I downloaded the NRA Ratings for 2006, and graphed the data to see how Congress rates. Let’s start with Congress. First, let’s look at the NRA ratings (A+, A, A-, etc.) by party to see how they compare, starting with the raw numbers:
I then conflated the ratings (A+, A, and A- all became A) to make the data easier to interpret. Here are the same data by party for each conflated rating as percentages:
And here is Congress as a whole:
So is the stereotype of Republicans being more supportive of the Second Amendment true? Here are the NRA Ratings for Republicans in Congress:
And here are the Democrats:
The data speak for themselves. And finally, more to satisfy my own curiosity as anything else, here are Indiana and Pennsylvania:
And for jimmyb, here are Ohio’s:
Could be better–but a lot worse, too.
TheCalvinator says:
The data in the first table appears to be reversed. The numbers and graph say that Democrats have better ratings.
And the Democrat pie chart isn’t consistent with the raw numbers in the first table. According to the raw numbers, no Democrat received an “A” rating, but the pie chart says that 5% did.
Actually, the charts aren’t consistent at all with the data. Either I’m not following, or something went horribly wrong when you did your charts & graphs.
May 26, 2007, 9:43 amrightwingprof says:
You’re right–the first chart is screwed up, and the really odd thing is that I’ve got the Excel file open, and I can’t figure out where that one came from. It’s not the chart in the file.
May 26, 2007, 10:37 am