| State | Office | District | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AK | U.S. House | At-Large | Don Young | Republican | 100% |
| AL | U.S. House | 4 | Robert Aderholt | Republican | 100% |
| AL | U.S. House | 6 | Spencer Bachus | Republican | 100% |
| AZ | U.S. Senate | Jr | Jeff Flake | Republican | 0% |
| AZ | U.S. House | 7 | Ed Pastor | Democratic | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House | 5 | Mike Thompson | Democratic | 0% |
| CA | U.S. House | 11 | George Miller | Democratic | 0% |
| CA | U.S. House | 12 | Nancy Pelosi | Democratic | 0% |
| CA | U.S. House | 13 | Barbara Lee | Democratic | 0% |
| CA | U.S. House | 17 | Mike Honda | Democratic | 0% |
| CA | U.S. House | 18 | Anna Eshoo | Democratic | 0% |
| CA | U.S. House | 19 | Zoe Lofgren | Democratic | 0% |
| CA | U.S. House | 20 | Sam Farr | Democratic | 0% |
| CA | U.S. House | 24 | Lois Capps | Democratic | 0% |
| CA | U.S. House | 25 | Buck McKeon | Republican | 0% |
| CA | U.S. House | 28 | Adam Schiff | Democratic | 0% |
| CA | U.S. House | 30 | Brad Sherman | Democratic | 0% |
| CA | U.S. House | 31 | Gary Miller | Republican | 0% |
| CA | U.S. House | 32 | Grace Napolitano | Democratic | 0% |
| CA | U.S. House | 33 | Henry Waxman | Democratic | 0% |
| CA | U.S. House | 34 | Xavier Becerra | Democratic | 0% |
| CA | U.S. House | 39 | Ed Royce | Republican | 0% |
| CA | U.S. House | 40 | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Democratic | 0% |
| CA | U.S. House | 42 | Ken Calvert | Republican | 0% |
| CA | U.S. House | 43 | Maxine Waters | Democratic | 0% |
| CA | U.S. House | 46 | Loretta Sanchez | Democratic | 0% |
| CA | U.S. House | 48 | Dana Rohrabacher | Republican | 0% |
| CA | U.S. House | 49 | Darrell Issa | Republican | 0% |
| CA | U.S. House | 53 | Susan Davis | Democratic | 0% |
| CA | Mayor | At-Large | Bob Filner | Democratic | 0% |
| CO | U.S. Senate | Sr | Mark Udall | Democratic | 0% |
| CO | U.S. House | 1 | Diana DeGette | Democratic | 0% |
| CO | State Board of Education | 4 | Robert Schaffer | Republican | 100% |
| CT | U.S. House | 1 | John Larson | Democratic | 0% |
| CT | U.S. House | 3 | Rosa DeLauro | Democratic | 0% |
| FL | U.S. House | 4 | Ander Crenshaw | Republican | 100% |
| FL | U.S. House | 5 | Corrine Brown | Democratic | 100% |
| FL | U.S. House | 7 | John Mica | Republican | 100% |
| FL | U.S. House | 13 | Bill Young | Republican | 100% |
| FL | U.S. House | 20 | Alcee Hastings, Sr. | Democratic | 100% |
| FL | U.S. House | 27 | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | Republican | 0% |
| FL | Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services | Adam Putnam | Republican | 100% | |
| GA | U.S. Senate | Sr | Saxby Chambliss | Republican | 100% |
| GA | U.S. Senate | Jr | Johnny Isakson | Republican | 100% |
| GA | U.S. House | 1 | Jack Kingston | Republican | 100% |
| GA | U.S. House | 2 | Sanford Bishop, Jr. | Democratic | 100% |
| GA | U.S. House | 5 | John Lewis | Democratic | 0% |
| GA | Governor | Nathan Deal | Republican | 100% | |
| HI | Governor | Neil Abercrombie | Democratic | 100% | |
| IA | U.S. House | 3 | Tom Latham | Republican | 100% |
