The Conservative - Liberal Index
"by their Fruits shall ye know them"
The Compiled 2014 Voting Ratings for the Utah Legislature continue to indicate there is still a philosophical difference between Republicans and Democrats.
For simplicity, Conservatives may be defined as favoring LIMITED Government and PROTECTION of INDIVIDUAL rights and Liberals (or Progressives as they now redefine themselves) as in favor of ACTIVIST Government and PROVISION of GROUP rights. The Conservative - Liberal Index (CLI) is a compiled aggregate of various ratings to determine who is "truly" Conservative or "really" Liberal.
The Most Conservative Award for 2014 House goes to Rep. Jacob Anderegg at 88.5 with Honorable Mention to Representatives Dan McCay, Marc Roberts, Ryan Wilcox, Curt Oda, John Knotwell, Brian Greene, Keith Grover, and Jon Stanard . Several new names in the mix as many past stalwarts moved on to other ventures.
Conservative Leader positions in the Senate are still being tabulated but, as in previous years, Mark Madsen, Margaret Dayton and Howard Stephenson appear to be again in the running for the top three positions.
The Most Liberal Awards goes to Rep. Mark Wheatley, (25.3), and Senator TBD
The Conservatives (above CLI 70) count dropped to 15 so it was changed to CLI 60 for a total of 30 to make it look better, but the Liberals (below CLI 30) were cut to 6, so to be fair, we count 15 below CLI 40 (actually 36) to include one with an (R). That leaves 30 Mugwumps, firmly balanced on the fence in the middle in the House or maybe on the railing on the balcony. The Senate scored remains TBD.
We skipped CLI ratings in 2013, so this will have to suffice for both years. UEA and PCE ratings ARE for 2013 so we can call this 2013/14.
Education ratings again showed the polar opposites in the ratings, with Parents for Choice being a virtual mirror of Utah Education Association, with Democrats supporting UEA at 88% and the GOP opting for PCE with 74 in the House and the Senate TBD.
Libertas is a new entrant into the CLI rating field and indicates the least differences between the parties 66% from the GOP and 45% for the Democrats.
The SL Tribune has not yet posted any ratings. The Sierra Club is back and NFIB are late with their ratings or have given up. With no immigration bills considered, UFIRE gives the legislature a gratuitous "D". The only "action" was to postpone the "Guest Worker" bill.
Original sources of Rating groups used in the index:
- GrsRts (GR) = GrassRoots claims: "Grass Roots is committed to the Principles of Limited Government, the State and U.S. Constitutions, Representative Government, Participatory Democracy, a Free Market Economy, Separation of Powers, and Family."
- UEA = Utah Education Association declares their "mission is to advance the cause of public education by promoting quality teaching and learning and advocating effectively for the rights and interests of its members."
- UTA = Utah Taxpayers Association deals mainly with tax issues and "is a non-profit, non-partisan association working for greater efficiency and effectiveness in government."
- UFIRE =Utahns for Immigration Reform and Enforcement Illegal immigration issues
- PCE = Parents for Choice in Education "dedicated to ensuring every child has equal access to a quality education by empowering parents, increasing choice, and promoting innovative solutions to Utah’s educational challenges."
- SuthInst= Sutherland Institute "Our desire for freedom extends to generations to come and requires Sutherland constantly to educate Utah's elected officials, community leaders, and electorate in the principles of freedom."
- SIERRA = Sierra Club "activists dedicated to preserving and enjoying the land and quality of life in Utah and the West."
Each group has different criteria for their ratings, based on votes that the group consider favor or oppose "their" particular issues. It is strongly recommended to refer to the individual websites for bills considered and rating considerations which were used. (The quotes above from the websites, may have changed as some organization often redefine themselves based on their perception of current public 'need.')
