2022 Democracy Scorecard Shows Where Your Members of Congress Stand on Democracy

From Common Cause (http://www.commoncause.org):

Our members of Congress faced a series of choices about our democracy this term, like:

…passing strong federal voting rights protections, like the For The People Act, Freedom To Vote Act, and John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act…

…ensuring every voice counts in our democracy, by fixing the Senate filibuster and granting statehood to Washington D.C.

…demanding accountability for the horrific January 6th attack against our country, including impeaching former President Donald Trump.

The good news is, more members of Congress met the moment than ever before – more senators and representatives earned perfect scores on our 2022 Democracy Scorecard than in any previous Scorecard we’ve done.

But unfortunately, many, like Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), got a zero when it comes to protecting democracy – choosing fealty to former-President Trump over the oath of office they swore to protect the nation.

See how your Members did by checking out our 2022 Democracy Scorecard today at https://democracyscorecard.org/

Our democracy is facing unprecedented attacks right now – which makes protecting and strengthening our freedom to vote paramount. And many of the pro-democracy bills we scored this year would’ve become law if the filibuster didn’t exist, because they have majority support in Congress.

That’s why we’re sending you and every other Common Cause supporter this Scorecard – as a resource for all constituents to evaluate which members of Congress are working to strengthen our freedom to vote and which ones are trying to make it harder for Americans to vote.

Already, the Scorecard is making waves, with coverage in Insider, Augusta Free Press (VA) , Bucks County Beacon (PA) , Maryland Matters, Ohio Public News Service, the Rick Smith show, and elsewhere. Plus, members of Congress who’ve earned perfect scores are sharing the good news with their constituents on Twitter.

Make sure you know how your elected officials represented you by visiting democracyscorecard.org today.

*We didn’t score a handful of members of Congress who won special elections due to a vacancy and joined partway through the session because they were in office for less than a year and therefore couldn’t vote on a majority of the votes. We also didn’t score House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, both of whom championed democracy reform but frequently have to switch their votes and don’t cosponsor bills.