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[email protected] 214.533.1996 CROWDPAC RELEASES FIRST SET OF DATA, INSIGHTS, SCORES FOR 2016 PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFULS MENLO PARK, CA, January 14, 2015 – Today, Crowdpac unveiled the first set of comprehensive data, insights and Crowdpac scores for 25 potential 2016 presidential candidates, including 7 Democrats and 18 Republicans. Based on their patented algorithm that examines campaign finance contributions, voting records, and speech, Crowdpac found that Senator Bernie Sanders (I-‐VT) was the most extreme Democrat with a score of 8.3L and on the other end of the political spectrum, Senator Rand Paul (R-‐KY) scored a 10+C. Carly Fiorina matched closest to the Republican average, while Martin O’Malley and Andrew Cuomo matched closest to the Democratic average. Additionally, Crowdpac unveiled the results of two surveys from YouGov—one of 306 political insiders and one of 306 Crowdpac users. The surveys found that Jon Huntsman is seen as having the most “presidential” character of potential Republican candidates, and Senator Ted Cruz (R-‐TX) as having the least. On the other side of the coin, Bernie Sanders is viewed as having the most “presidential” character of the potential Democratic candidates, and Governor Andrew Cuomo (D-‐ NY) as having the least. Many respondents, even self-‐identified Republicans, described New Jersey Governor Chris Christie as “arrogant,” and gave him low marks on trust and national security. “With primary speculation getting more and more intense as the days go on, these new data points, scores and insights will provide the nearly 146 million registered voters with valuable information before the exploratory committees are even formed,” said Steve Hilton, CEO and co-‐founder of Crowdpac. “Crowdpac users can now easily look up various undeclared candidates and find information that will help them form opinions and follow candidates throughout the political process. By giving information to every voter, Crowdpac is adhering to its mission of giving politics back to the people by informing them with the latest and most trusted information housed in one central location.”
Interesting findings about the two leading contenders in each party based on recent polls (Jeb Bush and Chris Christie in the Republican camp and Hillary Clinton and Elizabeth Warren in the Democratic camp): • While Elizabeth Warren is very liberal overall, she is more moderate on the issue of energy policy (4L) than all Democratic candidates except for Jim Webb (2.9L). • Hillary Clinton is more liberal than Elizabeth Warren in the policy areas of energy, fair elections, health care and immigration. • On her signature issue of banking and finance, Elizabeth Warren has an almost identical score as Hillary Clinton. • Chris Christie is the most moderate of the four top contenders. • Political donors judge Jeb Bush to be more conservative on immigration and education than common wisdom dictates: he has the same score as Rick Santorum on immigration (4.1C) and is slightly more conservative than Rick Snyder and Rick Perry on education (5.3C vs. 5.0C and 5.1C, respectively). Other surprising findings: • Bobby Jindal and Rick Santorum are more moderate on banking and finance than the average Republican (2.0C and 2.1C vs. average Republican score of 5.5C). • Ted Cruz is much more moderate when it comes to the issue area of intelligence and surveillance than the average Republican (4.0C vs. 5.2C). • Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton are the most liberal on the issue of fair elections (8.8L and 8.6L). • Chris Christie and Jon Huntsman have similar scores on most issues. • Jeb Bush and Mitt Romney have similar scores on most issues. • Martin O’Malley has similar scores to Andrew Cuomo on most issues, but is much more liberal on abortion (9.1L vs. 4.9L). • Rand Paul is more “liberal” on intelligence and surveillance than any other candidate. • Rand Paul (10.0C) is the most conservative candidate on defense and foreign policy (even more conservative than Ted Cruz, 8.1C, and Marco Rubio, 8.0C). The two identical YouGov surveys were completed in mid-‐December, and there was a quantitative and qualitative section of the survey. The quantitative aspect of the survey asked users to score effectiveness, trust and national security capability for each of the 25 candidates as well as a few famous politicians such as former Presidents. The qualitative aspect was for free response to the questions about a candidate’s vision and list of traits. About Crowdpac
Crowdpac aims to make it easier for people to engage effectively in the political process by providing citizens with objective, non-‐partisan information about political candidates and issues. Crowdpac users are able to browse data on Congressional candidates in all 50 states and 2016 Presidential hopefuls, and donate directly to their campaigns. www.crowdpac.com @Crowdpac /Crowdpac
