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Richard Stuart's 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.

8%
2021-2022
8%
2021-2022
44%
2021
46%
2023
45%
2022
48%
2022
22%
2021
48%
2021
51%
2020
48%
2020
52%
2019
42%
2019
67%
2018
53%
2018
51%
2017
62%
2017
27%
2016
50%
2016
70%
2015
52%
2015
70%
2014
52%
2013
69%
2013
33%
2012
64%
2011
50%
2010
20%
2009
78%
2008
53%
2000-2011
47%
2000-2010
30%
2023
30%
2022
27%
2022
37%
2021
20%
2021
37%
2019
29%
2019
45%
2018
45%
2017
44%
2017
0%
2016
37%
2015-2019
37%
2015-2019
50%
2015
46%
2014-2018
46%
2014-2018
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