2010 Scorecard: Snapshot of the Numbers

 
Scorecard 2010 2009
Average of all Assemblymembers 64% 60%
Average Assembly Democrat Score 94% 87%
Average Assembly Independent Score 95% 86%
Average Assembly Republican Score 7% 13%
Perfect 100s      
(Ammiano, Bass, Beall, Blumenfield, Bradford, Brownley, Carter, Chesbro, Coto, de León, Eng, Evans, Feuer, Gatto, Hayashi, Hill, Huffman, Jones, Lieu, Lowenthal, Monning, Nava, J. Pérez, Ruskin, Salas, Saldana, Skinner, Swanson, Torlakson, Yamada)
30 12
Average of all Senators 59% 55%
Average Senate Democrat Score 91% 82%
Average Senate Republican Score 6% 9%
Perfect 100s      
(Alquist, Cedillo, Corbett, DeSaulnier, Hancock, Kehoe, Leno, Liu, A. Lowenthal, Pavley, Steinberg, Yee)
12 7
Governor 56% 28%

Historical Averages

Average Assembly Scores
  1990 1995 2000 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Assembly Democrats 94 85 98 86 87 94 93 87 94
Assembly Republicans 24 21 16 4 6 5 14 13 7
 
Average Senate Scores
  1990 1995 2000 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Senate Democrats 84 76 98 91 89 89 90 82 91
Senate Republicans 34 14 11 5 6 9 12 9 6
 
Governors' Scores
  1990 1995 2000 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Score 41 21 75 58 50 63 60 28 56
Governor  Deukmejian  Wilson  Davis  Schwarzenegger

 

Californians’ Approval Ratings1

President Obama: 52% favorable (63% in 2009)

Congress: 26% favorable (39% in 2009)

Governor Schwarzenegger: 28% favorable (30% in 2009)

State Legislature: 16% favorable (21% in 2009)

Californians’ Opinions on Global Warming2

73% of Californians say global warming is a very or somewhat serious threat to California's future economy and quality of life.

54% of Californians believe the effects of global warming have already begun.

76% of Californians support regulation of emissions from sources like power plants, cars, and factories.

"No on Proposition 23" Campaign Results

1 million environmental voters targeted

2.8 million phone calls and 3.4 million pieces of mail

900,000 get out the vote phone calls and text messages

61% of voters said "No!" to repeal of California's climate and clean energy law

CLCV Activism Results

Number of CLCV Member Action Campaigns in 2010: 25

Number of verified actions3 taken by CLCV members through our MAC program in 2010: 626

Number of individual emails sent to CLCV members and online activists: more than 900,000


1 September 2010 poll “Californians and their Government,” Public Policy Institute of California

2 July 2010 poll “Californians and the Environment,” Public Policy Institute of California

3 Pass-through phone calls and emails to legislators, and GOTV/Voter ID

 
 
 

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