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Democrat · U.S. House, Arizona’s 3rd district

Serving since Jan 3, 2025119th Congress (2025–27)next election Nov 3, 2026

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Portrait of Yassamin Ansari, rendered as a two-tone print
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9.6%
of statements criticize a policy, in the bottom 5% of House Democrats

9.6% of 1,992 statements criticize a policy (191 statements); the average for House Democrats is 28%. Ranks 210th of 216, where 1st is the highest rate.

An AI model reads each of Ansari’s posts on X, newsletters, press releases and Congressional Record speeches and marks whether it criticizes a specific policy, law or ruling. The rate is the share of statements marked; it is compared with the average among House Democrats and ranked against the same group.

At a glance

6 measures against House Democrats. 17% of Ansari’s statements contain a personal attack, 2.5 times the House Democrat average of 6.6%. The policy areas Ansari talks about and legislates on agree at 0.73 on a 0–1 scale, in the top tenth of House Democrats.

The measures on which Ansari sits furthest from the middle of House Democrats, each against the same group, with the CSIP score when there is one. Every number is explained in its own section below.

Policy criticism

9.6%

House Democrats average 28% · ranks 210th of 216

Personal attacks

17%

House Democrats average 6.6% · ranks 13th of 216

Talk-to-bills agreement

0.73

House Democrats average 0.67 · ranks 13th of 216

Bipartisanship

4.3%

House Democrats average 9.8% · ranks 189th of 216

Credit claiming

14%

House Democrats average 23% · ranks 181st of 216

CSIP ideology

−0.69

More conservative than 85% of House Democrats · ± 0.03

Peer group: House Democrats. Rank 1 is the highest value in the group; the thick bar is Ansari, the thin grey bar the peer average. The headline is the measure on which Ansari is most unusual among peers (Methods, §08).

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What Ansari says

Ansari criticizes policies less than 96% of House Democrats. Policy criticism in 9.6% of 1,992 statements, against 28% for the average House Democrat; 210th of 216.

An AI model reads each of Ansari’s 1,992 statements in the 119th Congress (1,823 posts on X, 68 press releases, 60 Congressional Record speeches, 41 newsletters) and marks the kinds of statement it contains: a personal attack, criticism of a policy, discussion of policy, bipartisanship, credit claiming, and extreme labels. A statement can carry several. Every rate is compared with the average for House Democrats and ranked among them.

Kinds of statement

Share of statements carrying each label, the 119th Congress

0%80%
Ansari
Peers
Rank
Policy discussion1,550 statements
78%
73%
65th of 216
Personal attacks334 statements
17%
7%
13th of 216
Credit claiming283 statements
14%
23%
181st of 216
Policy criticism191 statements
10%
28%
210th of 216
Bipartisanship85 statements
4%
10%
189th of 216
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Ansari's share of statements in each category against the House Democrats average.
RowAnsariPeers
Policy discussion78%73%
Personal attacks17%7%
Credit claiming14%23%
Policy criticism10%28%
Bipartisanship4%10%
1,992

statements classified

1,823 posts on X, 68 press releases, 60 Congressional Record speeches, 41 newsletters.

posts on X: 1,823 (91.5%)posts on X 1,823press releases: 68 (3.4%)Congressional Record speeches: 60 (3.0%)newsletters: 41 (2.1%)
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Ansari's statements by source
PartValue
posts on X1,823
press releases68
Congressional Record speeches60
newsletters41
How to read the bars

The thick bar is Ansari; the thin grey bar is the average House Democrats. A longer thick bar means Ansari does this more than peers. Rank 1 is the highest rate in the group.

Extreme labels

Ansari used extreme labels in 1.3% of statements, below the peer average. 26 statements, most often aimed at Trump administration; peers 1.9%.

  1. “extreme”13
  2. “fascist”10
  3. “MAGA”2
  4. “far right”2
  5. “radical”1

Who gets the labels

Targets named alongside an extreme label, by number of statements

  1. Trump administration4
  2. Republicans3
  3. Trump3
  4. Donald Trump2
  5. ICE2
What an extreme label is

Calls a politician, a party or a policy “far left”, “far right”, “MAGA”, “extreme”, “radical”, “woke”, “fascist” or “communist”. The target is who or what the label was aimed at. The lists show the five most used labels and targets; the toggle shows the rest.

