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According to a GovTrack ranking in 1974, Aiken overall held a moderately liberal voting record.<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/george_aiken/400722 Sen. George Aiken]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved June 5, 2021.</ref>
According to a GovTrack ranking in 1974, Aiken overall held a moderately liberal voting record.<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/george_aiken/400722 Sen. George Aiken]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved June 5, 2021.</ref>
==Legacy==
Aiken, who criticized the [[conservative]] wing of the GOP in his day as supposedly being remote from the principles of [[Abraham Lincoln]],<ref>O'Connor, Kevin (November 30, 2019). [https://www.vnews.com/New-book-on-life-of-George-Aiken-30915307 Vt. Sen. George D. Aiken’s unorthodox Republicanism recounted in new biography]. ''Valley News''. Retrieved June 5, 2021.</ref> can be considered a forerunner to the current establishment wing of the party which frequently smears conservatives as "extremists".
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