WHY
Does Joe Wilson's voting align with their donors?
Correlation summary
A weak correlation between donor sector funding and voting alignment, based on 6 sectors with sufficient data.
- Peer average
- 82.0%
- 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
- Lawyers & Lobbyists100.0% aligned$26K
22 bills analyzed
- Energy/Natural Resources91.9% aligned$8K
74 bills analyzed
- Construction88.5% aligned$14K
26 bills analyzed
- Finance/Insurance/Real Estate83.9% aligned$40K
31 bills analyzed
- Ideology/Single-Issue78.9% aligned$175K
19 bills analyzed
- Defense54.5% aligned$23K
33 bills analyzed
Campaign finance data from FEC.gov. Voting records from Congress.gov. Full methodology