Just how progressive is Tim Kaine?

by motocat

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Friday, Jul. 22, 2016 Friday, Jul. 22, 2016 at 12:06:12pm PDT

WASHINGTON, DC: JANUARY 3 -- Newly elected Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) speaks to a room of supporters during a welcoming reception on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, January 3, 2013. (Photo by Nikki Kahn/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

"Heritage Action", a conservative policy organisation, has a scorecard for conservative voting. Ted Cruz is 97%. Bernie Sanders is 20%. The average Democrat Senator is at 8%. Senator Tim Kaine? 2%.

www.heritageactionscorecard.com/...

I’m certainly not going to suggest this is the ONLY method to assess a candidate's progressiveness, but I think it’s a very interesting metric to consider. Perhaps Tim Kaine offers a progressive ideology in a moderate centrist image. if so that could be a win / win for progressives and Clinton’s electability with the general voting public.