>>>Around here, Republican politicians are routinely called RINOs, despite having conservative ratings near or above 80%.<<<
I agree that the RINO label sometimes gets thrown around a little too lightly. However, 80% really isn’t nearly good enough to call someone a conservative. We might have to tolerate some 80 percenters in liberal states and districts, but we should not tolerate them where a real conservative can win.
Also, it makes a big difference which 20% the official disagrees on. Disloyalty or dissent in some areas is tolerable, but in others it is not.
Finally, with the Democrats pushing for such a radical, socialist, weak Ameerica, agenda, right now even a moderate Rebublican should be voting against the Democrats nearly 100% of the time.