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John Ensign's Ratings and Endorsements on Issue: Business and Consumers

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.

100%
2005-2006
91%
2003-2004
0
2007
100%
2009
100%
2009
50%
2009-2010
100%
2005
94%
2003
94%
2003
92%
2009-2010
100%
2007-2008
89%
2005-2006
91%
2003-2004
88%
2001-2002
75%
2005-2006
100%
2003-2004
88%
2009-2010
100%
2007-2008
92%
2005-2006
100%
2003-2004
100%
2003
100%
2010
100%
2010
18%
2003-2004
18%
2003-2004
18%
2003
18%
2003
15%
2001-2002
15%
2001-2002
82%
1997
82%
1997
46%
1995-1996
46%
1995-1996
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