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Questions To Ask Candidates

Ask the Candidates Where They Stand on Children’s Issues

Here are some suggested questions you might want to ask candidates if you attend a candidate forum or meeting, or have other opportunities to communicate with those running for office:

• What are your thoughts on the quality of early care and education and Wisconsin, and what measures, if any, would you support to improve the quality of care for young children?

• Rising health insurance costs, unprecedented national reforms, and challenging Medicaid budgets have led to vastly different strategies, reforms, and policy changes to ensure Wisconsinites have health coverage. What strategies and reforms would you support to ensure that all children and families in Wisconsin have access to quality, affordable health care?

• The state budget will remain extremely challenging in the foreseeable future. Do you believe the budget gap should be filled through spending cuts alone, or are there revenue-side approaches to the problem that you would support?

• How would you address the significant disparities in health outcomes and educational outcomes between children of color and their non-minority peers in Wisconsin?

• Do you see a need to change the way youth offenders, especially nonviolent offenders, are treated in the state’s justice system? If so, what changes do you recommend?

• What strategies do you support for making postsecondary education and job training more feasible for working parents seeking to improve their earning capacity?
  
  
• Do you support restoring funding to the technical colleges to reduce waiting lists so the unemployed can get the training they need for the jobs that are not filled in Wisconsin?

• How would you approach the state’s efforts to prevent child maltreatment, and what strategies do you recommend for improving child welfare services?

Download WCCF handout “Elect Candidates for Kids” (WCCF’s 4-page electoral advocacy piece containing much of the same information presented here) in pdf form.