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–CIOLegislative Scorecard - AFL–CIO American Civil Liberties UnionACLU's Legislative Scorecard 2018 - American Civil Liberties Union American Conservative Union Americans for Democratic ActionADA Voting Records - Americans for Democratic Action Americans for ProsperityAFP Scorecard - Americans for Prosperity Family Research CouncilFRC Action Vote Scorecard - Family Research Council FreedomWorksCongressional Scorecards - FreedomWorks Heritage ActionScorecard - Heritage Action Human Rights CampaignCongressional Scorecard - Human Rights Campaign Humane SocietyHumane Scorecard League of Conservation VotersNational Environmental Scorecard - League of Conservation Voters NAACPCivil Rights Legislative Report Cards - NAACP National Taxpayers UnionNTU Rates Congress - National Taxpayers Union Planned ParenthoodPlanned Parenthood Congressional Scorecard Progressive Public Health and Environmental Scorecard (National Nurses United, Food & Water Watch, and Progressive Democrats of America)Progressive Public Health and Environmental Scorecard - National Nurses United
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