State Office Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate-Sr Lisa Murkowski R 35%
AK U.S. House-At-Large Don Young R 0%
AL U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Shelby R 17%
AL U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Sessions III R 17%
AL U.S. House-1 Jo Bonner, Jr. R 0%
AL U.S. House-3 Mike Rogers R 0%
AL U.S. House-4 Robert Aderholt R 0%
AL U.S. House-6 Spencer Bachus R 0%
AR U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Pryor D 29%
AR U.S. Senate-Jr John Boozman R 0%
AZ U.S. Senate-Sr John McCain III R 62%
AZ U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Flake R 100%
AZ U.S. House-3 Raúl Grijalva D 0%
AZ U.S. House-7 Ed Pastor D 0%
AZ U.S. House-8 Trent Franks R 100%
CA U.S. Senate-Sr Dianne Feinstein D 47%
CA U.S. Senate-Jr Barbara Boxer D 17%
CA U.S. House-5 Mike Thompson D 0%
CA U.S. House-6 Doris Matsui D 0%
CA U.S. House-9 Jerry McNerney D 0%
CA U.S. House-11 George Miller D 0%
CA U.S. House-12 Nancy Pelosi D 0%
CA U.S. House-13 Barbara Lee D 0%
CA U.S. House-16 Jim Costa D 0%
CA U.S. House-17 Mike Honda D 0%
CA U.S. House-18 Anna Eshoo D 0%
CA U.S. House-19 Zoe Lofgren D 0%
CA U.S. House-20 Sam Farr D 0%
CA U.S. House-22 Devin Nunes R 100%
CA U.S. House-23 Kevin McCarthy R 100%
CA U.S. House-24 Lois Capps D 0%
CA U.S. House-25 Buck McKeon R 100%
CA U.S. House-28 Adam Schiff D 0%
CA U.S. House-30 Brad Sherman D 0%
CA U.S. House-32 Grace Napolitano D 0%
CA U.S. House-33 Henry Waxman D 0%
CA U.S. House-34 Xavier Becerra D 0%
CA U.S. House-38 Linda Sánchez D 0%
CA U.S. House-39 Ed Royce R 100%
CA U.S. House-40 Lucille Roybal-Allard D 0%
CA U.S. House-42 Ken Calvert R 100%
CA U.S. House-43 Maxine Waters D 0%
CA U.S. House-45 John Campbell III R 100%
CA U.S. House-46 Loretta Sanchez D 0%
CA U.S. House-48 Dana Rohrabacher R 100%
CA U.S. House-49 Darrell Issa R 100%
CA U.S. House-53 Susan Davis D 0%
CA Mayor-At-Large Bob Filner D 0%
CO U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Udall D 0%
CO U.S. House-1 Diana DeGette D 0%
CO U.S. House-5 Doug Lamborn R 100%
CO U.S. House-7 Ed Perlmutter D 0%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar N/A 0%
CT U.S. Senate-Jr Chris Murphy D 0%
CT U.S. House-1 John Larson D 0%
CT U.S. House-2 Joe Courtney D 0%
CT U.S. House-3 Rosa DeLauro D 0%
DE U.S. Senate-Sr Tom Carper D 47%
FL U.S. Senate-Sr William Nelson, Sr. D 33%
FL U.S. House-1 Jefferson Miller R 100%
FL U.S. House-4 Ander Crenshaw R 0%
FL U.S. House-5 Corrine Brown D 0%
FL U.S. House-7 John Mica R 100%
FL U.S. House-12 Gus Bilirakis R 0%
FL U.S. House-13 Bill Young R 0%
FL U.S. House-14 Kathy Castor D 0%
FL U.S. House-16 Vern Buchanan R 0%
FL U.S. House-20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. D 0%
FL U.S. House-23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz D 0%
FL U.S. House-25 Mario Diaz-Balart R 0%
