| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AK | U.S. House-At-Large | Don Young | R | 100% |
| AL | U.S. House-1 | Jo Bonner, Jr. | R | 100% |
| AL | U.S. House-3 | Mike Rogers | R | 100% |
| AL | U.S. House-4 | Robert Aderholt | R | 100% |
| AL | U.S. House-6 | Spencer Bachus | R | 100% |
| AR | U.S. Senate-Jr | John Boozman | R | 100% |
| AZ | U.S. Senate-Jr | Jeff Flake | R | 0% |
| AZ | U.S. House-3 | Raúl Grijalva | D | 100% |
| AZ | U.S. House-7 | Ed Pastor | D | 100% |
| AZ | U.S. House-8 | Trent Franks | R | 0% |
| CA | U.S. House-5 | Mike Thompson | D | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-11 | George Miller | D | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-12 | Nancy Pelosi | D | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-13 | Barbara Lee | D | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-17 | Mike Honda | D | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-18 | Anna Eshoo | D | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-19 | Zoe Lofgren | D | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-20 | Sam Farr | D | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-22 | Devin Nunes | R | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-24 | Lois Capps | D | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-25 | Buck McKeon | R | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-28 | Adam Schiff | D | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-30 | Brad Sherman | D | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-31 | Gary Miller | R | 0% |
| CA | U.S. House-32 | Grace Napolitano | D | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-33 | Henry Waxman | D | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-34 | Xavier Becerra | D | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-38 | Linda Sánchez | D | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-39 | Ed Royce | R | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-40 | Lucille Roybal-Allard | D | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-42 | Ken Calvert | R | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-43 | Maxine Waters | D | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-46 | Loretta Sanchez | D | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-48 | Dana Rohrabacher | R | 0% |
| CA | U.S. House-49 | Darrell Issa | R | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-53 | Susan Davis | D | 100% |
| CA | Mayor-At-Large | Bob Filner | D | 100% |
| CO | U.S. Senate-Sr | Mark Udall | D | 100% |
| CO | U.S. House-1 | Diana DeGette | D | 100% |
| CT | U.S. House-1 | John Larson | D | 100% |
| CT | U.S. House-3 | Rosa DeLauro | D | 100% |
| FL | U.S. House-1 | Jefferson Miller | R | 0% |
| FL | U.S. House-4 | Ander Crenshaw | R | 100% |
| FL | U.S. House-5 | Corrine Brown | D | 100% |
| FL | U.S. House-7 | John Mica | R | 100% |
| FL | U.S. House-13 | Bill Young | R | 100% |
| FL | U.S. House-20 | Alcee Hastings, Sr. | D | 100% |
| FL | U.S. House-25 | Mario Diaz-Balart | R | 100% |
