Matthew Castanien

Candidate for State Representative · Hillsborough County District 2 · Republican
Matthew Castanien
Matthew CastanienR

Not an incumbent. No voting record. Their Citizens Count profile

Not a Socialist
50%
4 of 8 answers
answered 8 of 11

This score comes from a questionnaire, not from votes. Matthew Castanien 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%
    2/2
  • Defend the Public School Monopoly
    From the Freedom To Flourish section of the DSA program
    50%
    1/2
  • Green New Deal Energy Mandates
    From the Green New Deal section of the DSA program
    100%
    1/1
  • Gender Identity Over Biological Sex
    From the Feminism For All section of the DSA program
    0%
    0/1
  • Loosen Voter Eligibility Rules
    From the Democracy For All section of the DSA program
    0%
    0/1

Every answer that counted (8)

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 Matthew Castanien wrote under an answer is quoted in full, unedited. On one question the sentence Matthew Castanien wrote under the box settles the answer differently from the box itself, and the score goes with what they wrote, not the box. Those rows show both, and say why.

QuestionTheir answerAligned answerCounted as
Broad-based income taxShould NH add an income tax on earned income?Raise Taxes to Expand Government · Economic DemocracyAgainstForNot 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"I support watchdog groups."ForForAligned
School district tax cap mandateShould state law cap how much local school districts can increase their budget each year?Grow the State Budget · Economic DemocracyAgainstAgainstAligned
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 FlourishAgainstAgainstAligned
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 FlourishForAgainstNot 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 DealForForAligned
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"I support targeted use-cases for this, mostly regarding schools with minors. Outside of that, private businesses should be able to do what they want. Additionally, enforcing this would be problematic for private businesses."Ticked Other, scored as For. The question asks whether the law should allow segregation by biological sex in some settings. He supports it in some settings. That is a yes to the question as asked.Forticked OtherAgainstNot 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 AllForAgainstNot aligned

Left out of the score (3)

“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 Matthew Castanien.

  • Interest and Dividends taxUndecided
  • Business tax decreaseUndecided
  • "Education Freedom Account" programUndecided

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