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National Journal
© National Journal Group Inc.
Friday, Feb. 11, 2005

In the following list, the 100 senators are assigned liberal and conservative scores for their roll-call votes on key social issues during 2004. The scores on each scale are given as percentiles. On this page, senators are ordered from most conservative to most liberal.

A score of 72 on the liberal scale, for example, means that the senator was more liberal than 72 percent of his or her Senate colleagues on social issue votes during 2004. An asterisk [*] means the member missed more than half of the rated votes. In the event of a tie, scores are ordered alphabetically first by state delegation, then by individual members' names within that state.

On SOCIAL POLICY Votes, Senator...	...Is More Liberal Than __% Of The Senate	...Is More Conservative Than __% Of The Senate
MEMBER	LIBERAL SCORE	CONSERVATIVE SCORE
Jon Kyl, R-Ariz.	0	84
Wayne Allard, R-Colo.	0	84
Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga.	0	84
Larry Craig, R-Idaho	0	84
Mike Crapo, R-Idaho	0	84
Jim Bunning, R-Ky.	0	84
Trent Lott, R-Miss.	0	84
Jim Talent, R-Mo.	0	84
Conrad Burns, R-Mont.	0	84
James Inhofe, R-Okla.	0	84
Don Nickles, R-Okla. §	0	84
Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.	0	84
John Cornyn, R-Texas	0	84
Orrin Hatch, R-Utah	0	84
Michael Enzi, R-Wyo.	0	84
Craig Thomas, R-Wyo.	0	84
Jeff Sessions, R-Ala.	16	81
Richard Shelby, R-Ala.	16	81
Elizabeth Dole, R-N.C.	16	81
Charles Grassley, R-Iowa	19	71
Sam Brownback, R-Kan.	19	71
Pat Roberts, R-Kan.	19	71
Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.	19	71
Thad Cochran, R-Miss.	19	71
John Ensign, R-Nev.	19	71
Rick Santorum, R-Pa.	19	71
Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn.	19	71
George Allen, R-Va.	19	71
Zell Miller, D-Ga. §	29	70
Pete Domenici, R-N.M.	30	69
Christopher (Kit) Bond, R-Mo.	31	66
John Sununu, R-N.H.	31	66
Bill Frist, R-Tenn.	31	66
Ted Stevens, R-Alaska	34	63
Norm Coleman, R-Minn.	34	63
Robert Bennett, R-Utah	34	63
Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska	37	62
Chuck Hagel, R-Neb.	38	60
Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas	38	60
Ben Nighthorse Campbell, R-Colo. §	40	59
Judd Gregg, R-N.H.	41	58
Gordon Smith, R-Ore.	42	56
Arlen Specter, R-Pa.	42	56
John McCain, R-Ariz.	44	55
Ben Nelson, D-Neb.	45	54
George Voinovich, R-Ohio	46	53
Richard Lugar, R-Ind.	47	52
Peter Fitzgerald, R-Ill. §	48	51
Susan Collins, R-Maine	49	49
Mike DeWine, R-Ohio	49	49
Olympia Snowe, R-Maine	51	48
John Warner, R-Va.	52	47
Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark.	53	46
John Breaux, D-La. §	54	44
Mary Landrieu, D-La.	54	44
Mark Pryor, D-Ark.	56	42
Max Baucus, D-Mont.	56	42
Harry Reid, D-Nev.	58	41
Byron Dorgan, D-N.D.	59	40
Lincoln Chafee, R-R.I.	60	39
Jay Rockefeller IV, D-W.Va.	61	38
Tom Daschle, D-S.D. §	62	37
Tim Johnson, D-S.D.	63	36
Kent Conrad, D-N.D.	64	35
Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M.	65	34
James Jeffords, I-Vermont	66	33
Robert Byrd, D-W.Va.	67	31
Russell Feingold, D-Wis.	67	31
Joseph Biden, D-Del.	69	30
Thomas Carper, D-Del.	70	26
Evan Bayh, D-Ind.	70	26
Mark Dayton, D-Minn.	70	26
Patrick Leahy, D-Vermont	70	26
Bob Graham, D-Fla. §	74	24
Herb Kohl, D-Wis.	76	23
Christopher Dodd, D-Conn.	77	19
Charles Schumer, D-N.Y.	77	19
Ernest Hollings, D-S.C. §	77	19
Maria Cantwell, D-Wash.	77	19
Tom Harkin, D-Iowa	81	18
Barbara Boxer, D-Calif.	82	0
Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.	82	0
Joe Lieberman, D-Conn.	82	0
Bill Nelson, D-Fla.	82	0
Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii	82	0
Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii	82	0
Richard Durbin, D-Ill.	82	0
Barbara Mikulski, D-Md.	82	0
Paul Sarbanes, D-Md.	82	0
Edward Kennedy, D-Mass.	82	0
Carl Levin, D-Mich.	82	0
Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich.	82	0
Jon Corzine, D-N.J.	82	0
Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J.	82	0
Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y.	82	0
Ron Wyden, D-Ore.	82	0
Jack Reed, D-R.I.	82	0
Patty Murray, D-Wash.	82	0
John Kerry, D-Mass.	*	*
John Edwards, D-N.C. §	*	*