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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: American Civil Liberties Union

2007 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 100
Gary Ackerman 100
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 0
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 86
Todd Akin 0
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 33
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 0
Wayne Allard 14
Thomas Allen 100
Jason Altmire 67
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 100
Michael Arcuri 83
Joe Baca, Sr. 100
MN U.S. House 6 Michele Bachmann Republican 0
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 0
Brian Baird 100
Richard Hugh Baker 0
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100
WY U.S. Senate Jr John Barrasso Republican 20
J. Gresham Barrett 0
GA U.S. House 12 John Barrow Democratic 50
Roscoe Bartlett 33
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 0
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 100
Evan Bayh 86
Melissa Bean 83
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 100
Bob Bennett 14
Shelley Berkley 83
Howard Berman 100
Marion Berry 83
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 75
Judy Biggert 17
Brian Bilbray 0
FL U.S. House 12 Gus Bilirakis Republican 0
Jeff Bingaman 86
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 0
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 83
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 100
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 0
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 100
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 0
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 0
Kit Bond 14
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 0
Mary Bono Mack 17
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 0
Dan Boren 33
Leonard Boswell 83
Rick Boucher 100
LA U.S. House 3 Charles Boustany, Jr. Republican 0
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 67
Allen Boyd, Jr. 67
Nancy Boyda 67
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 0
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 100
IA U.S. House 1 Bruce Braley Democratic 100
GA U.S. House 10 Paul Broun Republican 0
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 100
Henry Brown, Jr. 0
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 86
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 0
Ginny Brown-Waite 0
FL U.S. House 16 Vern Buchanan Republican 0
Jim Bunning 33
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 0
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 14
Dan Burton 0
NC U.S. House 1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. Democratic 100
Steve Buyer 0
Robert Byrd 71
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 0
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 0
CA U.S. House 45 John Campbell III Republican 0
Chris Cannon 0
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 0
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 86
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 100
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 100
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 86
Dennis Cardoza 100
Russ Carnahan 100
Christopher Carney 50
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 57
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 0
PA U.S. Senate Sr Bob Casey, Jr. Democratic 71
Mike Castle 33
FL U.S. House 14 Kathy Castor Democratic 100
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 0
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 17
Ben Chandler III 67
NY U.S. House 9 Yvette Clarke Democratic 100
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 100
MO U.S. House 5 Emanuel Cleaver II Democratic 100
Hillary Clinton 67
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 100
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 0
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 29
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 14
TN U.S. House 9 Steve Cohen Democratic 100
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 0
Norm Coleman 29
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 71
TX U.S. House 11 Mike Conaway Republican 0
Kent Conrad 86
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 67
TN U.S. Senate Jr Robert Corker Republican 14
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 14
CA U.S. House 16 Jim Costa Democratic 83
Jerry Costello 100
CT U.S. House 2 Joe Courtney Democratic 100
Larry Craig 33
Robert Cramer 33
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 29
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 0
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 100
Barbara Cubin 0
TX U.S. House 28 Henry Cuellar Democratic 67
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 0
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100
Artur Davis 67
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 100
David Davis 17
Geoff Davis 0
Lincoln Davis 17
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 100
Thomas Davis III 0
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 0
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 100
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 100
Bill Delahunt 100
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100
James DeMint 29
PA U.S. House 15 Charlie Dent Republican 17
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 33
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 33
Norm Dicks 100
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 100
Chris Dodd 67
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 100
Elizabeth Dole 29
Pete Domenici, Jr. 14
IN U.S. Senate Jr Joe Donnelly, Sr. Democratic 50
John Doolittle 0
Byron Dorgan 100
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 100
Thelma Drake 0
David Dreier 0
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 17
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 71
Chet Edwards 67
Vern Ehlers 17
MN U.S. House 5 Keith Ellison Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100
Brad Ellsworth 50
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 100
Jo Ann Emerson 0
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 100
Philip English 17
John Ensign 14
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 29
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 100
Bob Etheridge 83
Terry Everett 0
OK Governor Mary Fallin Republican 0
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 100
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 100
Tom Feeney 0
Russ Feingold 86
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 57
Michael Ferguson 17
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 100
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 17
