But when he comes to study the secret propensities which govern the factions of America, he easily perceives that the greater part of them are more or less connected with one or the other of those two divisions which have always existed in free communities....but I affirm that aristocratic or democratic passions may easily be detected at the bottom of all parties, and that, although they escape a superficial observation, they are the main point and the very soul of every faction in the United States.
-Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America
17th Congress, Senate
In the range of 60% to less or equal to 100% affinity
Williams (TN)-Macon (NC) Faction
mean Majority Index - 31, max Majority Index - 60, min Majority Index - -2.22, number - 36
Williams (TN)[90, 60, 54.17%], Thomas (IN)[90, 53.33, 56.25%], Benton (MO)[90, 51.11, 56.25%], King (NY)[90, 46.67, 54.17%], Pleasants (VA)[61, 44.26, 52.08%], Ware (GA)[90, 43.33, 50%], Johnson (LA)[90, 40, 58.33%], Parrott (NH)[90, 37.78, 54.17%], Gaillard (SC)[90, 37.78, 54.17%], Holmes (ME)[90, 37.78, 50%], Taylor (IN)[90, 37.78, 47.92%], Walker (AL)[61, 37.7, 50%], Stokes (NC)[90, 36.67, 47.92%], Seymour (VT)[90, 36.67, 56.25%], Lowrie (PA)[90, 36.67, 54.17%], Findlay (PA)[90, 34.44, 56.25%], Barton (MO)[90, 33.33, 52.08%], Talbot (KY)[90, 33.33, 54.17%], Holmes (VA)[90, 31.11, 50%], Johnson (KY)[90, 31.11, 54.17%], Williams (MS)[90, 31.11, 50%], Van Buren (NY)[90, 31.11, 52.08%], Brown (LA)[90, 30, 50%], Brown (OH)[90, 28.89, 54.17%], Palmer (VT)[90, 27.78, 47.92%], Dickerson (NJ)[90, 26.67, 52.08%], King (NC)[90, 23.33, 54.17%], Knight (RI)[90, 23.33, 52.08%], Ruggles (OH)[90, 22.22, 52.08%], Morril (NH)[90, 18.89, 43.75%], Eaton (TN)[90, 15.56, 50%], Lanman (CT)[90, 15.56, 52.08%], Barbour (VA)[90, 12.22, 50%], Chandler (ME)[90, 5.56, 47.92%], Smith (SC)[90, 1.11, 41.67%], Macon (NC)[90, -2.22, 45.83%]
No significant opposition faction
18th Congress, Senate
In the range of 63% to less or equal to 100% affinity
Johnson (LA)-De Wolf (RI) Faction
mean Majority Index - 27, max Majority Index - 46.03, min Majority Index - 4.02, number - 44
Johnson (LA)[126, 46.03, 54.17%], Eaton (TN)[174, 44.25, 56.25%], Johnston (LA)[153, 43.79, 58.33%], Kelly (AL)[174, 43.68, 58.33%], Smith (MD)[174, 41.38, 60.42%], Jackson (TN)[174, 40.23, 56.25%], Parrott (NH)[174, 39.66, 58.33%], Holmes (VA)[174, 37.36, 54.17%], Johnson (KY)[174, 36.21, 54.17%], Holmes (ME)[174, 35.63, 54.17%], McIlvaine (NJ)[174, 35.63, 54.17%], Benton (MO)[174, 35.63, 58.33%], Thomas (IN)[174, 33.91, 60.42%], Lloyd (MA)[174, 33.33, 56.25%], Barton (MO)[174, 32.76, 56.25%], Seymour (VT)[174, 31.61, 58.33%], Williams (MS)[174, 30.46, 54.17%], Barbour (VA)[174, 29.89, 58.33%], Hayne (SC)[174, 28.74, 56.25%], Edwards (CT)[174, 27.59, 56.25%], Brown (OH)[174, 27.59, 54.17%], Gaillard (SC)[174, 25.29, 52.08%], King (NC)[174, 