Sun Feb 23, 2020, 04:56 PM

Bradshaw3 (6,889 posts)

Comparing Sanders voting record with other top Dems

How often does Sanders vote in line with other top Democrats?

Sherrod Brown: 84 percent
https://projects.propublica.org/represent/members/S000033-bernard-sanders/compare-votes/B000944-sherrod-brown/115

Amy Klobuchar: 77 percent
https://projects.propublica.org/represent/members/S000033-bernard-sanders/compare-votes/K000367-amy-klobuchar/115

Elizabeth Warren: 93 percent
https://projects.propublica.org/represent/members/S000033-bernard-sanders/compare-votes/W000817-elizabeth-warren/115

Chuck Schumer: 84 percent
https://projects.propublica.org/represent/members/S000033-bernard-sanders/compare-votes/S000148-charles-e-schumer/115

So, 84 percent with the leader of the Senate Democrats. Obviously some differences on a very few big issues but not that much overall. Not as much as those freaking out might think.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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10 replies	Author	Time	Post
Comparing Sanders voting record with other top Dems (Original post)	Bradshaw3	Feb 2020	OP
Warren looks better than Schumer, which does not surprise me.	TryLogic	Feb 2020	#1
Sanders is not a Democrat. He's an Independent.	bucolic_frolic	Feb 2020	#2
You seem to be confused about the post	Bradshaw3	Feb 2020	#8
So Sanders is the establishment he denounces?	delisen	Feb 2020	#3
Of course he is	Moderateguy	Feb 2020	#5
Well I've never heard him disparage those receiving public assistance the way you have	Bradshaw3	Feb 2020	#9
Not entirely true. Those comparisons aren't exactly objective.	George II	Feb 2020	#4
Isn't a simple addition of how many times they voted the same way?	thesquanderer	Feb 2020	#6
Says you with absolutely NO factual basis at all for your claim	Bradshaw3	Feb 2020	#10
Interesting - I never saw that. It was interesting to compare Warren with Sherrod Brown and	Nanjeanne	Feb 2020	#7

Response to Bradshaw3 (Original post)

Sun Feb 23, 2020, 05:05 PM

TryLogic (1,679 posts)

1. Warren looks better than Schumer, which does not surprise me.

And, on a hopeful note, perhaps Bernie is more like Harry Truman than George McGovern.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

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Sun Feb 23, 2020, 05:13 PM

bucolic_frolic (36,164 posts)

2. Sanders is not a Democrat. He's an Independent.

So please don't confuse him with real members of the party

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Response to bucolic_frolic (Reply #2)

Sun Feb 23, 2020, 07:32 PM

Bradshaw3 (6,889 posts)

8. You seem to be confused about the post

This "he is not a Democrat" has been posted here, what, maybe 150,000 times? The fact is his voting record is very much in line with "real" Democrats, whether you like it or not, and there is a chance he will be the nominee of the Democratic Party. Perhaps that will clear things up for you.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Response to Bradshaw3 (Original post)

Sun Feb 23, 2020, 05:16 PM

delisen (5,826 posts)

3. So Sanders is the establishment he denounces?

So much sound and fury and all smoke and mirrors?

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

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Response to delisen (Reply #3)

Sun Feb 23, 2020, 05:23 PM

Moderateguy (945 posts)

5. Of course he is

Is is widely misleading for someone who has been in Congress for 30 years to claim they are not part of the establishment

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

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Response to Moderateguy (Reply #5)

Sun Feb 23, 2020, 07:34 PM

Bradshaw3 (6,889 posts)

9. Well I've never heard him disparage those receiving public assistance the way you have

Probably lucky for you that post got deleted.

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Response to Bradshaw3 (Original post)

Sun Feb 23, 2020, 05:20 PM

George II (67,782 posts)

4. Not entirely true. Those comparisons aren't exactly objective.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Response to George II (Reply #4)

Sun Feb 23, 2020, 06:39 PM

thesquanderer (11,559 posts)

6. Isn't a simple addition of how many times they voted the same way?

It seems completely objective. Though not thorough because of votes where one of the other was absent and no comparison can be made. But that's a limitation of the criteria, and not one of subjectivity vs. objectivity.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Response to George II (Reply #4)

Sun Feb 23, 2020, 07:37 PM

Bradshaw3 (6,889 posts)

10. Says you with absolutely NO factual basis at all for your claim

Not that's anything new. But isn't this constant deriding of facts and news stories from legitimate news sources pretty much the same as others yelling "fake news" when they are given facts they don't like?

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Response to Bradshaw3 (Original post)

Sun Feb 23, 2020, 06:44 PM

Nanjeanne (4,081 posts)

7. Interesting - I never saw that. It was interesting to compare Warren with Sherrod Brown and

see where she (and Bernie) voted the same but Brown differently. Warren and Sanders voted together on the same votes that are different between Sanders and Brown.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

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