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Presidential Surveys, Ratings, Scorecards & Veto Records

also see Candidate Surveys, Ratings & Scorecards

Granite Staters for Medical Marijuana (GSMM): "Medical Marijuana Voting Guide" granitestaters.com/candidates
Most Favorable: A+ Maurice Robert Gravel, Dennis J Kucinich, Ronald Ernest Paul, William Richardson, Thomas Gerald Tancredo
Least Favorable: F Rudolph W Guiliani, Michael Dale Huckabee, Duncan L Hunter, John Sidney McCain, Willard Mitt Romney

National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws: "2004 Presidential Candidate Report Card" norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=5895

SelectSmart.com: "American Presidential Candidate Selector" selectsmart.com/PRESIDENT

Sentencing Project: "2008 Presidential Candidates’ Platforms on Criminal Justice" sentencingproject.org/tmp/File/PresidentialCandidatesPlatforms.pdf

Vote Hemp: "2008 Presidential Candidate Report Card" votehemp.com/voter_guide.html

Congressional Surveys, Ratings, Scorecards & Voting Records

see ACLU, ACU, ADA, ALRA, ATR, CAGW, CFG, FD, GOA, GSMM, LC, NARAL, NORML, NRA, NRLC, NTU, RLC
also see Candidate Surveys, Ratings & Scorecards

American Civil Liberites Union (ACLU): National Freedom Scorecard action.aclu.org/site/VoteCenter?page=voteList, scorecard.aclu.org, votesmart.org/issue_rating_detail.php?sig_id=003415M
US Senators action.aclu.org/site/VoteCenter?JServSessionIdr011=1moyjmy2j3.app23a&congress=109&location=S&page=congScorecard
US Reps action.aclu.org/site/VoteCenter?JServSessionIdr011=1moyjmy2j3.app23a&congress=109&location=H&page=congScorecard

American Conservative Union (ACU)

acuratings.org, conservative.org
2004-2005 US Congress acuratings.org/2005all.htm
2004-2005 US Senators acuratings.org/2005Senate.htm

2005 US Senate Standouts conservative.org/archive2/senate.asp
2005 "Best and Brightest": 100% George Allen, Samuel D Brownback, Conrad Burns, Thomas Allen Coburn, Michael D Crapo, John Ensign, James M Inhofe, John H Isakson, Jon Kyl, Mel Martinez, Mitch McConnell, Jefferson B Sessions
2005 "Worst of the Worst": 0% Jon Corzine, Richard Durbin, Edward M Kennedy, Frank Lautenberg, Patrick Leahy, Patty Murray, Jack Reed, Paul Sarbanes

2004-2005 US Reps acuratings.org/2005House.htm

2005 US House Standouts conservative.org/archive2/house.asp
2005 "Best and Brightest": 100% (38)
2005 "Worst of the Worst": 0% (65)

2005 US Congress votesmart.org/issue_rating_detail.php?sig_id=004177M

American Land Rights Association (ALRA)

2004 US Congress votesmart.org/issue_rating_detail.php?sig_id=002953M

Median: 57%
Most Favorable: 100% (118)
Least Favorable: 0% (131)

Americans for Democratic Action (ADA): 2005 US Congress votesmart.org/issue_rating_detail.php?sig_id=004110M

Americans for Tax Reform (ATR)

US Congress Ratings and Awards atr.org/national/ratings/index.html
2005 US Congress votesmart.org/issue_rating_detail.php?sig_id=004235M&sort=namelastname

Median: 75%
Most Favorable: 100% Roscoe G Bartlett, John A Boehner, Charles T Hage, John D Hayworth, Mel Matinez, Stevan E Pearce, George P Radanovich, Mark E Souder
Least Favorable: 0% Leonard L Boswell, Kent Conrad, Byron L Dorgan, Richard J Durbin, Barack H Obama

Christian Coalition: US Congress cc.org/scorecards/scorecards98.html, email coalition@cc.org

Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW)

US Congress votesmart.org/issue_rating_detail.php?sig_id=003857M

Median: 40%
Most Favorable: 100% Tom C Feeney, Jeff Flake; 98% Steven J Chabot, Edward R Royce; 97% Jim W DeMint, E Scott Garrett, Jeb Hensarling, John B Shedegg
Least Favorable: 0% (26)

Club For Growth (CFG)

