This analysis focuses on the first dimension, which is essentially the economic and governmental aspects of the familiar left-right spectrum and ranges from 1 (most conservative) to -1 (most liberal).
So not only is this assessment highly subjective, it doesn't even take into account social aspects or other aspects of the left-right spectrum. And yet Pew uses it to come to this conclusion.
More from the "how we did this?" section. ("This", being "fabricated the result we wanted with bigger numbers for the republicans")
Accordingly, like most political science work that employs DW-NOMINATE scores, this analysis focuses on the primary liberal/conservative scale. That scale runs from -1 (most liberal) to 1 (most conservative). Each lawmaker is assigned a value between those endpoints based on their voting record; the scores are designed to be comparable between Congresses and across time.
Literally no fixed or objective measure of values. Just everything measured relative to whoever is arbitrarily selected as the "most" lib/con for that given year and also blindly assuming they are equidistant from the center. You could just as well look at that data and say the democrats extremes are not lessening or even growing more extreme, whilst republican extremes are becoming more and more moderate with time.
Fuck you asshole, it is, or it isn't. Nobody needs your liberal rhetoric. Speaking with big words to try prove how intelligent you are, proves how dumb you are.
So not only is this assessment highly subjective, it doesn't even take into account social aspects or other aspects of the left-right spectrum. And yet Pew uses it to come to this conclusion.
More from the "how we did this?" section. ("This", being "fabricated the result we wanted with bigger numbers for the republicans")
Literally no fixed or objective measure of values. Just everything measured relative to whoever is arbitrarily selected as the "most" lib/con for that given year and also blindly assuming they are equidistant from the center. You could just as well look at that data and say the democrats extremes are not lessening or even growing more extreme, whilst republican extremes are becoming more and more moderate with time.
Fuck you asshole, it is, or it isn't. Nobody needs your liberal rhetoric. Speaking with big words to try prove how intelligent you are, proves how dumb you are.
He say Pew bad.
You say Pew bad.
Why you mad at he?
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt.
wut?