WHY
Does Tom Cole's voting align with their donors?
Correlation summary
A weak correlation between donor sector funding and voting alignment, based on 9 sectors with sufficient data.
- Peer average
- 86.4%
- 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$153K
10 bills analyzed
- Finance & Real Estate100.0% aligned$130K
32 bills analyzed
- Construction & Building100.0% aligned$25K
26 bills analyzed
- Legal & Lobbying100.0% aligned$0
12 bills analyzed
- Energy & Natural Resources93.8% aligned$60K
64 bills analyzed
- Advocacy & Nonprofits83.3% aligned$34K
24 bills analyzed
- Healthcare66.7% aligned$25K
12 bills analyzed
- Labor & Workers57.1% aligned$0
14 bills analyzed
- Defense & Military53.3% aligned$50K
30 bills analyzed
Campaign finance data from FEC.gov. Voting records from Congress.gov. Full methodology