Perfect 2010 ACU Rating of 100
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2010 ACU Rating of Zero
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SenateReports.com calculates how conservative or progressive a Senator’s ideology is based on their roll call votes with their party’s majority votes greater than one while the other party’s majority of votes is less than one. In other words the roll call vote had no majority support from the other Party. For example if 21 Republican Senators voted ‘YEA’ and 15 voted ‘NAY’ on a roll call vote the party majority would be 6, if all 40 Republican Senators voted ‘YEA’ then the party majority would be 40. On the same roll call vote if 40 Democratic Senators voted ‘NAY’ and 15 voted ‘YEA’ then the party majority would -25 or 25. The Democratic majority did not support that roll call vote. The number of Republican Majority roll call votes greater than 1 ‘AND’ the number of Democratic Majority roll call vote less than 1 was ‘EQUAL’ to 84 of 299 roll call votes in 2010.
The number of Democratic Majority roll call votes greater than 1 ‘AND’ the number of Republican Majority roll call votes less than 1 was ‘EQUAL’ to 150 of 299 roll call votes in 2010. The number of votes a Senator voted with their party’s majority based on how their own party majority voted against the other party’s majority determined how progressive or conservative that Senator may be.
Unlike the National Journal there is nothing subjective about the SenateReports.com ranking process, the Senators by their votes with or against their Party Majority determine how ‘partisan’ they really are.
The results of the Senators voting with or against their Party’s Majority on key votes determined by the Party Majorities themselves have determined that Al Franken from Minnesota is the most Progressive Senator and John Thune from South Dakota is the most Conservative Senator during the 2010 Congressional year. Senators John Thune and Al Franken voted alike 57 times or 19.1%, they voted not alike 242 or 80.9% out of 299 votes during the 111 2nd Session (2010) of Congress.
Most Conservative
Rank LastName FirstName State Party Percent
1 Thune John South Dakota Republican 100%
2 Cornyn John Texas Republican 99%
2 Hatch Orrin Utah Republican 99%
2 McCain John Arizona Republican 99%
2 Burr Richard North Carolina Republican 99%
3 McConnell Mitch Kentucky Republican 98%
3 Risch Jim Idaho Republican 98%
3 Crapo Mike Idaho Republican 98%
3 Graham Lindsey South Carolina Republican 98%
3 Enzi Micheal Wyoming Republican 98%
Most Progressive
Rank LastName FirstName State Party Percent
1 Franken Al Minnesota Democratic 100%
2 Cardin Benjamin Maryland Democratic 99%
2 Levin Carl Michigan Democratic 99%
2 Stabenow Debbie Michigan Democratic 99%
2 Schumer Charles New York Democratic 99%
2 Brown Sherrod Ohio Democratic 99%
2 Feinstein Dianne California Democratic 99%
2 Durbin Richard Illinois Democratic 99%
2 Casey Robert Pennsylvania Democratic 99%
2 Whitehouse Sheldon Rhode Island Democratic 99%