| ID | U.S. House | 2 | Mike Simpson | Republican | 100% |
| ID | Governor | Butch Otter | Republican | 100% | |
| IL | U.S. Senate | Jr | Mark Kirk | Republican | 100% |
| IL | U.S. House | 1 | Bobby Rush | Democratic | 100% |
| IL | U.S. House | 4 | Luis Gutierrez | Democratic | 100% |
| IL | U.S. House | 7 | Danny Davis | Democratic | 100% |
| IL | U.S. House | 9 | Jan Schakowsky | Democratic | 100% |
| IL | U.S. House | 15 | John Shimkus | Republican | 100% |
| IN | U.S. House | 1 | Pete Visclosky | Democratic | 100% |
| IN | Governor | Mike Pence | Republican | 100% | |
| KS | U.S. Senate | Jr | Jerry Moran | Republican | 100% |
| KY | U.S. House | 1 | Ed Whitfield | Republican | 100% |
| KY | U.S. House | 5 | Hal Rogers | Republican | 100% |
| KY | Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs | Kenneth Lucas | Democratic | 100% | |
| LA | U.S. Senate | Jr | David Vitter | Republican | 100% |
| MA | U.S. House | 1 | Richard Neal | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | U.S. House | 2 | Jim McGovern | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | U.S. House | 5 | Ed Markey | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | U.S. House | 6 | John Tierney | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | U.S. House | 7 | Mike Capuano | Democratic | 0% |
| MD | U.S. Senate | Jr | Ben Cardin | Democratic | 100% |
| MD | U.S. House | 5 | Steny Hoyer | Democratic | 100% |
| MD | U.S. House | 7 | Elijah Cummings | Democratic | 100% |
| MI | U.S. House | 4 | Dave Camp | Republican | 100% |
| MI | U.S. House | 6 | Fred Upton | Republican | 100% |
| MI | U.S. House | 8 | Mike Rogers | Republican | 100% |
| MI | U.S. House | 9 | Sandy Levin | Democratic | 100% |
| MI | U.S. House | 12 | John Dingell | Democratic | 100% |
| MI | U.S. House | 13 | John Conyers, Jr. | Democratic | 0% |
| MN | U.S. House | 4 | Betty McCollum | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100% |
| MN | U.S. House | 7 | Collin Peterson | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100% |
| MO | U.S. Senate | Jr | Roy Blunt | Republican | 100% |
| MO | U.S. House | 1 | Lacy Clay, Jr. | Democratic | 100% |
| MO | U.S. House | 6 | Sam Graves | Republican | 100% |
| MS | U.S. Senate | Jr | Roger Wicker | Republican | 100% |
| MS | U.S. House | 2 | Bennie Thompson | Democratic | 100% |
| NC | U.S. Senate | Sr | Richard Burr | Republican | 100% |
| NC | U.S. House | 3 | Walter Jones, Jr. | Republican | 100% |
| NC | U.S. House | 4 | David Price | Democratic | 100% |
| NC | U.S. House | 6 | Howard Coble | Republican | 100% |
| NC | U.S. House | 7 | Mike McIntyre | Democratic | 100% |
| NC | U.S. House | 12 | Mel Watt | Democratic | 100% |
| NE | U.S. House | 2 | Lee Terry | Republican | 100% |
| NJ | U.S. Senate | Jr | Bob Menendez | Democratic | 100% |
| NJ | U.S. House | 1 | Rob Andrews | Democratic | 100% |
| NJ | U.S. House | 2 | Frank LoBiondo | Republican | 100% |
| NJ | U.S. House | 4 | Chris Smith | Republican | 0% |
| NJ | U.S. House | 6 | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Democratic | 0% |
| NJ | U.S. House | 9 | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Democratic | 0% |
| NJ | U.S. House | 11 | Rodney Frelinghuysen | Republican | 100% |
