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Todd Gilbert's Ratings and Endorsements on Issue: Business and Consumers

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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.

95%
2011-2012
96%
2018
92%
2021
90%
2020
99%
2019
98%
2018
97%
2017
100%
2017
93%
2016
97%
2016
100%
2015
94%
2014
96%
2013
100%
2012
86%
2019
86%
2019
85%
2018
85%
2018
94%
2017
94%
2017
91%
2017
91%
2017
89%
2016
89%
2016
87%
2015
87%
2015
85%
2014-2015
85%
2014-2015
87%
2014
87%
2014
70%
2013
70%
2013
0%
2013
0%
2013
74%
2012
74%
2012
75%
2012
75%
2012
85%
2012
85%
2012
70%
2012
70%
2012
95%
2012
95%
2012
65
2010
65
2010
90%
2010
90%
2010
78
2010
78
2010
62
2010
62
2010
71%
2009
71%
2009
58
2009
58
2009
63
2009
63
2009
67
2009
67
2009
87
2008
87
2008
68%
2007
68%
2007
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