The Conservative - Liberal Index
"by their Fruits shall ye know them"
The UTAH HOUSE
This 2016 Voting Rating Scorecard for the Utah Legislature is a weighted average
of all (?) other group ratings found on the internet.
of all (?) other group ratings found on the internet.
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 2015 House goes AGAIN to Rep. Brian Greene, with Honorable Mention to Representatives Marc Roberts, John Knotwell, Kim Coleman, Ken Ivory, David Lifferth, Dan McCay, and Kevin Stratton.
The overall distribution 14 conservatives, 13 liberals and 38 mugwumps
The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis.
Check the post below the Senate ratings for the SOURCE LINKS
Our apologies for any inadvertent errors that may have occurred in copying numbers,
Our apologies for any inadvertent errors that may have occurred in copying numbers,
there were a lot of them (numbers, not errors). Data Compiled by Casey Christensen.
*2016* | GR | GR | Sierra | LIB | UTA | UEA | SI | ACU | UACC | |||||
CLI | 2016 | Life | 2016 | 2016 | 2016 | 2016 | 2016 | 2015 | 2016 | |||||
57 | Utah | R | Brian | Greene | 86% | 81% | 86% | 13% | 100% | 94% | 38% | 94% | 100% | 77% |
67 | Utah | R | Marc | Roberts | 83% | 78% | 86% | 13% | 100% | 94% | 50% | 94% | 78% | 83% |
52 | SLCo | R | John | Knotwell | 79% | 68% | 76% | 13% | 100% | 94% | 30% | 88% | 67% | 67% |
42 | SLCo | R | Kim | Coleman | 78% | 77% | 71% | 14% | 89% | 87% | 44% | 100% | 67% | 71% |
47 | SLCo | R | Ken | Ivory | 78% | 75% | 75% | 13% | 77% | 85% | 44% | 100% | 67% | 75% |
2 | Utah | R | David | Lifferth | 76% | 65% | 64% | 25% | 90% | 94% | 40% | 100% | 67% | 79% |
41 | SLCo | R | Daniel | McCay | 75% | 68% | 78% | 38% | 100% | 100% | 38% | 94% | 56% | 71% |
48 | Utah | R | Kevin | Stratton | 78% | 55% | 63% | 13% | 73% | 83% | 33% | 94% | 89% | 77% |
27 | Utah | R | Michael | Kennedy | 72% | 57% | 68% | 38% | 88% | 88% | 40% | 94% | 67% | 77% |
6 | Utah | R | Jacob | Anderegg | 73% | 55% | 70% | 33% | 98% | 80% | 50% | 92% | 86% | 62% |
30 | SLCo | R | Fred | Cox | 70% | 57% | 69% | 50% | 94% | 100% | 50% | 94% | 78% | 62% |
62 | Washington | R | Jon | Stanard | 72% | 57% | 65% | 25% | 80% | 94% | 50% | 94% | 75% | 58% |
14 | Davis | R | Curtis | Oda | 72% | 59% | 76% | 13% | 77% | 82% | 44% | 88% | 67% | 55% |
61 | Utah | R | Keith | Grover | 72% | 45% | 70% | 13% | 70% | 88% | 50% | 88% | 75% | 67% |
64 | Utah | R | Norman | Thurston | 69% | 48% | 61% | 13% | 86% | 94% | 67% | 88% | 56% | 69% |
32 | SLCo | R | LaVar | Christensen | 68% | 39% | 58% | 38% | 73% | 87% | 50% | 94% | 88% | 62% |
66 | Utah | R | Mike | McKell | 68% | 52% | 59% | 13% | 78% | 87% | 63% | 94% | 56% | 62% |
7 | Weber | R | Justin | Fawson | 67% | 40% | 59% | 43% | 68% | 100% | 55% | 100% | 78% | 62% |
15 | Davis | R | Brad | Wilson | 67% | 35% | 56% | 38% | 64% | 92% | 29% | 100% | 75% | 50% |
51 | SLCo | R | Gregory | Hughes | 68% | 35% | 66% | 29% | 67% | 85% | 25% | 94% | 57% | 55% |
17 | Davis | R | Stewart | Barlow | 66% | 57% | 51% | 29% | 78% | 88% | 60% | 100% | 56% | 62% |
60 | Utah | R | Brad | Daw | 67% | 45% | 69% | 38% | 64% | 94% | 50% | 100% | 56% | 62% |
63 | Utah | R | Dean | Sanpei | 66% | 36% | 63% | 50% | 73% | 93% | 38% | 100% | 67% | 55% |
56 | Utah | R | Kay | Christofferson | 65% | 52% | 60% | 38% | 76% | 82% | 40% | 94% | 44% | 62% |
12 | Davis/Weber | R | Mike | Schultz | 65% | 41% | 47% | 40% | 72% | 94% | 33% | 93% | 56% | 58% |
