State House Representative Nick Mackey peers in the General Assembly and some the folks that work there have rated his effectiveness the least of all the Democrats and only five spots from the bottom among all House members.
Mr. Mackey did have a perfect
attendance record; which when put with the NCCPPR’s ranking results in a
perfectly ineffectiveness.
“The North Carolina Center for
Public Policy effectiveness rankings
are based on surveys completed by the legislators themselves, by registered
lobbyists who are based in North Carolina and who regularly work in the General
Assembly, and by capital news reporters.”
“These three groups are asked
to rate each legislator’s effectiveness on the basis of participation in
committee work, skill at guiding bills through committees and in floor debates,
and general knowledge or expertise in special fields. The respondents also are
asked to consider the respect that legislators command from their peers, his or
her ethics, the political power they hold (by virtue of office, longevity, or
personal skills), their ability to sway the opinions of fellow legislators, and
their aptitude for the overall legislative process.”
“This year’s rankings mark
the 17th time the Center has undertaken this comprehensive survey. The first
edition in 1978 evaluated the performance of the 1977-78 General Assembly. The
response rate to the survey continues to be very high. Seventy-one (60 percent)
of 119 House members (one member resigned at the end of the session) responded
to the Center’s survey this year, as did 28 of the 50 Senators (56 percent),
156 of 471 registered lobbyists who regularly work in the legislature and who
are based in North Carolina (33 percent), and 8 of 14 capital news
correspondents (57 percent) – all well above accepted standards of statistical
validity.”
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**Extracted from NCCPPR
newsrelease, April 6, 2010
Full newsrelease at: http://www.nccppr.org/rankingspresspublic.pdf