Special Interest Group Ratings of 2008 Presidential Primary Candidates
Only includes current US Senators and Representatives. All scores are percentages based
on voting records. All organizations are Google-able but not all sites list the scores.
This chart is a compilation from individual candidate profiles at www.vote-smart.org.
Most scores should be self-explanatory from the name of the organization except for
US Sustainable Population. Their scoring system is the average of votes cast on
three categories: Conservation/Consumption/Preservation + Immigration + Natural Increase.
Organization
|
Biden
|
Clinton
|
Dodd
|
Hunter
|
Kucinich
|
McCain
|
Obama
|
Paul
|
Period
|
American Land Rights Association
|
11
|
11
|
11
|
91
|
9
|
56
|
11
|
73
|
2006
|
American Wind Energy Association
|
NA
|
100
|
NA
|
100
|
0
|
NA
|
100
|
NA
|
2006
|
American Lands Alliance
|
68
|
93
|
80
|
0
|
93
|
10
|
50
|
31
|
Lifetime
|
American Wilderness Coalition
|
100
|
100
|
83
|
0
|
100
|
16
|
100
|
33
|
2005-2006
|
US Sustainable Population
|
71
|
69
|
67
|
31
|
76
|
20
|
69
|
43
|
2005-2006
|
Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund
|
91
|
82
|
91
|
0
|
100
|
40
|
82
|
34
|
2005-2006
|
League of Conservation Voters
|
84
|
90
|
77
|
NA
|
92
|
26
|
96
|
30
|
Lifetime
|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Campaign Contributions
Compiled from individual profiles at www.opensecrets.org.
For each Party, candidates are listed in descending order of money raised.
Based on reports up to October, 2007. A few things have changed since then;
for instance, Huckabee and Paul have raised more money and might be higher
in the standings, although most of the money raised in behalf of Paul did not
go to his war chest. It's all rounded to the nearest percent, so I assume that
if you see 0% listed for PAC but percentages listed in the PAC sources
column, the candidate has raised less than 0.5% of his/her total from PACs.
Contribution
Sources
|
Clinton
|
Obama
|
Edwards
|
Richardson
|
Dodd
|
Biden
|
Kucinich
|
Gravel
|
Individual
|
88
|
99
|
99
|
98
|
60
|
74
|
99
|
81
|
PAC
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
4
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
Self-financed
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
19
|
Federal
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Other
|
12
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
35
|
25
|
0
|
0
|
PAC Sources
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Business
|
56
|
26
|
4
|
60
|
79
|
60
|
0
|
0
|
Labor
|
11
|
0
|
52
|
27
|
3
|
21
|
99
|
0
|
Idealogical
|
33
|
74
|
44
|
13
|
18
|
19
|
1
|
100
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Romney
|
Giuliani
|
McCain
|
Thompson
|
Paul
|
Huckabee
|
Hunter
|
Keyes
|
Individual
|
71
|
95
|
94
|
99
|
100
|
98
|
93
|
100
|
PAC
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
Self-financed
|
28
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
Federal
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Other
|
1
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
PAC Sources
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Business
|
60
|
70
|
72
|
40
|
77
|
60
|
54
|
0
|
Labor
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
7
|
0
|
Idealogical
|
40
|
29
|
27
|
60
|
23
|
40
|
39
|
0
|
Disclaimer: This info was probably outdated on the date of posting: 12/29/07
This page is another of the many sporadic services of PeakViews.com