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WHY

Does James Clyburn's voting align with their donors?

Correlation summary

-64.3%

A moderate correlation between donor sector funding and voting alignment, based on 8 sectors with sufficient data.

Peer average
29.9%
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
50%
Data as of
Mar 26, 2026

Sector alignment

  • Defense60.6% aligned
    $15K

    33 bills analyzed

  • Agribusiness41.7% aligned
    $30K

    12 bills analyzed

  • Ideology/Single-Issue39.1% aligned
    $13K

    23 bills analyzed

  • Health33.3% aligned
    $13K

    12 bills analyzed

  • Construction28.1% aligned
    $25K

    32 bills analyzed

  • Energy/Natural Resources18.4% aligned
    $155K

    76 bills analyzed

  • Finance/Insurance/Real Estate15.6% aligned
    $151K

    32 bills analyzed

  • Lawyers & Lobbyists7.7% aligned
    $65K

    26 bills analyzed

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

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