Presidential Candidates 2000

Presidential Candidates for November 7, 2000 Election
Evaluating candidates on substance not personality, real deeds not rhetoric.
Election Results for November 2000 Special Polling and Vote Exchange Page

The candidate scores below are relative to every other candidate, not absolute measurements. The scores are a quick way to see the differences from our measurement of the candidate's records and alignments. The issues selected are ones this site feels are basic to making progress on all other issues (click-here to see those issues defined and why they were chosen).

See which candidate received the highest (best) scores on the issues that concern you.
Please click-on the details next to the candidate's name to determine why we gave the candidate a particular score.

Al Gore, Democrat (links about Gore, score details)
10 is the best and 1 is the worst score
Campaign, Election Reform: 7
Judicial Reform Civil: 5 Criminal: 6
Media Reform: 2
Environmental 5 and Animal Protection: 3
Basic Human Rights: 4
Sustainable Economics :6

George W. Bush, Republican (links about Bush, score details)
10 is the best and 1 is the worst score
Campaign, Election Reform: 2
Judicial Reform Civil: 5 Criminal: 3
Media Reform: 2
Environmental 2 and Animal Protection: 1
Basic Human Rights: 2
Sustainable Economics : 4

Ralph Nader, Green Party (links about Nader, score details)
10 is the best and 1 is the worst score
Campaign, Election Reform: 10
Judicial Reform Civil: 5 Criminal: 8
Media Reform: 9
Environmental 8 and Animal Protection: 6
Basic Human Rights: 8
Sustainable Economics: 7

Pat Buchanan, Reform Party (links about Buchanan, score details)
10 is the best and 1 is the worst score
Campaign, Election Reform: 7
Judicial Reform Civil: ? Criminal: ?
Media Reform: 2
Environmental and Animal Protection: 4
Basic Human Rights: 4
Sustainable Economics : 5

John Hagelin, Natural Law Party / Reform Party
(links about Hagelin, score details)
10 is the best and 1 is the worst score
Campaign, Election Reform: 8
Judicial Reform Civil: ? Criminal: 8
Media Reform: ?
Environmental 9 and Animal Protection: 8
Basic Human Rights: 6
Sustainable Economics : 7

Harry Browne, Libertarian Party
(links about Browne, score details)
10 is the best and 1 is the worst score
Campaign, Election Reform: 1
Judicial Reform Civil: ? Criminal: 5
Media Reform: ?
Environmental and Animal Protection: 4
Basic Human Rights: 7
Sustainable Economics : 6

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