Barack Obama II's Ratings and Endorsements
2012 Endorsements
- AFSCME Council 5
- Alabama AFL-CIO
- Amalgamated Transit Union
- Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689
- American Federation of Government Employees
- American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)
- American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME)
- American Federation of Teachers
- American Nurses Association
- American Postal Workers Union
- Arkansas AFL-CIO
- Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers
- California Environmental Voters
- California Nurses Association
- Clean Water Action
- Cleveland Stonewall Democrats
- Communications Workers of America
- Delaware AFL-CIO
- Environment America
- Environment Michigan
- Environment New Jersey
- Environment North Carolina
- Equal Rights Washington
- Equality Michigan
- Fair Wisconsin
- Feminist Majority Political Action Committee
- Greater New Orleans AFL-CIO
- Health Professionals and Allied Employees
- Human Rights Campaign
- Independent Voters of Illinois
- International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees
- International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
- International Brotherhood of Teamsters
- International Union of Bricklayers & Allied Craftworkers
- Lambda Independent Democrats of Brooklyn
- League of Conservation Voters
- Massachusetts Nurses Association
- Missouri AFL-CIO
- NARAL Pro-Choice America
- National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC)
- National Education Association (NEA)
- National Organization for Women (NOW)
- National Organization of Women - New York
- Nevada Faculty Alliance
- Nevada State Education Association
- New Jersey AFL-CIO
- New Jersey Citizen Action PAC
- New Mexico Federation of Labor (AFL-CIO)
- New York State Public Employees Federation
- Northside Democracy for America
- Ohio AFL-CIO
- Ohio Sierra Club
- Oregon Nurses Association
- PennEnvironment
- Pennsylvania AFL-CIO
- Planned Parenthood Action Fund
- Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin
- Planned Parenthood Illinois Action
- Progressive Women's Alliance of West Michigan
- Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
- Sierra Club
- Sierra Club Missouri Chapter
- Sierra Club, Rocky Mountain Chapter
- Tennessee AFL-CIO
- The Campaign for a Pro-Choice New York
- United Association
- United Farm Workers of America
- United Steelworkers
- Vermont Sierra Club
- West Virginia FREE
- Wisconsin AFL-CIO
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Education
Elections
Employment and Affirmative Action
Energy
Environment
Executive Branch
Family
Federal, State and Local Relations
Foreign Affairs
Gambling and Gaming
Government Operations
Guns
Health and Health Care
Housing and Property
Immigration
Indigenous Peoples
Judicial Branch
Labor Unions
Legislative Branch
Military Personnel
National Security
Reproduction
Science
Senior Citizens
Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
Stem Cell Research
Technology and Communication
Trade
Transportation
Unemployed and Low-Income
Veterans
Women
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