Elizabeth Dole fails when it comes to representing middle class North Carolinians in the U.S. Senate.

Dole received an “F” in a national report card released Wednesday that evaluates federal legislators on how well they represent the needs and interests of the middle class in Congress. In fact, the middle class position prevailed just four out of 10 times in the Senate.

This is the third year Dole received a failing grade.

The report card comes on the heels of a recent Power Rankings poll that found that only seven of the 100 senators are less influential than Dole, a legislator formerly touted as a “political rock star”.

Dole’s votes against expanding health care for children and helping families who are facing foreclosure while voting to grant retroactive immunity to companies that illegally spied on citizens, earned her a 50 percent grade from the Drum Major Institute, a non-partisan group that issued the report card.

“When voters elected Elizabeth Dole, they thought they were getting an influential senator who would protect and advance North Carolina’s interests,” said NCDP Chair Jerry Meek. “Instead, they got an ineffective legislator who voted against middle class families at every turn and cared more about marching in lockstep with the Bush Administration than serving the needs of her constituents.”