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###And Can They Be Rigged?
There seems to be a misconception that it’s easy to “rig” a scorecard to achieve the desired result for the organization that creates it. I suppose if you rated the bills after the vote AND have a moving metric, it could be. If your metric evolves with how your favorite legislator votes, ok… They're riggable. But those two things have to be true.
However, if you have a metric that's clearly defined and explained, it’s impossible.
Our metric is the [Idaho GOP Platform found here]([link removed]). The only time our metric will change is when the platform undergoes a change. We provide the reasons why each bill is rated as it is [here]([link removed]).
Other organizations have their own specific metrics.
Here is how the Idaho Freedom Foundation rates its bills: [here]([link removed]). And you can find the bills they’ve rated [here]([link removed]), along with their reasoning for each rating.
Here is what IACI states is their metric: Vote in line with IACI position = +1 point. Vote out of line with IACI position = -1 point. Bills IACI is monitoring or maintains a neutral position = 0 points. You can find that on their scorecard page [here]([link removed]).
BillTrack50 is the software that most organizations use to track and score legislation. It records all votes by legislators, both federally and by state.
Below are a couple of screenshots from my BillTrack50 account. The first shows the bill sheets, which are the bills we chose to rate. In our case, we included every bill that received a vote in the House, Senate, or both (excluding any bill that received a unanimous vote). We also did not include any memorials or resolutions.
In the BillTrack50 software, each organization has to choose which bills it wants to rate specifically.
Remember, we aren’t rating people, but bills. The IFF rated bills before the votes took place, so many of the bills they rated are ones we didn’t (because many of those bills never came to a vote).
Here is a screenshot of what our BillTrack50 dashboard looks like. These are the bills we've chosen to score. We chose to score every bill that came to a vote in either the House, the Senate, or both. We did not add any resolutions or memorials. We also chose to ignore bills that had unanimous up or down votes.
The following screenshot shows the chosen bills along with the rating they have been given by our A.I. We've highlighted the rating column.
BillTrack50 then reviews each legislator’s vote and tallies the results based on their vote and the bill's rating. The following screenshot shows the bottom of our scorecard which would naturally be Democrats since they generally do not align with the GOP Platform. Notice that "Republicans" Jack Nelsen of District 26 and Mark Sauter of District 1 are right there with them?
And here is the top of our scorecard which means they aligned closest to the metric we used (GOP Platform):
According to our calculations, the Senate is being rated on 230 votes while the House members are being rated on 251 votes.
Some of the scorecards you see out there are simple tables, like the one below which has Democrats rated the highest:
Some organizations, like the IFF and IACI, choose to use a third-party software to display it in a more visually appealing style.
We looked into the same software that these organizations use, but we didn’t like the price tag. So, we had A.I. build one from scratch.
We’ve been criticized on our scorecard because we have the same top 8 as the IFF. The criticism is unfounded based on all of the above. It just so happens that the top 8 for the IFF are also more closely aligned to the Idaho Republican Platform, despite being in a different order.
Here are the top 10 for both…in order:
Why are people who used to promote conservative scorecards now out there trying to discredit them?
Here is more from the Freedom Bros Podcast on that. [Why Mike Moyle’s Attack Dogs Are Trying to Ruin Conservative Scorecards]([link removed])
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