Hillary Clinton Was the 11th Most Liberal Member of the Senate

[book_worm]

This was posted last year on Daily Kos, but still relevant--for such a conservative, Hillary Clinton sure had a pretty liberal voting record during her years in the Senate.


As it turns out, with a first-dimension score of -0.391 based upon her entire service in Congress, Hillary Clinton was the 11th most liberal member of the Senate in each of the 107th, 108th, 109th, and 110th Congresses. That places her slightly to the left of Pat Leahy (-0.386), Barbara Mikulski (-0.385) and Dick Durbin (-0.385); clearly to the left of Joe Biden (-0.331) and Harry Reid (-0.289); and well to the left of moderate Democrats like Jon Tester (-0.230), Blanche Lincoln (-0.173), and Claire McCaskill (-0.154).
Some more numbers from the 110th Congress, to further help put things in perspective:


http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/3/31/1374629/-Hillary-Clinton-Was-the-11th-Most-Liberal-Member-of-the-Senate

[Wilms]

1. And Bernie Sanders Was #1 Most Liberal Member of the Senate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1280109868

[WI_DEM]

3. Sure he was it would be hard to beat him--even Feingold was #7

and he's my favorite liberal.

[uponit7771]

6. Out of what 40? So... Clinton and Sanders are in the top 25%?! ... that's not bad

[beam me up scottie]

8. Coming in at #11 is Not Good Enough, Hillary!

[NurseJackie]

2. Bernie's harcore fans don't like this story.

Perhaps because it's mostly data-driven and not just someone's opinion that can be more easily dismissed.

[Wilms]

4. You were saying...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=1140860

[uponit7771]

9. ... that Sanders meme that Hillary isn't left enough is false? tia

[emulatorloo]

15. Certainly deflates the 'Hillary is a Republican' meme that's so popular here.

[uponit7771]

7. Facts have a Hillary bias now

[Bjornsdotter]

11. Wrong! I love this story!

I love that Bernie is #1 and Hillary is #1 + #10.

[uponit7771]

5. Facts are now corporate establishment and have no place in GD:P

[Motown_Johnny]

12. That means there are 10 Senators who would make a better President, and Bernie is #1!

From your own link.


Most liberal Dem
1 Sanders -0.523
11 CLINTON -0.391

[Metric System]

13. When they were in the Senate together Hillary and Bernie voted the same way 93% of the time.

[frylock]

21. The 7% where they differed were some pretty significant votes.

USAPATRIOT
IWR
Bankruptcy bill

[Beacool]

14. Frankly, I don't give a fig if Sanders was #1 and Hillary was #11.

There is a lot more to voting someone for president than the race to be the most liberal of them all.

Gee, it's not as if they were running for school president.

[left-of-center2012]

16. "for such a conservative"

No one has said Hillary's a conservative.
But I'd not be surprised to hear HRC claim she's a socialist,
just like Bernie.

[AZ Progressive]

17. Yep, she is so liberal...

Shows how far to the right politics has gone in America.

[Dragonfli]

18. I agree, this was one of her more liberal votes

It shows how much she deeply cares about Women and Children, especially brown ones.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=1140849

She wants even children in war torn countries to have toys to play with.

[frylock]

19. WE'RE NUMBER 11! WE'RE NUMBER 11! WE'RE NUMBER 11!

[earthside]

20. The Gold Standard for Liberalism has endorsed Sanders.

Americans for Democratic Action

ADA Endorses Bernie Sanders for Democratic Nomination

The National Board of Americans for Democratic Action (ADA), the nation’s most experienced liberal advocacy group, announces today that ADA has voted overwhelmingly to endorse Senator Bernie Sanders for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States.

Americans for Democratic Action
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americans_for_Democratic_Action

[stillwaiting]

22. Democratic Senators are quite conservative on domestic economic and foreign policy

issues overall.

Wall Street and Big Business did a very good job at placing their people in the Senate as Democrats.

They now have two Parties that serve them. One openly and one says one thing and does another (while not fighting AT ALL for most of the things they say they want).

Being the 11th most liberal member of the Senate doesn't mean much when the Senate has become so overrun with individuals that are MORE than happy to serve business interests over average Americans interests. A lot of them even call themselves New Democrats now. There's a reason for that.