Chris Salmon
Candidate for State Representative · Sullivan County District 4 · Democrat
Flagged: DSA Preferred Candidate
Graded Fully Socialist. Took the Democratic Socialists of America position on 9 of the 9 survey questions they answered clearly, out of 11 scored.
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Fully Socialist
100%
9 of 9 answers
answered 9 of 11
This score comes from a questionnaire, not from votes. Chris Salmon holds no seat and has cast no roll calls. The scorecard scores votes.
By issue area
- Raise Taxes to Expand GovernmentFrom the Economic Democracy section of the DSA program100%1/1
- Grow the State BudgetFrom the Economic Democracy section of the DSA program100%2/2
- Defend the Public School MonopolyFrom the Freedom To Flourish section of the DSA program100%3/3
- Green New Deal Energy MandatesFrom the Green New Deal section of the DSA program100%1/1
- Gender Identity Over Biological SexFrom the Feminism For All section of the DSA program100%1/1
- Loosen Voter Eligibility RulesFrom the Democracy For All section of the DSA program100%1/1
Every answer that counted (9)
The question wording is Citizens Count’s. The “aligned answer” column is the answer a DSA-aligned candidate would give, taken from the plank named beside it. Anything Chris Salmon wrote under an answer is quoted in full, unedited.
| Question | Their answer | Aligned answer | Counted as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interest and Dividends taxShould New Hampshire reinstate the interest and dividends tax?Raise Taxes to Expand Government · Economic Democracy"This tax, first levied, was removed by Republicans while, with the other hand, added non-public schools to be supported by local property tax. The Executive should have freedom to re-institute this 100 year old tax to fill the big hole left by Republicans upping our property taxes." | For | For | Aligned |
| Fund the Office of the Child AdvocateShould New Hampshire restore funding for the Office of the Child Advocate?Grow the State Budget · Economic Democracy | For | For | Aligned |
| School district tax cap mandateShould state law cap how much local school districts can increase their budget each year?Grow the State Budget · Economic Democracy"If the state were living up to its school funding promise, then the state may have that call. As it is, the district has to do what the district has to do. Step up NH, and fully fund!" | Against | Against | Aligned |
| "Education Freedom Account" programDo you support the “Education Freedom Account” program, which gives students access to the per-pupil share of state school funding to spend on private school or home school expenses?Defend the Public School Monopoly · Freedom To Flourish"Absolutely against. Since being imposed by a Republican Governor in 2021, and increased two times since then by a different Republican Governor, every dollar taken from tax money collected for use by a district public school has been outright theft. Read Article 6 of the NH Constitution." | Against | Against | Aligned |
| Public school open enrollment with limitsShould New Hampshire allow at least 10% of students in each school district to enroll in a different public school, regardless of where they live?Defend the Public School Monopoly · Freedom To Flourish"The only movement of students between public schools should be a negotiation between those public schools. As schools are funded right now, that movement would be possibly beneficial in some cases; but definitely not a right to be codified up to 10%." | Against | Against | Aligned |
| Majority of public school funding through local property taxesDo you support New Hampshire’s current system of public school funding, with about two-thirds of total funding coming from local property taxes?Defend the Public School Monopoly · Freedom To Flourish"If it were pared down to the way NH funded Public Schools in 1649, reiterated in 1784, and again in 1919; where each student in a district, boy and girls counted equally, was funded equally - number of students x investment per student = the local district cost funded by local property tax - may work. Loading (since 1975) Special Ed, excess above student investment, which is volatile and variable, onto local district property tax is wrong. Special Ed is good, but should be funded by a statewide source. The EFA's (started in 2921) are outright theft according to Article 6 of the NH Constitution which states that people should not be compelled to support a non-public school with public money. Fix those two things, and then look at the fairness of property tax. They still may be unfair, but as it is right now - we have had 50 years of misuse of the public school property tax." | Against | Against | Aligned |
| Expand net metering opportunitiesDo you support legislation to expand the net energy metering system capacity cap from 1 MW to 5 MW for all residential and commercial customers in New Hampshire?Green New Deal Energy Mandates · Green New Deal"Yes. Encourage renewable." | For | For | Aligned |
| Allow segregation based on biological sexShould New Hampshire’s anti-discrimination law allow segregation based on biological sex in some settings, such as bathrooms and locker rooms?Gender Identity Over Biological Sex · Feminism For All"A person's biological sex at birth is not what should guide which bathroom to be used." | Against | Against | Aligned |
| Proof of citizenship for newly registered votersShould New Hampshire require new voters to provide proof of U.S. citizenship, such as a birth certificate or passport, when registering to vote?Loosen Voter Eligibility Rules · Democracy For All"NO, NO, NO. The only, only reason for this to even be considered is as a tool to obstruct a person's right to vote. Anyone who supports this is being dishonest if they do not say the reason is to make voting harder. I love the vote. And I love to vote." | Against | Against | Aligned |
Left out of the score (2)
“Undecided”, “Other” and unanswered questions are excluded from the arithmetic, exactly as an absence is excluded on a roll call. None of these counted against Chris Salmon.
- Broad-based income taxUndecided
- Business tax decreaseOther
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