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Democrat · U.S. House, Alabama’s 2nd district

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

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Portrait of Shomari Figures, rendered as a two-tone print
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0%
of statements use an extreme label, in the bottom 5% of House Democrats

0% of 503 statements use an extreme label (0 statements); the average for House Democrats is 1.9%. Ranks 215th of 216, where 1st is the highest rate.

An AI model reads each of Figures’s Congressional Record speeches, posts on X, press releases and newsletters and marks whether it calls a politician, party or policy far left, far right, MAGA, extreme, radical, woke, fascist or communist. 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. 14% of Figures’s statements criticize a policy, in the bottom quarter of House Democrats (average 28%). 1.2% of Figures’s statements contain a personal attack, in the bottom quarter of House Democrats (average 6.6%).

The measures on which Figures 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.

Extreme labels

0%

House Democrats average 1.9% · ranks 215th of 216

Policy criticism

14%

House Democrats average 28% · ranks 194th of 216

Personal attacks

1.2%

House Democrats average 6.6% · ranks 189th of 216

From Alabama, 2026

29%

Of itemized individual dollars · ranks 186th of 214 House Democrats

Policy discussion

66%

House Democrats average 73% · ranks 185th of 216

CSIP ideology

−0.68

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 Figures, the thin grey bar the peer average. The headline is the measure on which Figures is most unusual among peers (Methods, §08).

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What Figures says

Figures attacks opponents personally less than 87% of House Democrats. Personal attacks in 1.2% of 503 statements, against 6.6% for the average House Democrat; 189th of 216.

An AI model reads each of Figures’s 503 statements in the 119th Congress (388 posts on X, 75 Congressional Record speeches, 37 press releases, 3 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%
Figures
Peers
Rank
Policy discussion332 statements
66%
73%
185th of 216
Credit claiming118 statements
23%
23%
89th of 216
Policy criticism70 statements
14%
28%
194th of 216
Bipartisanship56 statements
11%
10%
63rd of 216
Personal attacks6 statements
1%
7%
189th of 216
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Figures's share of statements in each category against the House Democrats average.
RowFiguresPeers
Policy discussion66%73%
Credit claiming23%23%
Policy criticism14%28%
Bipartisanship11%10%
Personal attacks1%7%
503

statements classified

388 posts on X, 75 Congressional Record speeches, 37 press releases, 3 newsletters.

posts on X: 388 (77.1%)posts on X 388Congressional Record speeches: 75 (14.9%)press releases: 37 (7.4%)newsletters: 3 (0.6%)
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Figures's statements by source
PartValue
posts on X388
Congressional Record speeches75
press releases37
newsletters3
How to read the bars

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

Extreme labels

Figures used no extreme labels in 503 statements. The peer average is 1.9%.

No extreme labels in this window.

Who gets the labels

Targets named alongside an extreme label, by number of statements

No targets recorded.

