AFAIK, no such thing exists. Would this be useful for the liberty movement? I think it would.
It would help us quickly asses potential candidates for state or federal office.
...right now, I'm sure there are some good people out there we could run in 2018, but we don't know who they are.
What would the criteria be for rating legislators?
1. How many times they've voted to increase/decrease spending.
2. How many times they've voted to increase/decrease taxes.
3. How many times they've voted to increase/decrease regulations.
4. How may times they've voted for/against civil liberties.
#3 and 4 could be tricky, as it's not always clear what a bill does in the regulatory/civil liberties realm without really digging into it. #1 and #2 would be much simpler and less time consuming in terms of research, so I'd suggest we begin with those. First we go through historical votes for every sitting legislator. Once that's done, we build on the database with each new vote. This is a huge amount of work (esp. the historical research) and cannot be done by one or two people, so I'd suggest we divide the workload among as many people as possible, e.g. 1 person per state (or more for larger states).
What do you think? Worthwhile? Is anyone interested in doing this?
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