Here is where Scott Walker stands on ten key issues. Climate Change: Unclear whether climate change is real or manmade. Stop EPA emissions regulation. In , Walker signed a pledge with the group Americans for Prosperity, promising to oppose any tax or fee increases aimed at fighting climate change. The Wisconsin governor has added his state to a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency limits on carbon emissions from power plants.
Walker has not specifically said whether he thinks climate change is real or manmade. Delay debt payments to balance the state budget. A longtime critic of the national debt, Walker is for reducing the size of government. While serving as Milwaukee County administrator in , Walker turned down the possibility of federal stimulus dollars, saying the spending would ultimately bring budget problems.
In that position, Walker privatized some services, including mental health care. Education: Increase school choice. Repeal Common Core. Walker opposes the Common Core education standards, writing in the Des Moines Register that the state-initiated program takes too much power away from local school systems. In and , Walker supported Common Core , Politifact found. The governor now proposes that each school district in his state chose several alternative tests to measure student progress.
In his proposed state budget for , Walker calls for vouchers for an unlimited number of students to attend private schools and supports using money allocated for public schools to pay for the program.
As part of his push to reduce the size of government, Walker has cut education funding, reducing K spending per student by 6. Immigration: Secure the border. No path to citizenship. Deportation is not the solution. Walker told Fox News in March that he wants much stronger border security and opposes a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants in the United States.
In that interview, the Wisconsin governor called his position a change in view. In , Walker told the Waukesha Daily Herald he could envision a path to citizenship and did not see increased border security as the ideal solution. It is unclear if Walker is open to any legal status for the undocumented.
Social Issues: Ban nearly all abortion after 20 weeks. Pass a Constitutional Amendment to overturn the Supreme Court on gay marriage. Walker supports legislation to ban abortions after 20 weeks , with exceptions only if the life of the mother is in danger, not for incest or rape. The Wisconsin Republican signed a bill sharply limiting abortion clinics in the state and requiring ultrasounds for any woman seeking an abortion in the state. The total package reduced taxes by about 4.
Walker would cut corporate tax rates nationally and told a crowd in New Hampshire he likes the idea of eliminating income taxes , especially in states. Unions and workers: Limit union organizing. Sparking national headlines in , Walker won a battle to pass Wisconsin Act 10 , limiting the ability of government workers, including teachers, to collectively bargain. The Wisconsin governor believes that unions inhibit other facets of the economy and public life. Welfare and entitlements: Reduce government assistance.
On a recent warm Sunday afternoon in Elkhorn, at a party office in a storefront on the town square, flames and broken glass were in noticeably short supply. In front of a friendly crowd, 50 or so strong, Walker mounted a small podium.
Fresh from dedicating a basketball arena in downtown Milwaukee, he touted his economic record. His political life has not always been so staid. The ensuing fight led to protesters occupying the state capitol in Madison and Democrats in the Senate fleeing the state to deny Republicans a quorum. Such remarkable scenes spawned an unprecedented recall attempt, a desperate push to turn Walker out of office.
He won that race and then won re-election. But in a swing state with few swing voters, the partisan divide has only grown deeper. Afterwards, he brushed aside a question about why he has trailed Evers in the polls.
Walker and his allies have been trying hard to make that contrast plain. Since Evers won the Democratic primary on 14 August, he has faced a barrage of negative ads. In person, Evers looks like the rural school principal he once was. Dressed in a dark shirt and a silver tie, belt loosely round his khaki pants, he made the rounds at a restaurant just off the highway between Madison and Milwaukee. Oddly, he never really asked anyone for their vote. Instead, he made occasionally awkward if invariably pleasant introductions.
Afterwards, he discussed his campaign with the Guardian.
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