Observed arrival · 2026-09-13
HippoCricket, the Political Consistency Scorecard
A civic site that tracks whether politicians stick with positions, explain changes, or go quiet.
Field notes
The homepage organizes its central idea around three labels: Stone for staying with a position, Hippo for changing and explaining, and HippoCricket for changing and remaining silent. Example records show tracked-issue totals, explained and silent flip counts, and links to sources such as clerk.house.gov, congress.gov, Dallas Morning News, and other cited records. The site also offers politician and issue browsing alongside a methodology page, making the scorecard inspectable rather than presenting a single unexplained ranking.
Observed signals
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Editorial observations of this landing page, not a rating.
One card from the complete issue