Just a quick question on the charts at the end of politician records on that site.
Russ Feingold is listed as a populist leaning liberal though his position on the chart puts him squarely in the middle between libertarian and populist, only half a square from moderate.
Dick Cheney is NOT listed as a populist leaning conservative even though his chart position is closer to populist than Feingold's.
John Kerry is listed as a libertarian leaning liberal even though his chart position is exactly the same as Feingold's.
Pat Buchanan is listed as populist leaning conservative even though his position is right on midline of the conservative side (same as Feingold on the liberal side)
Al Gore is listed as moderate populist even though others are only listed as moderate if their chart position is on the line or within the moderate square.
Ted Kennedy and
the late Paul Wellstone are both charted at the same position but Kennedy is listed as a hard-core liberal and Wellstone is listed as a populist leaning liberal.
I may be stupid, but it doesn't seem that their criteria for assigning a political philosophy matches with their criteria for assigning a chart position.
This message has been edited by Asgara, 04-29-2005 06:15 PM
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