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 0
NE U.S. House 1 Jeff Fortenberry Republican 0
Vito Fossella, Jr. 0
NC U.S. House 5 Virginia Foxx Republican 0
Barney Frank 100
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 0
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 17
Elton Gallegly 0
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 0
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 17
Gabrielle Giffords 100
Wayne Gilchrest 60
NY U.S. Senate Jr Kirsten Gillibrand Democratic 100
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 0
TX U.S. House 1 Louie Gohmert Republican 0
Charlie Gonzalez 83
Virgil Goode, Jr. 0
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 0
Bart Gordon 50
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 14
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 0
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 29
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 0
TX U.S. House 9 Al Green Democratic 100
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 100
Judd Gregg 33
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 100
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 100
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 43
John Hall 100
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 0
Phil Hare 100
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 83
Jane Harman 100
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 100
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 0
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 29
Robert Hayes 0
NV U.S. Senate Jr Dean Heller Republican 0
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 0
Wally Herger, Jr. 0
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 67
NY U.S. House 26 Brian Higgins Democratic 83
Baron Hill 83
Maurice Hinchey 100
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 100
HI U.S. Senate Jr Mazie Hirono Democratic 100
David Lee Hobson 0
Paul Hodes 100
Pete Hoekstra 0
Thomas Holden 83
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 100
Darlene Hooley 100
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 100
Kenny Hulshof 0
Duncan Hunter 0
Kay Hutchison 14
Bob Inglis, Sr. 33
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 29
Daniel Inouye 57
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 100
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 14
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 0
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 100
William Jefferson 100
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 100
GA U.S. House 4 Hank Johnson, Jr. Democratic 100
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0
Tim Johnson 50
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 100
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 33
OH U.S. House 4 Jim Jordan Republican 0
Steve Kagen 100
Paul Kanjorski 100
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 100
Ric Keller 0
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 71
Patrick Kennedy 100
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 83
Dale Kildee 100
Carolyn Kilpatrick 100
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 100
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 0
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 0
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 17
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 50
Ron Klein 100
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 0
MN U.S. Senate Sr Amy Klobuchar Democratic/Farmer/Labor 57
Joseph Knollenberg 0
Herb Kohl 71
Dennis Kucinich 100
John Kuhl, Jr. 17
Jon Kyl 14
Ray LaHood 25
CO U.S. House 5 Doug Lamborn Republican 0
Nicholas Lampson 25
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 86
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 83
Tom Lantos 100
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 100
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 100
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 0
Steve LaTourette 0
Frank Lautenberg 86
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 86
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 100
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 86
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 100
Jerry Lewis 0
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100
Ron Lewis 0
Joe Lieberman 43
Blanche Lincoln 67
John Linder 0
IL U.S. House 3 Daniel Lipinski Democratic 83
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 17
IA U.S. House 2 Dave Loebsack Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 100
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 100
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 0
Dick Lugar 50
Dan Lungren 0
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 83
Connie Mack IV 17
Tim Mahoney 67
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 100
Don Manzullo 17
TX U.S. House 24 Kenny Marchant Republican 17
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 100
Jim Marshall 33
Melquiades Martinez 14
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 67
CA U.S. House 6 Doris Matsui Democratic 100
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 50
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 23 Kevin McCarthy Republican 0
MO U.S. Senate Sr Claire McCaskill Democratic 71
TX U.S. House 10 Michael McCaul Republican 0
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 14
Thaddeus McCotter 0
James McCrery III 17
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 100
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 100
NC U.S. House 10 Patrick McHenry Republican 0
John McHugh 0
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 33
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 0
WA U.S. House 5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers Republican 0
CA U.S. House 9 Jerry McNerney Democratic 100
Michael McNulty 100
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 100
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 100
Charlie Melancon, Sr. 50
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Bob Menendez Democratic 86
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 0
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 100
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 71
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 0
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 0
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 100
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 0
Brad Miller 100
Harry Mitchell 83
Alan Mollohan 100
Dennis Moore 100
WI U.S. House 4 Gwen Moore Democratic 100
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 0
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 100
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 17
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 43
