Congressional Checkup
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Crash and Burn Industries
Last weekend I asked 15 or so congressmen their opinion of their fellow workers. I had them fill out a list of current congressional reps and have them mark and X for those they felt contributed and should return. A - mark for those they felt didn't need to run again and to leave it blank for those they didn't care either way or weren't familiar with.
Number is total in favor minus any not in favor of returning
Here is the average score for each candidate
Alabama - Serendipitous - +5
Arizona - Rheinlander von Phalz - +12
Arkansa - Killing Time - +9
California - Kyle321n - 0 (those that did vote were divided)
Colorado - Daniel Dodge - +11
Connecticut - Oprah Winfrey - -4
Delaware - Tyler Deel - -2
District of Columbia - Ligtreb - +12
Florida - Zcia - +10
Georgia - Donutdude - -4
Hawaii - Ksedin - -3
Idaho - St. Krems - +10
Illinois - Tiacha - +2 (note most abstained as she announced she is not running again)
Indiana - Bryan Mills - -2
Iowa - The Merchant - -5
Kansas - Samuel Brouillette - +10
Kentucky - Cerb - +8
Louisiana - Tyler Buublar - -3
Maine - seeker1 - +8
Maryland - Myles Robinson - +6
Massachusetts - AidenAstrup - +9
Michigan - Tormod - +11
Minnesota - Cynic Grim - +1
Mississippi - Willisen - -1
Missouri - Deejai Smith - -4
Montana - Devan Kronos - +10
Nebraska - M.Leviathin - -3
Nevada - sydiot - +12
New Hampshire - Devoid - +12
New Jersey - Astra Kat - +4 (note most abstained as she announced she is not running again)
New Mexico - Jude Connors - +11
New York - Fionia - +11
North Carolina - DisDick - +8
North Dakota - logan Dunleavy - +2
Ohio - GoBucks - +7
Oklahoma - eliwood_sain - +3
Oregon - Mohan Kumar - -1
Pennsylvania - Klondike Bar - -4
Rhode Island - Wapu - -4 (Quit congress)
South Carolina - Mark Valshannar - -4
South Dakota - Slade Steel - -4 (Banned for Multis)
Tennessee - Bradley Reala - +11
Texas - Panther - +9
Utah - Emmanuel Cruise - +10
Vermont - Aldric Harper - +6
Virginia - Evan Feinman - +11
West Virginia - CrashNBurn - +11
Wisconsin - DanielCD - +12
Wyoming - Pdeb - +2
This results come from 13 different congressmen from each of the top 5 parties.
4 USWP, 3 AAP, 3 Lib, 1 CvP. and 2 Fed.
Hopefully congressmen will see this, get an understanding of where they stand in the eyes of their fellow civil servants. If they are not happy with it, take steps to correct it.
This is not to be partisan, its an overview of congress regardless of party affiliation.
Thanks
CrashNBurn
Comments
First Denied
Very informative. I really like this idea!!
That's a really good idea CnB. I like this a lot!
This is a really cool way to see who our big contributers are in the eyes of their peers. Thanks for the informative article!
That's an excellent idea that should be repeated EACH TERM.
Love it!
In response to timothy, I agree with you, but this should be done by the SoH (No offense, CnB, even though you are the Director of the Federalist Political Office, the most powerful congressional person should conduct this).
The only thing I would suggest is an increase in sample size of those surveyed, only to improve the accuracy of the data. Anyone who wants to can conduct this survey, and that's one of the strongest aspects of it!
This is awesome. Thanks for doing this, very interesting, and I'm honored to have scored so high.
-3 it would seem I have some work to do. I have spent my first term in congress keeping quiet, but reading the various threads and debates in order to cast my vote in an informed manner. I took the stance of letting the more experienced congress members speak. I guess I need to speak up a bit more. thanks for the heads up!
This is a great idea and a good mirror for all congressmen to look in, perhaps every month?
Very interesting and informative.
Thank you!
Voted and Subbed CnB, great article!
I obviously need to work on my communications skills, and I have been less active due to real relative being sick. I intend to correct that next term, among other things.
I absolutely completely agree with the ones who were 10+ rated. We really have an all star Congress this term and I couldn't be more proud of those people.
This is a really great idea, and, if continued, could allow people to see how Congressmen change and improve (or get worse) from term to term.
I know the sample size was small. I would love to do this again next month or even closer to the end of this term and get responses from all Congressmen.
If the SoH chooses to continue doing this great or another group idk. But its something that I think should be done. My goal is to eventually have a congress of people +10 and up (why only +10 cause you can't please everyone).
As for those that are new like Tyler, this survey may be somewhat bias by the small sample I took. I apologize for that but I hope you guys do speak more and let us know your opinions and such. Even if its just posting I agree, it lets me know that you are reading posts and educating yourselves.
New Jersey - Astra Kat - +4 (note most abstained as she announced she is not running again).
Oh, okay, lol. Cos dude, I am looking at the +11 and +12 for some people on that list and they freakin' haven't done hardly anything all term. :/
CnB is in Government Oversight, so I think this could fall under his purview. I dig it, and I'm glad I got a high score. 😉
If any congressmen did not participate in the survey and would like their votes/opinions added please PM me.
Voted
A little hard to discern to what degree it's a popularity contest vs. a measure of contribution.
Larger sample size would be good.
And perhaps addition to the high-level yes / no / don't know scoring, some kinda scorecard for various categories might be instructive. In other words, what kinds of things does "contribution" mean?
As with many polls, it's not easy to get a qualitative read from this one. For example, did somebody who posted 30 content-less comments to a forum contribute more than somebody who quietly listened and learned and posted one thoughtful comment? Just sayin'.
I'd say this should be done every term either before or after the PP elections - as a "so far: how are they doing"
This is a great way to keep people informed on who they should vote next term!
I am not running again anyway. Apologies to FRAC folks - I had intended to do a lot with that committee, but then I became SoS and it usurped my free time.