SCORECARD · DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ accountability readout

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Democratic U.S. House · FL-25 full conduct profile →
64/100
ELEVATED CAPTURE-RISK INDEX
How this number is built ↓
Silence risk25%
47
Contradiction risk25%
58
Connection density20%
77
Donor influence10%
61
Fact density10%
80
Constituency deviation5%
13
Voting misalignment5%
1

Weighted composite, 0–100. Identical to the figure on the Congress monitor. Each bar is the component's normalised 0–100 contribution before weighting.

01

Silence on donor-funded topics 5

Topics where donors have documented interests but the official has no public statement on record. Silence is the absence of expected speech — not proof of intent.

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02

Vote-vs-platform contradictions 5

Roll-call votes that contradict the official's own stated platform commitments. Each links to the bill and the contradiction rationale.

50% of 10 rated votes contradicted the stated platform
  • H.R. 5376 ↗ YEA 2022-08-12
    Inflation Reduction Act of 2022
    why contradicted?
    [against_constituent] Supported the largest climate investment in U.S. history. FL-25 is a coastal district vulnerable to sea-level rise and hurricanes. The bill also extended ACA subsidies — Florida leads the nation in ACA enrollment — and allowed Medicare drug price negotiation.
  • H.R. 3684 ↗ YEA 2021-11-05
    Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
    why contradicted?
    [against_constituent] Voted for a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package bringing an estimated $13.1 billion to Florida for highways, $245 million for bridge repairs, and $2.6 billion for public transit upgrades. Directly relevant to FL-25's tourism-driven economy and 29-minute average commute.
  • H.R. 1319 ↗ YEA 2021-02-27
    American Rescue Plan Act of 2021
    why contradicted?
    [against_constituent] Voted for $1.9 trillion in COVID relief including $1,400 direct payments and expanded child tax credits. FL-25 has an 11.2% poverty rate and median household income of $85,554, making the bill's working-family provisions relevant to many constituents.
  • H.R. 1 ↗ NAY 2017-12-19
    Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
    why contradicted?
    [against_constituent] Voted with all Democrats against the largest corporate tax cut in decades. While aligned with her party, the bill heavily benefited the real estate, banking, and finance industries that are among her top donor sectors ($2.5M from finance/real estate career).
  • Pitts Amendment to reform sugar subsidies
    why contradicted?
    [against_constituent] Voting against the amendment maintained the sugar subsidy program, which keeps U.S. sugar prices above world levels. Constituents in her district face higher consumer costs, while the sugar industry is not a major employer there – a clear constituent-interest mismatch.
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03

Broken promises 0

Documented public commitments paired with the documented action that broke them. Each carries a primary-source citation for the violation.

No documented broken promises on file.

04

Documented contradictions 3

Stated-position-vs-revealed-conduct contradictions analysed against the official's commitments, scored by strength of the contradiction.

  • statement_vs_disclosure SCORE 60
    Schultz cosponsored legislation to move toward public financing of campaigns, yet her campaign continued to accept large corporate PAC contributions, creating a gap between legislative platform and personal fundraising practice.
  • statement_vs_disclosure SCORE 60
    In January 2014, Wasserman Schultz's spokeswoman gave contradictory statements to national press (opposing new Iran sanctions) and Florida press (supporting sanctions), reflecting tension between loyalty to the Obama White House and a heavily Jewish, pro-Israel constituency.
  • reversal SCORE 60
    Wasserman Schultz voted against allowing federal non-interference with state medical marijuana in 2014, citing executive branch authority, then reversed to support VA doctor-patient marijuana discussions in 2016. Her 2014 opposition put her among only 17 Democrats voting no and aligned with her opposition to Florida's Amendment 2 medical marijuana ballot measure.
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What this scorecard does and doesn't claim

Every figure above is a count of records the platform already holds, each click-through-able to its source. The scorecard adds no inference, no forecast, and no narrative — it aggregates what is documented.

A populated scorecard is not a finding of corruption. It documents the volume of stated-vs-revealed tension, donor-adjacent silence, and broken commitments on the public record for this official. Silence in particular is the absence of an expected statement; it can have innocent explanations and is never presented as proof. Read each item's source before drawing conclusions.

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