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U.S. Senator from Maine
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The political positions of Susan Collins are reflected by her United States Senate voting record, public speeches, and interviews. Susan Collins is a Republican senator from Maine who has served since 1997. Collins is a self-described "moderate Republican". She has occasionally been referred to as a "liberal Republican" relative to her colleagues.[1][2][3] In 2013, the National Journal gave Collins a score of 55% conservative and 45% liberal.[4]
The New York Times arranged Republican Senators in 2017 based on ideology and ranked Senator Collins as the most liberal Republican.[5][6] According to GovTrack, Senator Collins is the most moderate Republican in the Senate; GovTrack's analysis places her to the left of every Republican and four Democrats in 2017.[7] Another website, OnTheIssues.org, labels Collins a "Moderate Libertarian Liberal". It also gives politicians a "social score" and an "economic score". Her social score is 60%, with 0% being the most conservative and 100% being the most liberal. Additionally, Collins's economic score is 53%, with 0% being the most liberal and 100% being the most conservative.[8] The American Conservative Union (ACU) gives her a lifetime rating of 46.03% conservative.[9] In 2016, they gave Collins a score of 23%.[10] The Americans for Democratic Action gives her a rating of 45% liberal.[11] In 2015, the ADA gave her a score of 30%.[12]
According to CQ Roll Call, Collins sided with President Obama's position 75.9% of the time in 2013, one of only two Republicans to vote with him more than 70% of the time.[13] FiveThirtyEight, which tracks Congressional votes, found that Collins voted with President Trump's positions about 67% of the time as of November, 2020.[14] Nonetheless, she has voted with the GOP majority on party-line votes with much greater frequency during the Trump presidency than during the Obama presidency.[15] During the Biden presidency, as of February 2022, FiveThirtyEight found that she has voted with Biden's positions approximately 75.6% of the time.[16]