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: 122025-02: 292025-03: 372025-04: 202025-05: 172025-06: 112025-07: 172025-08: 102025-09: 372025-10: 122025-11: 182025-12: 272026-01: 242026-02: 282026-03: 372026-04: 172026-05: 232026-06: 222026-07: 392026-08: 272026-09: 232026-10: 16peak 39 · Jul ’26Personal attackspeak 8.3% · Jan ’25 · latest 0.0%Personal attacks, 2025-01: 8.3% of 12Personal attacks, 2025-02: 3.5% of 29Personal attacks, 2025-03: 5.4% of 37Personal attacks, 2025-04: 0.0% of 20Personal attacks, 2025-05: 0.0% of 17Personal attacks, 2025-06: 0.0% of 11Personal attacks, 2025-07: 0.0% of 17Personal attacks, 2025-08: 0.0% of 10Personal attacks, 2025-09: 0.0% of 37Personal attacks, 2025-10: 0.0% of 12Personal attacks, 2025-11: 0.0% of 18Personal attacks, 2025-12: 0.0% of 27Personal attacks, 2026-01: 0.0% of 24Personal attacks, 2026-02: 3.6% of 28Personal attacks, 2026-03: 0.0% of 37Personal attacks, 2026-04: 5.9% of 17Personal attacks, 2026-05: 0.0% of 23Personal attacks, 2026-06: 0.0% of 22Personal attacks, 2026-07: 0.0% of 39Personal attacks, 2026-08: 0.0% of 27Personal attacks, 2026-09: 0.0% of 23Personal attacks, 2026-10: 0.0% of 16Policy criticismpeak 37.8% · Mar ’26 · latest 6.3%Policy criticism, 2025-01: 8.3% of 12Policy criticism, 2025-02: 13.8% of 29Policy criticism, 2025-03: 13.5% of 37Policy criticism, 2025-04: 15.0% of 20Policy criticism, 2025-05: 5.9% of 17Policy criticism, 2025-06: 36.4% of 11Policy criticism, 2025-07: 5.9% of 17Policy criticism, 2025-08: 0.0% of 10Policy criticism, 2025-09: 16.2% of 37Policy criticism, 2025-10: 8.3% of 12Policy criticism, 2025-11: 27.8% of 18Policy criticism, 2025-12: 11.1% of 27Policy criticism, 2026-01: 4.2% of 24Policy criticism, 2026-02: 0.0% of 28Policy criticism, 2026-03: 37.8% of 37Policy criticism, 2026-04: 29.4% of 17Policy criticism, 2026-05: 8.7% of 23Policy criticism, 2026-06: 0.0% of 22Policy criticism, 2026-07: 15.4% of 39Policy criticism, 2026-08: 11.1% of 27Policy criticism, 2026-09: 17.4% of 23Policy criticism, 2026-10: 6.3% of 16Policy discussionpeak 100.0% · Oct ’25 · latest 87.5%Policy discussion, 2025-01: 66.7% of 12Policy discussion, 2025-02: 58.6% of 29Policy discussion, 2025-03: 73.0% of 37Policy discussion, 2025-04: 65.0% of 20Policy discussion, 2025-05: 41.2% of 17Policy discussion, 2025-06: 72.7% of 11Policy discussion, 2025-07: 58.8% of 17Policy discussion, 2025-08: 50.0% of 10Policy discussion, 2025-09: 64.9% of 37Policy discussion, 2025-10: 100.0% of 12Policy discussion, 2025-11: 72.2% of 18Policy discussion, 2025-12: 74.1% of 27Policy discussion, 2026-01: 62.5% of 24Policy discussion, 2026-02: 60.7% of 28Policy discussion, 2026-03: 81.1% of 37Policy discussion, 2026-04: 64.7% of 17Policy discussion, 2026-05: 65.2% of 23Policy discussion, 2026-06: 36.4% of 22Policy discussion, 2026-07: 71.8% of 39Policy discussion, 2026-08: 59.3% of 27Policy discussion, 2026-09: 60.9% of 23Policy discussion, 2026-10: 87.5% of 16Bipartisanshippeak 29.7% · Mar ’26 · latest 6.3%Bipartisanship, 2025-01: 0.0% of 12Bipartisanship, 2025-02: 6.9% of 29Bipartisanship, 2025-03: 2.7% of 37Bipartisanship, 2025-04: 5.0% of 20Bipartisanship, 2025-05: 0.0% of 17Bipartisanship, 2025-06: 9.1% of 11Bipartisanship, 2025-07: 17.6% of 17Bipartisanship, 2025-08: 