League of Conservation Voters Scorecard

For over 50 years, LCV’s National Environmental Scorecard has been the definitive resource for holding members of Congress accountable on environmental and democracy-related votes. As one of LCV’s most recognized initiatives, the Scorecard needed to be as modern, accessible, and engaging as the rest of the organization’s digital presence.

The Challenge

The existing Scorecard website, built on Drupal 7, required a full redesign before the platform reached end-of-life. But beyond technical necessity, integrating the Scorecard into LCV.org posed a unique challenge: maintaining more than five decades of historical voting records for every member of Congress since 1970. This meant ensuring continuity in legislator records as members changed chambers or districts, preserving nuanced scoring decisions—including how excused votes were handled—and architecting a solution that could support this complex dataset with integrity.

To build a system that was both reliable and sustainable, we needed to create solutions that both utilized available APIs and supported import functionality to ensure comprehensive and up-to-date data going forward, while intentionally upholding the Scorecard’s well-established standards of accuracy and consistency.

Our Solution

We redesigned and integrated the National Environmental Scorecard into the main LCV.org site, creating a more streamlined, impactful experience. Our work included:

• A Unified Experience – The Scorecard is now fully integrated into LCV.org, providing a consistent user journey across LCV’s digital ecosystem.
• Historical Data Integrity – We designed a robust data architecture that maintains complete and accurate voting records, ensuring legislators’ histories remain intact even as they change districts or roles.
• Enhanced Data Accessibility – Users can easily search for legislators by name, state, or ZIP code to view detailed voting records, lifetime scores, and issue-specific insights.
• Dynamic & Engaging Features – Interactive elements, infographics, and social sharing tools make Scorecard data more accessible and actionable.
• Scalable & Secure Infrastructure – Built within LCV’s WordPress multisite, the new Scorecard is mobile-friendly, highly secure, and optimized for performance.