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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 liberal to most conservative.

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
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
Tom Harkin, D-Iowa	81	18
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
Herb Kohl, D-Wis.	76	23
Bob Graham, D-Fla. §	74	24
Thomas Carper, D-Del.	70	26
Evan Bayh, D-Ind.	70	26
Mark Dayton, D-Minn.	70	26
Patrick Leahy, D-Vermont	70	26
Joseph Biden, D-Del.	69	30
Robert Byrd, D-W.Va.	67	31
Russell Feingold, D-Wis.	67	31
James Jeffords, I-Vermont	66	33
Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M.	65	34
Kent Conrad, D-N.D.	64	35
Tim Johnson, D-S.D.	63	36
Tom Daschle, D-S.D. §	62	37
Jay Rockefeller IV, D-W.Va.	61	38
Lincoln Chafee, R-R.I.	60	39
Byron Dorgan, D-N.D.	59	40
Harry Reid, D-Nev.	58	41
Mark Pryor, D-Ark.	56	42
Max Baucus, D-Mont.	56	42
John Breaux, D-La. §	54	44
Mary Landrieu, D-La.	54	44
Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark.	53	46
John Warner, R-Va.	52	47
Olympia Snowe, R-Maine	51	48
Susan Collins, R-Maine	49	49
Mike DeWine, R-Ohio	49	49
Peter Fitzgerald, R-Ill. §	48	51
Richard Lugar, R-Ind.	47	52
George Voinovich, R-Ohio	46	53
Ben Nelson, D-Neb.	45	54
John McCain, R-Ariz.	44	55
Gordon Smith, R-Ore.	42	56
Arlen Specter, R-Pa.	42	56
Judd Gregg, R-N.H.	41	58
Ben Nighthorse Campbell, R-Colo. §	40	59
Chuck Hagel, R-Neb.	38	60
Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas	38	60
Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska	37	62
Ted Stevens, R-Alaska	34	63
Norm Coleman, R-Minn.	34	63
Robert Bennett, R-Utah	34	63
Christopher (Kit) Bond, R-Mo.	31	66
John Sununu, R-N.H.	31	66
Bill Frist, R-Tenn.	31	66
Pete Domenici, R-N.M.	30	69
Zell Miller, D-Ga. §	29	70
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
Jeff Sessions, R-Ala.	16	81
Richard Shelby, R-Ala.	16	81
Elizabeth Dole, R-N.C.	16	81
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
John Kerry, D-Mass.	*	*
John Edwards, D-N.C. §	*	*