HeyJaredBridge Grades
A collaboration report card for Congress - like Rotten Tomatoes for legislators.
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Independents in Battleground districts are less likely to vote in ‘26 than their partisan peers (opens the original)
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Amy Walter’s team at Cook Political Report are like expert political meteorologists who forecast the political weather on a Congressional district-by district-basis—offering up-to-date analysis on district voter composition, ratings on election competitiveness, and studying the barometric micro-climates of each district.1Yesterday (Sept 17), Amy Walter and Carrie Dann released <a href="https://www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/survey-research/battleground-district-project/new-b
Yes, politicians really do change their tune ahead of the general elections (opens the original)
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With August now in the books, we are 20 months into the 24-month 119th Congress. Today we’ve updated Bridge Grades and for 522 sitting members of the House of Representatives and US Senate using refreshed data through August 31, 2026.Visit Bridge GradesUnexpected movement in the updated gradesWhenever we complete our monthly cycle of refreshing live data and compiling Congressional results we’re alwa
Bridgers in the House face disproportionate headwinds in the midterms (opens the original)
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The primary elections are still going??More than five months into primary season we still have 7 states to go: Alaska, Florida, Wyoming, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Delaware picking up the rear on September 9th.With 43 states worth of primary election data now in, let’s take our first look at how bridgers and dividers are faring as we march toward November’s general election.Context: Our Bridge Grades thesis is that when non-partisan Americans systematically support collabora
Can Congressional ideologues really be top collaborators? (opens the original)
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A couple weeks ago, I exchanged comments with a progressive writer in Orange County, CA who has it in for his conservative House Rep. Young Kim. I confessed “I know very little about Rep. Kim but she does earn very high marks on Bridge Grades which ranks members of Congress on a collaboration and bipartisan measure.” <a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nayK!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazona
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