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Ryan McDougle's Ratings and Endorsements on Issue: Environment

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Vote Smart displays all known interest group ratings for each candidate and official, regardless of issue or bias.

Keep in mind that ratings done by special interest groups often do not represent a non-partisan stance. In addition, some groups select votes that tend to favor members of one political party over another, rather than choosing votes based solely on issue concerns. Nevertheless, they can be invaluable in showing where an incumbent has stood on a series of votes in the past one or two years, especially when ratings by groups on all sides of an issue are compared. Website links, if available, and descriptions of the organizations offering performance evaluations are accessible by clicking on the name of the group.

With rare exceptions, Vote Smart displays interest group ratings as a 0-100 percentage. While many interest groups use percentages as ratings to begin with, please note that Vote Smart has translated some ratings to a percentage from a different rating system for consistency and ease in understanding. Please visit the group's website, email us at ratings@votesmart.org or call our Voter Information Hotline at 1-888-VOTESMART for more specific information.

41%
2021
41%
2022
40%
2021
11%
2021
44%
2020
35%
2020
50%
2019
45%
2019
45%
2018
50%
2018
42%
2017
44%
2017
45%
2016
43%
2016
50%
2015
45%
2015
50%
2014
44%
2013
64%
2013
44%
2012
50%
2011
38%
2010
10%
2009
25%
2008
40
2007
14%
2006
50%
2005
33%
2004
80%
2003
100%
2002
41%
2000-2011
40%
2000-2010
30%
2022
29%
2021
9%
2021
33%
2019
36%
2019
50%
2018
41%
2017
36%
2017
17%
2016
36%
2015-2019
36%
2015-2019
40%
2015
44%
2014-2018
44%
2014-2018
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