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WHY

Does James Baird's voting align with their donors?

Correlation summary

14.3%

A negligible correlation between donor sector funding and voting alignment, based on 9 sectors with sufficient data.

Peer average
83.2%
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
Apr 16, 2026

Sector alignment

  • Technology & Media100.0% aligned
    $48K

    10 bills analyzed

  • Finance & Real Estate100.0% aligned
    $24K

    26 bills analyzed

  • Construction & Building100.0% aligned
    $10K

    16 bills analyzed

  • Legal & Lobbying100.0% aligned
    $4K

    12 bills analyzed

  • Energy & Natural Resources92.0% aligned
    $50K

    50 bills analyzed

  • Advocacy & Nonprofits80.0% aligned
    $6K

    20 bills analyzed

  • Healthcare66.7% aligned
    $18K

    12 bills analyzed

  • Labor & Workers50.0% aligned
    $0

    12 bills analyzed

  • Defense & Military46.2% aligned
    $8K

    26 bills analyzed

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

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