10.0% of 10Bipartisanship, 2025-09: 27.0% of 37Bipartisanship, 2025-10: 8.3% of 12Bipartisanship, 2025-11: 16.7% of 18Bipartisanship, 2025-12: 25.9% of 27Bipartisanship, 2026-01: 0.0% of 24Bipartisanship, 2026-02: 0.0% of 28Bipartisanship, 2026-03: 29.7% of 37Bipartisanship, 2026-04: 29.4% of 17Bipartisanship, 2026-05: 4.3% of 23Bipartisanship, 2026-06: 4.5% of 22Bipartisanship, 2026-07: 7.7% of 39Bipartisanship, 2026-08: 3.7% of 27Bipartisanship, 2026-09: 13.0% of 23Bipartisanship, 2026-10: 6.3% of 16Credit claimingpeak 51.8% · Dec ’25 · latest 12.5%Credit claiming, 2025-01: 0.0% of 12Credit claiming, 2025-02: 6.9% of 29Credit claiming, 2025-03: 16.2% of 37Credit claiming, 2025-04: 20.0% of 20Credit claiming, 2025-05: 11.8% of 17Credit claiming, 2025-06: 0.0% of 11Credit claiming, 2025-07: 29.4% of 17Credit claiming, 2025-08: 10.0% of 10Credit claiming, 2025-09: 27.0% of 37Credit claiming, 2025-10: 25.0% of 12Credit claiming, 2025-11: 38.9% of 18Credit claiming, 2025-12: 51.8% of 27Credit claiming, 2026-01: 12.5% of 24Credit claiming, 2026-02: 17.9% of 28Credit claiming, 2026-03: 32.4% of 37Credit claiming, 2026-04: 35.3% of 17Credit claiming, 2026-05: 4.3% of 23Credit claiming, 2026-06: 22.7% of 22Credit claiming, 2026-07: 35.9% of 39Credit claiming, 2026-08: 18.5% of 27Credit claiming, 2026-09: 47.8% of 23Credit claiming, 2026-10: 12.5% of 16Extreme labelspeak 0.0% · Jan ’25 · latest 0.0%Extreme labels, 2025-01: 0.0% of 12Extreme labels, 2025-02: 0.0% of 29Extreme labels, 2025-03: 0.0% of 37Extreme labels, 2025-04: 0.0% of 20Extreme labels, 2025-05: 0.0% of 17Extreme labels, 2025-06: 0.0% of 11Extreme labels, 2025-07: 0.0% of 17Extreme labels, 2025-08: 0.0% of 10Extreme labels, 2025-09: 0.0% of 37Extreme labels, 2025-10: 0.0% of 12Extreme labels, 2025-11: 0.0% of 18Extreme labels, 2025-12: 0.0% of 27Extreme labels, 2026-01: 0.0% of 24Extreme labels, 2026-02: 0.0% of 28Extreme labels, 2026-03: 0.0% of 37Extreme labels, 2026-04: 0.0% of 17Extreme labels, 2026-05: 0.0% of 23Extreme labels, 2026-06: 0.0% of 22Extreme labels, 2026-07: 0.0% of 39Extreme labels, 2026-08: 0.0% of 27Extreme labels, 2026-09: 0.0% of 23Extreme labels, 2026-10: 0.0% of 16Jan ’25Jul ’25Jan ’26Jul ’26Oct ’26
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Monthly rates for Figures, 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 ’25128.3%8.3%66.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Feb ’25293.5%13.8%58.6%6.9%6.9%0.0%
Mar ’25375.4%13.5%73.0%2.7%16.2%0.0%
Apr ’25200.0%15.0%65.0%5.0%20.0%0.0%
May ’25170.0%5.9%41.2%0.0%11.8%0.0%
Jun ’25110.0%36.4%72.7%9.1%0.0%0.0%
Jul ’25170.0%5.9%58.8%17.6%29.4%0.0%
Aug ’25100.0%0.0%50.0%10.0%10.0%0.0%
Sep ’25370.0%16.2%64.9%27.0%27.0%0.0%
Oct ’25120.0%8.3%100.0%8.3%25.0%0.0%
Nov ’25180.0%27.8%72.2%16.7%38.9%0.0%
Dec ’25270.0%11.1%74.1%25.9%51.8%0.0%
Jan ’26240.0%4.2%62.5%0.0%12.5%0.0%
Feb ’26283.6%0.0%60.7%0.0%17.9%0.0%
Mar ’26370.0%37.8%81.1%29.7%32.4%0.0%
Apr ’26175.9%29.4%64.7%29.4%35.3%0.0%
May ’26230.0%8.7%65.2%4.3%4.3%0.0%
Jun ’26220.0%0.0%36.4%4.5%22.7%0.0%
Jul ’26390.0%15.4%71.8%7.7%35.9%0.0%
Aug ’26270.0%11.1%59.3%3.7%18.5%0.0%
Sep ’26230.0%17.4%60.9%13.0%47.8%0.0%
Oct ’26160.0%6.3%87.5%6.3%12.5%0.0%
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 Figures’s words

