Susan Marie Smith
Bio | Susan Marie Smith attended Ball State University and Fordham Law School for her degrees. She worked in many different types of law including criminal law and procedures, real estate, and representing Veterans. |
Status and Position | Former Candidate of N/A |
Political Party and Jurisdiction | Republican, N/A |
Elections | Election Jurisdiction | Started Campaign | Campaign Status | Poll Rankings (of the vote) |
| 2020 House of Representatives Election IN-07 | IN-07 | Yes | Running | N/A |
Campaign Financing | A huge majority (72.22%) of Smith's donations come from large donors. The rest come from self financing & small dollar donations. Source: http://www.opensecrets.org/races/candidates?cycle=2020&id=IN07&spec=N |
Voting Rights | Smith is against the expansion of voting rights. She had opposed restoring the Voting Rights Act, Automatic Voter Registration, & Voting by Mail. Source: https://ourdemocracy2020.org/people/susan-marie-smith/ |
Opinions on Issues
Issues | Stance | Summary |
| Universal Healthcare | Against | Smith is opposed to Universal Healthcare. Smith is opposed to the ACA & single payer healthcare. Supports free market private healthcare. Source: |
| Socialized Healthcare | Against | Smith is strongly opposed to the concept of government run healthcare. Source: |
| Private Healthcare | For | Smith is a strong advocate of unregulated private healthcare without government regulations. |
| LGBT Rights | Nuance | Smith supports marriage equality with some exceptions. Smith agrees that marriage equality should be legal, but believes that churches should have the right to deny same sex ceremonies. Source: |
| Taxes | Against | Smith has lobbied for lower taxes on corporations & is opposed to raising taxes on the wealthy. Smith is strongly opposed to increasing the capital gains tax & advocates for lowering the corporate tax rate & taxes on senior citizens. Source: |
| Flat Tax Rate | Unknown | Smith's position on a flat tax is unknown. Smith is strongly opposed to increasing the capital gains tax & advocates for lowering the corporate tax rate & taxes on senior citizens. Source: |
| Abortion | Against | Smith is strongly pro life. Smith is in favor of restricting access to abortion. |
| Gun Control | Unknown | Smith stance on gun control is unclear. |
| Assisted Suicide | Unknown | Smith's view on assisted suicide is unknown. |
| Government Interference | Unknown | Smith's stance on government interference is unknown. |
| Planned Parenthood | Nuance | Smith's stance on Planned Parenthood is unknown. |
| Welfare | Unknown | Smith's views on welfare are unclear. |
| Welfare | Unknown | Smith's stance on stem cell research is unknown. |
| Death Penalty | Unknown | Smith's view on the death penalty is unknown. |
| Mandatory Prison Sentence | Unknown | Smith's view on mandatory sentencing is unknown. |
| Military Spending | Unknown | Smith's position on Military Spending is unknown. |
| War on Terrorism | Unknown | Smith's view of the War on Terror is unknown. |
| Foreign Policy International Interaction | Unknown | Smith's position on international interaction is unknown. |
| United Nations power | Unknown | Smith's view on this issue is unknown. |
| Nationalism | Unknown | Smith's beliefs on Nationalism are unknown. |
| Free Markets | Unknown | Smith's views on free markets are unknown. |
| Brexit | Unknown | Smith's view on Brexit is unknown. |
| Affirmative Action | Unknown | Smith's stance of affirmative action is unknown. |
| Government Spending | Against | Smith is against government spending to promote economic growth. Smith is concerned with the growing national debt. Source: https://susanmariesmith.com/policies/ |
| Charter Schools | Unknown | Smith's stance on charter schools is unknown. |
| Common Core | Unknown | Smith's view on common core is unknown. |
| Clean Energy | Unknown | Smith's view on clean energy is unknown. |
| Religious Freedom | Unknown | Smith views on religious freedom is unknown. |
| Separation of Church and State | Unknown | Smith's position on the separation of church & state is unclear. |
| Slavery Reparations | Unknown | Smith's view on reparations is unknown. |
| Border Control | For | Smith believes in additional funding for border security. Smith is in favor of increased restrictions on the current border security policy & immigration reform. Source: https://susanmariesmith.com/policies/ |
| Passenger Profiling | Unknown | Smith's stance on passenger profiling is unknown. |
| DACA | Unknown | Smith's view on the DACA program is unknown. |
| Sanctuary Cities | Unknown | Smith's stance on Sanctuary Cities is unknown. |
| Legalizing Marijuana | Unknown | Smith's views on legalization is unknown. |