2006 US Senators clubforgrowth.org/2007/03/the_2006_congressional_scoreca_1.php

Median: 43%
Most Favorable: 100% Thomas Allen Coburn, Jim W DeMint, John E Sununu; 99% Michael B Enzi; 98% Samuel D Brownback; 94% (4)
Least Favorable: 0% (17)

2006 US Reps clubforgrowth.org/2007/03/the_2006_congressional_scoreca.php

Median: 39%
Most Favorable: 100% Jeff Flake, Jeb Hensarling, John B Shedegg; 98% Trent Franks; 97% Mike Pence; 94% Steve A King
Least Favorable: 0% Tammy Baldwin, Janice D Schakowsky, David Wu; 1% Diane E Watson; 4% (15)

Congressional Quarterly: Vote Watch pathfinder.com/@@c9GgYQcAFLAE9o@8/CQ/index.html

CongressionalReportCards.org: service of Voter Information Service
vis.org/crc/default.aspx, congressionalreportcards.org

Eagle Forum: US Congress eagleforum.org/vote, email eagle@eagleforum.org

Freedom Democrats: freedomdemocrats.org
2005 US Senators freedomdemocrats.org/node/526
2005 US Reps freedomdemocrats.org/HouseScorecard01Total

FreedomWorks: freedomworks.org/capitol_watch/candidate/index.php, cse.org/capitol_watch/candidate/index.php, email cse@cse.org

Gun Owners of America (GOA)

votesmart.org/issue_rating_detail.php?sig_id=004054M, gunowners.org/activism.htm

Median: %
Most Favorable: 100%
Least Favorable: 0%

Human Rights Campaign: Congressional Scorecards hrc.org/congress/votrecrd.html

Leadership Conference on Civil Rights: Voting Records Database lccr.org/vote, policy.net/cgi-bin/scorecard/searchform.cgi?ORG=Leadership+Conference+on+Civil+Rights&x=13&y=6

League of Private Property Voters: Congressional Vote Index landrights.org/_private/lppvhome.htm, policy.net/cgi-bin/scorecard/searchform.cgi?ORG=League+of+Private+Property+Voters&x=19&y=8

Liberty Committee

thelibertycommittee.org
2006 US Reps freedomdemocrats.org/node/739, freedomdemocrats.org/files/LibertyCommitteeScorecard01.html

Median: 40
Most Favorable: 130 Ronald Ernest Paul, 110 Cynthia Ann McKinney, 100 Neil Abercrombie, Bernard Sanders, Barney Frank
Least Favorable: 0 Jo Ann Emerson, Katherine Harris, Darrell E Issa, John R Kuhl Jr, John L Mica, W Curtis Weldon

Marijuana Policy Project: Members of Congress Who Have Co-Sponsored Medical Marijuana Bills mpp.org/mmj_support.html

MichiganVotes.org: michiganvotes.org

National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League (NARAL)

2005 US Congress votesmart.org/issue_rating_detail.php?sig_id=004074M

Median: 10%
Most Favorable: 100% (175)
Least Favorable: 0% (264)

National Hispanic Leadership Agenda: Congressional Scorecard hispanicagenda.org, lulac.org/NHLA.html

National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML)

2005 US Reps votesmart.org/issue_rating_detail.php?sig_id=003784M

Median: -3
Most Favorable: +19 James A McDermott, George Miller, Fortney H Stark; +18 Maurice D Hinchey ; +16 (16); +14 (2); +13 (8)
Least Favorable: -10 Mark E Souder, F James Sensenbrenner; -3 (251)

National Rifle Association (NRA)

2004 US Congress votesmart.org/issue_rating_detail.php?sig_id=003284M

Median: A-
Most Favorable: A+ (19)
Least Favorable: F (131)

National Right To Life Committee (NRLC)

2005-2006 US Reps capwiz.com/nrlc/scorecard/?chamber=H&session=109&x=11&y=10
2005-2006 US Senators capwiz.com/nrlc/scorecard/?chamber=S&session=109&x=9&y=10
2003-2004 US Congress votesmart.org/issue_rating_detail.php?sig_id=003163M

Median: 64%
Most Favorable: 100% (160)
Least Favorable: 0% (140)

National Taxpayers Union (NTU)

ntu.org/main/misc.php?MiscID=13, ntu.org/main/misc.php?MiscID=12, ntu.org/main/components/ratescongress
2005 US Congress votesmart.org/issue_rating_detail.php?sig_id=004117M