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

Bipartisanship

Nation’s Largest Law Enforcement Organization Endorses Figures’ Bill to Cover College and Trade School Costs for the Children of Police Officers MONTGOMERY – Today, Congressman Shomari C. Figures announced that the National Fraternal Order of Police – the nation’s largest organization of sworn law e…

Oct 5, 2026 · Press releases · policy discussion; bipartisanship; credit claiming; Education; Labor and Employment; Crime and Law Enforcement · 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; Economics and Public Finance; Taxation · Source

Personal attacks

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

Apr 7, 2026 · Posts on X · personal attacks; policy discussion; Armed Forces and National Security · 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 · policy discussion · Armed Forces and National SecuritySource

  2. Posts on X

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

    personal attacksSource

  3. Posts on X

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

    personal attacks · policy discussion · Health · target: TrumpSource

  4. Posts on X

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

    personal attacks · policy discussion · Foreign Trade and International Finance · Health · Agriculture and FoodSource

  5. Congressional Record

    Mr. Speaker, it is with great honor that I rise today to co-anchor this Congressional Black Caucus Special Order hour along with my distinguished colleague from Oregon (Ms. Bynum). For the next 60 minutes, Members of the Congressional Black Caucus have an opportunity to speak directly to the American people about Black History Month, an issue of great importance not only to the Congressional Black Caucus but to Congr…

    personal attacks · policy criticism · policy discussion · bipartisanship · Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues · EducationSource

All 503 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: 388 posts on X, 75 Congressional Record speeches, 37 press releases, 3 newsletters.

Back to topNext: Policy

Policy

Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues is what Figures talks about most: 21% of policy statements, above the peer share. Talk and legislation agree at 0.64 on a 0–1 scale (House Democrats average 0.67; 175th 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 Figures talks about. The bills Figures sponsors and cosponsors carry the same areas, so the two can be compared.

What Figures talks about

Share of policy statements by area, the 119th Congress

0%35%
Figures
Peers
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues71 statements
21%
13%
Health61 statements
18%
26%
Government Operations and Politics58 statements
17%
20%
Education53 statements
16%
10%
Transportation and Public Works51 statements
15%
5%
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Policy areas Figures talks about, as a share of policy statements, against the House Democrats average.
RowFiguresPeers
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues21%13%
Health18%26%
Government Operations and Politics17%20%
Education16%10%
Transportation and Public Works15%5%
How to read the bars

The thick bar is the share of Figures’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 onCivil Rights and Liberties,Minority IssuesCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues, talks about: 21% (House Democrats 13%)21%Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues, legislates on: 3% (House Democrats 5%)3%HealthHealth, talks about: 18% (House Democrats 26%)18%Health, legislates on: 18% (House Democrats 16%)18%Government Operations andPoliticsGovernment Operations and Politics, talks about: 17% (House Democrats 20%)17%Government Operations and Politics, legislates on: 12% (House Democrats 11%)12%EducationEducation, talks about: 16% (House Democrats 10%)16%Education, legislates on: 9% (House Democrats 5%)9%Transportation and PublicWorksTransportation and Public Works, talks about: 15% (House Democrats 5%)15%Transportation and Public Works, legislates on: 6% (House Democrats 3%)6%
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Figures's share of statements against share of bills in each policy area.
AreaTalks aboutHouse Democrats, talks aboutLegislates onHouse Democrats, legislates on
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues21%13%3%5%
Health18%26%18%16%
Government Operations and Politics17%20%12%11%
Education16%10%9%5%
Transportation and Public Works15%5%6%3%
0.64

talk-to-bills agreement, 0 to 1

House Democrats average 0.67. Ranks 175th of 216.

What agreement means, and what it doesn’t

Agreement is 1 minus the distance between the two distributions (Jensen–Shannon): 1 means Figures legislates on exactly the areas Figures 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 Figures sponsored count fully, cosponsored bills a quarter. Shown with at least 20 policy statements and 5 bills.