| FL | U.S. House-27 | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | R | 100% |
| FL | Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services | Adam Putnam | R | 100% |
| GA | U.S. Senate-Jr | Johnny Isakson | R | 100% |
| GA | U.S. House-1 | Jack Kingston | R | 100% |
| GA | U.S. House-2 | Sanford Bishop, Jr. | D | 100% |
| GA | U.S. House-5 | John Lewis | D | 100% |
| GA | U.S. House-11 | Phil Gingrey | R | 100% |
| GA | U.S. House-13 | David Scott | D | 100% |
| GA | Governor | Nathan Deal | R | 100% |
| HI | Governor | Neil Abercrombie | D | 100% |
| IA | U.S. House-3 | Tom Latham | R | 100% |
| IA | U.S. House-4 | Steve King | R | 0% |
| ID | U.S. House-2 | Mike Simpson | R | 100% |
| ID | Governor | Butch Otter | R | 0% |
| IL | U.S. Senate-Jr | Mark Kirk | R | 100% |
| IL | U.S. House-1 | Bobby Rush | D | 100% |
| IL | U.S. House-4 | Luis Gutierrez | D | 100% |
| IL | U.S. House-7 | Danny Davis | D | 100% |
| IL | U.S. House-9 | Jan Schakowsky | D | 100% |
| IL | U.S. House-15 | John Shimkus | R | 0% |
| IL | Mayor-At-Large | Rahm Emanuel | D | 100% |
| IN | U.S. House-1 | Pete Visclosky | D | 100% |
| IN | Governor | Mike Pence | R | 100% |
| KS | U.S. Senate-Jr | Jerry Moran | R | 100% |
| KY | U.S. House-1 | Ed Whitfield | R | 100% |
| KY | U.S. House-5 | Hal Rogers | R | 100% |
| KY | Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs | Kenneth Lucas | D | 100% |
| LA | U.S. Senate-Jr | David Vitter | R | 100% |
| LA | U.S. House-5 | Rodney Alexander | R | 100% |
| MA | U.S. House-1 | Richard Neal | D | 100% |
| MA | U.S. House-2 | Jim McGovern | D | 100% |
| MA | U.S. House-5 | Ed Markey | D | 100% |
| MA | U.S. House-6 | John Tierney | D | 100% |
| MA | U.S. House-7 | Mike Capuano | D | 100% |
| MA | U.S. House-8 | Stephen Lynch | D | 100% |
| MD | U.S. Senate-Jr | Ben Cardin | D | 100% |
| MD | U.S. House-2 | Dutch Ruppersberger | D | 100% |
| MD | U.S. House-5 | Steny Hoyer | D | 100% |
| MD | U.S. House-7 | Elijah Cummings | D | 100% |
| MD | U.S. House-8 | Chris Van Hollen, Jr. | D | 100% |
| ME | U.S. House-2 | Mike Michaud | D | 100% |
| MI | U.S. House-4 | Dave Camp | R | 100% |
| MI | U.S. House-6 | Fred Upton | R | 100% |
| MI | U.S. House-8 | Mike Rogers | R | 100% |
| MI | U.S. House-9 | Sandy Levin | D | 100% |
| MI | U.S. House-10 | Candice Miller | R | 100% |
| MI | U.S. House-12 | John Dingell | D | 100% |
| MI | U.S. House-13 | John Conyers, Jr. | D | 100% |
| MN | U.S. House-2 | John Kline | R | 100% |
| MN | U.S. House-4 | Betty McCollum | DFL | 100% |
| MN | U.S. House-7 | Collin Peterson | DFL | 100% |
| MO | U.S. Senate-Jr | Roy Blunt | R | 100% |
| MO | U.S. House-1 | Lacy Clay, Jr. | D | 100% |
| MO | U.S. House-6 | Sam Graves | R | 0% |
| MS | U.S. Senate-Jr | Roger Wicker | R | 100% |
| MS | U.S. House-2 | Bennie Thompson | D | 100% |
| NC | U.S. Senate-Sr | Richard Burr | R | 100% |
| NC | U.S. House-3 | Walter Jones, Jr. | R | 0% |
| NC | U.S. House-4 | David Price | D | 100% |
