WHY
Does Christopher Smith's voting align with their donors?
Correlation summary
A negligible correlation between donor sector funding and voting alignment, based on 10 sectors with sufficient data.
- Peer average
- 84.1%
- 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
- Communications/Electronics100.0% aligned$36K
10 bills analyzed
- Lawyers & Lobbyists100.0% aligned$26K
16 bills analyzed
- Finance/Insurance/Real Estate94.1% aligned$30K
34 bills analyzed
- Construction94.1% aligned$8K
34 bills analyzed
- Energy/Natural Resources90.9% aligned$0
66 bills analyzed
- Agribusiness83.3% aligned$0
12 bills analyzed
- Labor71.4% aligned$78K
14 bills analyzed
- Ideology/Single-Issue69.2% aligned$46K
26 bills analyzed
- Health66.7% aligned$70K
12 bills analyzed
- Defense58.8% aligned$20K
34 bills analyzed
Campaign finance data from FEC.gov. Voting records from Congress.gov. Full methodology