| NJ | U.S. House | 12 | Rush Holt, Jr. | Democratic | 0% |
| NM | U.S. Senate | Sr | Thomas Udall | Democratic | 100% |
| NY | U.S. House | 2 | Pete King | Republican | 0% |
| NY | U.S. House | 3 | Steve Israel | Democratic | 0% |
| NY | U.S. House | 4 | Carolyn McCarthy | Democratic | 0% |
| NY | U.S. House | 5 | Gregory Meeks | Democratic | 0% |
| NY | U.S. House | 7 | Nydia Velázquez | Democratic | 100% |
| NY | U.S. House | 10 | Jerry Nadler | Democratic | 0% |
| NY | U.S. House | 12 | Carolyn Maloney | Democratic | 100% |
| NY | U.S. House | 13 | Charlie Rangel | Democratic | 0% |
| NY | U.S. House | 14 | Joe Crowley | Democratic | 0% |
| NY | U.S. House | 15 | José Serrano | Democratic | 0% |
| NY | U.S. House | 16 | Eliot Engel | Democratic | 100% |
| NY | U.S. House | 17 | Nita Lowey | Democratic | 0% |
| NY | U.S. House | 25 | Louise Slaughter | Democratic | 0% |
| OH | U.S. Senate | Sr | Sherrod Brown | Democratic | 100% |
| OH | U.S. Senate | Jr | Rob Portman | Republican | 100% |
| OH | U.S. House | 1 | Steve Chabot | Republican | 100% |
| OH | U.S. House | 8 | John Boehner | Republican | 100% |
| OH | U.S. House | 9 | Marcy Kaptur | Democratic | 100% |
| OH | U.S. House | 12 | Pat Tiberi | Republican | 100% |
| OH | State Senate | 28 | Thomas Sawyer | Democratic | 0% |
| OK | U.S. House | 3 | Frank Lucas | Republican | 100% |
| OR | U.S. House | 2 | Greg Walden | Republican | 100% |
| OR | U.S. House | 3 | Earl Blumenauer | Democratic | 0% |
| OR | U.S. House | 4 | Peter DeFazio | Democratic | 0% |
| PA | U.S. Senate | Jr | Pat Toomey | Republican | 100% |
| PA | U.S. House | 1 | Bob Brady | Democratic | 100% |
| PA | U.S. House | 2 | Chaka Fattah, Sr. | Democratic | 0% |
| PA | U.S. House | 9 | Bill Shuster | Republican | 100% |
| PA | U.S. House | 14 | Mike Doyle, Jr. | Democratic | 100% |
| PA | U.S. House | 16 | Joe Pitts | Republican | 100% |
| PA | Commissioner | At-Large | Joseph Hoeffel | 100% | |
| RI | U.S. House | 2 | Jim Langevin | Democratic | 100% |
| SC | U.S. Senate | Sr | Lindsey Graham | Republican | 100% |
| SC | U.S. House | 6 | Jim Clyburn | Democratic | 100% |
| SD | U.S. Senate | Jr | John Thune | Republican | 100% |
| TN | U.S. House | 2 | John Duncan, Jr. | Republican | 100% |
| TX | U.S. House | 3 | Sam Johnson | Republican | 100% |
| TX | U.S. House | 4 | Ralph Hall | Republican | 100% |
| TX | U.S. House | 6 | Joe Barton | Republican | 100% |
| TX | U.S. House | 7 | John Culberson | Republican | 100% |
| TX | U.S. House | 8 | Kevin Brady | Republican | 100% |
| TX | U.S. House | 12 | Kay Granger | Republican | 100% |
| TX | U.S. House | 13 | Mac Thornberry | Republican | 100% |
| TX | U.S. House | 15 | Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. | Democratic | 100% |
| TX | U.S. House | 18 | Sheila Jackson Lee | Democratic | 100% |
| TX | U.S. House | 21 | Lamar Smith | Republican | 100% |
| TX | U.S. House | 29 | Gene Green | Democratic | 100% |
| TX | U.S. House | 30 | Eddie Johnson | Democratic | 100% |
| TX | U.S. House | 32 | Pete Sessions | Republican | 100% |
| TX | U.S. House | 35 | Lloyd Doggett | Democratic | 0% |
| UT | U.S. House | 4 | Jim Matheson | Democratic | 0% |