| Dist | County | Party | Senator | CLI | UTA | GR 2014 | GR Life | PCE 2013 | UEA 2013 | SuthInst | Sierra | Libertas | |
| 15 | Utah | R | Margaret | Dayton | 87.0% | 93.8% | 80% | 82% | 100% | 23% | 100% | 25% | 90% |
| 13 | Utah/SL | R | Mark | Madsen | 85.7% | 100.0% | 65% | 76% | 100% | 20% | 100% | 29% | 95% |
| 11 | SL/Utah | R | Howard | Stephenson | 84.7% | 94.1% | 55% | 74% | 100% | 28% | 93% | 14% | 94% |
| 20 | Davis/Weber | R | Scott | Jenkins | 76.7% | 94.1% | 58% | 61% | 100% | 31% | 93% | 38% | 65% |
| 7 | Utah | R | Deidre | Henderson | 65.7% | 88.2% | 45% | 50% | 92% | 47% | 94% | 63% | 72% |
| 18 | Dav/Mor/Web | R | Stuart | Reid | 69.3% | 76.5% | 39% | 56% | 92% | 40% | 94% | 43% | 57% |
| 27 | many SE | R | David | Hinkins | 63.7% | 87.5% | 33% | 64% | 63% | 63% | 79% | 17% | 63% |
| 28 | Bvr/Iron/Wash | R | Evan | Vickers | 59.0% | 88.2% | 56% | 57% | 58% | 64% | 81% | 43% | 74% |
| 14 | Utah | R | John | Valentine | 63.6% | 87.5% | 37% | 56% | 90% | 40% | 88% | 75% | 61% |
| 6 | Salt Lake | R | Wayne, | Harper | 59.0% | 88.2% | 42% | 65% | 64% | 64% | 88% | 57% | 68% |
| 9 | Salt Lake | R | Wayne, | Niederhauser | 67.1% | 75.0% | 20% | 59% | 100% | 20% | 80% | 71% | 50% |
| 21 | Davis | R | Jerry | Stevenson | 64.6% | 76.5% | 25% | 57% | 100% | 26% | 81% | 83% | 56% |
| 12 | SL/Tooele | R | Daniel | Thatcher | 62.9% | 76.5% | 26% | 57% | 82% | 46% | 80% | 50% | 58% |
| 22 | Davis | R | Stuart | Adams | 66.1% | 68.8% | 26% | 53% | 100% | 27% | 80% | 63% | 45% |
| 29 | Washington | R | Stephen | Urquhart | 63.7% | 70.6% | 21% | 60% | 91% | 24% | 75% | 75% | 58% |
| 19 | Mor/Web/Sum | R | Allen | Christensen | 56.9% | 78.6% | 42% | 57% | 73% | 58% | 85% | 71% | 58% |
| 16 | Utah/Wasatch | R | Curtis | Bramble | 62.2% | 66.7% | 20% | 59% | 100% | 43% | 69% | 71% | 61% |
| 26 | many NE | R | Kevin | VanTassell | 54.6% | 88.2% | 45% | 53% | 67% | 60% | 82% | 71% | 53% |
| 25 | Cache, | R | Lyle | Hillyard | 55.4% | 78.6% | 31% | 44% | 80% | 36% | 85% | 100% | 73% |
| 24 | many cent | R | Ralph | Okerlund | 59.5% | 80.0% | 29% | 58% | 75% | 46% | 67% | 50% | 42% |
| 23 | Davis/Salt | R | Todd | Weiler | 59.9% | 68.8% | 20% | 44% | 92% | 35% | 82% | 75% | 55% |
| 10 | Salt Lake | R | Aaron | Osmond | 58.0% | 82.4% | 16% | 46% | 83% | 48% | 80% | 63% | 47% |
| 17 | BE/Tle/Cache | R | Peter | Knudson | 56.0% | 70.6% | 28% | 43% | 82% | 40% | 71% | 75% | 55% |
| 8 | Salt Lake | R | Brian | Shiozawa | 31.1% | 81.3% | 33% | 29% | 18% | 83% | 71% | 86% | 50% |
| 63.8% | 81.7% | 37.2% | 56.7% | 83.4% | 42.2% | 83.3% | 58.6% | 62.5% | |||||
| 1 | Salt Lake | D | Luiz | Robles | 37.4% | 73.3% | 36% | 27% | 36% | 77% | 64% | 100% | 67% |
| 5 | Salt Lake | D | Karen | Mayne | 39.4% | 80.0% | 22% | 32% | 36% | 79% | 59% | 88% | 53% |
| 2 | Salt Lake | D | Jim | Dabakis | 36.2% | 69.2% | 37% | 26% | 36% | 79% | 50% | 100% | 50% |
| 4 | Salt Lake | D | Patricia | Jones | 35.1% | 70.6% | 24% | 23% | 42% | 80% | 56% | 100% | 45% |
| 3 | Salt Lake | D | Gene | Davis | 37.4% | 60.0% | 17% | 21% | 27% | 73% | 59% | 100% | 50% |
| 37.1% | 70.6% | 27.2% | 25.8% | 35.4% | 77.6% | 57.6% | 97.5% | 53.0% |
Our apologies for any inadvertent errors that may have occurred in copying numbers,
there were a lot of them (numbers, not errors).
