Our Scorecards
Don’t know who to vote for? Our youth-led policy team has developed a one-of-a-kind criteria around gun violence prevention to rate candidates and their views in key races across the country. Take a look below to see how candidates rank up on this issue.
Paid for by March For Our Lives Action Fund and not authorized by any candidate or candidate’s committee.
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Get the details on certain, key races. Find your state, and see our scorecards.
What was our methodology?
We used our Policy Agenda, “It Ends with Us,” and our five policy priority areas within that to identify what was important to us in determining if a candidate should receive a good or bad grade from us. Based on that, we developed the following questions we wanted to know candidates’ position on.
Scorecard Criteria
CRITERIA 1- Holding the Gun Lobby and Gun Industry Accountable |
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CRITERIA 2- Knowing the Root Causes of Gun Violence and Addressing Them |
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CRITERIA 3- Raising the Standards Gun Ownership |
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CRITERIA 4- Protecting our Democracy |
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CRITERIA 5- Leverage the Power of the Presidency |
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OPEN-ENDED QUESTION RE: Youth Engagement |
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We gathered the information for each candidate based on candidate interviews with campaign staff and candidates themselves, reviewed press and media coverage, and also assessed social media activity and posts for candidates and what they have said or not said regarding the important policy positions listed above.
After gathering all the appropriate information and data, the policy team reviewed and analyzed the information presented on every single candidate and determined an overall letter grade for each one.