Alabama legislature ranked most conservative in the nation, study says

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The study also reported high levels of polarization measured from a conservative standpoint.

, a study from the Center for Legislative Accountability reported.

The Center for Legislative Accountability, a project of the Conservative Political Action Conference Foundation and the American Conservative Union Foundation, ranked each legislature based on votes across 186 policy categories.Outgoing Rep. Andrew Sorrell , who will become state auditor in January, reportedly voted conservative on 100% of the bills tracked by the organization in 2021 -- making him listed as one of the most conservative lawmakers in the country.

Nationally, Republican state lawmakers voted conservative 80.9% of the time, while Democrats voted conservative 15.9% of the time, CLA reported. “The 64.99 percentage point divide between the two political parties marks the highest level of political polarization since the CLA became the first and only organization to track such data in 2015,” the report read.

Overall, Alabama’s Senate voted conservative 67% of the time and the state House voted conservative 58% of the time, compared to 78% in the Senate and 70% in the House in 2021.

 

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