Skip to main content

WHY

Does Sanford Bishop's voting align with their donors?

Correlation summary

-47.6%

A moderate correlation between donor sector funding and voting alignment, based on 10 sectors with sufficient data.

Peer average
35.6%
Percentile rank
50th

Methodology

Correlation between campaign donor sectors and voting alignment on sector-relevant bills. Bills classified by AI-generated affectedIndustries or policy-area-map fallback. Spearman rank correlation across sectors with 10+ votes.

This analysis shows factual patterns in public data. Campaign contributions are legal and do not indicate wrongdoing. Voting alignment with donor industries is common across all legislators. Correlation does not indicate causation or improper behavior.

Confidence
80%
Data as of
Mar 26, 2026

Sector alignment

  • Defense58.8% aligned
    $0

    34 bills analyzed

  • Labor57.1% aligned
    $63K

    14 bills analyzed

  • Construction41.2% aligned
    $0

    34 bills analyzed

  • Ideology/Single-Issue38.5% aligned
    $13K

    26 bills analyzed

  • Agribusiness33.3% aligned
    $145K

    12 bills analyzed

  • Health33.3% aligned
    $43K

    12 bills analyzed

  • Energy/Natural Resources27.3% aligned
    $25K

    66 bills analyzed

  • Communications/Electronics20.0% aligned
    $125K

    10 bills analyzed

  • Finance/Insurance/Real Estate17.6% aligned
    $75K

    34 bills analyzed

  • Lawyers & Lobbyists12.5% aligned
    $123K

    16 bills analyzed

Campaign finance data from FEC.gov. Voting records from Congress.gov. Full methodology

Related questions