Welcome to the ACT! for America 2008 Candidate Voter Guide

ACT! for America emailed and mailed our 2008 issues questionnaire to over 1,000 candidates for President, U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives. To see a copy of the questionnaire, click here.

Every effort was made to confirm that the candidates received the questionnaire and were aware of it. Return receipts for surveys both mailed and emailed have been retained. Hundreds and hundreds of phone calls were placed to the campaigns, asking them to return the questionnaires. We also sent an email to our members encouraging them to contact candidates who had not yet completed and returned the questionnaire.

Numerous candidates, including both Senator Barack Obama and Senator John McCain, did not respond to the questionnaire. However, ACT! for America has been able to provide research on how Senators Obama and McCain stand on the issue of terrorism, and there are some clear differences.

To review the research on Senators Obama and McCain please click here. Also, you can review both senators’ voting record on key national security votes going back to 2003 by clicking on our congressional scorecard. There you will also find the voting record of Vice President candidate Senator Joe Biden.

Some candidates emailed or mailed a response in lieu of filling out the questionnaire. Those responses are posted for those candidates. All other candidates who refused to respond in any way are identified with a “Refused to Respond” stamp.

Questionnaires that were returned to us have been posted to our website for your review. The completed questionnaires that you see are precisely what we received, including any comments the candidates wished to make for any of the questions.

If a particular candidate for U.S. Senate you are interested in is listed as “Refused to Respond”, and you would like to contact this candidate’s campaign to find out why, please click here for a list of candidates who did not respond and their contact information.

If a particular candidate for U.S. House of Representatives you are interested in is listed as “Refused to Respond”, and you would like to contact this candidate’s campaign to find out why, please click here for a list of candidates who did not respond and their contact information.

Nothing contained in this voter guide section should be construed as ACT! for America endorsing or not endorsing any candidate, or favoring or not favoring any candidate. The information provided is intended for informational and educational purposes only.