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UTUSN

(70,711 posts)
Sun Oct 14, 2018, 09:53 PM Oct 2018

538 A couple of surprises for me (not most YOU) - congresscritters voting WITH and NOT with SHITLER

Huh, Hawaii/Calif/MD the Dems most voting *with* SHITLER?!1 And LEAHY up there in the middle? And then Repukes CORKER and PAUL being the Repukes closest to Dems - O.K.

And MANCHIN, McCASKILL, HEITKAMP, TESTER - the most endangered - voting MOST against SHITLER?!1 I've got to eat some serious crow!

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/congress-trump-score/?ex_cid=irpromo







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538 A couple of surprises for me (not most YOU) - congresscritters voting WITH and NOT with SHITLER (Original Post) UTUSN Oct 2018 OP
Keep in mind that they're ranked by pro-Trump votes RELATIVE to their districts' R margin sandensea Oct 2018 #1
You're not reading the chart correctly berni_mccoy Oct 2018 #2
Well, O.K. May the inevitable other correctors be KIND!1 UTUSN Oct 2018 #3

sandensea

(21,639 posts)
1. Keep in mind that they're ranked by pro-Trump votes RELATIVE to their districts' R margin
Sun Oct 14, 2018, 09:59 PM
Oct 2018

So while Manchin, who's voted with Cheeto 60.8% of the time, looks very anti-Trump on the relative scale (since Cheeto won WV by 42% in '16), in absolute terms he's the most pro-Trump Democrat in the Senate.

And the least pro-Trump Senator? Kirsten Gillbrand, with an 8.9% Cheetoness in her voting record thus far.

Having said that, this is a great resource. Thanks for posting!

 

berni_mccoy

(23,018 posts)
2. You're not reading the chart correctly
Sun Oct 14, 2018, 09:59 PM
Oct 2018

Sort by the “Trump Score” which is actually how often they voted with Trump initiatives. Manchin is at the top.

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