Clinton-Edwards-Obama: Senate voting frequency comparison

[Adelante]

Clinton is in the Senate the longest, so I list her first. She also has the best record on missed votes. Her rating on voting attendance is "Average"; Edwards' rating on voting attendance is "Extremely Poor"; Obama's is "Very Poor." Edwards and Obama have similar records on missed votes. In three years, Obama sponsored 48 more bills than Edwards did in six years. In three years, one bill sponsored by Obama was successfully enacted; while two bills sponsored by Clinton in seven years were successfully enacted; and zero bills sponsored by Edwards in six years were successfully enacted. In terms of results, meaning enacted legislation, given the different time spans, Clinton and Obama performed similarly.

Clinton 7 years

Sponsored 350 bills; 2 enacted
Co-sponsored 1706 bills
Missed 6%; 143 votes of 2394
Average relative to peers

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=300022

Edwards 6 years

Sponsored 81 bills; 0 enacted
Co-sponsored 531 bills
Missed 15%; 311 votes of 2019
Extremely poor relative to peers

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=300039

Obama 3 years

Sponsored 129 bills; 1 enacted
Co-sponsored 529 bills
Missed 16%; 177 votes of 1086
Very poor relative to peers

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400629

[Fresh_Start]

1. You're annoying the lovefest

stop with the Facts.

[goldcanyonaz]

2. Very impressed with the lack of missed votes by Clinton.

Thanks for posting.

[sunonmars]

3. Looking at that

Obama has missed a lot of votes but Edwards was the worst performer. Clintons record is actually not bad.

[Drunken Irishman]

4. Compared to most of the senate, Obama and Edwards do pretty well. Credit to Clinton, though.

[karynnj]

27. How does Edwards do well - he got nothing enacted

and he was not there very often. The conclusion was extremely poor. None of them are above average.

[Alcibiades]

28. Yes, the Republican majority

Was eager to pass Edwards' progressive bills.

Judging a legislator by his volume is like judging Yoda by his size.

[Adelante]

7. Clinton has a good record

In terms of performance, meaning results in relative time spans achieving enactment of bills, Obama and Clinton perform similarly.

[JDPriestly]

19. I have the impression that Edwards did not like what he saw

as the culture of the Senate. I think that is what is motivating his campaign to change the culture in D.C. There were too many suspicious activities -- like votes being changed for the wrong reasons. He has talked about this in some of his speeches. He was not a happy camper in the Senate -- and is running for president because he wants to change things. I think he was in the Senate when the Medicare prescription bill was passed. Those were the worst of times . . .

[jackson_dem]

5. How many of Edwards' missed votes came when he was running for vice president?

[Diane R]

6. They all look comparable when you see that Clinton has served 4 years longer than Obama.

[itsrobert]

8. Flights from NY to DC are far more frequent

Plus it's closer. You can take a train. Obama is from Illinois and Edwards is from North Carolina. Edwards was also running as V.P. for part of that time.

But, I perfer they try to make it to every vote.

[laconicsax]

9. The 'ideometer' they have is interesting

It shows Clinton as being as far-left as possible 'radical democrat' and Obama as a less left 'rank-and-file democrat.'

[1corona4u]

10. You forgot to post this part;

Obama, a Democrat, has been a Senator from Illinois since 2005.
Obama is a rank-and-file Democrat according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship. (Where do these labels come from?)
Obama missed 177 of 1086 votes (16%) since Jan 6, 2005 (Very Poor relative to peers). Click the image for a graph of this candidate's missed votes over time.

Obama sponsored 129 bills since Jan 4, 2005, of which 120 (93%) haven't made it out of committee and 1 were successfully enacted.




Clinton, a Democrat, has been a Senator from New York since 2001.
Clinton is a radical Democrat according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship. (Where do these labels come from?)
SurveyUSA reports Clinton's job approval rating at 60% as of 2007-11-20. The average approval rating among senators in states surveyed is 53%. See their survey details for more information.
Clinton missed 143 of 2394 votes (6%) since Jan 23, 2001 (Average relative to peers). Click the image for a graph of this candidate's missed votes over time.

Clinton sponsored 350 bills since Jan 22, 2001, of which 304 (87%) haven't made it out of committee and 2 were successfully enacted.

[ccpup]

14. in other words,

it appears as if she actually does her job and gets things done compared to both Obama and Edwards.

[goldcanyonaz]

17. Clinton actually shows up to the job she's paid to do, what a *****!

[jackson_dem]

16. Good catch corona

[Adelante]

18. If you like

Edwards, a Democrat, was a Senator from North Carolina from 1999 to 2004.
Edwards missed 311 of 2019 votes (15%) since Jan 8, 1999 (Extremely Poor relative to peers). Click the image for a graph of this candidate's missed votes over time.

Edwards sponsored 81 bills since Jan 19, 1999, of which 74 (91%) haven't made it out of committee and 0 were successfully enacted.

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/presidential.xpd

[sunonmars]

21. Fact of the matter is

Obama getting his senate was basically a through the door manouvre. He started running for President the day he became Senator.

[Adelante]

20. Thank you, I added those ratings into the OP nt

[terisan]

11. How many years for each under Democratic majority. Dems couldn't do much under repubs ?

[Nailzberg]

12. I found there are very little differences when you take the election season out of the picture.

I tried posting it before, but I can't get the formating to down, so it all ended up like: 1237132712617861847618274681726486.

[maximusveritas]

23. When it comes to the missed votes, you're right

In the years they weren't running:
Clinton missed 40 of 1952 votes.
Edwards missed 6 of 1344 votes
Obama missed 11 of 644 votes.

[Tom Rinaldo]

13. WesDem, I know you support Obama

I know it's for good reasons also. I just wanted to say how refreshing it is to share this message board with people like you who are willing to explore relevent objective facts without having to wildly edit and/or distort them.

[Occam Bandage]

15. Clinton's Senate record is overall very impressive.

[itsrobert]

22. Looks like she's doing an excellent job for her state

She should stay there.

[Rageneau]

24. Hillary wins this comparison by every standard.

Of course, competence and experience aren't nearly as sexy as hope and change.

Personally, I hope competence and experience will start to count -- for a change.

[goldcanyonaz]

25. I "hope" you are right.

[Proud2BAmurkin]

26. kick

:kick: