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Charles Poindexter's Ratings and Endorsements

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.

95%
2011-2012
99%
2018
95%
2020
98%
2019
98%
2018
100%
2017
99%
2017
99%
2016
97%
2016
100%
2015
100%
2014
100%
2013
98%
2012
90%
2019
90%
2019
86%
2018
86%
2018
92%
2017
92%
2017
92%
2017
92%
2017
92%
2016
92%
2016
93%
2015
93%
2015
93%
2014-2015
93%
2014-2015
93%
2014
93%
2014
100%
2013
100%
2013
61%
2013
61%
2013
79%
2012
79%
2012
87%
2012
87%
2012
77%
2012
77%
2012
95%
2012
95%
2012
69%
2012
69%
2012
77
2010
77
2010
90%
2010
90%
2010
65
2010
65
2010
84
2010
84
2010
93%
2009
93%
2009
51
2009
51
2009
66
2009
66
2009
80
2009
80
2009
87
2008
87
2008
100%
2020
94%
2018-2019
100%
2016-2017
100%
2014-2015
95%
2013
100%
2010-2011
100%
2008-2009
76%
2019
71%
2018
100%
2018
71%
2017
80%
2017
69%
2016
55%
2016
94%
2015
85%
2014
60%
2013
67%
2012-2017
50%
2012
33%
2004-2014
34%
2021
23%
2021
25%
2019
38%
2019
14%
2018
26%
2017
30%
2017
33%
2016
25%
2015-2019
25%
2015-2019
13%
2015
23%
2014-2018
23%
2014-2018
100%
2020
94%
2018-2019
100%
2016-2017
100%
2014-2015
95%
2013
100%
2010-2011
100%
2008-2009
26%
2019
26%
2019
0%
2018
27%
2018
27%
2018
0%
2017
23%
2017
23%
2017
27%
2016
27%
2016
0%
2016
26%
2015
26%
2015
0%
2015
20%
2014
20%
2014
0%
2014
14%
2012
14%
2012
0%
2010
0%
2009
0
2008
0%
2020
0%
2020
2%
2019
2%
2019
100%
2020-2021
100%
2020
100%
2020
94%
2018-2019
94%
2018-2019
100%
2016-2017
100%
2016-2017
100%
2014-2015
100%
2014-2015
95%
2013
95%
2013
100%
2010-2011
100%
2010-2011
100%
2008-2009
100%
2008-2009
76%
2019
76%
2019
88%
2019
100%
2018
71%
2018
71%
2018
100%
2018
71%
2017
71%
2017
80%
2017
80%
2017
69%
2016
55%
2016
55%
2016
69%
2016
94%
2015
94%
2015
85%
2014
85%
2014
60%
2013
60%
2013
67%
2012-2017
67%
2012-2017
50%
2012
50%
2012
33%
2004-2014
33%
2004-2014
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