FL U.S. House-27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R 0%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam R 100%
GA U.S. Senate-Sr Saxby Chambliss R 35%
GA U.S. Senate-Jr Johnny Isakson R 35%
GA U.S. House-1 Jack Kingston R 100%
GA U.S. House-2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 0%
GA U.S. House-3 Lynn Westmoreland R 100%
GA U.S. House-4 Hank Johnson, Jr. D 0%
GA U.S. House-5 John Lewis D 0%
GA U.S. House-6 Tom Price R 100%
GA U.S. House-11 Phil Gingrey R 100%
GA U.S. House-12 John Barrow D 0%
GA U.S. House-13 David Scott D 0%
GA Governor Nathan Deal R 100%
HI U.S. Senate-Jr Mazie Hirono D 0%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie D 0%
IA U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Grassley R 23%
IA U.S. Senate-Jr Tom Harkin D 17%
IA U.S. House-1 Bruce Braley D 0%
IA U.S. House-2 Dave Loebsack D 0%
IA U.S. House-3 Tom Latham R 0%
IA U.S. House-4 Steve King R 100%
ID U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Crapo R 41%
ID U.S. House-2 Mike Simpson R 0%
IL U.S. Senate-Sr Dick Durbin D 17%
IL U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Kirk R 0%
IL U.S. House-1 Bobby Rush D 0%
IL U.S. House-3 Daniel Lipinski D 0%
IL U.S. House-4 Luis Gutierrez D 0%
IL U.S. House-6 Peter Roskam R 100%
IL U.S. House-7 Danny Davis D 0%
IL U.S. House-9 Jan Schakowsky D 0%
IL U.S. House-15 John Shimkus R 0%
IL Mayor-At-Large Rahm Emanuel D 0%
IN U.S. Senate-Jr Joe Donnelly, Sr. D 0%
IN U.S. House-1 Pete Visclosky D 0%
IN Governor Mike Pence R 100%
KS U.S. Senate-Sr Pat Roberts R 29%
KS U.S. Senate-Jr Jerry Moran R 0%
KS Governor Sam Brownback R 46%
KY U.S. Senate-Sr Mitch McConnell R 29%
KY U.S. House-1 Ed Whitfield R 0%
KY U.S. House-3 John Yarmuth D 0%
KY U.S. House-5 Hal Rogers R 0%
LA U.S. Senate-Sr Mary Landrieu D 5%
LA U.S. Senate-Jr David Vitter R 5%
LA U.S. House-3 Charles Boustany, Jr. R 100%
LA U.S. House-5 Rodney Alexander R 0%
MA U.S. House-1 Richard Neal D 0%
MA U.S. House-2 Jim McGovern D 0%
MA U.S. House-5 Ed Markey D 0%
MA U.S. House-6 John Tierney D 0%
MA U.S. House-7 Mike Capuano D 0%
MA U.S. House-8 Stephen Lynch D 0%
MD U.S. Senate-Sr Barbara Mikulski D 35%
MD U.S. Senate-Jr Ben Cardin D 35%
MD U.S. House-2 Dutch Ruppersberger D 0%
MD U.S. House-3 John Sarbanes D 0%
MD U.S. House-5 Steny Hoyer D 0%
MD U.S. House-7 Elijah Cummings D 0%
MD U.S. House-8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. D 0%
ME U.S. Senate-Sr Susan Collins R 47%
ME U.S. House-2 Mike Michaud D 0%
MI U.S. Senate-Sr Carl Levin D 18%
MI U.S. Senate-Jr Debbie Stabenow D 11%
MI U.S. House-4 Dave Camp R 100%
MI U.S. House-6 Fred Upton R 0%
MI U.S. House-7 Tim Walberg R 100%
MI U.S. House-8 Mike Rogers R 100%
MI U.S. House-9 Sandy Levin D 0%
MI U.S. House-10 Candice Miller R 0%
MI U.S. House-12 John Dingell D 0%
MI U.S. House-13 John Conyers, Jr. D 0%
MN U.S. Senate-Sr Amy Klobuchar DFL 29%
MN U.S. House-1 Tim Walz DFL 0%
MN U.S. House-2 John Kline R 100%
