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United States Senate runoff election in Louisiana, 2014/Voting analysis and trends

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2014 U.S. Senate runoff election in Louisiana
Runoff General Election Date
December 6, 2014
Primary Date
November 4, 2014
December 6 Runoff Election Winner:
Bill Cassidy Republican Party
Incumbent prior to election:
Mary Landrieu Democratic Party
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Republican candidate:
Bill Cassidy Republican Party
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Race Ratings
Cook Political Report: Lean R[1]

Sabato's Crystal Ball: Likely R[2]

Issues in this election:
•Keystone Pipeline • Healthcare 
• Connections to Pres. Obama
• Social Security • Media 
• Voting analysis and trends
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Landrieu, Cassidy and outside PACs made claims about their opponent's record throughout the "jungle primary" and runoff election. Here are the facts on Landrieu's and Cassidy's voting records.

GovTrack's ideology and leadership

See also: GovTrack's Political Spectrum & Legislative Leadership ranking

Democratic Party Based on an analysis of bill sponsorship by GovTrack, Landrieu was a rank-and-file Democrat as of November 2014. She was a moderate Democratic leader in July 2014 and a "rank-and-file Democrat" in June 2013.[3]

Republican Party Based on an analysis of bill sponsorship by GovTrack, Cassidy was a "rank-and-file Republican," as of November 2014. This was the same rating Cassidy received in June 2013.[4]

Like-minded colleagues

The website OpenCongress tracks the voting records of each member to determine with whom he or she votes most and least often. The results include a member from each party.[5]

Democratic Party Landrieu most often voted with:

Democratic Party Landrieu least often voted with:

Republican Party Cassidy most often voted with:

Republican Party Cassidy least often voted with:

Lifetime voting record

See also: Lifetime voting records of United States Senators and Representatives

Democratic Party According to the website GovTrack, Landrieu missed 177 of 5,657 roll call votes from January 1997 to November 2014. This amounts to 3.1 percent, which is worse than the median of 2.0 percent among currently serving senators as of November 2014.[6]

Republican Party Meanwhile, Cassidy missed 163 of 4,432 roll call votes from January 2009 to November 2014. This amounts to 3.7 percent, which is worse than the median of 2.5 percent among current congressional representatives as of November 2014.[7]

National Journal vote ratings

See also: National Journal vote ratings

Each year, National Journal publishes an analysis of how liberally or conservatively each member of Congress voted in the previous year.

2013

Democratic Party Landrieu ranked 44th in the liberal rankings in 2013.[8]

Republican Party Cassidy ranked 49th in the conservative rankings in 2013.[9]

2012

Democratic Party Landrieu ranked 47th in the liberal rankings in 2012.[10]

Republican Party Cassidy ranked 94th in the conservative ratings in 2012.[11]

2011

Democratic Party Landrieu ranked 47th in the liberal rankings in 2011.[12]

Republican Party Cassidy ranked 150th in the conservative ratings in 2011.[13]

Voting with party

The website OpenCongress tracks how often members of Congress vote with the majority of the chamber caucus.

2014

Landrieu voted with the Democratic Party 87.4 percent of the time, which ranked 44th among the 53 Senate Democratic members as of November 2014.[14]

Cassidy voted with the Republican Party 95.0 percent of the time, which ranked 79th among the 233 House Republican members as of November 2014.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many

2013

Landrieu voted with the Democratic Party 85.3 percent of the time, which ranked 44th among the 52 Senate Democratic members as of June 2013.[15]

Cassidy voted with the Republican Party 98.4 percent of the time, which ranked 18th among the 233 House Republican members as of June 2013.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Cook Political Report, "2014 SENATE ELECTION RESULTS BY RACE RATING," accessed November 3, 2014
  2. ↑ Sabato's Crystal Ball, "2014 Senate Races," accessed November 24, 2014
  3. ↑ GovTrack, "Mary Landrieu," accessed November 24, 2014
  4. ↑ GovTrack, "Bill Cassidy," accessed November 24, 2014
  5. ↑ OpenCongress, "Rep. Mary Landrieu," archived March 4, 2016
  6. ↑ GovTrack, "Mary Landrieu," accessed July 22, 2014
  7. ↑ GovTrack, "Bill Cassidy," accessed November 24, 2014
  8. ↑ National Journal, "2013 Senate Vote Ratings," accessed July 22, 2014
  9. ↑ National Journal, "2013 Congressional Vote Ratings," accessed August 4, 2014
  10. ↑ National Journal, "TABLE: House Liberal Scores by Issue Area," accessed February 26, 2013
  11. ↑ National Journal, "TABLE: House Liberal Scores by Issue Area," accessed February 26, 2013
  12. ↑ National Journal, "Searchable Vote Ratings Tables: House," accessed February 23, 2012
  13. ↑ National Journal, "Searchable Vote Ratings Tables: House," accessed February 23, 2012
  14. ↑ OpenCongress, "Voting With Party," accessed July 2014
  15. ↑ OpenCongress, "Voting With Party," accessed July 2014
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