Idaho's First AI-Generated Legislative Scorecard Explained. (And who paid for it?) (posted 05/20/25, Source: emailed newsletter)

Stop Idaho RINOS recently unveiled their legislative scorecard for 2025. What they did not tell us during that unveiling was that their scorecard is 100% AI-Generated.

Many have tried to rate bills with artificial intelligence (AI), but failed because AI just wasn't good enough to properly analyze the Idaho GOP platform and then compare bills to that platform. But now the Stop Idaho RINOS AI is ready and it works.

Appropriately, we used Grok AI to summarize the emailed newsletter from Stop Idaho RINOS, below with minor edits.

AI-Generated Legislative Scorecard

• Rated 316 Idaho bills in 2024, excluding unanimous votes

• 100% AI-generated, using Idaho GOP platform as guide

• AI trained to analyze platform, compare bills, self-challenge ratings

• Assigns +1, 0, or -1 with summarized reasoning

Purpose and Transparency

• Aims to remove human bias from bill ratings

• Compares to Idaho Freedom Foundation’s work (IFF often accused of bias, but uses similar methodologies to rank bills against a different set of metrics; IFF results and Stop Idaho RINOS typically yield similar results)

• Not affiliated with Idaho GOP, despite inquiries

• Disclaimer at bottom of website states: “We are not affiliated with the Idaho Republican Party but are an independent organization reviewing legislation and using the platform of the Idaho Republican Party for the ratings.”

Funding and Costs

• Funded by Stop Idaho RINOs with small donor contributions

• Minimal tech costs; AI created website plugin

• Ongoing API maintenance costs covered by donations

Scope and Clarification

• Rates legislation, not legislators

• Legislator grades based on votes

• GOP leadership listed: Kelly Anthon, Lori Den Hartog, Mike Moyle, Jason Monks (see image below)

Related:

• Stop Idaho RINOS scorecard: idgopscorecard.com

• Stop Idaho RINOS website: stopidahorinos.com

• Sign Up for Stop Idaho RINO Notifications (newsletter): Go to Stop Idaho RINOS website, then scroll down to the bottom. Enter your name, email, and phone number. Then click SUBSCRIBE.

• Donate to Stop IDAHO RINOS: tinyurl.com/mv462d25

• Substack Note (posted 05/09/25): tinyurl.com/3jz28rfx

• Our Voting Guide (includes tips, scorecards, other voting guides, and more): tinyurl.com/bd8ea9wu