Kelly Hough

Disagree

Around 73% of women seek abortion access and care due to poverty and the inability to care for the child. With South Carolina being a state where medical cuts (that affect children first) are not supported, and certain elected officials, including certain senators seek to remove school meals for impoverished children, financial hardship remains a clear top concern. Many women also seek abortion care due to fatal fetal, maternal, and fetal-maternal anomalies.

I believe under any circumstances an abortion should be allowed and is a right. More people tend to die when abortion access is denied and banned.

Strongly Agree

I agree if the human life is wanted, or the mother chooses to keep the child from conception. Otherwise, I am pro-choice and respect a woman's right to choose as stated in prior questions and explanations.

Strongly Agree

I believe that the mother should be allowed to decide what happens with her embryos, and I believe that no government or facility should be allowed to "own" them without her consent, as well as the facilities and government should be protective of her rights in this.

Strongly Disagree

As stated in prior questions and explanations, I support abortion access and rights. I support healthcare access to patients that need it and for doctors to be able to provide it when needed. Abortion access isn't just elective abortions. Miscarriages are medically termed "spontaneous abortions". These medications and access to them make it easier to get spontaneous abortion access when needed. Which is healthcare that helps for both patients, and providers.

I believe that minimum wage needs to be increased. When economies shift and higher prices remain the "new normal", pay should reflect that. Purposeful poverty should not be the goal.

Strongly Agree

I support free enterprise and the right to own private property. They support productive, economic growth. At the same time, markets work best when there are fair rules, genuine competition, consumer protections, and safeguards against exploiting that.

1. Invest upstream in teachers, nurses, & officers higher wages, invest in training, education, & mental health for public servants. Invest in public servants & communities instead of ICE enforcement. 2. Invest in taxpayer transparency & spending. Prioritize what is best for citizens. Politicians lost trust with citizens using propaganda to incite fear & gain being elected, rather than prioritizing citizens. 3. No mass surveillance before investing in citizens. Food, health, jobs, wages first.

It means to respect all religions without judgment or exclusion. Religion should not dictate government rights, and government should not dictate religious rights. While both operate justly, safely, respectfully, and legally.

Neutral

I support both religious liberty and equal access to public accommodations. A business open to the public should not be permitted to deny ordinary goods or services to someone simply because of who they are, including their race, religion, sex, or sexual orientation. At the same time, freedom of speech and conscience mean that individuals should not be compelled to create or endorse a specific ideological, political, religious, or hateful message they would otherwise refuse to create for anyone.

I believe that healthcare is a right and many policies can and should be changed in order to meet those goals.We need to fund medicaid and medicare as children are affected first, and elderly are at risk and disadvantage, we need policies that re-evaluate and address the healthcare monopoly system, we need funding for many healthcare programs, and we need to prioritize healthcare that actually helps overall. How we get there is by leading change, together.

Neutral

I think that databases help with statistics and understandings, but they should not guide whether a patient lives or dies. When someone cannot gain healthcare access and are struggling financially, it is going to be much harder for them to recover and become a re-activated member of society if they remain unsupported and become considerably more ill.

Neutral

I believe the Chinese Communist Party presents legitimate national-security concerns for the United States regarding cybersecurity, intellectual-property theft, military expansion, economic coercion, and supply-chain vulnerabilities. Our response should distinguish the Chinese government from the Chinese people and avoid unnecessary escalation. The United States should protect its security and economic interests while maintaining diplomacy, fair trade, and cooperation benefitting both countries.

I believe that the United States relationship with all foreign countries is important, and that has included Israel. I do feel that at this time, the United States and Israel relations need to be re-evaluated in regard to what we are openly supporting, providing, and in many ways, allowing.

Strongly Agree

Undocumented persons deserve due process and people in the United States deserve protections and legalities. If undocumented persons were allowed appropriate due process, including the crisis the United States created right now, we would not need sanctuary cities to protect people.

