GOP beats Dems on tech-friendliness
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Republicans trounced Democrats in a scorecard of key technology votes compiled by CNET News.com that illuminates stark differences in the two parties' voting history in the U.S. Congress over nearly a decade.
Senate Republicans scored an average of 61 percent--15 points higher than their Democratic counterparts, who on average scored 46 percent. The gap was mirrored in the ratings garnered by their counterparts in the U.S. House of Representatives, where Republicans boast a 68 percent collective score compared with 52 percent for Democrats.
Of the 25 most tech-friendly members of the House, 19 are Republicans. (The Senate scorecard can be found here, and the House version is here).
Sen. John Kerry, the Democratic presidential candidate, scored in the bottom half of senators with a lifetime voting rating of 44 percent--thanks in part to his votes on Internet taxes and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. On average, U.S. senators received a score of 53 percent...
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Other tech scorecards show Dems with worse records
Posted by: Declan Mccullagh
Posted on: October 29, 2004, 2:31 PM PDT
Story: GOP beats Dems on tech-friendliness
Okay, so some folks don't like our scorecard. Fair enough. But it's not right to accuse us of being biased against the Dems.
Other tech scorecards have reported similar results. Check out these:
source: information technology industry council
avg house republican: 89
avg house democrat: 43
avg senate republican: 84
avg house democrat: 43
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source: tech law journal
avg republican score: 60
avg democrat score: 36
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source: wired news
avg overall republican score: 50
avg overall democrat score: 47
(but looking at just the two chambers, senate dems did better than senate republicans)
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