| NC | U.S. House-6 | Howard Coble | R | 0% |
| NC | U.S. House-7 | Mike McIntyre | D | 100% |
| NC | U.S. House-12 | Mel Watt | D | 100% |
| NE | U.S. House-2 | Lee Terry | R | 100% |
| NH | State Senate-3 | Jeb Bradley | R | 100% |
| NJ | U.S. Senate-Jr | Bob Menendez | D | 100% |
| NJ | U.S. House-1 | Rob Andrews | D | 100% |
| NJ | U.S. House-2 | Frank LoBiondo | R | 100% |
| NJ | U.S. House-4 | Chris Smith | R | 100% |
| NJ | U.S. House-5 | Scott Garrett | R | 0% |
| NJ | U.S. House-6 | Frank Pallone, Jr. | D | 100% |
| NJ | U.S. House-9 | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | D | 100% |
| NJ | U.S. House-11 | Rodney Frelinghuysen | R | 100% |
| NJ | U.S. House-12 | Rush Holt, Jr. | D | 100% |
| NM | U.S. Senate-Sr | Thomas Udall | D | 100% |
| NM | U.S. House-2 | Steve Pearce | R | 100% |
| NY | U.S. House-1 | Tim Bishop | D | 100% |
| NY | U.S. House-2 | Pete King | R | 100% |
| NY | U.S. House-3 | Steve Israel | D | 100% |
| NY | U.S. House-4 | Carolyn McCarthy | D | 100% |
| NY | U.S. House-7 | Nydia Velázquez | D | 100% |
| NY | U.S. House-10 | Jerry Nadler | D | 100% |
| NY | U.S. House-12 | Carolyn Maloney | D | 100% |
| NY | U.S. House-13 | Charlie Rangel | D | 100% |
| NY | U.S. House-14 | Joe Crowley | D | 100% |
| NY | U.S. House-15 | José Serrano | D | 100% |
| NY | U.S. House-16 | Eliot Engel | D | 100% |
| NY | U.S. House-17 | Nita Lowey | D | 100% |
| NY | U.S. House-25 | Louise Slaughter | D | 100% |
| OH | U.S. Senate-Sr | Sherrod Brown | D | 100% |
| OH | U.S. Senate-Jr | Rob Portman | R | 100% |
| OH | U.S. House-1 | Steve Chabot | R | 0% |
| OH | U.S. House-8 | John Boehner | R | 100% |
| OH | U.S. House-9 | Marcy Kaptur | D | 100% |
| OH | U.S. House-10 | Mike Turner | R | 100% |
| OH | U.S. House-12 | Pat Tiberi | R | 100% |
| OH | U.S. House-13 | Tim Ryan | D | 100% |
| OK | U.S. House-3 | Frank Lucas | R | 100% |
| OK | U.S. House-4 | Tom Cole | R | 100% |
| OR | U.S. House-2 | Greg Walden | R | 100% |
| OR | U.S. House-3 | Earl Blumenauer | D | 100% |
| OR | U.S. House-4 | Peter DeFazio | D | 100% |
| PA | U.S. Senate-Jr | Pat Toomey | R | 0% |
| PA | U.S. House-1 | Bob Brady | D | 100% |
| PA | U.S. House-2 | Chaka Fattah, Sr. | D | 100% |
| PA | U.S. House-6 | Jim Gerlach | R | 100% |
| PA | U.S. House-9 | Bill Shuster | R | 0% |
| PA | U.S. House-14 | Mike Doyle, Jr. | D | 100% |
| PA | U.S. House-16 | Joe Pitts | R | 100% |
| PA | U.S. House-18 | Tim Murphy | R | 100% |
| PA | Commissioner-At-Large | Joseph Hoeffel | Other | 100% |
| RI | U.S. House-2 | Jim Langevin | D | 100% |
| SC | U.S. House-2 | Joe Wilson, Sr. | R | 100% |
| SC | U.S. House-6 | Jim Clyburn | D | 100% |
| TN | U.S. House-2 | John Duncan, Jr. | R | 0% |
| TN | U.S. House-7 | Marsha Blackburn | 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 | 0% |
| TX | U.S. House-8 | Kevin Brady | R | 0% |
| 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 | 100% |
| TX | U.S. House-18 | Sheila Jackson Lee | D | 100% |
| TX | U.S. House-19 | Randy Neugebauer | R | 100% |