MN U.S. House-4 Betty McCollum DFL 0%
MN U.S. House-5 Keith Ellison DFL 0%
MN U.S. House-6 Michele Bachmann R 100%
MN U.S. House-7 Collin Peterson DFL 0%
MO U.S. Senate-Sr Claire McCaskill D 5%
MO U.S. Senate-Jr Roy Blunt R 100%
MO U.S. House-1 Lacy Clay, Jr. D 0%
MO U.S. House-5 Emanuel Cleaver II D 0%
MO U.S. House-6 Sam Graves R 100%
MS U.S. Senate-Sr Thad Cochran R 41%
MS U.S. Senate-Jr Roger Wicker R 100%
MS U.S. House-2 Bennie Thompson D 0%
MT U.S. Senate-Sr Max Baucus D 5%
MT U.S. Senate-Jr Jon Tester D 5%
NA President Barack Obama II D 20%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. D 21%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel R 41%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry D 50%
NC U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Burr R 29%
NC U.S. House-1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. D 0%
NC U.S. House-3 Walter Jones, Jr. R 0%
NC U.S. House-4 David Price D 0%
NC U.S. House-5 Virginia Foxx R 100%
NC U.S. House-6 Howard Coble R 100%
NC U.S. House-7 Mike McIntyre D 0%
NC U.S. House-10 Patrick McHenry R 100%
NC U.S. House-12 Mel Watt D 0%
NE U.S. House-1 Jeff Fortenberry R 100%
NE U.S. House-2 Lee Terry R 100%
NE U.S. House-3 Adrian Smith R 100%
NH U.S. House-1 Carol Shea-Porter D 0%
NJ U.S. Senate-Sr Frank Lautenberg D 17%
NJ U.S. Senate-Jr Bob Menendez D 35%
NJ U.S. House-1 Rob Andrews D 0%
NJ U.S. House-2 Frank LoBiondo R 0%
NJ U.S. House-4 Chris Smith R 0%
NJ U.S. House-5 Scott Garrett R 100%
NJ U.S. House-6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 0%
NJ U.S. House-8 Albio Sires D 0%
NJ U.S. House-9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. D 0%
NJ U.S. House-11 Rodney Frelinghuysen R 0%
NJ U.S. House-12 Rush Holt, Jr. D 0%
NM U.S. Senate-Sr Thomas Udall D 0%
NM U.S. House-2 Steve Pearce R 100%
NV U.S. Senate-Sr Harry Reid D 17%
NV U.S. Senate-Jr Dean Heller R 100%
NY U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Schumer D 20%
NY U.S. Senate-Jr Kirsten Gillibrand D 0%
NY U.S. House-1 Tim Bishop D 0%
NY U.S. House-2 Pete King R 0%
NY U.S. House-3 Steve Israel D 0%
NY U.S. House-4 Carolyn McCarthy D 0%
NY U.S. House-5 Gregory Meeks D 0%
NY U.S. House-7 Nydia Velázquez D 0%
NY U.S. House-9 Yvette Clarke D 0%
NY U.S. House-10 Jerry Nadler D 0%
NY U.S. House-12 Carolyn Maloney D 0%
NY U.S. House-13 Charlie Rangel D 0%
NY U.S. House-14 Joe Crowley D 0%
NY U.S. House-15 José Serrano D 0%
NY U.S. House-16 Eliot Engel D 0%
NY U.S. House-17 Nita Lowey D 0%
NY U.S. House-25 Louise Slaughter D 0%
NY U.S. House-26 Brian Higgins D 0%
OH U.S. Senate-Sr Sherrod Brown D 17%
OH U.S. House-1 Steve Chabot R 100%
OH U.S. House-4 Jim Jordan R 100%
OH U.S. House-8 John Boehner R 100%
OH U.S. House-9 Marcy Kaptur D 0%
OH U.S. House-10 Mike Turner R 0%
OH U.S. House-12 Pat Tiberi R 100%
OH U.S. House-13 Tim Ryan D 0%
OK U.S. Senate-Sr Jim Inhofe R 17%
OK U.S. Senate-Jr Thomas Coburn R 12%
