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Tavarious Jackson

(1,595 posts) Wed Nov 1, 2017, 02:08 PM Nov 2017

Does Tulsi Gabbard really vote 65% with republicans?

I read that on a FB meme and thought... tat can not be right. Why would progressives support her than?

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Does Tulsi Gabbard really vote 65% with republicans? (Original Post) Tavarious Jackson Nov 2017 OP

Lots of votes are unanimous or nearly so FBaggins Nov 2017 #1

FBaggins

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1. Lots of votes are unanimous or nearly so

Reply to Tavarious Jackson (Original post)

Wed Nov 1, 2017, 02:17 PM

Nov 2017

Did you know that Ruth Bader Ginsburg votes with Clearance Thomas that same 65% of the time?

The relevant statistic is how often she votes with Democrats. On that score, she could improve but isn't awful:

According to (http://progressivepunch.org/scores.htm?house=house), she has a lifetime 92% "progressive score" on all votes... but only a 75% on "crucial votes".

That's obviously dramatically superior to any Republicans... but well behind most Democrats in Congress.

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