| Dist | County | Party | Representative | CLI | UTA | GR 2014 | GR Life | PCE 2013 | UEA 2013 | Suth Inst | Libertas | Sierra | |
| 6 | Utah | R | Jacob | Anderegg | 88.5% | 93% | 83% | 76% | 100% | 33% | 89% | 100% | 0% |
| 41 | SLCo | R | Daniel | McCay | 85.8% | 94% | 86% | 80% | 89% | 33% | 83% | 100% | 13% |
| 67 | Utah | R | Marc | Roberts | 85.6% | 94% | 79% | 85% | 90% | 36% | 89% | 100% | 17% |
| 7 | Weber | R | Ryan | Wilcox | 85.2% | 93% | 88% | 79% | 80% | 31% | 94% | 91% | 13% |
| 14 | Davis | R | Curtis | Oda | 85.1% | 88% | 75% | 79% | 100% | 18% | 82% | 88% | 13% |
| 52 | SLCo | R | John | Knotwell | 85.1% | 94% | 83% | 80% | 90% | 24% | 83% | 100% | 25% |
| 57 | Utah | R | Brian | Greene | 82.3% | 94% | 77% | 84% | 100% | 38% | 89% | 95% | 43% |
| 61 | Utah | R | Keith | Grover | 82.2% | 100% | 63% | 73% | 90% | 31% | 94% | 81% | 13% |
| 62 | Washington | R | Jon | Stanard | 81.2% | 92% | 72% | 67% | 100% | 32% | 92% | 78% | 20% |
| 47 | SLCo | R | Ken | Ivory | 78.4% | 81% | 83% | 83% | 70% | 50% | 88% | 97% | 25% |
| 55 | Duchesne/Uintah | R | John | Mathis | 75.6% | 88% | 70% | 67% | 70% | 46% | 82% | 86% | 13% |
| 64 | Utah | R | Becky | Lockhart | 73.6% | 85% | 50% | 77% | 100% | 30% | 92% | 82% | 67% |
| 27 | Utah | R | Michael | Kennedy | 73.0% | 88% | 67% | 72% | 80% | 42% | 94% | 75% | 50% |
| 2 | Utah | R | David | Lifferth | 71.6% | 88% | 63% | 59% | 89% | 47% | 89% | 69% | 38% |
| 48 | Utah | R | Kevin | Stratton | 70.8% | 88% | 61% | 59% | 90% | 47% | 83% | 76% | 43% |
| 60 | Utah | R | Dana | Layton | 69.8% | 80% | 57% | 60% | 70% | 50% | 94% | 85% | 38% |
| 73 | Bv/Ga/K/Pi/SJ/Se/Way | R | Michael | Noel | 69.0% | 77% | 48% | 66% | 100% | 31% | 78% | 71% | 57% |
| 63 | Utah | R | Dean | Sanpei | 68.4% | 77% | 50% | 65% | 90% | 33% | 78% | 71% | 50% |
| 65 | Utah | R | Francis | Gibson | 68.2% | 69% | 50% | 70% | 90% | 42% | 82% | 70% | 43% |
| 56 | Utah | R | Kay | Christofferson | 68.0% | 82% | 70% | 64% | 70% | 62% | 81% | 76% | 38% |
| 51 | SLCo | R | Gregory | Hughes | 67.3% | 67% | 48% | 71% | 100% | 23% | 87% | 55% | 67% |
| 59 | Utah | R | Val | Peterson | 66.6% | 56% | 58% | 71% | 60% | 56% | 83% | 75% | 14% |
| 15 | Davis | R | Brad | Wilson | 66.4% | 75% | 45% | 62% | 100% | 36% | 82% | 60% | 57% |
| 11 | Weber/Davis | R | Brad | Dee | 65.6% | 67% | 50% | 55% | 80% | 42% | 75% | 60% | 20% |
| 75 | Washington | R | Don | Ipson | 65.5% | 79% | 45% | 64% | 100% | 25% | 71% | 57% | 67% |