Month by month

Share of statements per month, the 119th Congress

Statements2025-01: 772025-02: 1192025-03: 872025-04: 712025-05: 672025-06: 852025-07: 632025-08: 402025-09: 952025-10: 772025-11: 762025-12: 1002026-01: 1232026-02: 1092026-03: 1372026-04: 1282026-05: 812026-06: 1262026-07: 832026-08: 672026-09: 1002026-10: 81peak 137 · Mar ’26Personal attackspeak 34.9% · Jun ’26 · latest 8.6%Personal attacks, 2025-01: 0.0% of 77Personal attacks, 2025-02: 8.4% of 119Personal attacks, 2025-03: 9.2% of 87Personal attacks, 2025-04: 14.1% of 71Personal attacks, 2025-05: 7.5% of 67Personal attacks, 2025-06: 9.4% of 85Personal attacks, 2025-07: 9.5% of 63Personal attacks, 2025-08: 5.0% of 40Personal attacks, 2025-09: 17.9% of 95Personal attacks, 2025-10: 16.9% of 77Personal attacks, 2025-11: 25.0% of 76Personal attacks, 2025-12: 24.0% of 100Personal attacks, 2026-01: 17.1% of 123Personal attacks, 2026-02: 21.1% of 109Personal attacks, 2026-03: 16.8% of 137Personal attacks, 2026-04: 20.3% of 128Personal attacks, 2026-05: 16.1% of 81Personal attacks, 2026-06: 34.9% of 126Personal attacks, 2026-07: 30.1% of 83Personal attacks, 2026-08: 23.9% of 67Personal attacks, 2026-09: 14.0% of 100Personal attacks, 2026-10: 8.6% of 81Policy criticismpeak 17.2% · Mar ’25 · latest 4.9%Policy criticism, 2025-01: 10.4% of 77Policy criticism, 2025-02: 16.0% of 119Policy criticism, 2025-03: 17.2% of 87Policy criticism, 2025-04: 14.1% of 71Policy criticism, 2025-05: 4.5% of 67Policy criticism, 2025-06: 4.7% of 85Policy criticism, 2025-07: 15.9% of 63Policy criticism, 2025-08: 10.0% of 40Policy criticism, 2025-09: 12.6% of 95Policy criticism, 2025-10: 7.8% of 77Policy criticism, 2025-11: 15.8% of 76Policy criticism, 2025-12: 9.0% of 100Policy criticism, 2026-01: 8.9% of 123Policy criticism, 2026-02: 3.7% of 109Policy criticism, 2026-03: 14.6% of 137Policy criticism, 2026-04: 10.2% of 128Policy criticism, 2026-05: 6.2% of 81Policy criticism, 2026-06: 4.8% of 126Policy criticism, 2026-07: 8.4% of 83Policy criticism, 2026-08: 3.0% of 67Policy criticism, 2026-09: 7.0% of 100Policy criticism, 2026-10: 4.9% of 81Policy discussionpeak 93.5% · Oct ’25 · latest 71.6%Policy discussion, 2025-01: 77.9% of 77Policy discussion, 2025-02: 74.0% of 119Policy discussion, 2025-03: 77.0% of 87Policy discussion, 2025-04: 80.3% of 71Policy discussion, 2025-05: 80.6% of 67Policy discussion, 2025-06: 83.5% of 85Policy discussion, 2025-07: 82.5% of 63Policy discussion, 2025-08: 82.5% of 40Policy discussion, 2025-09: 82.1% of 95Policy discussion, 2025-10: 93.5% of 77Policy discussion, 2025-11: 77.6% of 76Policy discussion, 2025-12: 73.0% of 100Policy discussion, 2026-01: 81.3% of 123Policy discussion, 2026-02: 72.5% of 109Policy discussion, 2026-03: 75.9% of 137Policy discussion, 2026-04: 78.9% of 128Policy discussion, 2026-05: 74.1% of 81Policy discussion, 2026-06: 73.0% of 126Policy discussion, 2026-07: 77.1% of 83Policy discussion, 2026-08: 76.1% of 67Policy discussion, 2026-09: 77.0% of 100Policy discussion, 2026-10: 71.6% of 81Bipartisanshippeak 8.4% · Sep ’25 · latest 4.9%Bipartisanship, 2025-01: 5.2% of 77Bipartisanship, 2025-02: 0.0% of 119Bipartisanship, 2025-03: 4.6% of 87Bipartisanship, 2025-04: 2.8% of 71Bipartisanship, 2025-05: 3.0% of 67Bipartisanship, 2025-06: 3.5% of 85Bipartisanship, 2025-07: 4.8% of 63Bipartisanship, 2025-08: 0.0% of 40Bipartisanship, 2025-09: 8.4% of 95Bipartisanship, 2025-10: 3.9% of 77Bipartisanship, 2025-11: 4.0% of 76Bipartisanship, 2025-12: 2.0% of 100Bipartisanship, 2026-01: 6.5% of 123Bipartisanship, 2026-02: 2.8% of 109Bipartisanship, 2026-03: 5.1% of 137Bipartisanship, 2026-04: 6.3% of 128Bipartisanship, 2026-05: 0.0% of 81Bipartisanship, 2026-06: 7.1% of 126Bipartisanship, 2026-07: 4.8% of 83Bipartisanship, 2026-08: 0.0% of 67Bipartisanship, 2026-09: 8.0% of 100Bipartisanship, 2026-10: 4.9% of 81Credit claimingpeak 25.2% · Feb ’25 · latest 12.3%Credit claiming, 2025-01: 11.7% of 77Credit claiming, 2025-02: 25.2% of 119Credit claiming, 2025-03: 24.1% of 87Credit claiming, 2025-04: 12.7% of 71Credit claiming, 2025-05: 22.4% of 67Credit claiming, 2025-06: 5.9% of 85Credit claiming, 2025-07: 3.2% of 63Credit claiming, 2025-08: 17.5% of 40Credit claiming, 2025-09: 15.8% of 95Credit claiming, 2025-10: 13.0% of 77Credit claiming, 2025-11: 6.6% of 76Credit claiming, 2025-12: 13.0% of 100Credit claiming, 2026-01: 11.4% of 123Credit claiming, 2026-02: 7.3% of 109Credit claiming, 2026-03: 15.3% of 137Credit claiming, 2026-04: 18.0% of 128Credit claiming, 2026-05: 19.8% of 81Credit claiming, 2026-06: 14.3% of 126Credit claiming, 2026-07: 12.0% of 83Credit claiming, 2026-08: 16.4% of 67Credit claiming, 2026-09: 11.0% of 100Credit claiming, 2026-10: 12.3% of 81Extreme labelspeak 4.2% · Apr ’25 · latest 1.2%Extreme labels, 2025-01: 3.9% of 77Extreme labels, 2025-02: 0.8% of 119Extreme labels, 2025-03: 1.1% of 87Extreme labels, 2025-04: 4.2% of 71Extreme labels, 2025-05: 1.5% of 67Extreme labels, 2025-06: 1.2% of 85Extreme labels, 2025-07: 0.0% of 63Extreme labels, 2025-08: 0.0% of 40Extreme labels, 2025-09: 0.0% of 95Extreme labels, 2025-10: 0.0% of 77Extreme labels, 2025-11: 0.0% of 76Extreme labels, 2025-12: 1.0% of 100Extreme labels, 2026-01: 3.3% of 123Extreme labels, 2026-02: 0.0% of 109Extreme labels, 2026-03: 0.7% of 137Extreme labels, 2026-04: 0.8% of 128Extreme labels, 2026-05: 1.2% of 81Extreme labels, 2026-06: 1.6% of 126Extreme labels, 2026-07: 3.6% of 83Extreme labels, 2026-08: 1.5% of 67Extreme labels, 2026-09: 1.0% of 100Extreme labels, 2026-10: 1.2% of 81Jan ’25Jul ’25Jan ’26Jul ’26Oct ’26
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Monthly rates for Ansari, each row shaded against its own peak, with statement volume. Months with fewer than 10 statements are left blank.
ColumnStatementsPersonal attacksPolicy criticismPolicy discussionBipartisanshipCredit claimingExtreme labels
Jan ’25770.0%10.4%77.9%5.2%11.7%3.9%
Feb ’251198.4%16.0%74.0%0.0%25.2%0.8%
Mar ’25879.2%17.2%77.0%4.6%24.1%1.1%
Apr ’257114.1%14.1%80.3%2.8%12.7%4.2%
May ’25677.5%4.5%80.6%3.0%22.4%1.5%
Jun ’25859.4%4.7%83.5%3.5%5.9%1.2%
Jul ’25639.5%15.9%82.5%4.8%3.2%0.0%
Aug ’25405.0%10.0%82.5%0.0%17.5%0.0%
Sep ’259517.9%12.6%82.1%8.4%15.8%0.0%
Oct ’257716.9%7.8%93.5%3.9%13.0%0.0%
Nov ’257625.0%15.8%77.6%4.0%6.6%0.0%
Dec ’2510024.0%9.0%73.0%2.0%13.0%1.0%
Jan ’2612317.1%8.9%81.3%6.5%11.4%3.3%
Feb ’2610921.1%3.7%72.5%2.8%7.3%0.0%
Mar ’2613716.8%14.6%75.9%5.1%15.3%0.7%
Apr ’2612820.3%10.2%78.9%6.3%18.0%0.8%
May ’268116.1%6.2%74.1%0.0%19.8%1.2%
Jun ’2612634.9%4.8%73.0%7.1%14.3%1.6%
Jul ’268330.1%8.4%77.1%4.8%12.0%3.6%
Aug ’266723.9%3.0%76.1%0.0%16.4%1.5%
Sep ’2610014.0%7.0%77.0%8.0%11.0%1.0%
Oct ’26818.6%4.9%71.6%4.9%12.3%1.2%
How to read the strips