| TX | U.S. House-21 | Lamar Smith | R | 100% |
| TX | U.S. House-26 | Michael Burgess | R | 0% |
| TX | U.S. House-29 | Gene Green | D | 100% |
| TX | U.S. House-30 | Eddie Johnson | D | 100% |
| 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 | 100% |
| UT | U.S. House-1 | Rob Bishop | R | 0% |
| UT | U.S. House-4 | Jim Matheson | D | 100% |
| VA | U.S. House-3 | Bobby Scott | D | 100% |
| 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 | 100% |
| VA | U.S. House-10 | Frank Wolf | R | 100% |
| VT | U.S. Senate-Jr | Bernie Sanders | I | 100% |
| WA | U.S. House-2 | Rick Larsen | D | 100% |
| WA | U.S. House-4 | Doc Hastings | R | 0% |
| WA | U.S. House-7 | Jim McDermott | D | 100% |
| WA | U.S. House-9 | Adam Smith | D | 100% |
| WA | Governor | Jay Inslee | D | 100% |
| WI | U.S. Senate-Jr | Tammy Baldwin | D | 100% |
| WI | U.S. House-1 | Paul Ryan | R | 100% |
| WI | U.S. House-3 | Ron Kind | D | 100% |
| WI | U.S. House-5 | Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. | R | 100% |
| WI | U.S. House-6 | Tom Petri | R | 100% |
| WV | U.S. House-2 | Shelley Moore Capito | R | 100% |
| WV | U.S. House-3 | Nick Rahall II | D | 0% |
| Gary Ackerman | Other | 100% | ||
| Todd Akin | Other | 0% | ||
| Thomas Allen | Other | 100% | ||
| Joe Baca, Sr. | Other | 100% | ||
| Brian Baird | Other | 100% | ||
| Richard Hugh Baker | Other | 100% | ||
| Frank Ballance, Jr. | Other | 100% | ||
| Cass Ballenger | Other | 100% | ||
| J. Gresham Barrett | Other | 0% | ||
| Roscoe Bartlett | Other | 0% | ||
| Charlie Bass | Other | 100% | ||
| Bob Beauprez | Other | 100% | ||
| Chris Bell | Other | 100% | ||
| Douglas Bereuter | Other | 100% | ||
| Howard Berman | Other | 100% | ||
| Marion Berry | Other | 0% | ||
| Judy Biggert | Other | 100% | ||
| Michael Bilirakis | Other | 100% | ||
| Sherwood Boehlert | Other | 100% | ||
| Henry Bonilla | Other | 100% | ||
| Mary Bono Mack | Other | 100% | ||
| Leonard Boswell | Other | 100% | ||
| Rick Boucher | Other | 100% | ||
| Allen Boyd, Jr. | Other | 100% | ||
| Henry Brown, Jr. | Other | 100% | ||
| Ginny Brown-Waite | Other | 100% | ||
| Max Burns | Other | 100% | ||
| Dan Burton | Other | 100% | ||
| Steve Buyer | Other | 100% | ||
| Chris Cannon | Other | 100% | ||
| Dennis Cardoza | Other | 100% | ||
| Brad Carson | Other | 100% | ||
| Julia Carson | Other | 100% | ||
| Edward Case | Other | 100% | ||
| Mike Castle | Other | 100% | ||
| Chris Chocola | Other | 100% | ||
| Michael Collins | Other | 0% | ||
| Jerry Costello | Other | 100% | ||
| Christopher Cox | Other | 100% | ||
| Robert Cramer | Other | 100% | ||
| Philip Crane | Other | 100% | ||
| Barbara Cubin | Other | 0% | ||
| Randall Cunningham | Other | 100% | ||
| Artur Davis | Other | 100% | ||
| James Davis | Other | 100% | ||
| Jo Ann Davis | Other | 0% | ||
| Lincoln Davis | Other | 100% | ||
| Thomas Davis III | Other | 100% | ||
| Bill Delahunt | Other | 100% | ||
| Thomas DeLay | Other | 100% | ||
| James DeMint | Other | 0% | ||
| Peter Deutsch | Other | 100% | ||