18 | Davis | R | Timothy | Hawkes | 63% | 48% | 52% | 50% | 63% | 94% | 56% | 100% | 67% | 58% |
59 | Utah | R | Val | Peterson | 63% | 26% | 58% | 38% | 73% | 94% | 67% | 94% | 63% | 62% |
55 | Duchesne/Uintah | R | Scott | Chew | 61% | 36% | 45% | 43% | 60% | 88% | 50% | 94% | 56% | 62% |
53 | Sum/Dag/Rich | R | Mel | Brown | 61% | 40% | 50% | 38% | 54% | 81% | 60% | 76% | 67% | 77% |
9 | Weber | R | Jeremy | Peterson | 60% | 25% | 58% | 38% | 68% | 94% | 67% | 94% | 63% | 46% |
8 | Weber | R | Gage | Froerer | 59% | 32% | 51% | 33% | 70% | 94% | 60% | 100% | 33% | 46% |
50 | Utah | R | Rich | Cunningham | 59% | 39% | 48% | 14% | 78% | 88% | 85% | 88% | 44% | 46% |
73 | Bv/Ga/K/Pi/SJ/Se/Way | R | Michael | Noel | 60% | 27% | 60% | 38% | 51% | 80% | 33% | 88% | 50% | 43% |
45 | SLCo | R | Steve | Eliason | 57% | 29% | 44% | 57% | 83% | 100% | 85% | 100% | 67% | 47% |
71 | Iron/Wash | R | Bradley | Last | 59% | 27% | 53% | 38% | 53% | 94% | 55% | 100% | 56% | 36% |
38 | SLCo | R | Eric | Hutchings | 56% | 38% | 55% | 50% | 56% | 82% | 73% | 88% | 67% | 47% |
65 | Utah | R | Francis | Gibson | 60% | 62% | 70% | 60% | 69% | 85% | 65% | 87% | 50% | 58% |
13 | Davis | R | Paul | Ray | 56% | 25% | 42% | 43% | 58% | 88% | 70% | 88% | 75% | 42% |
34 | SLCo | R | Johnny | Anderson | 55% | 32% | 55% | 20% | 80% | 86% | 83% | 80% | 22% | 45% |
11 | Weber/Davis | R | Brad | Dee | 57% | 14% | 49% | 29% | 34% | 88% | 43% | 94% | 56% | 33% |
74 | Washington | R | V Lowry | Snow | 54% | 30% | 43% | 38% | 80% | 87% | 77% | 94% | 33% | 40% |
5 | Cache, | R | Curt | Webb | 55% | 43% | 49% | 33% | 45% | 82% | 78% | 88% | 56% | 38% |
75 | Washington | R | Don | Ipson | 54% | 26% | 46% | 38% | 37% | 88% | 63% | 94% | 50% | 38% |
4 | Cache, | R | Edward | Redd | 53% | 25% | 42% | 38% | 48% | 88% | 56% | 88% | 22% | 58% |
43 | SLCo | R | Earl | Tanner | 51% | 26% | 40% | 38% | 73% | 94% | 75% | 82% | 33% | 31% |
49 | SLCo | R | Robert | Spendlove | 50% | 25% | 39% | 57% | 56% | 94% | 90% | 88% | 67% | 38% |
21 | Tooele | R | Douglas | Sagers | 51% | 23% | 38% | 38% | 39% | 88% | 67% | 94% | 33% | 46% |
39 | SLCo | R | James | Dunnigan | 50% | 27% | 52% | 50% | 51% | 88% | 94% | 88% | 56% | 36% |
70 | Em/Gr/SanP/Sev | R | Kay | McIff | 50% | 26% | 38% | 29% | 49% | 88% | 70% | 88% | 22% | 38% |
31 | SLCo | R | Sophia | DiCaro | 49% | 18% | 39% | 50% | 57% | 100% | 90% | 94% | 44% | 38% |
3 | Cache, | R | Jack | Draxler | 50% | 23% | 41% | 38% | 37% | 81% | 67% | 93% | 38% | 38% |
1 | B.E./Cache | R | Scott | Sandall | 50% | 26% | 40% | 25% | 47% | 88% | 78% | 75% | 38% | 33% |
58 | Juab/Sanpete | R | Derrin | Owens | 54% | 32% | 32% | 14% | 49% | 94% | 96% | 87% | 50% | 50% |
44 | SLCo | R | Bruce | Cutler | 48% | 26% | 27% | 38% | 46% | 88% | 60% | 88% | 22% | 33% |
10 | Weber | R | Dixon | Pitcher | 47% | 30% | 42% | 29% | 65% | 88% | 90% | 81% | 14% | 31% |
33 | SLCo | R | Craig | Hall | 46% | 32% | 34% | 63% | 59% | 94% | 99% | 82% | 44% | 46% |
2 | Box | R | Lee | Perry | 48% | 17% | 41% | 38% | 37% | 88% | 70% | 82% | 25% | 42% |
72 | Iron | R | John | Westwood | 48% | 17% | 30% | 25% | 32% | 88% | 80% | 88% | 22% | 46% |
16 | Davis | R | Stephen | Handy | 46% | 18% | 35% | 38% | 62% | 94% | 95% | 88% | 22% | 31% |
68 | Bvr/Ju/Mil/Too/Ut | R | Merrill | Nelson | 43% | 13% | 29% | 38% | 32% | 88% | 85% | 81% | 22% | 38% |
54 | Wasatch/Summit | R | Kraig | Powell | 42% | 10% | 37% | 57% | 38% | 100% | 80% | 94% | 11% | 36% |
