2009 Scorecard: Snapshot of the Numbers

Current Averages

Scorecard 2009 2008
Average of all Assemblymembers 60% 61%
Average Assembly Republican Score 13% 14%
Average Assembly Independent Score 86% -
Average Assembly Democrat Score 87% 93%
Perfect 100s      
(Ammiano, Brownley, Chesbro, Feuer, Huffman, Krekorian, B. Lowenthal, Monning, Nava, Salas, Saldaña, Skinner)		 12 19
Average of all Senators 55% 60%
Average Senate Republican Score 9% 12%
Average Senate Democrat Score 82% 90%
Perfect 100s      
(Corbett, Hancock, Leno, A. Lowenthal, Pavley, Simitian, Wiggins)		 7 9
Governor 28% 60%

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 Obama: 63% favorable

Congress: 39% favorable (29% in 2008)

Governor Schwarzenegger: 30% favorable (38% in 2008)

State Legislature: 21% favorable (21% in 2008)

Californians’ Opinions on Global Warming2

75% of Californians believe steps should be taken right away to counter global warming.

61% of Californians believe the effects of global warming have already begun.

49% of Californians would support using a cap and trade system to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, and 56% would support a carbon tax.

California’s green economy: Where we are, and where we’re heading3

Dollars saved by consumers over the past 35 years due to California’s energy efficiency policies: $56 billion

Number of full-time jobs created by these policies: 1.5 million

Investment in clean technology in California in 2008 (nearly double the investment in the previous year): $3.3 billion

Growth of “green” California businesses providing products and services that conserve resources and reduce environmental impacts since 1995: 28%

CLCV Results

Number of CLCV Member Action Campaigns in 2009: 24

Number of CLCV members who made calls to their legislator through our MAC program in 2009: 626

1 September 2009 poll “Californians and their Government,” Public Policy Institute of California

2 July 2009 poll “Californians and the Environment,” Public Policy Institute of California

3 2009 report “California Green Innovation Index 2009,” Next 10