| Lincoln Diaz-Balart | Other | 100% | ||
| Norm Dicks | Other | 100% | ||
| Calvin Dooley | Other | 100% | ||
| John Doolittle | Other | 100% | ||
| David Dreier | Other | 100% | ||
| Jennifer Dunn | Other | 100% | ||
| Chet Edwards | Other | 100% | ||
| Vern Ehlers | Other | 100% | ||
| Jo Ann Emerson | Other | 100% | ||
| Philip English | Other | 100% | ||
| Bob Etheridge | Other | 100% | ||
| Lane Evans | Other | 100% | ||
| Terry Everett | Other | 0% | ||
| Tom Feeney | Other | 0% | ||
| Mark Foley | Other | 100% | ||
| Harold Ford, Jr. | Other | 100% | ||
| Barney Frank | Other | 100% | ||
| Jonas Frost III | Other | 100% | ||
| Elton Gallegly | Other | 100% | ||
| Jim Gibbons | Other | 100% | ||
| Wayne Gilchrest | Other | 100% | ||
| Paul Gillmor | Other | 100% | ||
| Charlie Gonzalez | Other | 100% | ||
| Virgil Goode, Jr. | Other | 0% | ||
| Bart Gordon | Other | 100% | ||
| Porter Goss | Other | 100% | ||
| Mark Green | Other | 100% | ||
| James Greenwood | Other | 100% | ||
| Gilbert Gutknecht | Other | 100% | ||
| Jane Harman | Other | 100% | ||
| Katherine Harris | Other | 100% | ||
| Melissa Hart | Other | 100% | ||
| Robert Hayes | Other | 0% | ||
| Joel Hefley | Other | 0% | ||
| Wally Herger, Jr. | Other | 100% | ||
| Baron Hill | Other | 100% | ||
| Maurice Hinchey | Other | 100% | ||
| David Lee Hobson | Other | 100% | ||
| Pete Hoekstra | Other | 100% | ||
| Thomas Holden | Other | 100% | ||
| Darlene Hooley | Other | 100% | ||
| John Nathan Hostettler | Other | 0% | ||
| Amory Houghton, Jr. | Other | 100% | ||
| Kenny Hulshof | Other | 100% | ||
| Duncan Hunter | Other | 100% | ||
| Henry Hyde | Other | 100% | ||
| Jesse Jackson, Jr. | Other | 100% | ||
| William Lewis Jenkins | Other | 100% | ||
| Christopher John | Other | 100% | ||
| Nancy Johnson | Other | 100% | ||
| Tim Johnson | Other | 100% | ||
| Paul Kanjorski | Other | 100% | ||
| Ric Keller | Other | 100% | ||
| Sue Kelly | Other | 100% | ||
| Mark Kennedy | Other | 100% | ||
| Patrick Kennedy | Other | 100% | ||
| Dale Kildee | Other | 100% | ||
| Carolyn Kilpatrick | Other | 100% | ||
| Gerald Kleczka | Other | 100% | ||
| Joseph Knollenberg | Other | 100% | ||
| James Kolbe | Other | 100% | ||
| Dennis Kucinich | Other | 100% | ||
| Ray LaHood | Other | 100% | ||
| Nicholas Lampson | Other | 100% | ||
| Tom Lantos | Other | 100% | ||
| Steve LaTourette | Other | 100% | ||
| James Leach | Other | 100% | ||
| Jerry Lewis | Other | 100% | ||
| Ron Lewis | Other | 100% | ||
| John Linder | Other | 100% | ||
| William Lipinski | Other | 100% | ||
| Denise Majette | Other | 100% | ||
| Don Manzullo | Other | 100% | ||
| Jim Marshall | Other | 100% | ||
| Robert Matsui | Other | 100% | ||
| Karen McCarthy | Other | 100% | ||
| Thaddeus McCotter | Other | 100% | ||
| James McCrery III | Other | 100% | ||
| John McHugh | Other | 100% | ||
| Scott McInnis | Other | 100% | ||
| Michael McNulty | Other | 100% | ||
| Martin Meehan | Other | 100% | ||
| Kendrick Meek, Sr. | Other | 100% | ||
