If The Election Were Held Today Who Would You Vote For:

[Jackson50]

bigjon said:

Jackson50 said:
I believe the National Journal only samples 100 votes to determine its rankings. It is not the most accurate in determining the ideological strength of senators. As a prospective political scientist, let me point you in the direction of a study that better represents the ideological strength of senators. Obama was not the most liberal senator in 2007. He was tied with Biden as the 10th most liberal senator.

http://voteview.com/sen110.htm

 

 he was 10th in 2006.

Voted the "liberal way" 66 out of 67 times in 07.

In years when he casted many votes, he was less liberal. I think it a reasonable assumption that the same thing would have happened in 2007. If you look at the entire 110th Senate, Obama was tied with Biden as the 10th most liberal senator. To say that Obama was more liberal than Feingold or Sanders is silly.