
John "Gus" Buffler
Democrat | California
Candidate Profile
Liberal
BIOGRAPHY
Name
John "Gus" Buffler
Party
Democrat
Election Year
2026
Election
Primary
Race
U.S. Rep., Dist. 11
Incumbent
No
EDUCATION
university of alabama in huntsville, huntsville, BS Mechanical Engineering, 2014-2017
northwest shoals community college, muscle shoals, Associate of science, 2009-2017
WORK & MILITARY
army national guard, specialist, 2011-2019
AFFILIATIONS
Candidate did not provide
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
Candidate did not provide
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
House of Representatives
OTHER INFORMATION
QUESTIONNAIRE
RIGHT TO LIFE
Human life deserves legal protection from conception until natural death.
Strongly Agree
The lives of human embryos created through artificial methods ought to be protected from purposeful destruction.
Strongly Agree
Under what circumstances should an elective abortion be allowed?
It's a woman's right to choose. We need to pull the government away from peoples' personal decisions and lives.
Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should receive taxpayer funds from federal, state, or local governments (including Title X grants).
Strongly Disagree
The government needs to provide this as a service. Charities - all charities - should at no point be means of the governments inability to perform.
The Comstock Act, which bans interstate transportation of abortion-inducing drugs, should be enforced.
Strongly Disagree
ECONOMY
Free enterprise and the right to private property are essential elements of a productive economic system.
Strongly Agree
People who can afford to pay more taxes should do so in order to provide relief for working families.
Strongly Disagree
The economy should be so robust there wouldn't be the question of starving working families. The real issues are inherent and the fundamentals of what taxes are to the working class vs the economic producers! Your labor produces corporate profit, and the corporations need to understand the human eccentricity that drives their organization. Taxes should never be the mechanics to solve societal issues. The government can provide.
The government should cut spending in order to reduce the national debt.
Neutral
The spending portions are done in the department of defense. These dollars can be allocated to regular America, and we can live prosperous.
List your top 3-5 priorities to eliminate government waste.
Department of defense line items for engineering and non essential systems. All departments that do grants that have little oversight. Government donations to 501c3's!
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
Individuals and businesses should be required to provide services even if it would violate their moral and/or religious beliefs.
Neutral
A doctor, you will perform. Life saving stuff, shouldn't be a question. A baker, find another baker,
What does "separation of church and state" mean to you?
Freedom from the government to live how you feel.
HEALTHCARE
What most closely matches your view on healthcare: A) Healthcare for all should be guaranteed and funded by the government with no private healthcare option. (includes "universal healthcare," "medicare for all," etc.) B) Healthcare insurance funded by the government should be available for all who want it, along with private healthcare options. C) Medicaid and Medicare should remain available, but no other taxpayer-funded programs are necessary. D) Taxpayer funded health care should be abolished in all forms, and Medicaid and Medicare should be defunded.
Did not answer
The government should keep a database of people with various ongoing medical illnesses to assess the economic burden of treatment.
Neutral
The government won't need to make a database, people will tell you their medical issues off the bat.
NATIONAL SECURITY
With regard to America's foreign policy, which view most closely resembles yours: A) The United States should intervene whenever freedom is threatened. B) The United States should selectively help countries trying to grow democracy and fight tyranny. C) The United States has become too involved in others' policies and should remain focused on issues regarding our own sovereignty unless in imminent danger. D) The United States should stay out of foreign conflicts completely.
Did not answer
The Chinese Communist Party poses serious military, cyber security, intellectual property, and global economic threats to the United States.
Strongly Agree
Is the United States' relationship with Israel important, and if so why?
No. America can self sustain. America is, older than Israel. The world needs the USA. Not the other way around. They can come to US.
Islamic terrorism is a threat to the United States' national security.
Strongly Agree
IMMIGRATION
Who should be allowed to immigrate to the U.S. and under what circumstances?
Everyone. God Bless America!
I support the existence of sanctuary cities to protect undocumented persons.
Strongly Agree
Sanctuary city terminology means that you facing immigrations issues will have 0 problems reporting felony's to a police department. In America, we are free!
EDUCATION
I support eliminating the U.S. Department of Education and giving control back to states and communities.
Strongly Agree
The department of education facilities student loans, which have gone unchecked and caused the student loan crisis.
Foreign governments should be prohibited from funding American education.
Strongly Disagree
Any non US government can gladly send a check to the department of treasury any time they feel. We can determine how we educate our people.
VALUES
Attempts to physically or socially transition a child to the opposite sex constitute child abuse.
Neutral
These are issues that need to be dealt with inter family.
Marriage is a God-ordained, sacred and legal union of one man and one woman. No government has the authority to alter this definition.
Strongly Disagree
A man can marry a woman, divorce her, marry another. Can a woman do the same? Is this behavior typical to the point we all know multiple people divorced and remarried? Do we know people in a marriage with multiple partners? These are human behaviors.
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
Agnostic. Freedom from religion. Raised catholic.
ELECTIONS AND VOTING
People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Neutral
EQUALITY
Biological males should not be allowed to participate in women's sports or occupy biological women's spaces whether it be bathrooms, locker rooms, sorority houses, women's shelters, or prison.
Neutral
This is a very packed question. Each one needs to be dealt with by each group per situation.
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
What do you believe is the most reliable energy source that will supply the growing demand for electricity?
Nuclear.
ABOUT YOU
Have you ever been penalized for sexual misconduct in either civil or criminal court? If so, please explain.
no
Have you ever been convicted of a felony? If so, please explain.
no
When you consider your views on a wide range of issues from economic and social matters to foreign policy and religious liberty, which of the following best describes you overall?
Very Liberal
In America we are free! In America, our institutions have been the bedrock of our culture.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE & PUBLIC SAFETY
Government has a responsibility to protect children from sexual exploitation during online activities.
Strongly Agree
Again, this is dealing with human behavior.
2ND AMENDMENT
What restrictions on gun ownership are needed to protect public safety?
Common sense background checks. The right amount of oversight.
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