| 18 | Davis | R | Roger | Barrus | 65.2% | 75% | 54% | 62% | 90% | 42% | 83% | 62% | 63% |
| 69 | Carb/Duc/Grand | R | Jerry | Anderson | 63.9% | 75% | 58% | 60% | 70% | 54% | 83% | 62% | 43% |
| 5 | Cache | R | Curt | Webb | 61.9% | 94% | 45% | 51% | 60% | 54% | 89% | 60% | 50% |
| 71 | Iron/Wash | R | Bradley | Last | 61.0% | 64% | 43% | 57% | 89% | 54% | 81% | 58% | 50% |
| 9 | Weber | R | Jeremy | Peterson | 60.4% | 94% | 43% | 60% | 80% | 62% | 94% | 62% | 88% |
| 32 | SLCo | R | LaVar | Christensen | 59.8% | 77% | 45% | 64% | 78% | 58% | 81% | 67% | 75% |
| 38 | SLCo | R | Eric | Hutchings | 59.4% | 75% | 43% | 54% | 80% | 50% | 71% | 52% | 50% |
| 19 | Davis | R | Jim | Nielson | 59.3% | 59% | 50% | 64% | 78% | 45% | 78% | 78% | 88% |
| 8 | Weber | R | Gage | Froerer | 58.9% | 67% | 30% | 56% | 88% | 33% | 75% | 60% | 71% |
| 66 | Utah | R | Mike | McKell | 58.4% | 77% | 39% | 49% | 60% | 67% | 82% | 65% | 38% |
| 43 | Salt | R | Earl | Tanner | 58.3% | 71% | 46% | 42% | 90% | 47% | 83% | 57% | 75% |
| 58 | Juab/Sanpete | R | Jon | Cox | 57.6% | 82% | 58% | 58% | 70% | 69% | 72% | 52% | 63% |
| 34 | SLCo | R | Johnny | Anderson | 57.2% | 75% | 48% | 62% | 60% | 77% | 76% | 76% | 63% |
| 45 | SLCo | R | Steve | Eliason | 57.0% | 65% | 42% | 47% | 90% | 38% | 83% | 55% | 88% |
| 42 | SLCo | R | Jim | Bird | 55.8% | 81% | 55% | 53% | 44% | 92% | 65% | 65% | 25% |
| 39 | SLCo | R | James | Dunnigan | 55.7% | 87% | 35% | 54% | 67% | 69% | 65% | 50% | 43% |
| 12 | Davis/Weber | R | Richard | Greenwood | 55.7% | 82% | 25% | 55% | 56% | 38% | 72% | 43% | 50% |
| 13 | Davis | R | Paul | Ray | 54.8% | 77% | 32% | 52% | 75% | 60% | 63% | 43% | 43% |
| 53 | Sum/Dag/Rich | R | Mel | Brown | 54.6% | 75% | 41% | 49% | 80% | 75% | 87% | 60% | 80% |
| 50 | Utah | R | Rich | Cunningham | 54.4% | 77% | 39% | 45% | 70% | 56% | 59% | 52% | 50% |
| 17 | Davis | R | Stewart | Barlow | 54.2% | 69% | 43% | 51% | 80% | 58% | 72% | 52% | 75% |
| 21 | Tooele | R | Douglas | Sagers | 52.9% | 77% | 25% | 47% | 50% | 44% | 69% | 50% | 50% |
| 16 | Davis | R | Stephen | Handy | 51.1% | 63% | 33% | 46% | 60% | 54% | 67% | 57% | 63% |
| 2 | Box | R | Lee | Perry | 51.0% | 75% | 35% | 49% | 44% | 77% | 75% | 57% | 50% |
| 49 | SLCo | R | Robert | Spendlove | 50.7% | 65% | 39% | 39% | 74% | 52% | 78% | 50% | 88% |
| 4 | Cache | R | Edward | Redd | 48.2% | 82% | 46% | 40% | 40% | 85% | 83% | 67% | 88% |