Back to topNext: Ideology

Ideology

Figures sits at −0.68 on the CSIP scale, left of 0, more conservative than 85% of House Democrats. Approximate range −0.71 to −0.65, which understates the uncertainty; from 1,578 donors and 659 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”.

−0.68

CSIP ideal point

Approximate range −0.71 to −0.65. From 1,578 donors and 659 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

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

The outlined dot is Figures, 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 Figures’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 Figures sits

Every official in each group, on the CSIP scale

−2.0−1.00.0+1.0+2.0← More liberalMore conservative →House Democratsmedian −1.0Figures −0.7All Housemedian +0.3
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Figures's CSIP score of −0.68 placed against House Democrats, All House.
GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of Figures
House Democrats217−1.085%
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 Figures 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 Figures.

Back to topNext: Money

Money

Figures raised $2.7M in the 2026 cycle, above the House Democrats’ median of $2.0M. 24% of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less. 29% of itemized individual money came from Alabama.

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
$2.7M

raised in the 2026 cycle

From 340 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): $847.6K (31.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $847.6K (31.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $847.6K (31.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $847.6K (31.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $847.6K (31.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $847.6K (31.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $847.6K (31.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $847.6K (31.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $847.6K (31.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $847.6K (31.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $847.6K (31.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $847.6K (31.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $847.6K (31.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $847.6K (31.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $847.6K (31.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $847.6K (31.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $847.6K (31.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $847.6K (31.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $847.6K (31.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $847.6K (31.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $847.6K (31.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $847.6K (31.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $847.6K (31.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $847.6K (31.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $847.6K (31.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $847.6K (31.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $847.6K (31.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $847.6K (31.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $847.6K (31.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $847.6K (31.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $847.6K (31.3%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $266.4K (9.8%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $266.4K (9.8%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $266.4K (9.8%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $266.4K (9.8%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $266.4K (9.8%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $266.4K (9.8%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $266.4K (9.8%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $266.4K (9.8%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $266.4K (9.8%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $266.4K (9.8%)PACs and other committees: $1.1M (41.9%)PACs and other committees: $1.1M (41.9%)PACs and other committees: $1.1M (41.9%)PACs and other committees: $1.1M (41.9%)PACs and other committees: $1.1M (41.9%)PACs and other committees: $1.1M (41.9%)PACs and other committees: $1.1M (41.9%)PACs and other committees: $1.1M (41.9%)PACs and other committees: $1.1M (41.9%)PACs and other committees: $1.1M (41.9%)PACs and other committees: $1.1M (41.9%)PACs and other committees: $1.1M (41.9%)PACs and other committees: $1.1M (41.9%)PACs and other committees: $1.1M (41.9%)PACs and other committees: $1.1M (41.9%)PACs and other committees: $1.1M (41.9%)PACs and other committees: $1.1M (41.9%)PACs and other committees: $1.1M (41.9%)PACs and other committees: $1.1M (41.9%)PACs and other committees: $1.1M (41.9%)PACs and other committees: $1.1M (41.9%)PACs and other committees: $1.1M (41.9%)PACs and other committees: $1.1M (41.9%)PACs and other committees: $1.1M (41.9%)PACs and other committees: $1.1M (41.9%)PACs and other committees: $1.1M (41.9%)PACs and other committees: $1.1M (41.9%)PACs and other committees: $1.1M (41.9%)PACs and other committees: $1.1M (41.9%)PACs and other committees: $1.1M (41.9%)PACs and other committees: $1.1M (41.9%)PACs and other committees: $1.1M (41.9%)PACs and other committees: $1.1M (41.9%)PACs and other committees: $1.1M (41.9%)PACs and other committees: $1.1M (41.9%)PACs and other committees: $1.1M (41.9%)PACs and other committees: $1.1M (41.9%)PACs and other committees: $1.1M (41.9%)PACs and other committees: $1.1M (41.9%)PACs and other committees: $1.1M (41.9%)PACs and other committees: $1.1M (41.9%)PACs and other committees: $1.1M (41.9%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $453.8K (16.8%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $453.8K (16.8%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $453.8K (16.8%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $453.8K (16.8%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $453.8K (16.8%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $453.8K (16.8%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $453.8K (16.8%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $453.8K (16.8%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $453.8K (16.8%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $453.8K (16.8%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $453.8K (16.8%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $453.8K (16.8%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $453.8K (16.8%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $453.8K (16.8%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $453.8K (16.8%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $453.8K (16.8%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $453.8K (16.8%)
  • Itemized individual (over $200)31 squares$847.6K
  • Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less)10 squares$266.4K
  • PACs and other committees42 squares$1.1M
  • Party committees$5,000
  • Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds)17 squares$453.8K
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Sources of Figures's money, 2026 cycle, one square per percent
SourceAmountShare
Itemized individual (over $200)$847.6K31.3%
Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less)$266.4K9.8%
PACs and other committees$1.1M41.9%
Party committees$5,0000.2%
Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds)$453.8K16.8%
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: $2.6M$2.6M20242026 cycle: $2.7M$2.7M2026House Democrats median $2.0M
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Figures's receipts by cycle against the 2026 House Democrats median.
ItemValue
2024 cycle$2.6M
2026 cycle$2.7M