OK U.S. House-3 Frank Lucas R 100%
OK U.S. House-4 Tom Cole R 100%
OK Governor Mary Fallin R 100%
OR U.S. Senate-Sr Ron Wyden D 29%
OR U.S. House-2 Greg Walden R 0%
OR U.S. House-3 Earl Blumenauer D 0%
OR U.S. House-4 Peter DeFazio D 0%
PA U.S. Senate-Sr Bob Casey, Jr. D 17%
PA U.S. House-1 Bob Brady D 0%
PA U.S. House-2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. D 0%
PA U.S. House-6 Jim Gerlach R 0%
PA U.S. House-9 Bill Shuster R 100%
PA U.S. House-13 Allyson Schwartz D 0%
PA U.S. House-14 Mike Doyle, Jr. D 0%
PA U.S. House-15 Charlie Dent R 0%
PA U.S. House-16 Joe Pitts R 100%
PA U.S. House-18 Tim Murphy R 0%
RI U.S. Senate-Sr Jack Reed D 17%
RI U.S. Senate-Jr Sheldon Whitehouse D 23%
RI U.S. House-2 Jim Langevin D 0%
SC U.S. Senate-Sr Lindsey Graham R 52%
SC U.S. House-2 Joe Wilson, Sr. R 100%
SC U.S. House-6 Jim Clyburn D 0%
SD U.S. Senate-Jr John Thune R 17%
TN U.S. Senate-Sr Lamar Alexander R 29%
TN U.S. Senate-Jr Robert Corker R 17%
TN U.S. House-2 John Duncan, Jr. R 0%
TN U.S. House-5 Jim Cooper D 0%
TN U.S. House-7 Marsha Blackburn R 100%
TN U.S. House-9 Steve Cohen D 0%
TX U.S. Senate-Sr John Cornyn R 35%
TX U.S. House-1 Louie Gohmert R 100%
TX U.S. House-2 Ted Poe R 0%
TX U.S. House-3 Sam Johnson R 100%
TX U.S. House-4 Ralph Hall R 100%
TX U.S. House-5 Jeb Hensarling R 100%
TX U.S. House-6 Joe Barton R 100%
TX U.S. House-7 John Culberson R 100%
TX U.S. House-8 Kevin Brady R 100%
TX U.S. House-9 Al Green D 0%
TX U.S. House-10 Michael McCaul R 100%
TX U.S. House-11 Mike Conaway R 100%
TX U.S. House-12 Kay Granger R 100%
TX U.S. House-13 Mac Thornberry R 100%
TX U.S. House-15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. D 0%
TX U.S. House-18 Sheila Jackson Lee D 0%
TX U.S. House-19 Randy Neugebauer R 100%
TX U.S. House-21 Lamar Smith R 0%
TX U.S. House-24 Kenny Marchant R 0%
TX U.S. House-26 Michael Burgess R 100%
TX U.S. House-28 Henry Cuellar D 0%
TX U.S. House-29 Gene Green D 0%
TX U.S. House-30 Eddie Johnson D 0%
TX U.S. House-31 John Carter R 100%
TX U.S. House-32 Pete Sessions R 100%
TX U.S. House-35 Lloyd Doggett D 0%
UT U.S. Senate-Sr Orrin Hatch R 41%
UT U.S. House-1 Rob Bishop R 100%
UT U.S. House-4 Jim Matheson D 0%
VA U.S. House-3 Bobby Scott D 0%
VA U.S. House-4 Randy Forbes R 0%
VA U.S. House-6 Bob Goodlatte R 0%
VA U.S. House-7 Eric Cantor R 100%
VA U.S. House-8 Jim Moran, Jr. D 0%
VA U.S. House-10 Frank Wolf R 0%
VT U.S. Senate-Sr Patrick Leahy D 17%
VT U.S. Senate-Jr Bernie Sanders I 17%
VT U.S. House-At-Large Peter Welch D 0%
WA U.S. Senate-Sr Patty Murray D 17%
WA U.S. Senate-Jr Maria Cantwell D 41%
WA U.S. House-2 Rick Larsen D 0%
WA U.S. House-4 Doc Hastings R 100%
WA U.S. House-5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers R 100%
WA U.S. House-7 Jim McDermott D 0%
WA U.S. House-8 Dave Reichert R 0%
WA U.S. House-9 Adam Smith D 0%
WA Governor Jay Inslee D 0%
WI U.S. Senate-Jr Tammy Baldwin D 0%