| VA | U.S. House | 3 | Bobby Scott | Democratic | 100% |
| VA | U.S. House | 4 | Randy Forbes | Republican | 100% |
| VA | U.S. House | 6 | Bob Goodlatte | Republican | 100% |
| VA | U.S. House | 7 | Eric Cantor | Republican | 100% |
| VA | U.S. House | 8 | Jim Moran, Jr. | Democratic | 0% |
| VA | U.S. House | 10 | Frank Wolf | Republican | 100% |
| VT | U.S. Senate | Jr | Bernie Sanders | Independent | 0% |
| WA | U.S. House | 2 | Rick Larsen | Democratic | 100% |
| WA | U.S. House | 4 | Doc Hastings | Republican | 100% |
| WA | U.S. House | 7 | Jim McDermott | Democratic | 0% |
| WA | U.S. House | 9 | Adam Smith | Democratic | 100% |
| WA | Governor | Jay Inslee | Democratic | 100% | |
| WI | U.S. Senate | Jr | Tammy Baldwin | Democratic | 100% |
| WI | U.S. House | 1 | Paul Ryan | Republican | 100% |
| WI | U.S. House | 3 | Ron Kind | Democratic | 100% |
| WI | U.S. House | 5 | Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. | Republican | 0% |
| WI | U.S. House | 6 | Tom Petri | Republican | 100% |
| WI | Mayor | At-Large | Tom Barrett | Democratic | 100% |
| WV | U.S. House | 2 | Shelley Moore Capito | Republican | 100% |
| WV | U.S. House | 3 | Nick Rahall II | Democratic | 100% |
| Gary Ackerman | 0% | ||||
| Todd Akin | 0% | ||||
| Thomas Allen | 0% | ||||
| Richard Armey | 100% | ||||
| Joe Baca, Sr. | 0% | ||||
| Brian Baird | 0% | ||||
| Richard Hugh Baker | 100% | ||||
| John Baldacci | 0% | ||||
| Cass Ballenger | 100% | ||||
| James Barcia | 100% | ||||
| Robert Barr, Jr. | 100% | ||||
| Roscoe Bartlett | 100% | ||||
| Charlie Bass | 100% | ||||
| Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. | 100% | ||||
| Douglas Bereuter | 100% | ||||
| Shelley Berkley | 100% | ||||
| Howard Berman | 0% | ||||
| Marion Berry | 100% | ||||
| Judy Biggert | 100% | ||||
| Michael Bilirakis | 100% | ||||
| Rod Blagojevich | 100% | ||||
| Sherwood Boehlert | 100% | ||||
| Henry Bonilla | 100% | ||||
| David Edward Bonior | 100% | ||||
| Mary Bono Mack | 0% | ||||
| Robert Borski, Jr. | 100% | ||||
| Leonard Boswell | 100% | ||||
| Rick Boucher | 0% | ||||
| Allen Boyd, Jr. | 100% | ||||
| Henry Brown, Jr. | 100% | ||||
| Ed Bryant | 100% | ||||
| Dan Burton | 100% | ||||
| Steve Buyer | 100% | ||||
| Herbert Callahan | 100% | ||||
| Chris Cannon | 100% | ||||
| Brad Carson | 100% | ||||
| Julia Carson | 100% | ||||
| Mike Castle | 100% | ||||
| Eva Clayton | 100% | ||||
| Robert Clement | 100% | ||||
| Michael Collins | 0% | ||||
| Larry Combest | 100% | ||||
| Gary Condit | 0% | ||||
| John Cooksey | 100% | ||||
| Jerry Costello | 100% | ||||
| Christopher Cox | 0% | ||||
| William Coyne | 100% | ||||
| Robert Cramer | 100% | ||||
| Philip Crane | 100% | ||||
| Barbara Cubin | 0% | ||||
| Randall Cunningham | 0% | ||||
| James Davis | 0% | ||||
| Jo Ann Davis | 100% | ||||
| Thomas Davis III | 100% | ||||
| Bill Delahunt | 100% | ||||
| Thomas DeLay | 100% | ||||
| James DeMint | 100% | ||||
| Peter Deutsch | 0% | ||||
| Lincoln Diaz-Balart | 0% | ||||
| Norm Dicks | 100% | ||||
| Calvin Dooley | 0% | ||||
| John Doolittle | 0% | ||||
| David Dreier | 0% | ||||
| Jennifer Dunn | 100% | ||||
| Chet Edwards | 100% | ||||
