📚 Summer school. Cory A. Booker holds 4 of seven stars — but fails a critical Article (Open Books & Free & Fair Elections). Assignment: summer school for Civics, watch every Schoolhouse Rock episode five times, and submit a one-page report — due before the end of the year. Report to summer school →
“…the property of the people.” — Cicero, De Re Publica
Own campaign is 2.7% PAC, but Runs Purpose PAC, a leadership PAC that has accepted corporate/PAC money per OpenSecrets. Running a corporate-funded leadership PAC fails Open Books. (FEC/OpenSecrets 2026)
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2Free & Fair Electionscritical
42%☆ not yet
“The ballot is stronger than the bullet.” — Abraham Lincoln
Endorsed Prop 50 alongside Obama and Warren (CA Dem Party; AOL, Oct 2025). Backing a partisan gerrymander fails Free & Fair Elections.
60
3The Dignity of the Opponent
82%★ earned
“Treat humanity … always as an end and never as a means only.” — Kant
Frames politics around 'radical love' and common dignity; his 2025 record 25-hour speech criticized policy, not people.
60
4Fear Is Not Fuel
72%★ earned
“…the better angels of our nature.” — Lincoln, First Inaugural
Largely aspirational and hope-oriented, though the marathon speech warned of democratic threats.
60
5Truth & a Kept Word
75%★ earned
“…living within the truth.” A representative owes “his judgment.” — Havel · Burke
Generally solid fact-check record; occasional oratorical overstatement but no pattern of falsehood.
60
6Against the Spirit of Party
45%☆ not yet
“The baneful effects of the spirit of party.” — Washington, Farewell Address
Mostly votes with his party; not a notable cross-party maverick.
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7Morality
78%★ earned
“The time is always right to do what is right.” — Martin Luther King Jr.
No corruption or personal-ethics finding on record.
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Scores are Independent 2026’s own editorial read against the Seven Articles — ≥60% earns the star. The first two Articles are critical: fail Open Books or Free & Fair Elections and there is no seal, whatever else holds. Each Article carries its founding quote as the yardstick. On bias →