WI U.S. House-1 Paul Ryan R 100%
WI U.S. House-3 Ron Kind D 0%
WI U.S. House-4 Gwen Moore D 0%
WI U.S. House-5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. R 100%
WI U.S. House-6 Tom Petri R 0%
WV U.S. Senate-Sr Jay Rockefeller IV D 5%
WV U.S. House-2 Shelley Moore Capito R 0%
WV U.S. House-3 Nick Rahall II D 0%
WY U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Enzi R 23%
WY U.S. Senate-Jr John Barrasso R 0%
Gary Ackerman Other 0%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. Other 41%
Todd Akin Other 100%
Wayne Allard Other 29%
Thomas Allen Other 0%
Jason Altmire Other 0%
Michael Arcuri Other 0%
Joe Baca, Sr. Other 0%
Brian Baird Other 0%
J. Gresham Barrett Other 100%
Roscoe Bartlett Other 100%
Evan Bayh Other 17%
Melissa Bean Other 0%
Bob Bennett Other 41%
Shelley Berkley Other 0%
Howard Berman Other 0%
Marion Berry Other 0%
Judy Biggert Other 0%
Brian Bilbray Other 100%
Jeff Bingaman Other 29%
Kit Bond Other 35%
Mary Bono Mack Other 0%
Dan Boren Other 0%
Leonard Boswell Other 0%
Rick Boucher Other 0%
Allen Boyd, Jr. Other 0%
Nancy Boyda Other 0%
Henry Brown, Jr. Other 100%
Ginny Brown-Waite Other 0%
Jim Bunning Other 23%
Dan Burton Other 100%
Robert Byrd Other 5%
Chris Cannon Other 100%
Dennis Cardoza Other 0%
Russ Carnahan Other 0%
Christopher Carney Other 0%
Mike Castle Other 0%
Ben Chandler III Other 0%
Hillary Clinton Other 20%
Norm Coleman Other 47%
Kent Conrad Other 5%
Jerry Costello Other 0%
Larry Craig Other 47%
Robert Cramer Other 0%
Barbara Cubin Other 100%
Artur Davis Other 0%
David Davis Other 100%
Geoff Davis Other 0%
Lincoln Davis Other 0%
Thomas Davis III Other 100%
Bill Delahunt Other 0%
James DeMint Other 29%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart Other 0%
Norm Dicks Other 0%
Chris Dodd Other 0%
Elizabeth Dole Other 23%
Pete Domenici, Jr. Other 47%
John Doolittle Other 100%
Byron Dorgan Other 0%
Thelma Drake Other 100%
David Dreier Other 100%
Chet Edwards Other 0%
Vern Ehlers Other 0%
Brad Ellsworth Other 0%
Jo Ann Emerson Other 0%
Philip English Other 0%
John Ensign Other 29%
Bob Etheridge Other 0%
Terry Everett Other 0%
Tom Feeney Other 100%
Russ Feingold Other 17%
Michael Ferguson Other 0%
Vito Fossella, Jr. Other 0%
Barney Frank Other 0%
Elton Gallegly Other 100%
Gabrielle Giffords Other 0%
Wayne Gilchrest Other 0%
Charlie Gonzalez Other 0%
Virgil Goode, Jr. Other 0%
Bart Gordon Other 0%
Judd Gregg Other 41%
John Hall Other 0%
Phil Hare Other 0%
Jane Harman Other 0%
Robert Hayes Other 0%
Wally Herger, Jr. Other 100%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin Other 0%
Baron Hill Other 0%
Maurice Hinchey Other 0%
David Lee Hobson Other 100%
Paul Hodes Other 0%
Pete Hoekstra Other 100%
Thomas Holden Other 0%
Darlene Hooley Other 0%
Kenny Hulshof Other 0%
Duncan Hunter Other 100%
Kay Hutchison Other 35%
Bob Inglis, Sr. Other 100%
Daniel Inouye Other 17%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. Other 0%
