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Raymond Poe's Ratings and Endorsements on Issue: Labor Unions

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56%
2015
56%
2015
57%
2014
57%
2014
46%
2014
46%
2014
68%
2013
68%
2013
45%
2013
45%
2013
43%
2012
43%
2012
42%
2012
42%
2012
44%
2011
44%
2011
100%
2011
100%
2011
37%
2010
37%
2010
52%
2009
52%
2009
37%
2009
37%
2009
44
2007
26%
2005
26%
2005
30%
2004
30%
2004
58%
2003
58%
2003
44%
2001
44%
2001
24%
1999
24%
1999
41%
1997
41%
1997
56%
2011-2012
82%
2009-2010
100%
2004
100%
2003
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