| Vern Ehlers | 100% | ||||
| Bob Ehrlich, Jr. | 100% | ||||
| Jo Ann Emerson | 100% | ||||
| Philip English | 100% | ||||
| Bob Etheridge | 100% | ||||
| Lane Evans | 100% | ||||
| Terry Everett | 100% | ||||
| Michael Ferguson | 100% | ||||
| Ernest Fletcher | 100% | ||||
| Mark Foley | 100% | ||||
| Harold Ford, Jr. | 100% | ||||
| Vito Fossella, Jr. | 0% | ||||
| Barney Frank | 0% | ||||
| Jonas Frost III | 100% | ||||
| Elton Gallegly | 0% | ||||
| John Ganske | 100% | ||||
| George Gekas | 100% | ||||
| Richard Andrew Gephardt | 100% | ||||
| Jim Gibbons | 0% | ||||
| Wayne Gilchrest | 100% | ||||
| Paul Gillmor | 100% | ||||
| Benjamin Gilman | 0% | ||||
| Charlie Gonzalez | 100% | ||||
| Virgil Goode, Jr. | 100% | ||||
| Bart Gordon | 100% | ||||
| Porter Goss | 100% | ||||
| Mark Green | 100% | ||||
| James Greenwood | 100% | ||||
| Felix Grucci, Jr. | 0% | ||||
| Gilbert Gutknecht | 100% | ||||
| Tony Hall | 100% | ||||
| James Hansen | 100% | ||||
| Jane Harman | 0% | ||||
| Melissa Hart | 100% | ||||
| Robert Hayes | 100% | ||||
| J.D. Hayworth, Jr. | 100% | ||||
| Joel Hefley | 100% | ||||
| Wally Herger, Jr. | 0% | ||||
| Baron Hill | 100% | ||||
| Van Hilleary | 100% | ||||
| Earl Hilliard, Jr. | 100% | ||||
| Maurice Hinchey | 0% | ||||
| David Lee Hobson | 100% | ||||
| Pete Hoekstra | 100% | ||||
| Thomas Holden | 100% | ||||
| Darlene Hooley | 100% | ||||
| Stephen Horn | 0% | ||||
| John Nathan Hostettler | 0% | ||||
| Amory Houghton, Jr. | 0% | ||||
| Kenny Hulshof | 100% | ||||
| Duncan Hunter | 0% | ||||
| Henry Hyde | 100% | ||||
| Ernest Istook, Jr. | 100% | ||||
| Jesse Jackson, Jr. | 100% | ||||
| William Jefferson | 100% | ||||
| William Lewis Jenkins | 100% | ||||
| Christopher John | 100% | ||||
| Nancy Johnson | 0% | ||||
| Tim Johnson | 100% | ||||
| Paul Kanjorski | 100% | ||||
| Ric Keller | 100% | ||||
| Sue Kelly | 0% | ||||
| Mark Kennedy | 100% | ||||
| Patrick Kennedy | 100% | ||||
| Brian Kerns | 100% | ||||
| Dale Kildee | 100% | ||||
| Carolyn Kilpatrick | 100% | ||||
| Gerald Kleczka | 100% | ||||
| Joseph Knollenberg | 100% | ||||
| James Kolbe | 0% | ||||
| Dennis Kucinich | 0% | ||||
| John LaFalce | 0% | ||||
| Ray LaHood | 100% | ||||
| Nicholas Lampson | 100% | ||||
| Tom Lantos | 0% | ||||
| Steve LaTourette | 100% | ||||
| James Leach | 100% | ||||
| Jerry Lewis | 0% | ||||
| Ron Lewis | 100% | ||||
| John Linder | 100% | ||||
| William Lipinski | 0% | ||||
| William Luther | 100% | ||||
| James Maloney | 100% | ||||
| Don Manzullo | 100% | ||||
| Frank Mascara | 100% | ||||
| Robert Matsui | 0% | ||||
| Karen McCarthy | 100% | ||||
| James McCrery III | 0% | ||||
| John McHugh | 100% | ||||
| Scott McInnis | 100% | ||||
| Cynthia Ann McKinney | 100% | ||||
| Michael McNulty | 0% | ||||
| Martin Meehan | 0% | ||||
| Carrie Meek | 0% | ||||
| Juanita Millender-McDonald | 0% | ||||
| Dan Miller | 100% | ||||
| Patsy Takemoto Mink | 100% | ||||
| Alan Mollohan | 100% | ||||
| Dennis Moore | 100% | ||||
| Constance Morella | 100% | ||||
| Jack Murtha | 100% | ||||
| Sue Myrick | 100% | ||||
| George Nethercutt, Jr. | 100% | ||||
| Robert William Ney | 100% | ||||
| Anne Northup | 100% | ||||
| Charles Norwood, Jr. | 100% | ||||
