Senate, House Dems Equally Far Left, Conservative Group Says, as GOP Remains Solidly Right

Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) at the Capitol in Washington on Feb. 5, 2020. Schumer has a zero percent rating for 2019 by the American Conservative Union. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times

Democrats in the House of Representatives are often viewed as radical left-wingers, but their partisan Senate colleagues are just as extreme, according to the latest congressional voting scorecard.

“The days of the ‘moderate’ Democrat Party are over,” American Conservative Union (ACU) Chairman Matt Schlapp told The Epoch Times on May 6, regarding his organization’s congressional voting scorecard for 2019.

The ACU was founded in 1964 and is best known for its annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). The group—like the liberal Americans for Democratic Action (ADA)—has rated Congress since 1971.