IntelligentVote.com: the RN site of the month
posted by CS | 3:40 PM 
Want to know how your congressman's votes would square with yours, were you given the opportunity? Visit IntelligentVote.com - the Reasonable Nuts website of the month. I did as much, reading a description of each of the bills. Given that all 3 of my representatives are Republicans, I expected to at least partially square with their votes:
Senator: George AllenA further examination shows that where I differ with my representatives is in matters where I don't think the congress should have authority. For example, all 3 voted for the horrid Medicare "reform" bill. Also, 2 of the 3 voted to raise the U.S. debt ceiling. I think we should force real and immediate budget cuts instead. All 3 approved aid to foreign nations, whereas I wish to see all such aid suspended.
Result: You voted in agreement with George Allen on the bills that you selected, 73% of the time out of 22 bills.
Senator: John Warner
Result: You voted in agreement with John Warner on the bills that you selected, 68% of the time out of 22 bills.
Congressman: Eric Cantor
Result: You voted in agreement with Eric Cantor on the bills that you selected, 78 % of the time out of 23 bills.
3 Comments:
Protagonist said...
I scored 50% George Allen, 46% John Warner, 44% Eric Cantor.
I also tested for a solidly Democratic area: my home state of Maryland. There it was 36% Mikulski, 50% Sarbanes and 50% Steny Hoyer (Minority-Whip D).
I was recently a solid Republican before deciding to go Libertarian, so the findings really suprised me.
10/27/2006 11:37 PM
So - Protag, where were your principal differences with your representatives?
Not that I would move my family in order to be better represented by politicians... gasp! But, like Protagonist, I wanted to see how I'd line up in other areas of the nation. I chose the Seattle area, as that's where my wife is from and I do like the environs. Looks that I'm far better served by my current representation in congress, if these figures are any clue:
Senator: Maria Cantwell
Result: You voted in agreement with Maria Cantwell on the bills that you selected, 64% of the time out of 22 bills.
Senator: Patty Murray
Result: You voted in agreement with Patty Murray on the bills that you selected, 57% of the time out of 21 bills.
Congressman: Norman D. Dicks
Result: You voted in agreement with Norman D. Dicks on the bills that you selected, 56 % of the time out of 23 bills.
And somehow - if I were perhaps drugged and beaten - and taken by force to Massachusettes...
Senator: Edward Kennedy
Result: You voted in agreement with Edward Kennedy on the bills that you selected, 64% of the time out of 22 bills.
Senator: John Kerry
Result: You voted in agreement with John Kerry on the bills that you selected, 56% of the time out of 18 bills.
Congressman: Barney Franks
Result: You voted in agreement with Barney Franks on the bills that you selected, 39 % of the time out of 23 bills.
Kinda shocking re: Kennedy. He's not far behind Warner (Va) re: my votes. He likely concurred with my few anti-republican pet project votes.
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