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'''The League of Conservation Voters''' (LCV) is a United States political action committee founded in 1969 to turn "environmental values into national priorities, LCV’s mission is to advocate for sound environmental policies and to elect pro-environmental candidates who will adopt and implement such policies." <ref>http://www.lcv.org/about-lcv/</ref> They endorsed [[Barack Obama]] and congressional [[Democrat]]s in 2008. Occasionally the LCV endorses [[liberal]] [[Republican]]s such as [[Susan Collins]], [[Christopher Shays]], [[Michael Castle]] and [[Mark Kirk]].
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'''The League of Conservation Voters''' (LCV) is a United States political action committee founded in 1969 to turn "environmental values into national priorities. Despite its name, the organization actually favors [[environmentalism]] over [[conservation]]. LCV’s mission is to advocate for sound environmental policies and to elect pro-environmental candidates who will adopt and implement such policies." <ref>http://www.lcv.org/about-lcv/</ref> They endorsed [[Barack Obama]] and congressional [[Democrat]]s in 2008. Occasionally the LCV endorses [[liberal]] [[Republican]]s such as [[Susan Collins]], [[Christopher Shays]], [[Michael Castle]] and [[Mark Kirk]].
==References==
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[[Category:Misnomers]]
[[Category:Environmentalism]]
[[Category:Environmentalism]]
[[Category:United States Political Organizations]]
[[Category:United States Political Organizations]]