How often have North Carolina's members of Congress voted with President Bush?
Congressional Quarterly, a Washington-based news service, has compiled statistics based on votes taken in which the president has a clear position.
Here are the results of a recent study of all roll-call votes from Bush's inauguration until the August recess in 2008:
Republicans:
Rep. Sue Myrick: 89 percent
Sen. Richard Burr*: 88 percent
Sen. Elizabeth Dole*: 88 percent
Rep. Virginia Foxx*: 88 percent
Rep. Patrick McHenry*: 86 percent
Rep. Howard Coble: 77 percent
Rep. Robin Hayes: 72 percent
Rep. Walter Jones: 57 percent
Democrats:
Rep. Mike McIntyre: 40 percent
Rep. Bob Etheridge: 30 percent
Rep. David Price: 21 percent
Rep. Heath Shuler*: 19 percent
Rep. Brad Miller*: 18 percent
Rep. G.K. Butterfield*: 17 percent
Rep. Mel Watt: 13 percent
Members who were elected since 2001 are noted with an asterisk.
A recent post used the averages of each year's score by Congressional Quarterly, but a representative of the news service said that method is inaccurate.
Comments
Re: How N.C. delegation voted, Part II
August 20, 2008 - 7:55pm — WildgooseBoy, are we surprised to find that the "Rino" Walter Jones of the 3rd Dist is last in the pack and only little better than his Democrat friends. Could that be just because of his anti-war bent or is there more to this? Could Water switch to Democrat after November? Wait for the next exciting episode in As The Congressman Turns.