Michael Bennet-Colorado (D)

DW-NOMINATE Score: -0.241

ADA Score: 90%

Party Unity Score: 97.297

According to AskThem, a “free and open-source platform for questions-and-answers with public figures” (similar to the White House’s “We The People” petition platform), Bennet supported Population Connection’s interests 100%, the interests of the Alliance for Retired Americans 100%, the interests of Americans for Democratic Action 95%, and the interests of the Military Officers Association of America 100% among others. 

            Michael Bennet’s support of the Military Officers Association is beneficial because Colorado has seven military bases. Population Connection is an organization that “works to ensure that every woman around the world who wants to delay or end childbearing has access to the health services and contraceptive supplies she needs in order to do so.” Part of its approach is also to help the Earth’s environment by working to eliminate overpopulation. The fact that Bennet supports this makes sense, as he is a liberal Democrat, as seen in his ADA score. It also falls in line with his state, as parts of Colorado are pretty liberal. The rest of the afore mentioned interests groups are safe to support as Bennet can get votes that way and there is a small chance that the issues will be hugely controversial.

           

According to GovTrack, Bennet is among the lowest 50% among Senate Democrats for both writing bipartisan bills and joining bipartisan bills. Only 32% of Bennet’s 34 bills had both a Democratic and Republican cosponsor. And of the 195 bills that Bennet cosponsored, a non-Democrat introduced only 21%. Bennet is a strong Democrat who has a tendency to only gather cosponsors on one side of the aisle. 

            According to Gallup, a large polling site, Colorado is pretty evenly split between conservative, liberal, and moderate. Bennet stays with his party in the Senate and so is seen as a conservative Democrat by the bills he sponsors. However, the interest groups he strongly supports can be liberal. Bennet is willing to move with his voters and keep up a good façade.