PVS Survey 2012: OnTheissues.org Notebooks

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Click on the 2012 PVS Surveys below for summaries of politicians' issue stances....

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Former Gov. Mitt Romney (R, MA)
No Apology

Rep. Paul Ryan (R, WI)
Young Guns

Pres. Barack Obama
The Audacity of Hope

V.P. Joe Biden
Promises to Keep

Former Rep. Ron Paul
End the Fed

Former Pres. George W. Bush
Decision Points

Former Gov. Sarah Palin (R, AK)
America By Heart

Secy. of State Hillary Clinton
Living History

Former Pres. Bill Clinton
My Life

Gov. Jesse Ventura
American Conspiracies

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Following are issue stance summaries by Project Vote Smart's 2012 "Congressional Political Courage Test". These represent the organization's inferred summary of numerous candidates' policy stances. Project Vote Smart, a non-partisan group, asks candidates to respond to their Political Courage Test, but most do not reply, so their answers are inferred. In 2012, of the 78 newcomers to the House of Representatives, only 9 had "100% Courage" (to use Project Vote Smart's term) -- that's only 11%. Some of those newcomers -- another 14 -- had previousy answered an earler year's National Political Awareness Test, bringing the response rate for newcomers to 29% total. Most of the rest of the 78 newcomers have "inferred" answers (which is the same process that OnTheIssues uses); we include those inferences here.

Those who DO reply to the Political Courage Test get excerpted on our 2012 Congressional NPAT page, using the alternative title, "National Political Awareness Test.")

Votes which include "VoteMatch Usage" are scored as VoteMatch quiz responses. Those without a VoteMatch usage are included only on each candidate's main issues page.

Other organizational candidate surveys:

Early bills from 113th Congress. Bill sponsorships and letters from early in 2013 in the U.S. House, U.S. Senate, and Governors.
2013 incoming House Freshmen surveys. Newly elected U.S. House members from the 2012 elections, rated by numerous organizations. (Same without older survey comparisons)
2012 Christian Coalition voter guide. Newly elected candidates from the 2012 House, Senate, and Gubernatorial elections.
2012 Project Vote Smart: Congressional Political Courage Test.
Surveys 2011: Latest survey update through 2011.
Surveys: Collection of all surveys in one summary.
2010 Christian Coalition voter guide. From the 2010 Congressional and Gubernatorial elections.
2010 Faith2Action.org voter guide. From "the nation's largest network of pro-family groups."
2010 Project Vote Smart: Congressional Political Courage Test.
Contract From America: 2010 House candidates' set of campaign pledges.
Contract With America: 1994 House candidates' set of campaign pledges.
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