How does Sinema get labeled as a "moderate Democrat? Please read before responding.

[bluewater]

Sinema is considered a moderate Democrat and was identified as the 47th most conservative member of the Senate in a 2019 analysis by the nonpartisan organization GovTrack.us.[4][5] During the 116th Congress, she voted with President Donald Trump's position roughly 25% of the time, the second-most of any Democratic senator to serve during the full term.[6]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyrsten_Sinema

I realize that the labeling conventions for elected Democrats are arbitrary and change over time, but how does the 47th most conservative member of the entire Senate get labelled as a "moderate Democrat'?

Serious question.

[Celerity]

15. she has an answer no matter what you call her

[Beausoleil]

2. The center has shifted to the right over the past 3-4 decades

Plus, there is not much of a "moderate" position in politics today.

As Jim Hightower said:

There's nothing in the middle of the road but a yellow stripe and dead armadillos.

[Celerity]

4. Great apophthegm

There's nothing in the middle of the road but a yellow stripe and dead armadillos.

[bluewater]

7. What a great word! Apothegm.

I'll use it tonight at dinner. lol

Seriously, thank you.

Like most people, my reading vocabulary is larger than my speaking or writing one, but I had to look apothegm up.

[Celerity]

8. I think it is more common in the UK, where I grew up, than in the US

[Celerity]

9. Bloody phone. I misspelt it. Fixed. apophthegm is the correct spelling

[bluewater]

10. Seems you used the US spelling originally. lol

Searches on both spelling return the same definition essentially.

[Celerity]

12. Ahhhhhh. See, you taught me something. I had no clue there was a different UK versus US spelling.

I just know when I looked at your first reply, my dyslexic brain said.... Wtf did you (as in me) do Cel?

lolol.

I love to learn!

[3catwoman3]

13. And Dictionary.com has the same pronunciation for...

...both spellings.

I always love learning a new word. I've never even seen this one, unlike words I have looked up but forgotten because of never using them.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

17. With you guys

I dont feel ashamed when I read the dictionary for new cool words.

[Hortensis]

27. Hightower is right. The center has mostly emptied as the GOP moved far right

and the Dems moved slightly farther left, but mostly where we were in the 1970s and before.

Although O'Donnell was saying the other night that our congressional delegations are even farther left than that these days, as well as Biden. And of course their goals reflect most Democratic voters, who overwhelmingly support what they're doing.

[Irish_Dem]

3. She has a good PR team?

[Celerity]

5. The most apropos label for her and Manchin atm is obstructionist

[DanieRains]

6. Anyone Not Wearing A Swastika

Is a moderate these days...

Sad isn't it.

[lagomorph777]

11. Pretty much.

[Demsrule86]

14. You do realize that she was a Green right? She is from a moderate state Arizona and that is why she

is called a moderate. what difference does it make what we call her? She is part of our majority and we need her vote.

[JohnSJ]

16. She was part of the Nader for president in 2000

[iemanja]

18. Could she be a troll?

A GOP plant?

[JohnSJ]

22. No idea

[betsuni]

25. It's like how Kimberly Guilfoyle used to be married to Gavin Newsom and now...

The type of person who changes personality depending on who they're around. Sinema used to pal around with Greens, now Republicans.

[gldstwmn]

21. What vote?

[BlueCheeseAgain]

19. I'm guessing the "moderate" refers to the entire American political spectrum.

Not just the Democrats.

[gldstwmn]

20. Her actions today should make her party poison.

[brooklynite]

23. Answer: even the 47th "most conservative" Senator is hugely supportive of Biden's policies...

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-congress-votes/kyrsten-sinema/

[bluewater]

26. Question: Why not mention Sinema was also supportive of Trump 50.4% of the time?

Let's give everyone the full picture on why she was ranked the "47th most conservative Senator"

Trump score

How often Sinema votes in line with Trump’s position: Career 50.4%

How often Sinema is expected to support Trump based on Trump’s 2016 margin: Career 39.8%

Difference between Sinema’s actual and predicted Trump-support scores: Career: +10.6%

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/congress-trump-score/kyrsten-sinema/


Hmmm.

Sinema voted 50.4% of the time supporting Trump's policies according to 538.
That was +10.6% greater than projected, again, according to 538.

Sinema's career voting record paints a different picture, don't you think?

So is the definition of a "moderate Democrat" someone who votes with Trump 50.4% of the time and +10.6% more often than expected based on Trump's performance in their state?

In fact, looking at the 538 data, Sinema was the ONLY Democrat that voted with Trump more often than expected.
How in the world does THAT make her a "moderate Democrat"?

[BlueNProud]

24. IMO she will go full QAnon/MAGA before it's all said and done.

She's displays all the traits.