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Does anybody know the liberal Republicans/conservative Democrats ACU numbers?

Posted on 09/01/2003 12:14:29 AM PDT by zbigreddogz

I just read National Review's article on Arlen Specter. I know him and Lincoln Chafee are both very liberal, but I'm just wondering how their voting record stands up to some of the conservative Dems, such as Zell Miller.

So, does anybody know what Zell's ACU numbers are, or Chaffee? Or some of the other lib/repubs con/dems?


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1 posted on 09/01/2003 12:14:30 AM PDT by zbigreddogz
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To: zbigreddogz
http://www.acuratings.com/

Lifetime ratings:
Miller - 54
Chafee - 47
Specter - 42

2 posted on 09/01/2003 12:32:24 AM PDT by Gil4
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To: zbigreddogz
I went about this systematically. I made a quick spreadsheet file out of this thread.

Then, I sorted it by party and lifetime score, in that order, selecting the Republicans under 58 (chosen in order to barely include Susan Collins) and the Democrats above 50. Finally, I corrected spelling errors and removed people who are not in the 108th Congress, since the ACU numbers are current through the last Congress. As for commentary, you take what you can get in some of the NE states. Glass half full, you know. However, in other states and districts, a conservative Republican would be a realistic goal, as with Toomey over Specter.

Maine, S, Susan Collins, R, 57
Colorado, S, Ben Campbell, R*, 54
New York, H, Amo Houghton, R, 54
Maine, S, Olympia Snowe, R, 52
Connecticut, H, Christopher Shays, R, 48
Connecticut, H, Nancy Johnson, R, 47
Iowa, H, Jim Leach, R, 44
Pennsylvania, S, Arlen Specter, R, 42
New York, H, Sherwood Boehlert, R, 39
Rhode Island, S, Lincoln Chafee, R, 34

Texas, H, Ralph Hall, D, 83
Kentucky, H, Ken Lucas, D, 74
Texas, H, Charles Stenholm, D, 71
Mississippi, H, Gene Taylor, D, 70
Georgia, S, Zell Miller, D, 54
Nebraska, S, Ben Nelson, D, 53
North Carolina, H, Mike Mcintyre, D, 53
Louisiana, H, Christopher John, D, 51

*Note that he switched parties around the time of the 1994 elections. His numbers are much higher now.

That was a very well-reasoned article in NR, by the way. FReepmail me if you'd like the spreadsheet file.

3 posted on 09/01/2003 1:15:23 AM PDT by Tex_GOP_Cruz
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To: zbigreddogz; Gil4
Data error -- Chafee's lifetime score is, as mentioned in Gil4's reply, 47. It looks as though he voted a little more conservatively in each of his three years in the Senate so far. :-)
4 posted on 09/01/2003 1:22:40 AM PDT by Tex_GOP_Cruz
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