Top donor states, 2026

Itemized contributions by donor state. 29% came from Alabama.

  1. Alabama$94.0K
  2. District of Columbia$39.5K
  3. California$38.6K
  4. Washington$29.3K
  5. Maryland$20.6K

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%
Figures
Median
2026
24%
13%
2024
19%
13%
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Small-donor share by cycle against the House Democrats median
RowFiguresMedian
2026 cycle24%13%
2024 cycle19%13%

Where itemized donors live

Individuals who gave more than $200, by donor state

Alaska: no dataAKMaine: no dataMEVermont: no dataVTNew Hampshire: no dataNHWashington: $29.3KWAIdaho: no dataIDMontana: no dataMTNorth Dakota: no dataNDMinnesota: $250MNIllinois: $3,375ILWisconsin: no dataWIMichigan: $3,720MINew York: $18.3KNYRhode Island: no dataRIMassachusetts: $1,128MAOregon: $306ORNevada: $8,000NVWyoming: no dataWYSouth Dakota: no dataSDIowa: no dataIAIndiana: no dataINOhio: $2,769OHPennsylvania: $548PANew Jersey: $250NJConnecticut: no dataCTCalifornia: $38.6KCAUtah: no dataUTColorado: $4,500CONebraska: no dataNEMissouri: no dataMOKentucky: no dataKYWest Virginia: no dataWVVirginia: $18.8KVAMaryland: $20.6KMDDelaware: no dataDEArizona: no dataAZNew Mexico: $3,500NMKansas: $250KSArkansas: $3,500ARTennessee: $250TNNorth Carolina: $839NCSouth Carolina: $125SCDistrict of Columbia: $39.5KDCOklahoma: $125OKLouisiana: $1,000LAMississippi: no dataMSAlabama: $94.0KALGeorgia: $14.8KGAHawaii: $250HITexas: $8,725TXFlorida: $4,416FL
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Figures's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2026 cycle
StateValue
Alabama$94.0K
District of Columbia$39.5K
California$38.6K
Washington$29.3K
Maryland$20.6K
Virginia$18.8K
New York$18.3K
Georgia$14.8K
Texas$8,725
Nevada$8,000
Colorado$4,500
Florida$4,416
Michigan$3,720
New Mexico$3,500
Arkansas$3,500
Illinois$3,375
Ohio$2,769
Massachusetts$1,128
Louisiana$1,000
North Carolina$839
Pennsylvania$548
Oregon$306
Minnesota$250
New Jersey$250
Kansas$250
Tennessee$250
Hawaii$250
South Carolina$125
Oklahoma$125
AlaskaNo data
MaineNo data
VermontNo data
New HampshireNo data
IdahoNo data
MontanaNo data
North DakotaNo data
WisconsinNo data
Rhode IslandNo data
WyomingNo data
South DakotaNo data
IowaNo data
IndianaNo data
ConnecticutNo data
UtahNo data
NebraskaNo data
MissouriNo data
KentuckyNo data
West VirginiaNo data
DelawareNo data
ArizonaNo data
MississippiNo data
340

