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Tom Carper's Ratings and Endorsements on Issue: Senior Citizens

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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.

86%
2023
100%
2022
85%
2022
90%
2021
85%
2021
84%
2020
100%
2020
83%
2019
100%
2019
90%
2018
83%
2018
78%
2017
82%
2017
78%
2016
83%
2016
80%
2015
83%
2015
100%
2014
83%
2014
82%
2013
100%
2013
80%
2012
80%
2012
90%
2011
80%
2011
79%
2009
70%
2009
81%
2008
80%
2008
90%
2007
90%
2006
80%
2005
100%
2004
60%
2003
70%
2002
80%
2001
78%
2003
78%
2003
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