The Liberty
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The Liberty Index rates members of
Congress on their official roll call votes
during each session of the House and Senate. For
each Chamber, twenty votes on economic issues
and twenty votes on personal liberty are
selected to rank members for their support of
individual liberties. |
Rather than the
traditional left-right political spectrum, the
two types of votes are plotted on a
two-dimensional LiberGraph,
to indicate support for both personal and
economic liberties. The resulting LiberPlot
more accurately shows the political position of
each member in both categories. Click the image
for more details. |
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Each member of Congress has two
percentage scores and a consolidated score,
which indicates their standing in the
totalitarian to libertarian axis (lower left to
upper right). For convenience, different
positions on the LiberGraph have been labeled
with general political classifications. The main
Index Lookup
allows you to find scores of your Representative
or Senator, or get complete member listings for
each year, chamber, state, or classification. |
Start browsing
with the yearly Overview written by Professor
Clifford F. Thies, who has compiled every
Liberty Index for the past 14 years. The summary
includes top scores and highlights of important
votes. Thies is a Professor of Economics and
Finance at Shenandoah University (Virginia) and
a past Chairman of the Republican Liberty
Caucus. |
Prof. Clifford F. Thies
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Index ratings
reflect the judgment of Professor Thies on each
rollcall, not necessarily the official
positions of the Republican Liberty Caucus.
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