Legislative scorecard explained

A legislative scorecard, in North American parlance, refers to any ranked balanced scorecard used by advocacy groups to rank sitting legislators or candidates for legislative office on their voting record. It is also used to refer to ranked indexes of introduced or ratified legislation on certain criteria.

Scorecards are usually aggregated on an annual basis, and are often composed by political advocacy groups as educative tools for voters in their decision-making at the ballot box. They are also useful for endorsement of candidates by other organizations.

Notable legislative scorecards

• AFL–CIO^[1]
• American Civil Liberties Union^[2]
• American Conservative Union^[3]
• Americans for Democratic Action^[4]
• Americans for Prosperity^[5]
• Family Research Council^[6]
• FreedomWorks^[7]
• Heritage Action^[8]
• Human Rights Campaign^[9]
• Humane Society^[10]
• League of Conservation Voters^[11]
• NAACP^[12]
• National Taxpayers Union^[13]
• Planned Parenthood^[14]
• Progressive Public Health and Environmental Scorecard (National Nurses United, Food & Water Watch, and Progressive Democrats of America)^[15]

Notes and References

1. https://aflcio.org/legislative-scorecard Legislative Scorecard
2. https://www.aclu.org/other/legislative-scorecard-2018 ACLU's Legislative Scorecard 2018
3. Web site: Legislative Ratings | The American Conservative Union . Conservative.org . 2012-07-17.
4. https://adaction.org/ada-voting-records/ ADA Voting Records
5. https://americansforprosperity.org/national-scorecard AFP Scorecard
6. https://www.frcaction.org/scorecard FRC Action Vote Scorecard
7. http://congress.freedomworks.org/ Congressional Scorecards
8. https://heritageaction.com/scorecard Scorecard
9. http://www.hrc.org/resources/entry/congressional-scorecard-for-the-111th-congress/ Congressional Scorecard
10. http://www.hslf.org/our-work/humane-scorecard.html Humane Scorecard
11. http://scorecard.lcv.org/ National Environmental Scorecard
12. https://www.naacp.org/report-cards/ Civil Rights Legislative Report Cards
13. http://www.ntu.org/on-capitol-hill/ntu-rates-congress/ NTU Rates Congress
14. https://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/congressional-scorecard Planned Parenthood Congressional Scorecard
15. https://www.nationalnursesunited.org/scorecard Progressive Public Health and Environmental Scorecard