25.29, 56.25%], Van Dyke (DE)[174, 25.29, 56.25%], Lanman (CT)[174, 25.29, 54.17%], Lowrie (PA)[174, 24.71, 54.17%], Findlay (PA)[174, 23.56, 54.17%], Talbot (KY)[174, 23.56, 56.25%], Mills (MA)[174, 22.99, 54.17%], Taylor (IN)[174, 22.99, 56.25%], Van Buren (NY)[174, 22.41, 54.17%], Ruggles (OH)[174, 21.84, 52.08%], Knight (RI)[174, 21.26, 56.25%], Noble (IN)[174, 19.54, 50%], Clayton (DE)[168, 17.86, 56.25%], Elliott (GA)[174, 16.67, 54.17%], Bell (NH)[174, 14.94, 56.25%], King (NY)[174, 14.37, 54.17%], Dickerson (NJ)[174, 13.79, 52.08%], Palmer (VT)[174, 13.22, 52.08%], Branch (NC)[174, 5.75, 54.17%], Macon (NC)[174, 4.6, 54.17%], Chandler (ME)[174, 4.02, 52.08%], De Wolf (RI)[174, 4.02, 50%]
No significant opposition faction
19th Congress, Senate
In the range of 65% to less or equal to 100% affinity
Johnson (KY)-Randolph (VA) Faction
mean Majority Index - 18, max Majority Index - 39.73, min Majority Index - -9.42, number - 18
Johnson (KY)[224, 39.73, 58.33%], Benton (MO)[224, 36.61, 58.33%], Kane (IL)[224, 34.82, 60.42%], Findlay (PA)[224, 31.25, 60.42%], Eaton (TN)[224, 28.57, 58.33%], Van Buren (NY)[224, 23.21, 56.25%], Berrien (GA)[224, 18.3, 62.5%], Rowan (KY)[224, 17.86, 58.33%], Dickerson (NJ)[224, 17.86, 58.33%], Woodbury (NH)[224, 15.18, 54.17%], Hayne (SC)[224, 14.29, 58.33%], King (NC)[224, 13.84, 58.33%], White (TN)[223, 13.45, 56.25%], Branch (NC)[224, 12.5, 60.42%], Cobb (GA)[224, 11.16, 56.25%], Chandler (ME)[224, 7.59, 56.25%], Macon (NC)[224, -8.48, 52.08%], Randolph (VA)[223, -9.42, 50%]
Opposition in the range of <= 48% of agreement - Knight (RI)-Bell (NH)
mean Majority Index - 40, max Majority Index - 40.62, min Majority Index - 39.29, number - 2
Knight (RI)[224, 40.62, 58.33%], Bell (NH)[224, 39.29, 58.33%]
Faction that Van Buren opposed
In the range of 75% to less than or equal to 100% affinity
Hendricks (IN)-Robbins (RI) Faction
mean Majority Index - 50, max Majority Index - 60.71, min Majority Index - 44.2, number - 9
Hendricks (IN)[224, 60.71, 62.5%], Barton (MO)[224, 58.04, 62.5%], Marks (PA)[224, 50.45, 60.42%], Seymour (VT)[224, 48.66, 60.42%], Edwards (CT)[224, 48.21, 62.5%], Noble (IN)[224, 47.77, 58.33%], Harrison (OH)[224, 46.43, 58.33%], Chase (VT)[224, 44.64, 60.42%], Robbins (RI)[224, 44.2, 62.5%]
Opposition in the range of <= 47% of agreement - Van Buren (NY)-Randolph (VA)
mean Majority Index - 10, max Majority Index - 23.21, min Majority Index - -9.42, number - 11
Van Buren (NY)[224, 23.21, 56.25%], Berrien (GA)[224, 18.3, 62.5%], Rowan (KY)[224, 17.86, 58.33%], Woodbury (NH)[224, 15.18, 54.17%], King (NC)[224, 13.84, 58.33%], Branch (NC)[224, 12.5, 60.42%], Cobb (GA)[224, 11.16, 56.25%], Williams (MS)[224, 8.93, 54.17%], Tazewell (VA)[224, 1.79, 47.92%], Macon (NC)[224, -8.48, 52.08%], Randolph (VA)[223, -9.42, 50%]
Raw data source: Govtrack.us
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