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WHY

Does Adam Smith's voting align with their donors?

Correlation summary

61.9%

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

Peer average
32.6%
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
    $253K

    34 bills analyzed

  • Labor57.1% aligned
    $75K

    14 bills analyzed

  • Ideology/Single-Issue33.3% aligned
    $25K

    24 bills analyzed

  • Health33.3% aligned
    $25K

    12 bills analyzed

  • Agribusiness33.3% aligned
    $0

    12 bills analyzed

  • Construction31.3% aligned
    $0

    32 bills analyzed

  • Energy/Natural Resources24.2% aligned
    $20K

    66 bills analyzed

  • Communications/Electronics20.0% aligned
    $391K

    10 bills analyzed

  • Finance/Insurance/Real Estate18.8% aligned
    $17K

    32 bills analyzed

  • Lawyers & Lobbyists0.0% aligned
    $18K

    16 bills analyzed

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

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