Originally posted by Pongo
He is a centrist .
National Journal's vote ratings rank members of Congress on how they vote relative to each other on a conservative-to-liberal scale in each chamber. The scores, which have been compiled each year since 1981, are based on lawmakers' votes in three areas: economic policy, social policy, and foreign policy. The scores are determined by a computer-assisted calculation that ranks members from one end of the ideological spectrum to the other, based on key votes -- 62 in the Senate in 2003 -- selected by National Journal reporters and editors.
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=37351The National Journal said today Kerry's rating of 96.5 is far ahead of the scores of Democratic leaders such as Sen. Ted Kennedy and Sen. Hillary Clinton,
The publication says, "To be sure, Kerry's ranking as the No. 1 Senate liberal in 2003 – and his earning of similar honors three times during his first term, from 1985 to 1990 – will probably have opposition researchers licking their chops."
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0204/022704nj1.htmThe results of the vote ratings show that Kerry was the most liberal senator in 2003, with a composite liberal score of 96.5. But Edwards wasn't far behind: He had a 2003 composite liberal score of 94.5, making him the fourth-most-liberal senator.
Kerry has compiled a generally more liberal voting record. After winning election to the Senate in 1984, he ranked among the most-liberal senators during three years of his first term, according to National Journal's vote ratings. In those years -- 1986, 1988, and 1990 -- Kerry did not vote with Senate conservatives a single time out of the total of 138 votes used to prepare those ratings
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewPolitics.asp?Page=%5CPolitics%5Carchive%5C200407%5CPOL20040707c.htmlThe ADA gave Democrat Walter Mondale a lifetime rating of 90 percent, the RNC noted, while John Kerry's lifetime ADA rating is 92 percent.
Mondale's running mate Geraldine Ferraro received a 79 percent lifetime ADA rating, while John Edwards' lifetime ADA rating is 81 percent.
Americans for Democratic Action says it judges politicians' liberal tendencies, based on 20 key votes on a wide range of social and economic issues, both domestic and international.
http://usconservatives.about.com/library/weekly/aastatesrankeda.htmRanking of states, most conservative to least conservative, based on Senate voting records:
1 Oklahoma
2 Idaho
3 Texas
4 Kentucky
5 Kansas
6 Arizona
7 Wyoming
8 Utah
9 Tennessee
10 Virginia
11 Mississippi
12 Alabama
13 New Hampshire
14 Ohio
15 Alaska
16 Colorado
17 Nebraska
18 South Carolina
19 Pennsylvania
20 Arkansas
21 Nevada
22 North Carolina
23 Missouri
24 Maine
25 Montana
26 Indiana
27 Illinois
28 Iowa
29 Oregon
30 New Mexico
31 Georgia
32 Vermont
33 Louisiana
34 West Virginia
35 North Dakota
36 Delaware
37 Rhode Island
38 Florida
39 South Dakota
40 Connecticut
41 Wisconsin
42 New York
43 Hawaii
44 California
45 Michigan
46 Washington
47 New Jersey
48 Maryland
49 Minnesota
50 Massachusetts If you got proof he's centrist, I'd like to see
