It's an election year, and you pride yourself on what you know about contenders and incumbents. But do you know how liberal your favorite Representatives and Senators are? You're proud to be a liberal and you want to be represented by progressive legislators in Washingtom, D.C. Right?
Naturally, it follows that if you're curious about who's ranked the most progressive in the House and Senate, you probably want to know who's the most backward conservative.
Let's check out those incumbents.
This list includes numeric rank -- other than those in first and last places -- (1,2,3,etc.) and "percent progressive"). [
Note: Senators rank 1-50; Representatives rank 1-433.]
Coming in at #1. . .
Most Progressive Representative: Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ) 97.89%
Most Progressive Senator: Paul S. Sarbanes (D-MD) 96.92%
Scraping the bottom. . .
Least Progressive Democrat Representative: Gene Taylor (D-MS) 48.43% (DINO -- might as well be a Republican)
Least Progressive Democrat Senator: Benjamin E. Nelson (D-NE) 47.24% (DINO -- might as well be a Republican)
Who's who among the Other Guys. . .
The most progressive non-Democrat senator is: James M. Jeffords (I-VT) 58.82%, ranked 44.
The most progressive Republican senator is: Lincoln Chafee (R-RI) 44.32%, ranked 46.
The most progressive non-Democrat representative is: Bernard Sanders (I-VT) 92.70%, ranked 30.
The most progressive Republican represntative is: Christopher Shays (R-CT) 31.24%, ranked 203.
Have fun locating your senator and representative. I've avoided listing the least progressive members of Congress overall because I thought you'd like to guess before going to check it out. Sorry, no poll.