Each row is one kind of statement; each cell is a month, shaded against that row’s own peak (darker = closer to the peak), with the peak and the latest value written at the right. The top row counts statements. The strip covers every month of the 119th Congress, the same span as the rates above, including months with no statements. A month with fewer than 10 statements is hatched, not shaded: one or two posts would swing its rate to 0% or 100%.

In Ansari’s words

Real statements from the classifier’s example set, with the labels it assigned

Personal attacks

The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

Oct 26, 2026 · Posts on X · personal attacks; target: Trump · Source

Policy criticism

The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

Oct 18, 2026 · Posts on X · policy criticism; policy discussion; bipartisanship; Science, Technology, Communications; Government Operations and Politics · Source

Extreme label

The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

Oct 12, 2026 · Posts on X · personal attacks; policy discussion; Government Operations and Politics; Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues; extreme label “fascist” aimed at Donald Trump; target: Donald Trump · Source

Examples by category

Up to five recent statements in each category

Category

Overtly questions a named person’s character, integrity or loyalty, or calls them names. Criticising a record or a policy does not count.

  1. Posts on X

    The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

    personal attacks · target: TrumpSource

  2. Posts on X

    The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

    personal attacks · target: TrumpSource

  3. Posts on X

    The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

    personal attacksSource

  4. Press releases

    Rep. Ansari, RM Raskin Demand Answers on Trump Administration’s Efforts to Help Tate Brothers Evade Rape and Sex Trafficking Charges as They Face Extradition to U.K. Lawmakers Press Blanche and Rubio to Disclose Intervention and Answer Whether Administration Will Honor Extradition Requests WASHINGTON -- Today, Rep. Yassamin Ansari (AZ-03) and Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee are dem…

    personal attacks · policy discussion · Crime and Law Enforcement · Government Operations and Politics · International Affairs · Law · target: Andrew TateSource

  5. Posts on X

    The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

    personal attacks · policy discussion · Crime and Law Enforcement · Government Operations and Politics · target: JD VanceSource

All 1,992 statements

Newest first, the 119th Congress

The full feed

Five statements at a time, newest first; filters apply to the statements loaded so far. Export saves the statements that match. Sources: 1,823 posts on X, 68 press releases, 60 Congressional Record speeches, 41 newsletters.

Back to topNext: Policy

Policy

Government Operations and Politics is what Ansari talks about most: 27% of policy statements, above the peer share. Talk and legislation agree at 0.73 on a 0–1 scale (House Democrats average 0.67; 13th of 216).

Each policy statement is tagged by the AI model with one or more of 25 policy areas from the Congressional Research Service list, so the shares say what Ansari talks about. The bills Ansari sponsors and cosponsors carry the same areas, so the two can be compared.