William Jefferson Other 0%
Tim Johnson Other 0%
Steve Kagen Other 0%
Paul Kanjorski Other 0%
Ric Keller Other 0%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. Other 52%
Patrick Kennedy Other 0%
Dale Kildee Other 0%
Carolyn Kilpatrick Other 0%
Ron Klein Other 0%
Herb Kohl Other 29%
Dennis Kucinich Other 0%
John Kuhl, Jr. Other 0%
Jon Kyl Other 52%
Ray LaHood Other 0%
Nicholas Lampson Other 0%
Steve LaTourette Other 0%
Jerry Lewis Other 100%
Ron Lewis Other 100%
Joe Lieberman Other 46%
Blanche Lincoln Other 35%
John Linder Other 100%
Dick Lugar Other 52%
Dan Lungren Other 100%
Connie Mack IV Other 100%
Tim Mahoney Other 0%
Don Manzullo Other 100%
Jim Marshall Other 0%
Melquiades Martinez Other 52%
Thaddeus McCotter Other 0%
James McCrery III Other 100%
John McHugh Other 0%
Michael McNulty Other 0%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. Other 0%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. Other 0%
Brad Miller Other 0%
Harry Mitchell Other 0%
Alan Mollohan Other 0%
Dennis Moore Other 0%
Patrick Murphy Other 0%
Jack Murtha Other 0%
Marilyn Musgrave Other 100%
Sue Myrick Other 100%
Ben Nelson Other 0%
Jim Oberstar Other 0%
Dave Obey Other 0%
John Olver Other 0%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. Other 0%
Ron Paul Other 100%
Donald Payne Other 0%
John Peterson Other 0%
Charles Pickering, Jr. Other 100%
Todd Platts Other 0%
Earl Pomeroy Other 0%
Jon Porter, Sr. Other 100%
Deborah Pryce Other 0%
George Radanovich Other 100%
James Ramstad Other 0%
Ralph Regula Other 0%
Denny Rehberg Other 100%
Richard Renzi Other 0%
Silvestre Reyes Other 0%
Thomas Reynolds Other 100%
Ciro Rodriguez Other 0%
Mike Ross Other 0%
Steve Rothman Other 0%
Ken Salazar Other 52%
William Sali Other 100%
Jim Saxton Other 0%
Jean Schmidt Other 0%
Joe Sestak, Jr. Other 0%
John Shadegg Other 100%
Christopher Shays Other 0%
Heath Shuler Other 0%
Ike Skelton Other 0%
Gordon Smith Other 41%
Olympia Snowe Other 41%
Vic Snyder Other 0%
Hilda Solis Other 0%
Mark Souder Other 100%
Zack Space Other 0%
Arlen Specter Other 52%
John Spratt, Jr. Other 0%
Pete Stark Other 0%
Cliff Stearns Other 0%
Ted Stevens Other 35%
Bart Stupak Other 0%
John Sullivan Other 100%
John Sununu Other 17%
Betty Sutton Other 0%
Tom Tancredo Other 100%
John Tanner Other 0%
Ellen Tauscher Other 0%
Gene Taylor Other 0%
Todd Tiahrt Other 100%
Ed Towns Other 0%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones Other 0%
George Voinovich Other 47%
James Walsh Other 0%
Zach Wamp Other 0%
John Warner Other 47%
Diane Watson Other 0%
Jim Webb, Jr. Other 11%
Anthony Weiner Other 0%
David Weldon Other 100%
Gerald Weller Other 0%
Robert Wexler Other 0%
Charlie Wilson, Jr. Other 0%
Heather Wilson Other 0%
Lynn Woolsey Other 0%
David Wu Other 0%
Albert Wynn Other 0%

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.

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