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Political positions of Susan Collins

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Susan Collins
U.S. Senator from Maine

The political positions of Susan Collins are reflected by her United States Senate voting record, public speeches, and interviews. Susan Collins is a Republican senator from Maine who has served since 1997. Collins is a self-described "moderate Republican". She has occasionally been referred to as a "liberal Republican" relative to her colleagues.[1][2][3] In 2013, the National Journal gave Collins a score of 55% conservative and 45% liberal.[4]

The New York Times arranged Republican Senators in 2017 based on ideology and ranked Senator Collins as the most liberal Republican.[5][6] According to GovTrack, Senator Collins is the most moderate Republican in the Senate; GovTrack's analysis places her to the left of every Republican and four Democrats in 2017.[7] Another website, OnTheIssues.org, labels Collins a "Moderate Libertarian Liberal". It also gives politicians a "social score" and an "economic score". Her social score is 60%, with 0% being the most conservative and 100% being the most liberal. Additionally, Collins's economic score is 53%, with 0% being the most liberal and 100% being the most conservative.[8] The American Conservative Union (ACU) gives her a lifetime rating of 46.03% conservative.[9] In 2016, they gave Collins a score of 23%.[10] The Americans for Democratic Action gives her a rating of 45% liberal.[11] In 2015, the ADA gave her a score of 30%.[12]

According to CQ Roll Call, Collins sided with President Obama's position 75.9% of the time in 2013, one of only two Republicans to vote with him more than 70% of the time.[13] FiveThirtyEight, which tracks Congressional votes, found that Collins voted with President Trump's positions about 67% of the time as of November, 2020.[14] Nonetheless, she has voted with the GOP majority on party-line votes with much greater frequency during the Trump presidency than during the Obama presidency.[15] During the Biden presidency, as of February 2022, FiveThirtyEight found that she has voted with Biden's positions approximately 75.6% of the time.[16]

  1. ^ Al-awsat, Asharq (2017-07-29). "Susan Collins: Last of the New England Liberal Republicans - ASHARQ AL-AWSAT English Archive". ASHARQ AL-AWSAT English Archive. Retrieved 2018-07-09.
  2. ^ Elisberg, Robert J. (2009-05-12). "Yes, Virginia, There are Liberal Republicans". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2018-07-09.
  3. ^ for "Townhall", Marcus Hawkins Marcus Hawkins is a freelance journalist who has written; News.", "Breitbart. "Meet the 5 Women Representing Republicans in the US Senate". ThoughtCo. Retrieved 2018-12-18.
  4. ^ Barnes, James A.; Keating, Holland; Charlie, Cook; Michael, Barone; Louis, Jacobson; Louis, Peck. The almanac of American politics 2016: members of Congress and governors: their profiles and election results, their states and districts. ISBN 978-1-938518-31-7. OCLC 927103599.
  5. ^ Parlapiano, Alicia (22 June 2017). "Where Senators Stand on the Health Care Bill". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-07-23.
  6. ^ Parlapiano, Alicia (25 July 2017). "How Each Senator Voted on Obamacare Repeal Proposals". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-07-23.
  7. ^ "Susan Collins, Senator for Maine - GovTrack.us". GovTrack.us. Retrieved 2018-07-18.
  8. ^ "Candidate Political Map". ontheissues.org. OnTheIssues.org & the SpeakOut Foundation.
  9. ^ "ACU Ratings". conservative.org. The American Conservative Union. Retrieved December 20, 2016.
  10. ^ "ACU Ratings". ACU Ratings. Retrieved 2017-12-23.
  11. ^ "The Voter's Self Defense System". Vote Smart.
  12. ^ "2015 Voting Record" (PDF). adaction.org. 2015. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
  13. ^ Lesniewski, Niels; Lesniewski, Niels (2014-02-04). "Collins, Murkowski Most Likely Republicans to Back Obama". Roll Call. Retrieved 2018-03-24.
  14. ^ Bycoffe, Aaron (2017-01-30). "Tracking Susan M. Collins In The Age Of Trump". FiveThirtyEight. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
  15. ^ Enten, Harry (November 11, 2018). "Susan Collins was a more reliable vote for GOP in 2017 than any other year". CNN.
  16. ^ Bycoffe, Anna Wiederkehr and Aaron (2021-04-22). "Does Your Member Of Congress Vote With Or Against Biden?". FiveThirtyEight. Retrieved 2021-05-07.

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