Political Courage Test is fair and balanced

Tuesday, September 2, 2008 | 11:03 a.m. CDT; updated 4:16 p.m. CDT, Tuesday, September 2, 2008

As Project Vote Smart's Press Secretary, I want to address some comments about the Political Courage Test made by MU political science professor John Petrocik in the article "Candidates give lackluster response to political opinions survey." I don't believe he was presented all the facts on the test before making his comments. Professor Petrocik is quoted saying, "I suspect that it is viewed as an outlet for a particular subgroup of liberal and civic-minded activists. The topics in the questionnaire and the topics that are not in the questionnaire indicate that the organization has the sensibilities of those who are political liberals."

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