The data update for the Legislative Analysis Tool is complete. Once again a member of Republican Leadership is near the top of the table in agreeing with the Democrats most. Representative Barlow, the Majority Floor Leader agrees with the votes of Democrat Minority Floor Leader more than 88% of the time. This outdoes yesterday’s record… Read More »February 14, 2020 Update
The Evidence-Based Wyoming Legislative Analysis Tool has been updated to include the voting in the legislature on February 12, 2020. Not too surprisingly there was a shift in the parties as no fewer than 17 Republicans voting records are closer to the average Democrat than the average Republican. This is likely caused by the number… Read More »February 13, 2020 Update
I had a comment on Facebook from Rep. Clark Stith in response to my latest post regarding the two day old 2020 legislative session and the voting pattern already emerging. So when we convince Democrats to vote for a bill to make limits on special district taxes enforceable, as they did today to support house… Read More »Does a single vote make a legislator a liberal?
Two days into the legislative session and already the same old voting pattern is emerging.
I was lucky enough to be on the radio in Cheyenne with Glen Woods Friday morning. He asked a pretty inciteful question that is worth a little examination. I don’t remember the exact wording, but it boiled down to this, “People say Wyoming is one of the most conservative states in the union. But when… Read More »Leadership Matters
Give it a listen, call in and ask me questions. We’ll be talking about Evidence Based Wyoming and the math we do to inform voters about the voting habits of our Wyoming legislators.
It’s to bad he’s not from Wyoming, the world could use a few more cowboys like him. Applying this to our state, I think of our legislators, especially my legislators from Campbell County. especially from Campbell Country. Medicaid expansion, it’s free money. We need to spend more on state government, for roads, for education, for… Read More »Dan Crenshaw is a Rockstar, I wish we could get him to come and school our state legislators
One of the question I am frequently asked is “How do you know your data and conclusions are accurate?” Let’s look at the interesting case of Representative Jim Roscoe to find an answer. In many ways he represents the perfect test case. He served in the legislature for several years as a Democrat, until he… Read More »The curious case of Representative Roscoe
The Patriot Post is one of my favorite sites. It has great articles that reflect the common sense conservatism I believe in. I don’t always agree with them but even when I don;’ they make sound constitutional arguments the indicate the America I grew up in and want to see passed on to the next… Read More »The America and Wyoming I want to live in
For a long time, lots of Wyomingites (except for Democrats and their political birds of a feather the liberal Republicans) have wanted to stop cross over voting in the primary election. The idea being lets Republicans choose their best candidate and the Democrats choose their best and then let them fight it out during the… Read More »Help end the deception of Wyoming politics!