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Common Ground Scorecard for Kevin McCarthy

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Kevin McCarthy (CA-20 - R)

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Top House Republican Kevin McCarthy has been trying to keep the peace between vocal supporters of Donald Trump and those anxious to break from the former president and return to more mainstream Republicanism. McCarthy built a strong relationship with former President Donald Trump and championed the president’s legislative agenda. He also backed Trump’s challenges of the 2020 election results in key states. McCarthy was active in Republican Party politics since his youth, including a term as head of the California Young Republicans, and later was chairman of the National Young Republicans. McCarthy worked for his predecessor in Congress, Republican Bill Thomas, starting as an intern and rising to the post of district director.

(Bloomberg Government biography of Kevin McCarthy)

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Common Ground Score is

37
*Common Ground Maverick*
Somewhat Above Average

Based on a scale of 0-100, below is a breakdown of the Common Ground Score:

Official PerformanceMAX 30
12
Personal ActionsMAX 30
5
CommunicationsMAX 20
20
CommitmentsMAX 20
0
BONUS: Outstanding Common GrounderMAX 10
0

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Official Performance Commentary

Party leaders, due to the nature of their position, are not scored on the Lugar Center's Bipartisan Index; Official Performance points are therefore a predictive estimate using statistical modeling.

Personal Actions Commentary

Signed the Commitment to Civility.

Communications Commentary

"America understands that the way our government worked is we are supposed to find common ground. No one can get 100 percent of what they want."

Commitments Commentary

The politician has not affirmed the commitments.

Outstanding Commmon Grounder Commentary

There is no information available to support this score.

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  • Well Above Average
  • Somewhat Above Average
  • Average
  • Somewhat Below Average
  • Well Below Average

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For candidates without congressional or gubernatorial service, Official Performance points are a predictive estimate using statistical modeling.

Personal Actions points can be provisionally awarded for a commitment to take the action(s) within the first six months of office, if elected.

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