2012 - 8th 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
Lynn More »			1,477	449	512	2,438
Marblehead More »			7,141	3,490	2,073	12,704
Swampscott More »			4,787	1,915	1,598	8,300
Totals			13,405	5,854	4,183	23,442