Martha Coakley's political ideology

[Irish_shark]

It's safe to say that many of us are not very familiar with Martha Coakley's political ideology. Is she a liberal? moderate? conservative? left/center? To answer this question let's examine her political ideology as charted by the independent ontheissues.org website, based on her past votes and views. For context, let's show the chart for a politician that we all agree to be a liberal/progressive politician: John Kerry:



As you can see, Kerry is a very progressive politician. link to Kerry's ontheissues page where the chart can be found: http://www.ontheissues.org/john_kerry.htm

Next, let's show the chart for Max Baucus, a Blue Dog:


link to Baucus' ontheissues.org page: http://www.ontheissues.org/senate/Max_Baucus.htm


Now Coakley:


Coakleys ontheissues.org page link: http://www.ontheissues.org/senate/Martha_Coakley.htm

[Ian David]

1. That's good enough for me! Compared to Scott Brownshirt, especially.

Scott Brown- Pro-Rapist, Anti-Gay, Anti-Constitution, Pro-Teabagger, Anti-Student, Anti-Woman, Anti-Choice, Pro-Bankster, Anti-Fact.

[Ian David]

2. Scott Brown on The Issues (from the same site)

* Voted YES on defining marriage as one man and one woman. (Feb 2004)
* Supported $200K reduction to blind job program. (Jul 2003)
* Opposed $900K for disability & mentoring aid. (Jul 2003)
* Opposed "Turning 22" mental disability program. (Jul 2003)
# Implement the death penalty in Massachusetts. (Nov 2002)
* Voted NO on Defeating corporate tax disclosure. (May 2003)
* Voted YES on Extending corporate tax credit 5 years. (May 2003)
# Voted NO on earmark for women's substance abuse program. (Feb 2004)
# Opposed federal school breakfast supplement. (Jul 2003)
# Voted NO on Constitutional call for universal health care. (Jul 2004)
# Voted YES on tax credits for all smoking regulation costs. (Oct 2003)
# Supported $10M cut in the uncompensated care pool. (Jul 2003)
# Ensure access to basic health care, including state funding. (Nov 2002)
* Opposed two-way bilingual programs; supported English-only. (Jul 2003)
# Voted NO on early retirement for MWRA-work-related cancer. (Jul 2003)
http://www.ontheissues.org/senate/Scott_Brown.htm

[Ian David]

3. See also

Martha Coakley:

Coakleys ontheissues.org page link: http://www.ontheissues.org/senate/Martha_Coakley.htm

Scott Brown:

Scott Brown's ontheissues.org page link: http://www.ontheissues.org/senate/Scott_Brown.htm

See also:

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[surrealAmerican]

4. Welcome to DU.

Thank you for posting. The charts are a good way to visualize just what it means to call someone a "centrist".

[bigwillq]

5. Hello.

Welcome to DU! :hi: