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Obama vs. McCain: examinining the scorecards
Although I think it's important for each of us to make up our own minds about who to vote for in November, few of us really have the time (and/or inclination) to learn every relevant factor about our voting options. A convenient shortcut is to find one or more groups that we agree with and look at their scorecards for the candidates in question. Along those lines, I'm including the scores from a few groups and encourage commenters to include those I've omitted.
League of conservation voters (lifetime): Obama: 96, McCain: 26
LCV (110th): Obama: 100, McCain: 29
NARAL: Obama: 100, McCain: 0
Planned Parenthood: Obama: 100, McCain: 0
National Right to Life: Obama: 0, McCain: 82
ACLU (lifetime): Obama: 82, McCain: 25
ACLU (110th): Obama: 89, McCain: 17
NRA: Obama: F, McCain: C
NAACP: Obama: 100, McCain: 7
NOW: Obama: 91, McCain: 13
Children's Defense Fund: Obama: 100, McCain: 10
National Education Association: Obama: 100, McCain: 0
National Farmer's Union: Obama: 100, McCain: 0
AFL-CIO: Obama: 93, McCain: 7
United Auto Workers: Obama: 85, McCain: 9
Note: Presumably most of TPM will be voting for Obama in November. This information is intended not just for your consumption, but also for sharing with your friends and family.
Comments (3)
Thanks for the informative post and for diggin up the information.
May 10, 2008 11:23 AM | Reply | Permalink
My pleasure. My interest in scorecards comes from trying to find an easy way to respond to posters who like to use a single bill as a litmus test for a candidate. As most of these scorecards show, you can almost always find a bill in which you think a candidate voted incorrectly. The question is: how often do they do so?
May 10, 2008 11:28 AM | Reply | Permalink
I just found one for us atheists (really for anyone who believes in separation of church and state):
Secular Coalition for America: Obama: 100, McCain: 50
May 10, 2008 11:26 AM | Reply | Permalink
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