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pnwmom

(108,955 posts)
Wed Nov 14, 2018, 04:40 PM Nov 2018

How popular is Nancy Pelosi? Popular enough to get 81% of the vote in a highly progressive district.

That's how popular she is with people who actually KNOW her -- and haven't just heard the endless slams, repeated constantly in the media, by DT and other Rethugs.

As for Dems who think she isn't progressive enough -- she was progressive enough to satisfy 81% of the voters in SAN FRANCISCO. And DT uses that against her. Should we buy into that?

The irony is that the R's accuse her of being on the far left, while many here consider her too moderate. The truth is that she's condemned by the right because she's an effective leader. And that's why we should be supporting her.

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How popular is Nancy Pelosi? Popular enough to get 81% of the vote in a highly progressive district. (Original Post) pnwmom Nov 2018 OP
she is of the most progressive members of congress AlexSFCA Nov 2018 #1
hahaha Cuthbert Allgood Nov 2018 #2
A rated is as good as it gets, actually I'm shocked by this one at no. 193, and F rated OnDoutside Nov 2018 #4
Yeah, #25 out of 435 certainly disqualifies her as one of the most progressive members of congress. MrsCoffee Nov 2018 #5
Well, 236 of those are Dems, so top 15%, anyway. Cuthbert Allgood Nov 2018 #6
Ha. Ha. An outfit that gave Beto O'Rourke an "F" and Adam Schiff a "D." Small-Axe Nov 2018 #7
She wouldn't get too many in my district beachbum bob Nov 2018 #3

OnDoutside

(19,948 posts)
4. A rated is as good as it gets, actually I'm shocked by this one at no. 193, and F rated
Wed Nov 14, 2018, 04:52 PM
Nov 2018
Conversely Kyrsten Sinema (Dem – Arizona 9) has a Lifetime Crucial Votes Score of 36.86%. We have her in a Swing district where the minimum Lifetime Crucial Votes score to be acceptable is 76.67%. Subtract 76.67% (minimum desired) from 36.86% (actual) and you get -39.81%. In other words Sinema is failing, and by a lot.

MrsCoffee

(5,801 posts)
5. Yeah, #25 out of 435 certainly disqualifies her as one of the most progressive members of congress.
Wed Nov 14, 2018, 04:53 PM
Nov 2018

NOT.

Just using your own metric here.

Cuthbert Allgood

(4,905 posts)
6. Well, 236 of those are Dems, so top 15%, anyway.
Wed Nov 14, 2018, 05:09 PM
Nov 2018

That I'd agree with. But not "one of the most." One would want top 5% or less for that designation.

 

Small-Axe

(359 posts)
7. Ha. Ha. An outfit that gave Beto O'Rourke an "F" and Adam Schiff a "D."
Wed Nov 14, 2018, 05:28 PM
Nov 2018

They also gave Tulsi Gabbard an F, so maybe they aren't always wrong?


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