FWIW it doesn't serve as a great example because the ordering is not obvious. I think that is what GP was reacting to. When I say "sort a list of presidents by how right-leaning they are" in any other context people would probably assume the MOST right-leaning president to be listed first. It took me a moment to remember that Pythons 'sort' would be in ascending order by default.

Good point, I see how the example can be confusing. Updated the example to have `reverse=True` and a comment, hopefully that clarifies things.