What Ansari talks about

Share of policy statements by area, the 119th Congress

0%35%
Ansari
Peers
Government Operations and Politics423 statements
27%
20%
Immigration414 statements
27%
11%
Health279 statements
18%
26%
Crime and Law Enforcement243 statements
16%
9%
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues233 statements
15%
13%
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Policy areas Ansari talks about, as a share of policy statements, against the House Democrats average.
RowAnsariPeers
Government Operations and Politics27%20%
Immigration27%11%
Health18%26%
Crime and Law Enforcement16%9%
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues15%13%
How to read the bars

The thick bar is the share of Ansari’s policy statements in an area; the thin grey bar is the average share for House Democrats. A statement counts once in each of its areas, so shares can add to more than 100%. The five largest areas are shown; the toggle shows the rest.

Talks about · legislates on

Left: share of statements by policy area. Right: share of bills. Areas in order of their share of statements; both sides run from 0 to 35%. Grey ticks are the House Democrats averages.

Talks aboutLegislates onGovernment Operations andPoliticsGovernment Operations and Politics, talks about: 27% (House Democrats 20%)27%Government Operations and Politics, legislates on: 14% (House Democrats 11%)14%ImmigrationImmigration, talks about: 27% (House Democrats 11%)27%Immigration, legislates on: 8% (House Democrats 4%)8%HealthHealth, talks about: 18% (House Democrats 26%)18%Health, legislates on: 14% (House Democrats 16%)14%Crime and Law EnforcementCrime and Law Enforcement, talks about: 16% (House Democrats 9%)16%Crime and Law Enforcement, legislates on: 6% (House Democrats 7%)6%Civil Rights and Liberties,Minority IssuesCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues, talks about: 15% (House Democrats 13%)15%Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues, legislates on: 5% (House Democrats 5%)5%
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Ansari's share of statements against share of bills in each policy area.
AreaTalks aboutHouse Democrats, talks aboutLegislates onHouse Democrats, legislates on
Government Operations and Politics27%20%14%11%
Immigration27%11%8%4%
Health18%26%14%16%
Crime and Law Enforcement16%9%6%7%
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues15%13%5%5%
0.73

talk-to-bills agreement, 0 to 1

House Democrats average 0.67. Ranks 13th of 216.

What agreement means, and what it doesn’t

Agreement is 1 minus the distance between the two distributions (Jensen–Shannon): 1 means Ansari legislates on exactly the areas Ansari talks about, in the same proportions; 0 means no overlap. It does not say whether the bills match the positions in the statements, only the subjects. Bills Ansari sponsored count fully, cosponsored bills a quarter. Shown with at least 20 policy statements and 5 bills.

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Ideology

Ansari sits at −0.69 on the CSIP scale, left of 0, more conservative than 85% of House Democrats. Approximate range −0.72 to −0.66, which understates the uncertainty; from 1,672 donors and 662 roll calls.

CSIP, the lab’s Common-Space Ideal Point, places every official, federal and state, on one left–right scale, estimated from roll-call votes, who gives money to whom, and the text of statements. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it; 0 is the centre of the scale, not a definition of “moderate”.

−0.69

CSIP ideal point

Approximate range −0.72 to −0.66. From 1,672 donors and 662 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

← More liberalMore conservative →0Ansari −0.7House Democrats −1.0All House +0.3

The outlined dot is Ansari, coloured by its side of 0 (blue left, red right, deeper further out); the bar through it is the approximate range (±1.96 standard errors), which understates the uncertainty; the grey ticks below are the medians of Ansari’s groups. 0 is the centre of the scale, not “moderate” by definition.

What this means, and what it doesn’t

The score summarises how an official votes, who funds them and how they talk, relative to everyone else. It does not grade positions as good or bad, and two officials with the same score can differ on any single issue. The ± range is 1.96 standard errors, which understates the uncertainty: scores whose ranges overlap may not differ at all, and even scores whose ranges do not overlap may not differ.

Where Ansari sits

Every official in each group, on the CSIP scale

−2.0−1.00.0+1.0+2.0← More liberalMore conservative →House Democratsmedian −1.0Ansari −0.7All Housemedian +0.3
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Ansari's CSIP score of −0.69 placed against House Democrats, All House.
GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of Ansari
House Democrats217−1.084%
All House439+0.342%
How to read the strips

Every small dot is one official on the same scale, coloured by its own score (blue left of 0, red right of 0, grey at 0, deeper further out) and spread up and down only to keep dots apart; where a group is crowded the dots overlap, and darker patches mean more officials. The large outlined dot is Ansari in every row; the rule is each group’s median. The table under the figure gives the share of each group to the left of Ansari.

Back to topNext: Money

Money

Ansari raised $1.6M in the 2026 cycle, below the House Democrats’ median of $2.0M. 17% of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less. 45% of itemized individual money came from Arizona.

Campaign money from Federal Election Commission filings, as aggregates only; the lab never shows an individual donor. Campaigns must report by name every person who gives them more than $200 in a cycle (“itemized”); smaller gifts are reported only as one total (“unitemized”), so donor counts, donor states, employers and occupations describe itemized donors only.

Election cycle
$1.6M

raised in the 2026 cycle

From 720 itemized donors. House Democrats’ median $2.0M.

Where the money came from

Each square is one percent of 2026-cycle receipts, from FEC summary totals.

Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (66.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (66.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (66.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (66.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (66.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (66.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (66.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (66.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (66.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (66.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (66.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (66.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (66.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (66.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (66.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (66.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (66.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (66.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (66.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (66.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (66.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (66.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (66.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (66.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (66.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (66.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (66.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (66.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (66.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (66.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (66.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (66.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (66.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (66.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (66.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (66.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (66.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (66.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (66.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (66.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (66.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (66.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (66.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (66.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (66.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (66.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (66.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (66.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (66.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (66.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (66.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (66.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (66.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (66.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (66.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (66.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (66.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (66.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (66.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (66.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (66.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (66.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (66.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (66.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (66.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (66.3%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $226.6K (13.8%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $226.6K (13.8%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $226.6K (13.8%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $226.6K (13.8%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $226.6K (13.8%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $226.6K (13.8%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $226.6K (13.8%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $226.6K (13.8%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $226.6K (13.8%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $226.6K (13.8%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $226.6K (13.8%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $226.6K (13.8%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $226.6K (13.8%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $226.6K (13.8%)PACs and other committees: $253.0K (15.4%)PACs and other committees: $253.0K (15.4%)PACs and other committees: $253.0K (15.4%)PACs and other committees: $253.0K (15.4%)PACs and other committees: $253.0K (15.4%)PACs and other committees: $253.0K (15.4%)PACs and other committees: $253.0K (15.4%)PACs and other committees: $253.0K (15.4%)PACs and other committees: $253.0K (15.4%)PACs and other committees: $253.0K (15.4%)PACs and other committees: $253.0K (15.4%)PACs and other committees: $253.0K (15.4%)PACs and other committees: $253.0K (15.4%)PACs and other committees: $253.0K (15.4%)PACs and other committees: $253.0K (15.4%)The candidate’s own money and loans: $65.7K (4.0%)The candidate’s own money and loans: $65.7K (4.0%)The candidate’s own money and loans: $65.7K (4.0%)The candidate’s own money and loans: $65.7K (4.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $8,769 (0.5%)
  • Itemized individual (over $200)66 squares$1.1M
  • Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less)14 squares$226.6K
  • PACs and other committees15 squares$253.0K
  • The candidate’s own money and loans4 squares$65.7K
  • Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds)1 squares$8,769
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Sources of Ansari's money, 2026 cycle, one square per percent
SourceAmountShare
Itemized individual (over $200)$1.1M66.3%
Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less)$226.6K13.8%
PACs and other committees$253.0K15.4%
The candidate’s own money and loans$65.7K4.0%
Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds)$8,7690.5%
What this means, and what it doesn’t

Totals say how much a campaign took in, not how it was spent, and they rise sharply when a seat is up for election; compare cycles with that in mind. The small-donor share understates small giving when a campaign itemizes gifts made through ActBlue or WinRed.

Receipts by cycle

Total receipts, 2024 to 2026. The grey line is the House Democrats’ median for 2026.

2024 cycle: $2.9M$2.9M20242026 cycle: $1.6M$1.6M2026House Democrats median $2.0M
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Ansari's receipts by cycle against the 2026 House Democrats median.
ItemValue
2024 cycle$2.9M
2026 cycle$1.6M

Top donor states, 2026

Itemized contributions by donor state. 45% came from Arizona.

  1. Arizona$414.9K
  2. California$228.3K
  3. Texas$57.6K
  4. Florida$42.0K
  5. Virginia$38.7K

Small donations

Gifts of $200 or less as a share of individual money, by cycle. The thin grey bar is the 2026 House Democrats’ median.

0%60%
Ansari
Median
2026
17%
13%
2024
8%
13%
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Small-donor share by cycle against the House Democrats median
RowAnsariMedian
2026 cycle17%13%
2024 cycle8%13%

Where itemized donors live

Individuals who gave more than $200, by donor state

Alaska: no dataAKMaine: no dataMEVermont: no dataVTNew Hampshire: no dataNHWashington: $861WAIdaho: no dataIDMontana: no dataMTNorth Dakota: no dataNDMinnesota: $3,500MNIllinois: $6,000ILWisconsin: no dataWIMichigan: $125MINew York: $35.9KNYRhode Island: no dataRIMassachusetts: $10.5KMAOregon: $1,230ORNevada: no dataNVWyoming: $3,500WYSouth Dakota: $250SDIowa: $300IAIndiana: $37INOhio: no dataOHPennsylvania: $250PANew Jersey: $1,550NJConnecticut: $2,000CTCalifornia: $228.3KCAUtah: no dataUTColorado: $370CONebraska: no dataNEMissouri: $500MOKentucky: $300KYWest Virginia: $1,000WVVirginia: $38.7KVAMaryland: $16.7KMDDelaware: no dataDEArizona: $414.9KAZNew Mexico: $160NMKansas: no dataKSArkansas: no dataARTennessee: no dataTNNorth Carolina: $200NCSouth Carolina: no dataSCDistrict of Columbia: $30.0KDCOklahoma: $26.3KOKLouisiana: no dataLAMississippi: no dataMSAlabama: no dataALGeorgia: $2,600GAHawaii: $2,000HITexas: $57.6KTXFlorida: $42.0KFL
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Ansari's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2026 cycle
StateValue
Arizona$414.9K
California$228.3K
Texas$57.6K
Florida$42.0K
Virginia$38.7K
New York$35.9K
District of Columbia$30.0K
Oklahoma$26.3K
Maryland$16.7K
Massachusetts$10.5K
Illinois$6,000
Minnesota$3,500
Wyoming$3,500
Georgia$2,600
Connecticut$2,000
Hawaii$2,000
New Jersey$1,550
Oregon$1,230
West Virginia$1,000
Washington$861
Missouri$500
Colorado$370
Iowa$300
Kentucky$300
South Dakota$250
Pennsylvania$250
North Carolina$200
New Mexico$160
Michigan$125
Indiana$37
AlaskaNo data
MaineNo data
VermontNo data
New HampshireNo data
IdahoNo data
MontanaNo data
North DakotaNo data
WisconsinNo data
Rhode IslandNo data
NevadaNo data
OhioNo data
UtahNo data
NebraskaNo data
DelawareNo data
KansasNo data
ArkansasNo data
TennesseeNo data
South CarolinaNo data
LouisianaNo data
MississippiNo data
AlabamaNo data
720

itemized donors

People who gave more than $200

45%

from Arizona

Of itemized individual dollars

How to read the map

Every state the same size. Darker states gave more itemized money; hatched states had no itemized donors; the outlined state is Arizona. Gifts of $200 or less carry no address and are left out.

