American Conservative Union
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| Founded | 1964 |
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| Headquarters | 1007 Cameron St. Alexandria, VA 22314 |
| Website | [American Conservative Union] |
The American Conservative Union (ACU) is an American political organization advocating conservative policies, and is the oldest such conservative lobbying organization in the country.
It is well-known for its annual ranking of politicians according to how they voted on key issues, providing a numerical indicator of how much the lawmakers agreed with conservative ideals. These scores are often used in political science research, in news stories and in election campaigns.
The ACU publishes Battleline, an online e-magazine every few weeks on issues they think are important to the conservative movement.
Perhaps ACU's most famous event is the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) which according to their press releases is put on by the ACUF, a foundation within the group. CPAC has an annual attendance of many thousands. Speakers regularly include sitting and former presidents and other famous conservatives. This year the most viewed speaker was Rush Limbaugh who spoke last and whose speech was covered live on multiple cable news networks and CSPAN.
The ACU was founded in December 1964 following the defeat of Barry Goldwater. The current chairman of the ACU is David Keene, who has held that position since 1984.
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