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Carla Nelson'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.

19%
2021
19%
2021
10%
2020
10%
2020
24%
2020
24%
2020
29%
2019
29%
2019
9%
2019
46%
2018
46%
2018
55%
2022
50%
2021
31%
2021
38%
2020
51%
2020
53%
2019
29%
2019
55%
2018
71%
2018
53%
2017
61%
2017
28%
2016
56%
2016
44%
2015
59%
2015
67%
2014
61%
2014
76%
2013
65%
2013
75%
2012
68%
2012
81%
2011
81%
2011
61%
2004
59%
2004
64%
2003
64%
2003
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