itemized donors

People who gave more than $200

29%

from Alabama

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 Alabama. 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: 0.1%CSIP −1.25 to −1.00: 15%CSIP −1.00 to −0.75: 37%37%CSIP −0.75 to −0.50: 26%CSIP −0.50 to −0.25: 4.3%CSIP −0.25 to 0.00: 12%CSIP 0.00 to +0.25: 4.9%CSIP +0.25 to +0.50: 0.1%CSIP +0.50 to +0.75: 0.3%CSIP +0.75 to +1.00: 0.4%← More liberalMore conservative →0
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Ideology of Figures's itemized donors in 2026, from −1.50 to +1.00: 15% between −1.25 and −1.00, 37% between −1.00 and −0.75, 26% between −0.75 and −0.50, 12% between −0.25 and 0.00.
ItemValue
CSIP −1.50 to −1.250.1%
CSIP −1.25 to −1.0015%
CSIP −1.00 to −0.7537%
CSIP −0.75 to −0.5026%
CSIP −0.50 to −0.254.3%
CSIP −0.25 to 0.0012%
CSIP 0.00 to +0.254.9%
CSIP +0.25 to +0.500.1%
CSIP +0.50 to +0.750.3%
CSIP +0.75 to +1.000.4%
How to read the columns

Donors who give to many candidates get their own CSIP score. Each column is the share of Figures’s itemized money from donors in that part of the scale, blue left of 0 and red right of 0, deeper further out; Figures’s own score is −0.68.

Top donor occupations

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. NOT EMPLOYED$76.9K 118 donors
  2. ATTORNEY$19.1K 23 donors
  3. CEO$16.8K 11 donors
  4. PARTNER$14.5K 6 donors
  5. LOBBYIST$14.4K 19 donors

Top committees

PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.

  1. AFLAC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AFLAC PAC)$10.0K
  2. AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION PAC$10.0K
  3. ALABAMA POWER CO EMPLOYEES FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION CMTE (APC EMPLOYEES FEDERAL PAC)$10.0K
  4. ALLIED PILOTS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10.0K
  5. AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION - COPE$10.0K

Top employers

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. MEDICAL PLACE$14.0K 4 donors
  2. VAN SCOYOC ASSOCIATES$8,000 9 donors
  3. MINDSET$4,500 4 donors
  4. BGR GROUP$3,000 4 donors
  5. FORBES TATE PARTNERS$1,500 3 donors

Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

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Votes

Figures voted with the majority of House Democrats on 94.4% of party-line votes and missed 1.9% of 674 roll calls. House Democrats on average: 96.4% party unity, 96.9% attendance. Across all roll calls, Figures voted against the majority of House Democrats 28 times.

674 roll calls Figures 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 Figures voted with the majority of House Democrats. The count of votes against that majority covers every roll call where the majority took a side.

28

votes against the majority of House Democrats

Party unity 94.4%, House Democrats average 96.4%, ranks 177th of 217. 674 roll calls in the 119th Congress.

Attendance and party unity

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

80%100%
Figures
Peers
Rank
Attendance
98.0%
96.9%
113th of 217
Party unity
94.4%
96.4%
177th of 217
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Figures's attendance and party unity against House Democrats.
RowFiguresPeers
Attendance98.0%96.9%
Party unity94.4%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
YeaWith 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
YeaAgainst 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 Figures most often

  1. Terri SewellD648 shared votes98%
  2. Janelle BynumD652 shared votes98%
  3. Sheila Cherfilus-MccormickD464 shared votes97%
  4. Mike LevinD653 shared votes97%
  5. James WalkinshawD418 shared votes97%

Votes least often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Figures least often

  1. Chip RoyR621 shared votes19%
  2. Andy BiggsR594 shared votes20%
  3. Ralph NormanR583 shared votes21%
  4. Eric BurlisonR628 shared votes21%
  5. Keith SelfR646 shared votes21%
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

Figures sponsored 26 bills in the 119th Congress; none became law. Cosponsored 371 others. 7.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (House Democrats average 4.9%; 46th of 207).

