2008 Scorecard: Snapshot of the Numbers

 

Current Averages

Scorecard 2008 2007
Average of all Assemblymembers 61% 58%
Average Assembly Republican Score 14% 5%
Average Assembly Democrat Score 93% 94%
Perfect 100s      
(Beall, Berg, Brownley, DeSaulnier, Eng, Feuer, Hancock, Hayashi, Huffman, Jones, Karnette, Laird, Leno, Levine, Lieber, Nava, Ruskin, Saldaña)		 19 29
Assembly Republicans 50% or better 0 0
Assembly Democrats 50% or lower 1 2
Average of all Senators 60% 59%
Average Senate Republican Score 12% 9%
Average Senate Democrat Score 90% 89%
Perfect 100s      
(Corbett, Kehoe, Kuehl, A. Lowenthal, Ridley-Thomas, Scott, Simitian, Vincent, Wiggins)		 9 11
Senate Republicans 50% or better 0 0
Senate Democrats 50% or lower 1 1
Governor 60% 63%

Historical Averages

Average Assembly Scores
  1990 1995 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Assembly Democrats 94 85 98 83 86 94 85 86 87 94 93 87
Assembly Republicans 24 21 16 6 5 4 6 4 6 5 14 13
 
Average Senate Scores
  1990 1995 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Senate Democrats 84 76 98 92 92 83 87 91 89 89 90 82
Senate Republicans 34 14 11 8 4 3 1.5 5 6 9 12 9
 
Governors' Scores
  1990 1995 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Score 41 21 75 85 72 100 58 58 50 63 60 28
Governor  Deukmejian  Wilson  Davis  Schwarzenegger

Read more at GreenGov2010.org: "California Governors since 1975: A Mixed Record"

 

Californians’ Approval Ratings1

President Bush (27% in 2007): 27%

Congress (33% in 2007): 29%

Governor Schwarzenegger (50% in 2007): 38%

State Legislature (a record low—34% in 2007): 21%

Californians’ Opinions on the Environment2

23% of Californians believe air pollution is the most important environmental problem facing the state.

10% of Californians believe global warming is the most important environmental problem facing the state.

80% of Californians believe steps should be taken right away to curb global warming, an increase of 7 percentage points since 2003.

51% of California adults favor offshore drilling, an alarming ten-point jump in one year.

California: Where we are, and where we’re heading

Number of power plants that did not need to be built between 1975 and 2003 because of energy savings from California utility efficiency programs and appliance and building standards3: 24

The approximate amount of venture capital investment in California energy technology companies in 20003: $200 million

In 20053: $375 million

In 20063: $900 million

Amount of increase in total household income in California through California’s plan to implement AB 32 greenhouse gas reduction targets, by 20204: $48 billion

Number of jobs that could be created through that process4: 403,000

CLCV Results

Number of CLCV Member Action Campaigns in 2008: 17

Number of CLCV members who made calls to their legislator through our MAC program in 2008: 463

Number of volunteers recruited for CLCV-endorsed candidates through our MAC program: 135

1 September 2008 poll “Californians and their Government,” Public Policy Institute of California

2 July 2008 poll “Californians and the Environment,” Public Policy Institute of California

3 November 2007 report “California Green Innovation Index,” Next 10

4 October 2008 report “Energy Efficiency, Innovation, and Job Creation in California” by David Roland-Holst, Center for Energy, Resources, and Economic Stability, University of California-Berkeley

 
 
 

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