[Vision2020] The Political Spectrum

[Tom Hansen]

>From GovTrack at:

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/spectrum.xpd

"The political spectrum image is generated through a statistical analysis 
of the cosponsorship of bills in the 109th and 110th sessions of Congress. 
The analysis places representatives who cosponsor similar legislation 
closer together --- it does not rely on party affiliation information or 
any analysis of bill content. A deeper explanation is below the image. 
Note that members of Congress are placed vertically roughly 
alphabetically. Only the left-right axis means anything."

Apparently Obama is NOT the most liberal US senator.  Senator Boxer is.

Other items of interest from the spectrum:

There are four Republican senators to the LEFT of some Democrat senators.

Hmmm.

Do you notice anything else of peculiar interest?

Seeya round town, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho
 
"We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students. The college 
students are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."

- Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)


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