Endorsement – Columbus DSA

Are you interested in your candidacy being endorsed by the Columbus DSA? Fill out our questionnaire below.

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Please answer these questions to the best of your ability and to how you see fit. If you would prefer to not answer any of them, write "No Answer".
1. Are you a democratic socialist, and what does democratic socialism mean to you?*
2. Do you agree with the values of DSA as detailed in our Political Platform? If so, how?*
The complete DSA Political Platform can be found here: https://www.dsausa.org/dsa-political-platform-from-2021-convention/
3. How do you plan to use your campaign and your seat in office to organize working-class people and build the movement we need to win more transformative change?*
4. What are your top three priorities as an elected official? Why?*
5. Why do you want an endorsement from Columbus DSA?*
6. If elected, how would you relate to DSA?*
7. What is your profession? Is a significant portion of your income derived from capital holdings (e.g., investments, rent, etc.)?*
8. Describe your record of organizing and public service.*
9. What community organizations are you a part of? What role have you played in those organizations?*
10. Have you been active in DSA? If so, in what capacity?*
11. Please describe your past or present labor and union experience, if any, and how do you see the relationship between electoral politics and the labor movement?*
12. What does Medicare For All mean to you, and how do you plan to use your position to fight profit-incentive healthcare and expand healthcare access to everyone, regardless of income or demographics?*
13. What’s wrong with the current education system? What reforms would you like to see?*
14. How will you use your position to fight for more equitable school funding, universal pre-K and childcare, free college and technical programs for all, and reducing student loan debt?*
15. Do you support a Green New Deal for your district or city? What would this initiative look like?*
16. Describe your vision for housing justice. How will you use your campaign and elected office to advocate for this vision?*
17. Do you support defunding the police? How would you use your role to advance this work?*
18. What policies do you support to end mass incarceration and decriminalize drugs? How you would resolve the issue of marijuana legalization and mass incarceration of people with marijuana-related offenses?*
19. Do you support decriminalizing sex work? How will you advocate for the rights of sex workers in your elected role?*
20. How would you use your office to fight racial oppression, and help to secure equity in public services and quality of life for people of color?*
21. What will you do to support LGBTQ+ rights in your community?*
22. Do you consider yourself a feminist? Why or why not?*
23. How would you use your office to combat the oppression of immigrants and fight for their ability to participate as equals in our society? Do you support the abolition of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and why?*
24. What reforms do you support to increase voter registration and voter participation?*
25. Do you pledge to accept no money from for-profit corporate donors, for-profit corporate PACs, real estate developers, or lobbyists for for-profit corporations? If yes, how will you ensure your donor base is primary small-dollar donors?*
26. Do you support campaign finance reform? Please explain any specific policies you support.*
27. How do you propose to change your city/state’s budget and tax structure to better fund public services and redistribute wealth?*
28. Is there anything else you would like us to know about?*

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Please answer these questions to the best of your ability and to how you see fit. If you would prefer to not answer any of them, write "No Answer".