Donors’ ideology

Distribution of itemized donors’ own CSIP scores

CSIP −1.50 to −1.25: 0.0%CSIP −1.25 to −1.00: 7.0%CSIP −1.00 to −0.75: 22%CSIP −0.75 to −0.50: 55%55%CSIP −0.50 to −0.25: 6.3%CSIP −0.25 to 0.00: 5.5%CSIP 0.00 to +0.25: 1.1%CSIP +0.25 to +0.50: 1.4%CSIP +0.50 to +0.75: 1.4%CSIP +0.75 to +1.00: 0.0%← More liberalMore conservative →0
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Ideology of Ansari's itemized donors in 2026, from −1.50 to +1.00: 7.0% between −1.25 and −1.00, 22% between −1.00 and −0.75, 55% between −0.75 and −0.50, 6.3% between −0.50 and −0.25, 5.5% between −0.25 and 0.00.
ItemValue
CSIP −1.50 to −1.250.0%
CSIP −1.25 to −1.007.0%
CSIP −1.00 to −0.7522%
CSIP −0.75 to −0.5055%
CSIP −0.50 to −0.256.3%
CSIP −0.25 to 0.005.5%
CSIP 0.00 to +0.251.1%
CSIP +0.25 to +0.501.4%
CSIP +0.50 to +0.751.4%
CSIP +0.75 to +1.000.0%
How to read the columns

Donors who give to many candidates get their own CSIP score. Each column is the share of Ansari’s itemized money from donors in that part of the scale, blue left of 0 and red right of 0, deeper further out; Ansari’s own score is −0.69.

Top donor occupations

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. NOT EMPLOYED$214.8K 183 donors
  2. ATTORNEY$91.3K 62 donors
  3. PHYSICIAN$46.3K 34 donors
  4. CEO$45.2K 26 donors
  5. PRESIDENT$27.6K 9 donors

Top committees

PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.

  1. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E$10.0K
  2. INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS INTERESTED IN REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION PAC$10.0K
  3. INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10.0K
  4. MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERS$10.0K
  5. MOMS FED UP$10.0K

Top employers

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. RAFI LAW GROUP$14.7K 3 donors
  2. HOME CREATIONS$9,000 4 donors
  3. FIRST CREDIT BANK$5,000 3 donors
  4. APS$4,750 3 donors
  5. ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY$2,733 3 donors

Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

Back to topNext: Votes

Votes

Ansari voted with the majority of House Democrats on 99.3% of party-line votes and missed 1.8% of 674 roll calls. House Democrats on average: 96.4% party unity, 96.9% attendance. Across all roll calls, Ansari voted against the majority of House Democrats 19 times.

674 roll calls Ansari could vote on in the 119th Congress, compared with House Democrats. Attendance is the share with a vote recorded. Party unity counts only party-line roll calls, where most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides, and is the share of those where Ansari voted with the majority of House Democrats. The count of votes against that majority covers every roll call where the majority took a side.

19

votes against the majority of House Democrats

Party unity 99.3%, House Democrats average 96.4%, ranks 58th of 217. 674 roll calls in the 119th Congress.

Attendance and party unity

The thick bar is Ansari, the thin grey bar the House Democrats average. The scale runs from 80% to 100% to show the gap.

80%100%
Ansari
Peers
Rank
Attendance
98.2%
96.9%
106th of 217
Party unity
99.3%
96.4%
58th of 217
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Ansari's attendance and party unity against House Democrats.
RowAnsariPeers
Attendance98.2%96.9%
Party unity99.3%96.4%
What this means, and what it doesn’t

A missed roll call has many causes, from illness to campaigning, so attendance says how often, not why. A vote against the majority can be on procedure as well as substance, and many fall on roll calls where both parties split; the key votes below show the ones that decided something.

Key votes

25 roll calls the lab flagged as key in the 119th Congress

Key votes
Party split (yea–nay)Why it’s key
Sep 16, 2026
S. 2403
Retire through Ownership Act
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass
YeaWith majorityPassedD 209–0 · R 191–14 · I 1–0Democrats 209 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 191 yea, 14 nay; Independents 1 yea, 0 naybecame law
Sep 16, 2026
H.J.Res. 213
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision”
On Passage
NayWith majorityPassedD 3–207 · R 210–1 · I 1–0Democrats 3 yea, 207 nay; Republicans 210 yea, 1 nay; Independents 1 yea, 0 nayclose vote
Sep 16, 2026
H.R. 10326
PROOF Act
On Passage
NayWith majorityPassedD 6–206 · R 210–1 · I 1–0Democrats 6 yea, 206 nay; Republicans 210 yea, 1 nay; Independents 1 yea, 0 nayclose vote
Sep 16, 2026
H.R. 9576
National Fraud Enforcement Division Act
On Passage
NayAgainst majorityPassedD 139–72 · R 212–0 · I 1–0Democrats 139 yea, 72 nay; Republicans 212 yea, 0 nay; Independents 1 yea, 0 nayparty crossover
Sep 16, 2026
H.R. 5334
An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes
On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments
NayWith majorityPassedD 58–152 · R 203–7 · I 1–0Democrats 58 yea, 152 nay; Republicans 203 yea, 7 nay; Independents 1 yea, 0 naybecame law · party crossover
How key votes are chosen

Automatically: a final-passage or override vote where the measure became law, the margin was under 10%, at least 10% of either party voted against its majority, or the bill was among the 25 most mentioned in officials’ own statements. Up to 25 per window, most recent first; five are shown. Bars show yea on the left, nay on the right, per party.

