Yeah, ACU is not reliable at all. They use their “lifetime” score to give politicians cover. Their old votes give them cover for their recent liberal votes, thus deceiving the people. And they only rate on certain items.
For example, they used to rate John McCain in the 90th percentile, or close to it. So all McCain had to do was vote right on abortion and taxes and liberal on everything else and he could keep his high rating.
I used to do an average of the five rating groups to get a REAL assessment.
But for a quick view I’d trust CR’s score.
1. The link I posted shows ALL years and not just a lifetime rating. You do realize that the CR score you posted is ONLY a lifetime rating?
More data is preferable to less.
Users who can comprehend more than just one number can decide for themselves what is important and what isn’t.
2. The CR lifetime score contains one — that’s ONE — vote for the entire year of 2023. If recent votes are so vital, then isn’t having just ONE vote for an entire year sort of ridiculous?
The CR people’s intentions are surely admirable but their data selection is trivial and therefore VERY often misleading.