Candidates' Common Interest Score
The Common Interest Score
(CIS) reflects the percentage of Common Interest positions that a candidate
supports. “CIS – Past” reflects issues on which we took positions that
have already been voted on by both the House and the Senate. “CIS – Future”
reflects positions which we have taken which have not yet come before
both the House and the Senate for votes. The CIS – Past for incumbents
is based on their actual votes on those issues. The CIS – Future for incumbents,
as well as the CIS – Past and CIS – Future for challengers, is based on
candidates answers to our questionnaire. The Common Interes