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In reply to the discussion: David Hogg calls out Bernie [View all]George II
(67,782 posts)....during each election cycle, then update them when the next election rolls around. My understanding is that should Sanders win in November, they'll assign a new rating for 2018.
Any Senator with a relatively good rating generally is from a right or very right leaning state - it reflects their constituency.
For example, the four Democrats that are toward the high end of the scale (whose ratings are 6-years old because they're all running again this year) are Tester - MT, Manchin - WV, Heitkamp - ND, and Donnelly - IN, all very conservative states.
Those have the worst ratings are from liberal states. Of the 49 Democratic/Independent Senators, only eight have "better" (in the eyes of the NRA) than Sanders.
In order from the top:
A Donnelly
A Manchin
Aq Heitkamp
A- Tester
B+ Casey
B Heinrich
C Warner
D Udall
D- Sanders
F Remaining 40 Democrats/Independent
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/02/15/52-senators-have-an-a-minus-nra-rating-or-higher-including-four-democrats/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.67a8af55ea2a
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