| 74 | Washington | R | V Lowry | Snow | 47.8% | 59% | 33% | 47% | 75% | 67% | 71% | 52% | 88% |
| 70 | Em/Gr/SanP/Sev | R | Kay | McIff | 47.4% | 69% | 20% | 40% | 75% | 50% | 60% | 45% | 80% |
| 1 | B.E./Cache | R | Rhonda | Menlove | 47.1% | 79% | 32% | 43% | 40% | 83% | 76% | 47% | 57% |
| 72 | Iron | R | John | Westwood | 47.0% | 71% | 33% | 38% | 60% | 62% | 61% | 38% | 63% |
| 33 | SLCo | R | Craig | Hall | 43.9% | 71% | 29% | 29% | 40% | 77% | 72% | 75% | 88% |
| 10 | Weber | R | Dixon | Pitcher | 43.8% | 65% | 27% | 48% | 33% | 64% | 76% | 53% | 88% |
| 3 | Cache | R | Jack | Draxler | 43.6% | 71% | 38% | 46% | 40% | 86% | 78% | 50% | 88% |
| 20 | Davis | R | Becky | Edwards | 43.0% | 67% | 23% | 41% | 56% | 75% | 71% | 45% | 83% |
| 68 | Bvr/Ju/Mil/Too/Ut | R | Merrill | Nelson | 40.9% | 75% | 25% | 37% | 30% | 92% | 72% | 43% | 63% |
| 54 | Wasatch/Summit | R | Kraig | Powell | 35.9% | 50% | 25% | 45% | 40% | 88% | 72% | 43% | 100% |
| GOP | Average | 62% | 77% | 49% | 58% | 74% | 52% | 79% | 66% | 53% | |||
| 30 | SLCo | D | Janice | Fisher | 34.5% | 71% | 22% | 27% | 40% | 91% | 50% | 45% | 88% |
| 44 | SLCo | D | Tim | Cosgrove | 33.9% | 53% | 21% | 22% | 40% | 72% | 59% | 48% | 100% |
| 23 | SLCo | D | Jennifer | Seelig | 31.8% | 53% | 15% | 21% | 40% | 83% | 59% | 35% | 86% |
| 40 | SLCo | D | Lynn | Hemingway | 31.8% | 56% | 19% | 21% | 33% | 82% | 57% | 50% | 100% |
| 31 | SLCo | D | Larry | Wiley | 31.0% | 65% | 21% | 25% | 30% | 85% | 44% | 48% | 100% |
| 24 | SLCo | D | Rebecca | Chavez | 30.6% | 50% | 17% | 19% | 44% | 86% | 56% | 45% | 100% |
| 37 | SLCo | D | Carol | Moss | 30.5% | 53% | 17% | 15% | 40% | 80% | 56% | 43% | 100% |
| 28 | SLCo/Summit | D | Brian | King | 30.0% | 56% | 17% | 21% | 30% | 82% | 53% | 45% | 100% |
| 46 | SLCo | D | Marie | Poulson | 29.9% | 59% | 22% | 25% | 30% | 94% | 56% | 41% | 100% |
| 36 | SLCo | D | Patrice | Arent | 28.7% | 59% | 17% | 18% | 22% | 92% | 56% | 50% | 100% |
| 22 | SLCo | D | Susan | Duckworth | 28.7% | 47% | 17% | 31% | 30% | 93% | 50% | 48% | 100% |
| 25 | SLCo | D | Joel | Briscoe | 28.6% | 53% | 22% | 14% | 30% | 94% | 56% | 48% | 100% |
| 26 | SLCo | D | Angela | Romero | 27.0% | 53% | 17% | 13% | 30% | 92% | 53% | 42% | 100% |
| 35 | SLCo | D | Mark | Wheatley | 25.3% | 53% | 17% | 21% | 13% | 100% | 50% | 48% | 100% |
| DEM | Average | 30% | 56% | 19% | 21% | 32% | 88% | 54% | 45% | 98% |
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