Votes most often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Ansari most often

  1. Adelita GrijalvaD384 shared votes99%
  2. Sydney Kamlager-DoveD643 shared votes99%
  3. Maxine DexterD653 shared votes99%
  4. Maxwell FrostD659 shared votes99%
  5. Laura FriedmanD657 shared votes99%

Votes least often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Ansari least often

  1. Chip RoyR623 shared votes17%
  2. Ralph NormanR589 shared votes17%
  3. Eric BurlisonR631 shared votes18%
  4. Josh BrecheenR630 shared votes18%
  5. Andy BiggsR601 shared votes18%
How to read the agreement lists

The share of roll calls both members voted on where they voted the same way, among colleagues sharing at least 50 such votes. High agreement with members of the other party is common on routine votes.

Full voting record

119th Congress (2025–27), loads in batches

Back to topNext: Legislation

Legislation

Ansari sponsored 33 bills in the 119th Congress; none became law. Cosponsored 591 others. 3.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (House Democrats average 4.9%; 113th of 207).

The bills Ansari sponsored and cosponsored in the 119th Congress, from the official bill records, and how far each got: introduced, referred to or acted on in committee, passed one chamber, passed both, became law. A bill counts at every stage it has reached, so the blocks only shrink to the right.

Bills by stage

Counts for the 119th Congress

Sponsored33 billsSponsored, Introduced: 3333Sponsored, In committee: 3333Sponsored, Passed one chamber: 00Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 00Sponsored, Became law: 00Cosponsored591 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 591591Cosponsored, In committee: 591591Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 1111Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 11Cosponsored, Became law: 11IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
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Bills Ansari sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
Sponsored3333000
Cosponsored5915911111
How to read the blocks

Ink blocks are bills Ansari sponsored, ochre blocks bills Ansari cosponsored; the figure above each block is the count. Most bills in any legislature never leave committee, so a short staircase is the norm.

3.0%

of sponsored bills got out of committee

House Democrats average 4.9%. Ranks 113th of 207.

Cosponsorship partners

Colleagues who most often cosponsor with Ansari, by number of shared bills in the 119th Congress; the square shows their party.

  1. Eleanor Norton109
  2. Rashida Tlaib63
  3. Gregorio Casar39
  4. Lateefah Simon39
  5. Shri Thanedar38
What this means, and what it doesn’t

The score is the share of sponsored bills that a committee reported out or a chamber passed, with at least 5 sponsored bills, ranked within the peer group. Members of the majority party and committee chairs move more bills, so the rank reflects position in the chamber as well as effort. Cosponsorship partners are the five colleagues who share the most of Ansari’s bills; the toggle shows more.

Bill list

Sponsored and cosponsored, with status and policy area; five are shown, the toggle shows the rest

Bills sponsored and cosponsored
H.R. 10875To amend titles II and XVIII of the Social Security Act to lower the Medicare eligibility age to 50, and for other purposes.CosponsorOct 22, 2026In committeeUnassignedReferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Oct 22, 2026
H.R. 10841Securing Elections From AI Deception ActCosponsorOct 19, 2026In committeeUnassignedReferred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Oct 19, 2026
H.R. 10820Epstein Wall Street Records Act of 2026CosponsorOct 15, 2026In committeeFinance and Financial SectorReferred to the House Committee on Financial Services. Oct 15, 2026
H.R. 10832IRAN ActCosponsorOct 15, 2026In committeeUnassignedReferred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Oct 15, 2026
H.Res. 1627Reaffirming the commitment of the House of Representatives to preserve and expand pathways to citizenship.CosponsorOct 15, 2026In committeeImmigrationReferred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. Oct 15, 2026

Back to topNext: Online

Online

A site that changed 86 times in 90 days. Ansari’s official site had 31 pages when last crawled on Oct 25, 2026. The lab last catalogued the images Ansari posted on Oct 26, 2026.

The lab crawls Ansari’s official and campaign websites (weekly for Congress, monthly for the states) and keeps every page’s text, so changes can be read later; it also records social accounts and describes the images Ansari posts with a vision model.

Websites

How to read the counts

“Pages crawled” is the size of the site at the last crawl; “changes in 90 days” counts pages whose text differed from the previous crawl. Sites change for many routine reasons, such as new press releases, so a high count is not by itself notable.

