2018 Legislative Report Card

RUBRIC
LEADERSHIP
This refers to a legislator’s ability to organize other
legislators in support or dissent of a political effort. In our
estimation, leadership is not a critique of a legislator’s
public speaking abilities or charismatic command of a
room. Rather, we view leadership as a developed skill
demonstrated by a legislator’s willingness to work behind
the scenes, and across delegations and allegiances, to
achieve the desired outcome.
EFFECTIVENESS
This refers to a legislators ability to successfully pass
legislation in spite of the obstacles presented by
leadership. This criteria is fairly straight forward, and
comes down to a legislator’s ability to get bills passed
and to stop bad bills.
GENDER LENS
Racism is inextricably linked to gender. The system of
white supremacy is the principle that organizes other
systems of domination. While the #MeToo movement
has gotten some traction in the media, there are many
more women who have experienced abuse in a local
context and for whom does not have the benefit of the
national media as a platform; particularly working class
Black women. Gender lens is included as a criterion and
guide for how we analyzed the issues that we focused
on in this report.
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