On the ADA’s voting records for 2006, the most recent data, Barack Obama scores 19 out of 20 pluses, or 95% — identical to Hillary Clinton and John Kerry, almost making it to Ted Kennedy’s perfect far-left score. John McCain’s 2006 score is 3 of 20 pluses, or 15% — a bit closer to the center.
The average American voter is about 51% on the ADA’s historical scorecard [measured 1995-1999]. The average Democrat is about 85%, and the average Republican about 18%. So on the ADA scale Clinton and Obama are at the left end of the Democratic party; McCain is near the center of the Republican party.
On the AFL-CIO Pro-Labor voting scores, Obama = 96%, Clinton = 93%, McCain = 17% [data through 2006]. We have no data on where the average voter scores on the AFL-CIO scale, but I infer from the simple correlation with the ADA scores that it must be near 50%.
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