Images Ansari posted

The latest 24, with model-written descriptions

  • An orange promotional flyer for a veterans town hall, featuring circular portraits of two women, event details, and organization logos. There is prominent text throughout.
    An orange promotional flyer for a veterans town hall, featuring circular portraits of two women, event details, and organization logos. There is prominent text throughout.View post
  • A political graphic shows several silhouetted people inside a detention facility, with a barbed-wire fence and blue sky behind them. A large text panel overlays the scene, and a congresswoman’s name and office branding appear in the upper-right corner.
    A political graphic shows several silhouetted people inside a detention facility, with a barbed-wire fence and blue sky behind them. A large text panel overlays the scene, and a congresswoman’s name and office branding appear in the upper-right corner.View post
  • A political social media graphic overlays a large excerpt of an article on a photograph of a fenced detention facility, with people silhouetted beneath a roof. A campaign-style name and title appear in the upper-right corner.
    A political social media graphic overlays a large excerpt of an article on a photograph of a fenced detention facility, with people silhouetted beneath a roof. A campaign-style name and title appear in the upper-right corner.View post
  • Four women stand together in front of a tall security fence topped with razor wire. One woman appears to be speaking while the others face the camera. The image includes prominent headline and political branding text.
    Four women stand together in front of a tall security fence topped with razor wire. One woman appears to be speaking while the others face the camera. The image includes prominent headline and political branding text.View post
  • A political information graphic overlays a large paragraph of text on a photograph of a covered outdoor area with a chain-link fence topped with barbed wire and buildings in the background. A congresswoman’s name and title appear in the upper-right corner.
    A political information graphic overlays a large paragraph of text on a photograph of a covered outdoor area with a chain-link fence topped with barbed wire and buildings in the background. A congresswoman’s name and title appear in the upper-right corner.View post
About the descriptions

Written by a vision model and may be wrong. Open the post to see the original. Five are shown; the toggle shows the rest.

Back to topNext: Methods and sources

Methods and sources

How this page was made. Profile built Oct 28, 2026; site last built Oct 28, 2026. Every number on the page is computed from the sources listed here, by the same rules for every official; nothing is written by hand.

The headline

The headline is the measure on which Ansari is most unusual among House Democrats, chosen by one rule for every official of every party. The candidates are the rate of each kind of statement and of extreme labels, party unity, attendance, the small-donor share, the in-state share and total receipts of the latest cycle, the share of sponsored bills that got out of committee, talk-to-bills agreement, and the CSIP score’s place within the party group.

The builder ranks every measure within the same peer group the page compares it with, and writes each official’s percentile: the share of the group below the value, ties counting half, so 0.5 is the median and a value shared by many never ranks first. A measure’s score is how far that percentile sits from the median (0 in the middle, 0.5 at either end), and the highest score leads if it is above 0.25, outside the middle half of the group. Scores within 0.03 of each other are a tie, broken in this order: votes against the party majority, kinds of statement, ideology, roll calls missed, small donations, in-state money, legislation, agreement, extreme labels, receipts.

A measure counts only with at least 200 statements, 100 roll calls or 5 sponsored bills behind it and a peer group of at least 10. Two things never lead: high party unity or attendance, where most members sit, and a high rate of a kind of statement backed by fewer than 10 statements. When nothing qualifies, the headline is a neutral fact instead: statements classified, or years in office. The wording always names the direction (“in the bottom 5% of …”, “votes against the majority of …”).

Identifiers

Profile id
A000381
Bioguide
A000381
FEC candidate ids
H4AZ03109

Bulk files with the same data for every official:

Freshness of this profile’s data

  • What politicians sayOct 27, 20261 days agoMembers of Congress: tweets since 2017; press releases, newsletters and floor speeches since 2022. State legislators: tweets since May 2024. Governors: tweets since January 2025. Labels from an LLM classifier.
  • Roll calls (Congress)Sep 30, 202628 days agoVoteview roll calls, 113th Congress (2013) on.
  • Bills (Congress)Oct 22, 20266 days agoGovInfo BILLSTATUS: sponsors, cosponsors, actions, CRS policy area.
  • Campaign money (FEC)Oct 22, 20266 days agoFEC committee financial summaries (totals, small donations) and itemized contributions (donor counts, states, employers), cycles 2020-2026; aggregates only.
  • Ideology (CSIP)Oct 25, 20263 days agoCommon-Space Ideal Points (CSIP), current validated run.
  • WebsitesOct 25, 20263 days agoWeekly crawls of federal sites since April 2026; monthly state crawls since June 2026.
  • ImagesOct 28, 2026todayImages in members' tweets with vision-model descriptions.

How the measures work

What politicians say
Every post, press release, newsletter and congressional floor speech is read by a language model and marked for personal attacks, policy criticism, policy discussion, bipartisanship and credit claiming. A statement can be in several. Rates are shares of statements in the window. The methods paper.
Extreme labels
A statement has an extreme label when it calls a politician, party or policy “far left”, “far right”, “MAGA”, “extreme”, “radical”, “woke”, “fascist” or “communist”. The target is who the label is aimed at.
Policy areas and agreement
Statements and bills share 25 Congressional Research Service policy areas (state bills are assigned by a language model). Agreement is 1 − Jensen–Shannon distance between the two distributions, shown with at least 20 policy statements and 5 bills.
Ideology (CSIP)
Common-Space Ideal Points place federal and state officials on one left–right scale, estimated jointly from roll calls, campaign contributions and the text of statements, with standard errors. Only a validated run is shown. The methods paper.
Campaign money
Campaigns report by name only donors who give more than $200 in a cycle; smaller gifts are reported as one total. Federal totals and the small-donor share come from the FEC’s financial summaries of each campaign committee. Donor counts, donor states, employers and occupations cover itemized donors only. State filings report no small-gift totals, so state figures are itemized only. The lab never publishes donor names.
Votes and key votes
Attendance, party unity and the count of votes against the majority of an official’s own party come from roll calls (Voteview for Congress, chamber records for the states). Key votes are final-passage or override votes that became law, were decided by under 10%, saw at least 10% of a party vote against its majority, or concerned one of the 25 bills most mentioned in officials’ statements.
Peers and ranks
Comparisons are with the same party, chamber and level (for example House Democrats); state legislators are compared within their state and chamber for votes. Every comparison names its group. Rank 1 is the highest value in the group; tied values share the average of their ranks, and the percentile is the share of the group below the value, ties counting half.

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