| Brad Miller | Other | 100% | ||
| Alan Mollohan | Other | 100% | ||
| Dennis Moore | Other | 100% | ||
| Jack Murtha | Other | 100% | ||
| Marilyn Musgrave | Other | 0% | ||
| Sue Myrick | Other | 0% | ||
| George Nethercutt, Jr. | Other | 100% | ||
| Robert William Ney | Other | 100% | ||
| Anne Northup | Other | 100% | ||
| Charles Norwood, Jr. | Other | 0% | ||
| James Nussle | Other | 100% | ||
| Jim Oberstar | Other | 100% | ||
| Dave Obey | Other | 0% | ||
| John Olver | Other | 100% | ||
| Solomon Ortiz, Sr. | Other | 100% | ||
| Thomas William Osborne | Other | 100% | ||
| Doug Ose | Other | 100% | ||
| Major Owens | Other | 100% | ||
| Ron Paul | Other | 0% | ||
| Donald Payne | Other | 100% | ||
| John Peterson | Other | 100% | ||
| Charles Pickering, Jr. | Other | 100% | ||
| Todd Platts | Other | 100% | ||
| Richard Pombo | Other | 100% | ||
| Earl Pomeroy | Other | 100% | ||
| Jon Porter, Sr. | Other | 100% | ||
| Deborah Pryce | Other | 100% | ||
| Jack Quinn | Other | 100% | ||
| George Radanovich | Other | 100% | ||
| James Ramstad | Other | 100% | ||
| Ralph Regula | Other | 100% | ||
| Denny Rehberg | Other | 100% | ||
| Richard Renzi | Other | 100% | ||
| Silvestre Reyes | Other | 100% | ||
| Ciro Rodriguez | Other | 100% | ||
| Mike Ross | Other | 100% | ||
| Steve Rothman | Other | 100% | ||
| Jim Ryun | Other | 0% | ||
| Martin Olav Sabo | Other | 100% | ||
| Max Sandlin, Jr. | Other | 100% | ||
| Jim Saxton | Other | 100% | ||
| Edward Schrock | Other | 100% | ||
| John Shadegg | Other | 0% | ||
| E. Clay Shaw, Jr. | Other | 100% | ||
| Christopher Shays | Other | 100% | ||
| Donald Sherwood | Other | 100% | ||
| Robert Ruhl Simmons | Other | 100% | ||
| Ike Skelton | Other | 100% | ||
| Nick Smith | Other | 0% | ||
| Vic Snyder | Other | 100% | ||
| Hilda Solis | Other | 100% | ||
| Mark Souder | Other | 100% | ||
| John Spratt, Jr. | Other | 100% | ||
| Pete Stark | Other | 100% | ||
| Cliff Stearns | Other | 0% | ||
| Charles Stenholm | Other | 100% | ||
| Ted Strickland | Other | 100% | ||
| Bart Stupak | Other | 100% | ||
| John Sullivan | Other | 100% | ||
| John Sweeney | Other | 100% | ||
| Tom Tancredo | Other | 0% | ||
| John Tanner | Other | 100% | ||
| Ellen Tauscher | Other | 100% | ||
| William Tauzin | Other | 100% | ||
| Charles Taylor | Other | 100% | ||
| Gene Taylor | Other | 0% | ||
| William Thomas | Other | 100% | ||
| Todd Tiahrt | Other | 100% | ||
| Ed Towns | Other | 100% | ||
| Stephanie Tubbs Jones | Other | 100% | ||
| James Turner | Other | 100% | ||
| James Walsh | Other | 100% | ||
| Zach Wamp | Other | 0% | ||
| Diane Watson | Other | 100% | ||
| Anthony Weiner | Other | 100% | ||
| David Weldon | Other | 0% | ||
| W. Curtis Weldon | Other | 100% | ||
| Gerald Weller | Other | 100% | ||
| Robert Wexler | Other | 100% | ||
| Heather Wilson | Other | 100% | ||
| Lynn Woolsey | Other | 100% | ||
| David Wu | Other | 100% | ||
| Albert Wynn | Other | 100% |
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.