James Higginbottom
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This score comes from a questionnaire, not from votes. James Higginbottom 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 program0%0/3
- Defend the Public School MonopolyFrom the Freedom To Flourish section of the DSA program0%0/3
- Green New Deal Energy MandatesFrom the Green New Deal section of the DSA program0%0/1
- Gender Identity Over Biological SexFrom the Feminism For All section of the DSA program0%0/1
- Loosen Voter Eligibility RulesFrom the Democracy For All section of the DSA program0%0/1
Every answer that counted (9)
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| 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 | Against | For | Not aligned |
| Interest and Dividends taxShould New Hampshire reinstate the interest and dividends tax?Raise Taxes to Expand Government · Economic Democracy | Against | For | Not aligned |
| Business tax decreaseShould New Hampshire lower business taxes?Raise Taxes to Expand Government · Economic Democracy | For | Against | Not 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"I support Education Freedom Accounts because families should have the primary say in how their children are educated. EFAs allow the state portion of education funding to follow the student to the setting that works best, whether that is public school, private school, or home education." | For | Against | Not 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"Parents should have more flexibility to choose the public school that best fits their child, while districts should retain reasonable capacity and enrollment limits." | For | Against | Not 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"New Hampshire should preserve local control over school funding and avoid replacing property taxes with a broad-based income or sales tax. The focus should be on controlling education costs, ensuring state funding is distributed fairly, and expanding educational choice." | For | Against | Not 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 | Against | For | Not 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 | For | Against | Not 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 | For | Against | Not aligned |
Read, and deliberately not counted (1)
James Higginbottom ticked "Other" or "Undecided" on these and wrote a sentence underneath that leans one way without settling it. Getting from what they wrote to a For or an Against takes a chain of reasoning, and a chain of reasoning is not a position somebody took. None of these are in the score. They are printed so the reader can check the line we drew, instead of taking on trust that one was drawn at all.
- School district tax cap mandateTicked Undecided, not counted
“I support spending restraint and taxpayer protections, but I do not support a one-size-fits-all state mandate limiting what individual communities may approve.”
He does not support a state mandate, which is what the question asks about, but he also backs spending restraint and taxpayer protections and never says whether a locally adopted cap is one of them. Leans Against the mandate. Not counted.
Left out of the score (1)
“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 James Higginbottom.
- Fund the Office of the Child AdvocateUndecided
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