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