Cody York
Candidate for State Representative · Merrimack County District 4 · Democrat
Flagged: DSA Preferred Candidate
Graded Comrade. Took the Democratic Socialists of America position on 6 of the 7 survey questions they answered clearly, out of 11 scored.
Cody YorkD
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Comrade
85.7%
6 of 7 answers
answered 7 of 11
This score comes from a questionnaire, not from votes. Cody York 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 program50%1/2
- 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%1/1
- Green New Deal Energy MandatesFrom the Green New Deal 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 (7)
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 Cody York wrote under an answer is quoted in full, unedited.
| Question | Their answer | Aligned answer | Counted as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broad-based income taxShould NH add an income tax on earned income?Raise Taxes to Expand Government · Economic Democracy"This is a defining feature of New Hampshire life. I intend to keep it that way." | Against | For | Not aligned |
| Business tax decreaseShould New Hampshire lower business taxes?Raise Taxes to Expand Government · Economic Democracy"Between 2020 and 2025, property taxes in Loudon and Canterbury increased almost 18%, alongside numerous other cost-of-living spikes. This in part resulted from the downshifting of up to nine figures of lost revenue - predominantly originating from large entities like Amazon and Walmart - onto property owners statewide over the past ten years of corporate tax cuts. As there is no statistical evidence that these cuts boosted economic growth during that time, I will not keep re-trying a failed approach until substantial property tax relief comes to hardworking Granite Staters." | Against | Against | 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"New Hampshire has been hard-hit by drug addiction, which has led to families being ripped apart and vulnerable children being placed in dangerous situations. Finding these children a safe placement is a difficult task and cannot be completed without comprehensive oversight and an acute knowledge of trauma response, which necessitates a fully staffed Office of the Child Advocate. I would support restoring the three positions that were cut so we can ensure these children are sufficiently cared for." | 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"School district budget decisions should belong to local voters, period. They know what their communities need best and already have the means to enact a budget cap if they choose. Inserting the state into this equation would be an affront to local control by an actor too big to understand the intricacies of individual school districts." | 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"The current public school funding mechanism in New Hampshire is just not working for small towns, who feel squeezed by rising property taxes without seeing where they're getting their money's worth in school outcomes. The state needs to step up and do a better job distributing education revenues, including by adopting a new formula indexing each town's base-level per-student funding to its median income, property wealth, and number of students. Existing funds can be supplemented by enacting Statewide Education Property Tax (SWEPT) reform, reallocating casino gaming money, and placing fiscally responsible guardrails on eligibility for school vouchers." | 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"Expanding net metering is a major incentive to get more renewable energy online by making it more cost-effective to get large solar projects off the ground. Diversifying our energy sources is good for the consumer because it helps insulate homeowners and businesses from price spikes." | For | For | 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"Since a bipartisan Committee on Voter Conference convened by the NH Secretary of State did not find evidence of sweeping voter fraud, and where a sizable share of eligible voters don't have a birth certificate or passport on hand, I would need far stronger evidence of wrongdoing to take up legislation on proof-of-citizenship. I'm particularly concerned with how such a law would affect eligible married women who may have a different name on their birth certificate, or citizens born in another state who could struggle to obtain their documentation and cannot afford a passport." | Against | Against | Aligned |
Left out of the score (4)
“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 Cody York.
- Interest and Dividends taxOther
- "Education Freedom Account" programOther
- Public school open enrollment with limitsOther
- Allow segregation based on biological sexOther
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