Andrew Basile
Republican | Pennsylvania
Candidate Profile
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BIOGRAPHY
Name
Andrew Basile
Party
Republican
Election Year
2014
Election
Primary
Race
State Rep., Dist. 130
Incumbent
No
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EDUCATION
The Wharton School of Business, University of Penn, Philadelphia, MBA, 2008
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, BS, 1991
The Hill School, Pottstown, HSD, 1987
WORK & MILITARY
Cardinal Real Estate, President, Owner, Broker, 20
Basile Properties Inc, President, Owner, 20
The Royce Investment Group, Investment Banker, 2
First Investors, Account Executive, 2
AFFILIATIONS
Amity Athletic Club, Volunteer Coach, Relay for Life
Volunteer, Habitat for Humanity, Volunteer
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
School Board Director, 7
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
(Candidate did not provide)
Race
SCORECARDS
CONSERVATIVE ORGANIZATIONS
LIBERAL ORGANIZATIONS
ENDORSEMENTS
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (1)
(None listed.)
OTHER INFORMATION
QUESTIONNAIRE
OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES
1. Free enterprise and the right to private property turn mankind's natural self interest into the fairest and most productive economic system there is, and are the key to national prosperity.
Strongly Agree
1. Free enterprise and the right to private property turn mankind's natural self interest into the fairest and most productive economic system there is, and are the key to national prosperity.
Strongly Agree
2. Election of judges by the people for a definite term of office is the best way to select judges.
Disagree
3. More restrictive gun control laws are needed now to protect public safety.
Strongly Disagree
4. Efforts to bring Islamic law (shariah) to America do not pose a threat to our country and its Constitution.
Strongly Disagree
2. Election of judges by the people for a definite term of office is the best way to select judges.
Disagree
5. Government should enforce laws designed to protect the border and to prevent illegal entry of persons into the country.
Strongly Agree
3. More restrictive gun control laws are needed now to protect public safety.
Strongly Disagree
6. People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Disagree
4. Efforts to bring Islamic law (shariah) to America do not pose a threat to our country and its Constitution.
Strongly Disagree
7. Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.
Agree
5. Government should enforce laws designed to protect the border and to prevent illegal entry of persons into the country.
Strongly Agree
8. Marriage is a union of one man and one woman. No government has the authority to alter this definition.
Agree
6. People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Disagree
9. The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) should be repealed by Congress.
Strongly Agree
7. Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.
Agree
10. There should be a strict constitutional spending limit for state and local governments that would tie the rate of spending to the rate of population growth plus the rate of inflation.
Strongly Agree
8. Marriage is a union of one man and one woman. No government has the authority to alter this definition.
Agree
11. Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality which permitted our system of limited government.
Strongly Agree
9. The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) should be repealed by Congress.
Strongly Agree
12. Free market competition for education dollars, rather than a government monopoly, would create a better education for all students.
Strongly Agree
10. There should be a strict constitutional spending limit for state and local governments that would tie the rate of spending to the rate of population growth plus the rate of inflation.
Strongly Agree
13. Where minor children are involved, divorce laws should be reformed to include mutual consent of both parents and an increased waiting period, unless there is fault or abuse.
Agree
11. Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality which permitted our system of limited government.
Strongly Agree
14. The Ten Commandments should not be displayed in public school buildings.
Disagree
12. Free market competition for education dollars, rather than a government monopoly, would create a better education for all students.
Strongly Agree
13. Where minor children are involved, divorce laws should be reformed to include mutual consent of both parents and an increased waiting period, unless there is fault or abuse.
Agree
15. Religious freedom is our most foundational freedom and deserves added protection in our state and federal constitutions.
Strongly Agree
16. What in the nature of mankind caused America’s Founders to carefully define, separate, and limit powers within the Constitution?
The Founders, in the words of Ben Franklin, feared that "there is a natural inclination in mankind to kingly government, and that the states would succumb to this gravitational pull to a strong centralized government. their goal was to figure out a way for the United States to be constitutionally structured so that it would take a fixed position at the balanced center of the political spectrum and forever maintain a government "of the people, by the people, and for the people."
14. The Ten Commandments should not be displayed in public school buildings.
Disagree
15. Religious freedom is our most foundational freedom and deserves added protection in our state and federal constitutions.
Strongly Agree
17. The founders established pure democracy in the Constitution because they believed that it is the best form of government to ensure the safety and equitable treatment of all citizens.
Strongly Disagree
16. What in the nature of mankind caused America’s Founders to carefully define, separate, and limit powers within the Constitution?
The Founders, in the words of Ben Franklin, feared that "there is a natural inclination in mankind to kingly government, and that the states would succumb to this gravitational pull to a strong centralized government. their goal was to figure out a way for the United States to be constitutionally structured so that it would take a fixed position at the balanced center of the political spectrum and forever maintain a government "of the people, by the people, and for the people."
18. Based on the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution, please arrange the following entities, starting with the highest source of authority, and continue the list in descending order of authority, skipping any that do not apply: Academia, Congress, Constitution, God, Industry, Media, Professional Sports, Supreme Court, Voters.
GOD, Voters, Constitution, Congress AND Supreme Court, Media/Press
17. The founders established pure democracy in the Constitution because they believed that it is the best form of government to ensure the safety and equitable treatment of all citizens.
Strongly Disagree
19. Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
The founding fathers believed in Natural Law (God’s word) as the supreme law and from that stemmed all else. Moreover, they looked upon the creation of our Constitution as an event that was actually “influenced, guided, and governed” by the hand of God. It was in every sense of the word a miracle. The beauty of our system of government is that power rises up through the family unit, to the local townships and municipalities, to the states, to the Federal level. So in many ways it is with the family that the success or failure of our system resides. I think you articulated this same sentiment when you mentioned the three legs of a balanced community: Faith, Family, and Government. I can’t speak for all families, but only for my own. As I look at my children, my sincere hope is that as a parent I am able to instill in them a strong moral compass with the strength of character and fortitude to follow it. Our Faith and relationship with God is paramount in setting that compass on the ri
18. Based on the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution, please arrange the following entities, starting with the highest source of authority, and continue the list in descending order of authority, skipping any that do not apply: Academia, Congress, Constitution, God, Industry, Media, Professional Sports, Supreme Court, Voters.
GOD, Voters, Constitution, Congress AND Supreme Court, Media/Press
19. Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
The founding fathers believed in Natural Law (God’s word) as the supreme law and from that stemmed all else. Moreover, they looked upon the creation of our Constitution as an event that was actually “influenced, guided, and governed” by the hand of God. It was in every sense of the word a miracle. The beauty of our system of government is that power rises up through the family unit, to the local townships and municipalities, to the states, to the Federal level. So in many ways it is with the family that the success or failure of our system resides. I think you articulated this same sentiment when you mentioned the three legs of a balanced community: Faith, Family, and Government. I can’t speak for all families, but only for my own. As I look at my children, my sincere hope is that as a parent I am able to instill in them a strong moral compass with the strength of character and fortitude to follow it. Our Faith and relationship with God is paramount in setting that compass on the ri
