2012 - 1st Essex District - Question 5Shall the state representative from this district be instructed to vote in favor of a resolution calling upon Congress and the President to: (1) prevent cuts to Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and Veterans benefits, or to housing, food and unemployment assistance; (2) create and protect jobs by investing in manufacturing, schools, housing, renewable energy, transportation and other public services; (3) provide new revenues for these purposes and to reduce the long-term federal deficit by closing corporate tax loopholes, ending offshore tax havens, and raising taxes on incomes over $250,000; and (4) redirect military spending to these domestic needs by reducing the military budget, ending the war in Afghanistan and bringing U.S. troops home safely now?

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City/Town	Ward	Pct	Yes	No	Blanks	Total Votes Cast
Amesbury More »			5,325	1,851	1,347	8,523
Newburyport More »			6,124	2,969	1,970	11,063
Salisbury More »			2,712	915	687	4,314
Totals			14,161	5,735	4,004	23,900