| James Nussle | 100% | ||||
| Jim Oberstar | 100% | ||||
| Dave Obey | 100% | ||||
| John Olver | 0% | ||||
| Solomon Ortiz, Sr. | 100% | ||||
| Thomas William Osborne | 100% | ||||
| Doug Ose | 0% | ||||
| Major Owens | 100% | ||||
| Michael Oxley | 100% | ||||
| Ron Paul | 0% | ||||
| Donald Payne | 0% | ||||
| John Peterson | 0% | ||||
| David Phelps | 100% | ||||
| Charles Pickering, Jr. | 100% | ||||
| Todd Platts | 100% | ||||
| Richard Pombo | 0% | ||||
| Earl Pomeroy | 100% | ||||
| Deborah Pryce | 100% | ||||
| Jack Quinn | 0% | ||||
| George Radanovich | 0% | ||||
| James Ramstad | 100% | ||||
| Ralph Regula | 100% | ||||
| Denny Rehberg | 100% | ||||
| Silvestre Reyes | 100% | ||||
| Thomas Reynolds | 100% | ||||
| Bob Riley | 100% | ||||
| Lynn Nancy Rivers | 100% | ||||
| Ciro Rodriguez | 100% | ||||
| Timothy Roemer | 100% | ||||
| Mike Ross | 100% | ||||
| Steve Rothman | 0% | ||||
| Marge Roukema | 100% | ||||
| Jim Ryun | 100% | ||||
| Martin Olav Sabo | 100% | ||||
| Max Sandlin, Jr. | 100% | ||||
| Jim Saxton | 100% | ||||
| Edward Schrock | 100% | ||||
| John Shadegg | 100% | ||||
| E. Clay Shaw, Jr. | 100% | ||||
| Christopher Shays | 0% | ||||
| Donald Sherwood | 100% | ||||
| Ronnie Shows | 100% | ||||
| Robert Ruhl Simmons | 0% | ||||
| Joseph Skeen | 100% | ||||
| Ike Skelton | 100% | ||||
| Nick Smith | 100% | ||||
| Vic Snyder | 100% | ||||
| Hilda Solis | 0% | ||||
| Mark Souder | 100% | ||||
| John Spratt, Jr. | 100% | ||||
| Pete Stark | 0% | ||||
| Cliff Stearns | 100% | ||||
| Charles Stenholm | 100% | ||||
| Ted Strickland | 100% | ||||
| Bob Stump | 100% | ||||
| Bart Stupak | 0% | ||||
| John Sununu | 0% | ||||
| John Sweeney | 100% | ||||
| Tom Tancredo | 100% | ||||
| John Tanner | 100% | ||||
| Ellen Tauscher | 0% | ||||
| William Tauzin | 100% | ||||
| Charles Taylor | 100% | ||||
| Gene Taylor | 100% | ||||
| William Thomas | 0% | ||||
| Karen Thurman | 100% | ||||
| Todd Tiahrt | 100% | ||||
| Ed Towns | 0% | ||||
| James Traficant, Jr. | 100% | ||||
| Stephanie Tubbs Jones | 100% | ||||
| James Turner | 100% | ||||
| James Walsh | 100% | ||||
| Zach Wamp | 100% | ||||
| Wesley Watkins | 100% | ||||
| Diane Watson | 0% | ||||
| Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. | 100% | ||||
| Anthony Weiner | 0% | ||||
| David Weldon | 100% | ||||
| W. Curtis Weldon | 100% | ||||
| Gerald Weller | 100% | ||||
| Robert Wexler | 100% | ||||
| Heather Wilson | 100% | ||||
| Lynn Woolsey | 0% | ||||
| David Wu | 100% | ||||
| Albert Wynn | 100% |
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How to Interpret these Evaluations
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 issues 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.
Most performance evaluations are displayed in a percentage format. However, some organizations present their ratings in the form of a letter grade or endorsement based on voting records, interviews, survey results and/or sources of campaign funding. For consistency and ease in understanding, Project Vote Smart converts all scores into a percentage when possible. Please visit the group's website or call 1-888-VOTESMART for more specific information.
