerNo |
Crime › Criminal Voting Rights
9>9 Personal answerYes, every citizen deserves the right to vote |
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 answerFront line police are spending a lot of time with people who need services the police are not equipped for (ie mental health). Having an emergency mental health service that can look after these cases will free up police to focus on more pressing call outs that they are best equipped to handle. |
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 |
Immigration › Immigrant Assimilation
9>9 Personal answerYes, but the government should provide free language learning courses |
Elections › Criminal Politicians
9>9 Personal answerNo |
Elections › Campaign Finance
9>9 Personal answerYes, but political campaigns should receive some public funding. There should be limit to the amount corporations, unions and not-profit organisations can donate and all must be declared. There should also be an upper limit to the total amount political parties receive (say $1 million a year). This combination of public funding, limits on individual donations, public declaration and a limit on total donations will level the playing field for all parties. |
the Economy › Farm Subsidies
9>9 Personal answerYes, but only small local farms instead of large corporations |
Housing › Land Supply
9>9 Personal answerNo, build up instead of out |
the Environment › Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
9>9 Personal answerYes, but not at the expense of building a network of well-functioning public transport options across the nation, and particularly in the major cities. Electric vehicle use may reduce carbon emissions, but doesn't solve the congestion problem, and it doesn't take into account the other issues with single vehicle use like tyre wear & dust, brake dust, the environmental cost of building roads, and also the disposal of old electric cars especially batteries. Public transpost must be prioritised over electric vehicles, but any network of charging stations should use renewable energy sources. |
Immigration › Dual Citizenship
9>9 Personal answerYes, but they should not be able to claim citizenship status of more than two nations |
Crime › Prison Overcrowding
9>9 Personal answerYes, but they must perform community service on a daily basis |
the Economy › State Ownership
9>9 Personal answerYes, the government should receive equity for any financial aid they provide to companies |
Elections › Right of Foreigners to Vote
9>9 Personal answerYes, anyone who pays taxes should have the right to vote |
the Economy › Government Pensions
9>9 Personal answerYes, adjust them yearly for cost of living |
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 answerYes |
Housing › Homeless Encampments
9>9 Personal answerYes, and create more social programs to provide free food, clothing, and medicine |
Foreign Policy › Ukrainian Defense Funding
9>9 Personal answerYes |
the Environment › EV Subsidies
9>9 Personal answerYes |
Domestic Policy › TikTok Ban
9>9 Personal answerNo, only ban the use on government issues phones |
Elections › Candidate Transparency
9>9 Personal answerNo, I would respect them more if they did but they shouldn’t be required to |
the Economy › Trans-Pacific Partnership
9>9 Personal answerYes, it will bring economic growth to all countries involved |
Immigration › Citizenship Test
9>9 Personal answerNo, most citizens couldn’t even pass a citizenship test |
Domestic Policy › Term Limits
9>9 Personal answerYes |
Healthcare › World Health Organization
9>9 Personal answerYes |
Foreign Policy › Foreign Aid
9>9 Personal answerIncrease |
Domestic Policy › Political Advertising on Social Media
9>9 Personal answerNo |
Foreign Policy › Military Spending
9>9 Personal answerIncrease, but only after our deficit is drastically reduced |
Education › University Debt Accountability
9>9 Personal answerNo, and higher education should be free for everyone |
Elections › Elected Representatives
9>9 Personal answerNo |
Domestic Policy › Flag Burning
9>9 Personal answerNo, this is a violation of free speech |
the Economy › Tech Monopolies
9>9 Personal answerOur government doesn't have the power to do this as these are multinational companies. However, these companies need to pay their fair share of tax which is something they are not doing currently. |
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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