Hawaii Ranked 3rd Most Liberal In Nation
New CPAC and ACUF scorecard evaluates lawmakers across 186 policies
News Release from Conservative Political Action Conference, October 28, 2021
ALEXANDRIA, VA (October 28, 2021)—The Hawaii legislature has been named the most liberal in the nation. That’s according to a new analysis conducted by the Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, and the American Conservative Union Foundation, (ACUF). The analysis reviewed the voting records of over 8,000 elected officials across all 50 states, and found that only 23 percent of votes cast by Hawaii lawmakers were aligned with the conservative position. Hawaii trailed only behind Vermont (21%) and Massachusetts (16%).
Link: View the Hawaii Analysis Here (Includes individual legislator rankings)
- Most Conservative: Bob McDermott and Val Okimoto tied at 60% each (This is a sharp shift to the right--in the 2019 session McDermott scored 43% and Okimoto scored 32%, numbers that were typical of previous years.)
- Least Conservative: 26 Democrat Legislators tied at 15% each
PDF: RATINGS OF HAWAII
ACUF’s Ratings of Congress and Ratings of the States are initiatives of American Conservative Union Foundation (ACUF)’s Center for Legislative Accountability (CLA). These ratings are designed to reflect how over 8,000 elected officials across the nation view the role of government while illustrating the differences between chambers of the legislature and revealing lawmakers’ positions across 186 policy areas that directly affect citizens.
For the 50th anniversary of ACUF’s ratings program, the CLA has launched a new platform to help activists:
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