19 | Davis | R | Raymond | Ward | 41% | 18% | 30% | 43% | 67% | 94% | 89% | 71% | 11% | 23% |
20 | Davis | R | Becky | Edwards | 36% | 17% | 35% | 67% | 54% | 93% | 100% | 75% | 11% | 25% |
REP | Average | 60.3% | 38.5% | 52.9% | 34.8% | 65.8% | 90.0% | 62.1% | 90.9% | 52.5% | 51.7% | |||
69 | Carb/Duc/Grand | D | Brad | King | 35% | 9% | 24% | 50% | 47% | 75% | 100% | 53% | 44% | 15% |
22 | SLCo | D | Susan | Duckworth | 30% | 23% | 31% | 88% | 51% | 88% | 100% | 44% | 33% | 15% |
35 | SLCo | D | Mark | Wheatley | 26% | 29% | 23% | 88% | 42% | 88% | 100% | 47% | 11% | 15% |
28 | SLCo/Summit | D | Brian | King | 25% | 26% | 22% | 100.0% | 55% | 71% | 100% | 47% | 22% | 14% |
23 | SLCo | D | Sandra | Hollins | 24% | 26% | 23% | 100.0% | 45% | 71% | 100% | 47% | 22% | 15% |
46 | SLCo | D | Marie | Poulson | 24% | 15% | 26% | 100.0% | 49% | 71% | 100% | 50% | 25% | 13% |
24 | SLCo | D | Rebecca | Chavez-Houck | 24% | 18% | 19% | 100.0% | 39% | 71% | 100% | 53% | 22% | 23% |
25 | SLCo | D | Joel | Briscoe | 22% | 18% | 17% | 100.0% | 57% | 71% | 100% | 47% | 11% | 15% |
26 | SLCo | D | Angela | Romero | 21% | 29% | 18% | 100.0% | 45% | 71% | 100% | 38% | 11% | 15% |
37 | SLCo | D | Carol | Moss | 21% | 23% | 16% | 100.0% | 50% | 76% | 100% | 47% | 0% | 14% |
36 | SLCo | D | Patrice | Arent | 21% | 13% | 18% | 100.0% | 52% | 80% | 100% | 44% | 0% | 15% |
40 | SLCo | D | Lynn | Hemingway | 21% | 22% | 22% | 100.0% | 39% | 79% | 100% | 43% | 0% | 17% |
DEM | Average | 24.6% | 20.9% | 21.6% | 93.8% | 47.6% | 75.7% | 100.0% | 46.7% | 16.8% | 15.8% |
2 comments:
From an Emailed comment: "Sorry, but I don't necessarily see having the highest score as being a badge of honor. Our law makers are too polarized. The U.S. Congress is too polarized and paralyzed. Lately, I've really been wondering what really makes a person liberal or conservative. Does caring about the environment make you a liberal? Does being concerned about greed and corruption make you a liberal? Is being concerned about big pharma, GMO's, or income inequality make a person a liberal? Is being uncompromising and refusing to be pragmatic make someone a conservative? The American people have had enough!"
Blogger's response: I'm not sure if you actually looked at the CLIndex, or not, but the definition of the terms were given there - not based on a topical 'ideology, but on the choice of possible solutions AND the function of government.
Conservatives . . . may be defined as favoring LIMITED Government and PROTECTION of INDIVIDUAL rights and
Liberals . . . as in favor of ACTIVIST Government and PROVISION of GROUP rights.
Or in other terms, individualists and collectivists; in general I support the GOP as being for MORE conservative, limited govt and the DEM's as seeing government as the solution. Having concerns about environment, GMO, income, corruption etc. can be a great thing. However, IMO, the solution is rarely passing more laws. eg Income inequality can NOT be solved by minimum wage and high taxes, but it CAN be minimized by FREEDOM for individuals - and we will never (hopefully) be 'equal' in income or wealth. Equal in OPPORTUNITY, not in results.
Personally, I'd prefer principles over pragmatism. (a little alliteration for you). We are polarized because we have forgotten where "WE" came from. (aka recognizing freedom and establishing a limited government to protect it)
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