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WHY

Does Bill Foster's voting align with their donors?

Correlation summary

7.1%

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

Peer average
33.6%
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
50%
Data as of
Mar 26, 2026

Sector alignment

  • Labor57.1% aligned
    $75K

    14 bills analyzed

  • Defense52.9% aligned
    $25K

    34 bills analyzed

  • Ideology/Single-Issue38.5% aligned
    $88K

    26 bills analyzed

  • Construction35.3% aligned
    $0

    34 bills analyzed

  • Agribusiness33.3% aligned
    $0

    12 bills analyzed

  • Health33.3% aligned
    $0

    12 bills analyzed

  • Energy/Natural Resources24.2% aligned
    $60K

    66 bills analyzed

  • Finance/Insurance/Real Estate23.5% aligned
    $305K

    34 bills analyzed

  • Communications/Electronics20.0% aligned
    $60K

    10 bills analyzed

  • Lawyers & Lobbyists0.0% aligned
    $53K

    14 bills analyzed

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

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