Donald J. Giguere

Candidate for State Representative · Belknap County District 8 · Democrat
Flagged: DSA Preferred Candidate
Graded Comrade. Took the Democratic Socialists of America position on 5 of the 6 survey questions they answered clearly, out of 11 scored.
Donald J. GiguereD

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Comrade
83.3%
5 of 6 answers
answered 6 of 11

This score comes from a questionnaire, not from votes. Donald J. Giguere holds no seat and has cast no roll calls. The scorecard scores votes.

By issue area

  • Raise Taxes to Expand Government
    From the Economic Democracy section of the DSA program
    0%
    0/1
  • Grow the State Budget
    From the Economic Democracy section of the DSA program
    100%
    1/1
  • Defend the Public School Monopoly
    From the Freedom To Flourish section of the DSA program
    100%
    2/2
  • Green New Deal Energy Mandates
    From the Green New Deal section of the DSA program
    100%
    1/1
  • Loosen Voter Eligibility Rules
    From the Democracy For All section of the DSA program
    100%
    1/1

Every answer that counted (6)

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 Donald J. Giguere wrote under an answer is quoted in full, unedited.

QuestionTheir answerAligned answerCounted as
Broad-based income taxShould NH add an income tax on earned income?Raise Taxes to Expand Government · Economic Democracy"No broad-based tax will be fair until we develop a method that removes the burden on the hard-working, property owners, with equal burden to all levels of taxpayers."AgainstForNot 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"The state should stay out of local control when localities vote to increase their school budgets."AgainstAgainstAligned
"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"This is a many years long Republican/Liberatarian effort to undermine the national Public Schools System."AgainstAgainstAligned
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"No, we get lots of funding from Federal and State Resources. Do not send money to Washington unused. The state needs to participate in funding and pass everything downward to the towns and cities/ Lower-income base towns need help in elevating the level to those from higher income towns and cities. That is the capitalist way according to the moral intent as best described on the Statue of Liberty"AgainstAgainstAligned
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 DealForForAligned
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"Microscopic problem, never been a problem until a president couldn't believe he lost"AgainstAgainstAligned

Left out of the score (5)

“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 Donald J. Giguere.

  • Interest and Dividends taxOther
  • Business tax decreaseUndecided
  • Fund the Office of the Child AdvocateUndecided
  • Public school open enrollment with limitsOther
  • Allow segregation based on biological sexOther

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