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2016 Postmortem

jeff47

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6. When you limit yourself to votes in Congress, it can't be done.

Reply to TheDormouse (Reply #4)

Sun Feb 28, 2016, 11:03 PM

Feb 2016

Because votes in Congress inherently limits you to moderate-at-best bills. When you're trying to measure degrees of liberalism, moderate-to-conservative bills does not provide a meaningful metric.

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Hillary was one of the more liberal Senators, based on her actual votes [View all] TheDormouse Feb 2016 OP

"Actual votes" is a pool of rather conservative bills. jeff47 Feb 2016 #1

well, yes this kind of ranking depends on the algorithm; do you TheDormouse Feb 2016 #4

When you limit yourself to votes in Congress, it can't be done. jeff47 Feb 2016 #6

Actually if you go to the voteview site she is listed as 13th not 11th. DCBob Feb 2016 #2

thanks for the correction TheDormouse Feb 2016 #3

Not good enough for the Purity Party redstateblues Feb 2016 #5

Good enough for me DCBob Feb 2016 #8

Her yea votes for the IWR and the Patriot Act are repugnant and not the least little bit liberal. AtomicKitten Feb 2016 #7

I disagree with your assessment about the IWR Lucinda Feb 2016 #11

OK, let's talk about it .. 99th_Monkey Feb 2016 #9

Kick and Recommend oasis Feb 2016 #10

Flag burning? Patriot act? If she's 11th most progressive... thesquanderer Feb 2016 #12