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WHY

Does Matt Van Epps's voting align with their donors?

Correlation summary

60.0%

A moderate correlation between donor sector funding and voting alignment, based on 6 sectors with sufficient data.

Peer average
83.3%
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

  • Finance/Insurance/Real Estate100.0% aligned
    $100K

    21 bills analyzed

  • Construction100.0% aligned
    $35K

    20 bills analyzed

  • Energy/Natural Resources88.5% aligned
    $25K

    52 bills analyzed

  • Ideology/Single-Issue84.6% aligned
    $25K

    13 bills analyzed

  • Health66.7% aligned
    $25K

    12 bills analyzed

  • Defense50.0% aligned
    $25K

    22 bills analyzed

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

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