CT U.S. Senate Jr Chris Murphy Democratic 83
Patrick Murphy 83
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 0
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 83
Jack Murtha 100
Marilyn Musgrave 0
Sue Myrick 0
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 100
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 100
Ben Nelson 71
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 57
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 0
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 0
NA President Barack Obama II Democratic 80
Jim Oberstar 100
Dave Obey 100
John Olver 100
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 75
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 100
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 100
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 100
Ron Paul 67
Donald Payne 100
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 0
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 0
CO U.S. House 7 Ed Perlmutter Democratic 83
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 67
John Peterson 0
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 17
Charles Pickering, Jr. 0
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 0
Todd Platts 17
TX U.S. House 2 Ted Poe Republican 0
Earl Pomeroy 67
Jon Porter, Sr. 17
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 100
GA U.S. House 6 Tom Price Republican 0
Deborah Pryce 17
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 71
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 0
George Radanovich 0
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 100
James Ramstad 0
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 100
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 86
Ralph Regula 0
Denny Rehberg 0
WA U.S. House 8 Dave Reichert Republican 17
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 71
Richard Renzi 0
Silvestre Reyes 83
Thomas Reynolds 0
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 14
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 86
Ciro Rodriguez 67
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 0
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 0
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 0
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 17
IL U.S. House 6 Peter Roskam Republican 0
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 33
Mike Ross 50
Steve Rothman 100
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 0
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 83
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 100
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 0
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 100
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar No Party Affiliation 83
Ken Salazar 71
William Sali 17
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 83
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 100
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 86
MD U.S. House 3 John Sarbanes Democratic 100
Jim Saxton 20
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 100
Jean Schmidt 0
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 71
PA U.S. House 13 Allyson Schwartz Democratic 100
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 83
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 100
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 0
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 100
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 29
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 0
Joe Sestak, Jr. 100
John Shadegg 0
Christopher Shays 60
NH U.S. House 1 Carol Shea-Porter Democratic 100
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 29
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 100
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 0
Heath Shuler 33
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 0
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 0
NJ U.S. House 8 Albio Sires Democratic 100
Ike Skelton 100
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 100
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 100
NE U.S. House 3 Adrian Smith Republican 0
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 17
Gordon Smith 57
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 0
Olympia Snowe 86
Vic Snyder 67
Hilda Solis 100
Mark Souder 0
Zack Space 67
Arlen Specter 57
John Spratt, Jr. 100
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 86
Pete Stark 100
Cliff Stearns 17
Ted Stevens 29
Bart Stupak 100
John Sullivan 0
John Sununu 57
Betty Sutton 100
Tom Tancredo 0
John Tanner 60
Ellen Tauscher 100
Gene Taylor 50
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 0
MT U.S. Senate Jr Jon Tester Democratic 86
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 100
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 0
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 14
Todd Tiahrt 0
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 0
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100
Ed Towns 100
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 100
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 0
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 100
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 100
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 17
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 100
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 100
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 100
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 29
George Voinovich 43
MI U.S. House 7 Tim Walberg Republican 17
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 17
James Walsh 33
MN U.S. House 1 Tim Walz Democratic/Farmer/Labor 83
Zach Wamp 17
John Warner 43
FL U.S. House 23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 100
Diane Watson 100
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 100
Jim Webb, Jr. 71
Anthony Weiner 100
VT U.S. House At-Large Peter Welch Democratic 83
David Weldon 0
Gerald Weller 0
GA U.S. House 3 Lynn Westmoreland Republican 0
Robert Wexler 100
RI U.S. Senate Jr Sheldon Whitehouse Democratic 86
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 0
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 0
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 0
Charlie Wilson, Jr. 83
Heather Wilson 0
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 0
Lynn Woolsey 100
David Wu 100
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 86
Albert Wynn 100
KY U.S. House 3 John Yarmuth Democratic 10
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 0
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 20

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.

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