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John Edwards' Ratings and Endorsements on Issue: Environment

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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.

92%
2021-2022
92%
2021-2022
83%
2021
87%
2023
95%
2022
85%
2022
86%
2021
85%
2021
100%
2020
84%
2020
82%
2019
82%
2019
75%
2018
82%
2018
83%
2017
73%
2017
71%
2016
84%
2016
85%
2015
90%
2015
90%
2014
83%
2013
92%
2013
91%
2012
100%
2011
80%
2010
83%
2009
89%
2008
67
2007
57%
2006
80%
2005
86%
2004
100%
2003
60%
2002
67%
2001
81%
2000-2011
78%
2000-2010
80%
2000
93%
2023
91%
2022
90%
2022
86%
2021
88%
2021
90%
2019
83%
2019
89%
2018
81%
2017
70%
2017
80%
2016
83%
2015-2019
83%
2015-2019
83%
2015
81%
2014-2018
81%
2014-2018
100%
1999
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