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Your Congressional Representatives Interest groups rate congressional representatives on the basis of how often the representatives do or do not support the groups' viewpoints. These ratings are easily accessible online, and they are an excellent way to discover how your legislator votes on specific issues. Keeping this in mind, respond to the following:Research one of your federal legislators by using the ITT Tech Virtual Library. Explain how he or she has been rated by interest groups on at least three distinct issues, for example, abortion, education, and crime.Discuss what these ratings say about the political ideology of your legislator. Did anything you find surprise you or change your opinion of your legislator?Participation Requirements:Submit your initial post as early in the week as possible.Before the end of the week, respond to at least two of your peers' initial posts. In your responses, consider the following:How does your legislator compare with your classmates' legislators?Should people be required to know more about candidates before they vote?Ask questions, share thoughts, challenge ideas, and help your peers expand on their posts and ideas.Substantiate your initial and subsequent posts with references from the textbook, the ITT Tech Virtual Library, or credible websites.Ensure your initial post contains at least 100 words and your response posts contain at least 50 words each.Evaluation Criteria: Click here to view the grading rubric for this forum.