The National Journal released their annual ideological ratings for the members of the U.S. Congress this week and they revealed some interesting tidbits about the PA delegation.
Among Pennsylvania congressman, Rep. Chaka Fattah was judged the most liberal member of the delegation. Reps. Cartwright, Doyle, and Brady followed closely in the rankings. Meanwhile, Scott Perry was the most conservative Congressman with Reps. Pitts and Rothfus not far behind
While perhaps not surprising, it’s interesting to note that Congresswoman Allyson Schwartz, who is currently running for Governor, received the lowest liberal score among the state’s Democrats. What was shocking, however, was that Republican Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick actually scored a higher liberal score than conservative one.
The magazine compiled these lists by charting key economic, social, and foreign policy votes from 2013. The scores identify the percent of the House that is more liberal or conservative than the representative. A more detailed explanation of how these ratings were calculated can be read here.
A complete list of PA’s eighteen members and their scores are included below:
District No. |
Name |
Party |
Liberal Score |
Conservative Score |
PA-1 |
Robert Brady |
Democratic |
81.7 |
18.3 |
PA-2 |
Chaka Fattah |
Democratic |
90.3 |
9.7 |
PA-3 |
Mike Kelly |
Republican |
26.8 |
73.2 |
PA-4 |
Scott Perry |
Republican |
6.2 |
93.8 |
PA-5 |
Glenn Thompson |
Republican |
32.2 |
67.8 |
PA-6 |
Jim Gerlach |
Republican |
39.0 |
61.0 |
PA-7 |
Pat Meehan |
Republican |
40.5 |
59.5 |
PA-8 |
Mike Fitzpatrick |
Republican |
51.5 |
48.5 |
PA-9 |
Bill Shuster |
Republican |
27.7 |
72.3 |
PA-10 |
Tom Marino |
Republican |
33.8 |
66.2 |
PA-11 |
Lou Barletta |
Republican |
38.5 |
61.5 |
PA-12 |
Keith Rothfus |
Republican |
13.5 |
86.5 |
PA-13 |
Allyson Schwartz |
Democratic |
69.0 |
31.0 |
PA-14 |
Mike Doyle |
Democratic |
83.7 |
16.3 |
PA-15 |
Charlie Dent |
Republican |
38.2 |
61.8 |
PA-16 |
Joe Pitts |
Republican |
8.0 |
92.0 |
PA-17 |
Matt Cartwright |
Democratic |
84.5 |
15.5 |
PA-18 |
Tim Murphy |
Republican |
27.7 |
72.3 |
Senate
Meanwhile, the National Journal also ranked the members of the Senate on their own votes from 2013. According to their rankings, Bob Casey was the 42nd most liberal Senator and Pat Toomey was the 22nd most conservative. The full statistics for Pennsylvania’s two Senators are included below:
Name |
Party |
Liberal Score |
Conservative Score |
Robert Casey |
Democratic |
61.2 |
38.8 |
Pat Toomey |
Republican |
20.5 |
79.5 |
One Response
I wonder who Schwartz and her staff will blame for this.