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WHY

Does Lloyd Smucker's voting align with their donors?

Correlation summary

-3.6%

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

Peer average
84.9%
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

  • Lawyers & Lobbyists100.0% aligned
    $43K

    16 bills analyzed

  • Communications/Electronics100.0% aligned
    $0

    10 bills analyzed

  • Energy/Natural Resources93.5% aligned
    $85K

    62 bills analyzed

  • Finance/Insurance/Real Estate93.3% aligned
    $329K

    30 bills analyzed

  • Construction93.3% aligned
    $110K

    30 bills analyzed

  • Agribusiness80.0% aligned
    $35K

    10 bills analyzed

  • Ideology/Single-Issue75.0% aligned
    $173K

    24 bills analyzed

  • Health66.7% aligned
    $75K

    12 bills analyzed

  • Labor66.7% aligned
    $0

    12 bills analyzed

  • Defense53.8% aligned
    $0

    26 bills analyzed

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

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