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Integrity Index of US Congress members

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  1. [2]
    donn
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    It's not that I disagree, far from it, every politician on the top 10 list I actually massively respect, but I wonder what is the value of something like this that is basically confirming my own...

    It's not that I disagree, far from it, every politician on the top 10 list I actually massively respect, but I wonder what is the value of something like this that is basically confirming my own biases lol. All of them are squarely on the left-wing of the Democratic party so of course they're funded by small contributions and unions and that's the metric apparently

    5 votes
    1. F13
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      It should not be a political statement to say that the Democratic party scores better on integrity measures, when integrity is something Democratic voters care about and Republican voters do not.

      It should not be a political statement to say that the Democratic party scores better on integrity measures, when integrity is something Democratic voters care about and Republican voters do not.

      3 votes
  2. Fal
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    I found this website which attempts to calculate an 'integrity score' for current members of the US House and Senate through a combination of evaluating personal finances (such as the holding of...

    I found this website which attempts to calculate an 'integrity score' for current members of the US House and Senate through a combination of evaluating personal finances (such as the holding of individual stocks), campaign fundraising sources, and pledges towards various reforms such as the overturn of Citizens United. I think that the map mode is helpful and the Wordle-esque game where you try to guess random members' scores is funny.

    3 votes
  3. [2]
    Aerrol
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    Very interesting! With a quick skim of the site I couldn't find it - how do they calculate the score? Is it just dollars from big money interests?

    Very interesting! With a quick skim of the site I couldn't find it - how do they calculate the score? Is it just dollars from big money interests?

    2 votes
    1. phoenixrises
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      2 votes