The bills Figures 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

Sponsored26 billsSponsored, Introduced: 2626Sponsored, In committee: 2626Sponsored, Passed one chamber: 22Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 00Sponsored, Became law: 00Cosponsored371 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 371371Cosponsored, In committee: 371371Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 1919Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 11Cosponsored, Became law: 11IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
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Bills Figures sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
Sponsored2626200
Cosponsored3713711911
How to read the blocks

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

7.7%

of sponsored bills got out of committee

House Democrats average 4.9%. Ranks 46th of 207.

Cosponsorship partners

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

  1. Eleanor Norton52
  2. Terri Sewell35
  3. André Carson29
  4. Bennie Thompson26
  5. Hank Johnson Jr.25
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 Figures’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. 10551Public Service Educational Assistance ActSponsorSep 24, 2026In committeeEducationReferred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, 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. Sep 24, 2026
H.Res. 1535Supporting the designation of the week of September 13 through September 19, 2026, as "National Truck Driver Appreciation Week".CosponsorSep 14, 2026In committeeTransportation and Public WorksReferred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Sep 14, 2026
H.R. 10298Public Service Loan Forgiveness Inclusion Act of 2026CosponsorSep 4, 2026In committeeEducationReferred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. Sep 4, 2026
H.R. 10229Protecting American Beef Producers ActSponsorSep 2, 2026In committeeForeign Trade and International FinanceReferred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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. Sep 2, 2026
H.R. 10237REVOKE ActCosponsorSep 2, 2026In committeeTransportation and Public WorksReferred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Sep 2, 2026

Back to topNext: Online

Online

A site that changed 54 times in 90 days. Figures’s official site had 24 pages when last crawled on Oct 25, 2026. The lab last catalogued the images Figures posted on Oct 24, 2026.

The lab crawls Figures’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 Figures 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 Figures posted

The latest 24, with model-written descriptions

  • A formal letter on U.S. House of Representatives letterhead, addressed to the President and requesting a major disaster declaration for Alabama following Hurricane Isaias. It includes a date, several paragraphs, a handwritten signature, and the sender’s name and congressional title. Blue office and committee information appears around the letterhead and page edges.
    A formal letter on U.S. House of Representatives letterhead, addressed to the President and requesting a major disaster declaration for Alabama following Hurricane Isaias. It includes a date, several paragraphs, a handwritten signature, and the sender’s name and congressional title. Blue office and committee information appears around the letterhead and page edges.View post
  • A green infographic compares diesel prices in Montgomery one year ago with prices today. It also compares the cost to fill a semi-truck tank, with a footnote. The image is divided into two side-by-side panels with price boxes and yellow diesel labels.
    A green infographic compares diesel prices in Montgomery one year ago with prices today. It also compares the cost to fill a semi-truck tank, with a footnote. The image is divided into two side-by-side panels with price boxes and yellow diesel labels.View post
  • A political graphic featuring a CNBC news excerpt about rising consumer prices and energy costs. Several sentences are highlighted in yellow. The excerpt appears on a torn-paper-style white panel against a dark navy background, with a representative's name and office information at the bottom.
    A political graphic featuring a CNBC news excerpt about rising consumer prices and energy costs. Several sentences are highlighted in yellow. The excerpt appears on a torn-paper-style white panel against a dark navy background, with a representative's name and office information at the bottom.View post
  • A political graphic reminding viewers to register to vote by an October deadline. A large calendar displays the date 19, with a candidate's name and office information underneath.
    A political graphic reminding viewers to register to vote by an October deadline. A large calendar displays the date 19, with a candidate's name and office information underneath.View post
  • A political information graphic on a dark navy background. A white panel with a logo and headline explains that four Alabama historically Black colleges and universities are receiving support from a historic fund. One university name is highlighted in yellow. The bottom identifies a U.S. representative. The image contains substantial text.
    A political information graphic on a dark navy background. A white panel with a logo and headline explains that four Alabama historically Black colleges and universities are receiving support from a historic fund. One university name is highlighted in yellow. The bottom identifies a U.S. representative. The image contains substantial text.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 Figures 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
F000481
Bioguide
F000481
FEC candidate ids
H4AL02170

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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