Isaac Fernandez
Candidate for State Representative · Rockingham County District 16 · Democrat
Flagged: DSA Preferred Candidate
Graded Comrade. Took the Democratic Socialists of America position on 8 of the 9 survey questions they answered clearly, out of 11 scored.
Isaac FernandezD
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Comrade
88.9%
8 of 9 answers
answered 9 of 11
This score comes from a questionnaire, not from votes. Isaac Fernandez 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 program66.7%2/3
- 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
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 Isaac Fernandez 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"I oppose adding a broad-based tax on earned income. Instead of asking working families to pay a new tax on their wages, New Hampshire should consider restoring a modest tax on high levels of interest and dividend income." | Against | For | Not aligned |
| Interest and Dividends taxShould New Hampshire reinstate the interest and dividends tax?Raise Taxes to Expand Government · Economic Democracy | For | For | Aligned |
| Business tax decreaseShould New Hampshire lower business taxes?Raise Taxes to Expand Government · Economic Democracy"I oppose further across-the-board business-tax reductions while New Hampshire is underfunding important responsibilities and shifting costs onto local property taxpayers. I support reasonable filing thresholds, simpler compliance and practical assistance for genuinely small and newly established businesses. Once a business reaches a meaningful size and is profitable, however, it should contribute through the ordinary tax system." | 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 | 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"I oppose a state-imposed cap on local school budgets. Communities elect school boards, budget committees and other officials to examine spending, make difficult choices and present budgets to voters. If those officials do not reflect a community's priorities, the appropriate remedy is accountability through elections and not an inflexible state formula. A uniform cap would also fail to account adequately for special education, enrollment changes, emergencies, contractual costs and necessary building maintenance. I support transparent budgets and strong local oversight rather than a state mandate." | 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"Families should remain free to choose private education or home schooling, but taxpayers should not be required to subsidize those private choices. New Hampshire should phase out the Education Freedom Account program and direct those resources toward meeting its obligation to adequately fund public schools that must serve every student. Current participants should be permitted to complete the school year so that children are not removed in the middle of an academic term. When a public district cannot meet a child's documented educational or special needs, the district should fund an appropriate alternative placement through the existing public-education and special-education process." | 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"Students should ordinarily attend the public schools operated by their resident district. A statewide open-enrollment mandate would make enrollment and budgeting less predictable and could weaken a district financially without proportionately reducing its fixed costs. The state's priority should be improving every community's public schools rather than creating incentives for families to leave them. I support common-sense exceptions, including appropriate special-education placements, access to a program that the resident district cannot provide, unusual geographic hardships, and voluntary agreements between neighboring districts. Those exceptions should not become a general system allowing every family to select any town's school." | 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"I do not support a system that places most public-school costs on local property taxpayers. It creates substantial differences in both educational opportunity and tax burdens based on the amount of taxable property within each community. The state should provide a substantially larger and more predictable share of education funding. Every district should receive meaningful state support, with additional equalization aid directed to communities with lower property wealth and greater student needs. Local communities should remain free to fund programs beyond the state's constitutional obligation." | 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"I support expanding net-metering opportunities to include projects up to 5 MW, provided compensation is based on the actual value the electricity provides to the grid rather than automatically paying the full retail rate. The price should recognize avoided energy and system costs as well as any measurable grid benefits, while also accounting for costs created by the project. Project-specific equipment should generally be the project owner's responsibility. Broader grid upgrades that benefit many customers may reasonably be shared and recovered over time. The objective should be to remove unnecessary barriers to distributed generation without either over-subsidizing project owners or allowing utilities to profit unfairly from locally generated electricity." | For | For | 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 Isaac Fernandez.
- Allow segregation based on biological sexOther
- Proof of citizenship for newly registered votersOther
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