Which Philly mayoral candidate do you align with the most?

Question 1 of 7

The Philadelphia police department has the largest budget of any city agency. How should the next mayor address funding the police?

• Increase police spending and hire more cops to address the gun violence crisis.
• More cops is not the answer. Make the city safer by transferring funds to social services and education.
• The budget is fine but we need to reform the department and make it more effective.
• I care about public safety but I'm not sure what's the best way forward.

Question 2 of 7

Stop-and-frisk is a controversial police tactic where officers search pedestrians they believe are carrying illegal weapons or contraband. Do you support stop-and-frisk?

• Yes, get back to stop-and-frisk. It worked in the past.
• No, stop-and-frisk leads to racial discrimination in Black and brown neighborhoods.
• Cops should be able to use stop-and-frisk, but it should limited.
• I don't know enough to say whether I support stop-and-frisk policy or not.

Question 3 of 7

The mayor appoints members of the Philadelphia school board and is involved in education funding decisions. How should the next mayor address public education?

• Significantly increase funding for traditional public schools and not charters.
• Families need more options. The next mayor should help to improve access to charter and private schools.
• The top priority should be removing asbestos, lead and other environmental hazards from school buildings.
• I’m more focused on where mayoral candidates stand on other issues than I am on education.

Question 4 of 7

Philadelphia has the nation’s highest wage tax rate but a relatively low property tax rate. What should the next mayor do about city taxes?

• Cut the wage and business taxes, even if that means allowing property taxes to increase.
• It’s important to keep property taxes low to fight gentrification, even if that means keeping the wage tax high.
• Increase taxes or create new ones, such as a “wealth tax" on investment holdings.
• Philly’s tax structure is a good fit for our city, and should be maintained.

Question 5 of 7

Some residents of gentrifying neighborhoods say their communities are being displaced. Developers, meanwhile, say the city makes it difficult and expensive to build. What should the next mayor do about real estate development and housing issues?

• Give developers real estate tax breaks, and remove obstacles in the zoning code to encourage new housing projects.
• Black and brown neighborhoods are being destroyed. We need to give neighborhood groups more power to stop development projects.
• Build more housing and protect our neighborhoods. Let’s encourage new construction while also establishing strong affordable housing requirements.
• Although considered messy, the current dynamic of push-and-pull between neighborhoods and developers is working just fine.

Question 6 of 7

How should the next mayor address conditions in Kensington, including the open-air drug trade?

• Lead with law enforcement to clear out encampments and involuntarily commit people in active addiction or crisis.
• Focus on harm reduction and establish a supervised-injection site to reduce overdose risk.
• Continue to focus on containing the drug trade as much as possible and offering treatment to people who want it.
• I'm not sure what the best way to improve conditions in Kensington is.

Question 7 of 7

How should the next mayor improve the delivery of basic city services, including trash collection, blight removal and rec center programming?

• Privatize more city services, contract out more often, and sell off more city facilities to decentralize services.
• Commit millions of dollars in taxpayer funding to hire more sanitation workers, expand blight removal efforts, and keep rec centers open on weekends.
• Just spend city money better on more efficient and effective programs.
• I don't know what the best way forward is, but they do need to be better.