Strongly Disagree

I do not believe that the education department is currently being run in the interest of the of education and citizens.

Strongly Agree

Foreign governments are not allowed to vote, and make decisions for Americans and South Carolinians, they are not allowed to gift or donate to politicians and campaigns, and therefore should not be allowed to fund our education system. I believe it would be a conflict on interest.

Neutral

While I agree that parents should be able to have input & allowed rights, those rights & input should not supersede the child's health educational well-being. Children's needs should based on unbiased educational studies, evidence based practice & recommendations, & respecting children's educational & healthcare needs. Parents & schools should not be compelled to put religious imprints into the public schools, & deny healthcare access including but not limited to mental healthcare access.

Neutral

I believe that children, parents, medical doctors and mental health specialists specialized in this area should make the decisions collectively on a a child's needs. Transgender persons have a much higher likelihood of social isolation, bullying, ostracization, physical violence, and mental health anxieties, as well as social non-acceptance. Therefore, it is not only courageous to transition, it is incorrect to think it is for attention, or to influence others due to the overall challenges.

Strongly Disagree

Marriage is between two people whom love one another.

Neutral

While I agree that people have a right to gamble, there are serious consequences to gambling that are often overlooked, and preyed upon. I do, however, believe in freedoms.

I believe that Americans & South Carolinians have the right to be whatever religion they desire, & should support others' right in this as well. I believe that religion should not be politically enforced in schools, healthcare settings, & politics. There is "separation of church and state" & it should remain that way for many reasons. I recognize the influence that some religions have & want to have, therefore, I strongly believe that religion can be utilized to persecute others that do not agree with the religion itself, as well as to enforce religious beliefs into domains that should remain untouched & neutral. Due to these religious attempts, I believe religion must remain within its own domain & not seek involvement elsewhere.

Neutral

I believe people should be able to vote with photo identification, passport, and other legal documentation.

Neutral

I believe that reparations are and have been quite necessary for a while in many races. I do also believe that the government will likely make space for other economic needs first. But it does not mean I do not see the damage and agree that they are deserved.

Neutral

Biological males and females have both been allowed to play in opposite gender sports a few times. If the topic of transgender males are the concern, they are more likely to be harassed than anyone that is cisgender. If they are transitioning, these decisions should be covered by their parents, doctors, school admin, sport coaches, and teachers, and should not be viewed as harmful when they have been seeking help for a pathway to transitioning in healthy ways unrelated to stigma of propaganda.

Strongly Agree

Yes, and I do believe that we need stronger EPA regulations and stronger forward movement to protect our land, air, water, and noise.

Solar, wind, or whatever we can use or create that helps our environment.

Liberal

I'm a Democrat, formerly Republican many years prior. I understand both sides, & have a deep understanding of both viewpoints. Politicians have lost the plot and people's trust over time. I hope that we can all coexist and make space for one another and begin to tackle real world needs and problems sooner, rather than later. We have a long way to go, and I have been a proud Democrat for years.

No.

No.

To create and respond with the most just laws, rules, regulations, policies, and decisions for everyone. My son says "to create a safe environment for all including the old and making sure people don't die from other people".

Strongly Agree

The government creates law and regulations for far less than this, therefore, this should have been a much larger priority already. However, yes, there need to be increased laws and regulations to protect children from exploitation.

Strongly Agree

The U.S. Constitution and American law should remain supreme, and no religious legal system should override constitutional rights or civil law. However, freedom of religion protects an individual’s right to voluntarily practice religious traditions, including aspects of Sharia, so long as those practices do not violate U.S. law or the rights of others. The same standard should apply equally to Islam, Christianity, Judaism, and every other religion.

I am the proud recipient of the 2026 Moms Demand Action Gun Safety Candidate Award. Meaning, we have rights to gun ownership, and we should increase our policies on them. Gun violence continues to be prevalent and permeates our society, affecting children at an increased rate.