Sep 15, 2015 - Mike Pence's Arts Memo and Congressional Arts Report Card records, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2006, 2004. American
Arts Positions of the 2016 Presidential Candidates
To read the full Candidate Arts Memo for Hillary Clinton, click here. To read the full Candidate Arts Memo for Donald Trump, click here.
Candidate supports federal funding of the National Endowments for the Arts and Humanities?
YES Watch Iowa town hall video, 9/15/15. Read Hillary arts platform, 2008.
Unknown Defers to Congress. Read interview, 3/28/16.
YES Candidate would maintain or increase federal support for arts education funding?
Candidate maintains current incentives for charitable giving to 501(c)(3) organizations, such as local nonprofit arts charities? National party platform includes a positive position on the arts & arts education?
Watch New Hampshire town hall video, 7/28/15.
Unknown Defers to state and local school districts on funding, but expresses appreciation for arts education. Read interview, 3/28/16.
YES Read article, 3/7/16.
NO Read article, 9/19/16.
YES See party platform (p. 21), 7/21/16.
NO Nothing stated in party platform, 7/18/16.
YES
Candidate has pro-arts and culture record in Congress or other public office?
Signed a Senate Dear Colleague letter requesting increased funding for the National Endowment for the Arts. 2006 Founding member of the Senate Cultural Caucus in 2005.
Not Applicable Never held public office.
Supported several pieces of arts and culture legislation in the Senate. See S.888, S.1241, S.1108, S.749, S.287
Candidate has chosen a Vice Presidential running mate with a pro-arts Congressional record?
YES
NO
See Senator Tim Kaine’s Arts Memo and Congressional Arts Report Card records, 2016, 2014.
See then-Rep. Mike Pence’s Arts Memo and Congressional Arts Report Card records, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2006, 2004.
Americans for the Arts Action Fund is a bipartisan national advocacy organization dedicated to ensuring that all Americans have the opportunity to appreciate, value, and participate in the arts. ArtsVote2016, a program of the Americans for the Arts Action Fund, is designed to elevate and advance the policy role of the arts and arts education in the 2016 Presidential and Congressional elections. For further information, visit www.ArtsActionFund.org/pages/ArtsVote2016 or call 202-371-2830.
