Policy criticism
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The median for House Democrats is $2.0M. Ranks 6th of 214, where 1st raised the most. 3,941 itemized donors.
Total receipts of Khanna’s campaign committees in the 2026 cycle, from the FEC’s financial summaries, ranked among House Democrats. Totals depend on whether the seat is up this cycle and on how costly the race is, so they describe the campaign, not the official’s record.
6 measures against House Democrats. The policy areas Khanna talks about and legislates on agree at 0.64 on a 0–1 scale, in the bottom quarter of House Democrats. 1.6% of Khanna’s statements contain a personal attack, in the bottom quarter of House Democrats (average 6.6%).
The measures on which Khanna 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.
Raised, 2026
House Democrats’ median $2.0M · ranks 6th of 214
Talk-to-bills agreement
House Democrats average 0.67 · ranks 180th of 216
Personal attacks
House Democrats average 6.6% · ranks 179th of 216
Policy discussion
House Democrats average 73% · ranks 171st of 216
Policy criticism
House Democrats average 28% · ranks 47th of 216
CSIP ideology
More liberal than 79% of House Democrats · ± 0.01
Peer group: House Democrats. Rank 1 is the highest value in the group; the thick bar is Khanna, the thin grey bar the peer average. The headline is the measure on which Khanna is most unusual among peers (Methods, §08).
Khanna attacks opponents personally less than 82% of House Democrats. Personal attacks in 1.6% of 1,391 statements, against 6.6% for the average House Democrat; 179th of 216.
An AI model reads each of Khanna’s 1,391 statements in the 119th Congress (1,096 posts on X, 149 newsletters, 101 press releases, 45 Congressional Record speeches) 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.
Share of statements carrying each label, the 119th Congress
| Row | Khanna | Peers |
|---|---|---|
| Policy discussion | 68% | 73% |
| Policy criticism | 35% | 28% |
| Credit claiming | 23% | 23% |
| Bipartisanship | 9% | 10% |
| Personal attacks | 2% | 7% |
statements classified
1,096 posts on X, 149 newsletters, 101 press releases, 45 Congressional Record speeches.
| Part | Value |
|---|---|
| posts on X | 1,096 |
| newsletters | 149 |
| press releases | 101 |
| Congressional Record speeches | 45 |
The thick bar is Khanna; the thin grey bar is the average House Democrats. A longer thick bar means Khanna does this more than peers. Rank 1 is the highest rate in the group.
Khanna used extreme labels in 1.1% of statements, below the peer average. 16 statements, most often aimed at conservatives; peers 1.9%.
Targets named alongside an extreme label, by number of statements
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.
Share of statements per month, the 119th Congress
| Column | Statements | Personal attacks | Policy criticism | Policy discussion | Bipartisanship | Credit claiming | Extreme labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan ’25 | 107 | 0.9% | 42.1% | 62.6% | 11.2% | 22.4% | 0.0% |
| Feb ’25 | 101 | 3.0% | 62.4% | 80.2% | 8.9% | 26.7% | 5.0% |
| Mar ’25 | 119 | 0.8% | 42.0% | 72.3% | 8.4% | 16.8% | 0.0% |
| Apr ’25 | 147 | 1.4% | 38.1% | 61.2% | 4.8% | 13.6% | 1.4% |
| May ’25 | 140 | 1.4% | 39.3% | 68.6% | 5.7% | 15.0% | 0.0% |
| Jun ’25 | 112 | 0.0% | 42.0% | 61.6% | 11.6% | 20.5% | 0.0% |
| Jul ’25 | 105 | 0.9% | 30.5% | 57.1% | 4.8% | 16.2% | 0.9% |
| Aug ’25 | 62 | 0.0% | 32.3% | 67.7% | 8.1% | 29.0% | 0.0% |
| Sep ’25 | 57 | 1.8% | 33.3% | 68.4% | 14.0% | 17.5% | 1.8% |
| Oct ’25 | 41 | 7.3% | 34.2% | 73.2% | 7.3% | 19.5% | 0.0% |
| Nov ’25 | 33 | 0.0% | 24.2% | 48.5% | 27.3% | 27.3% | 3.0% |
| Dec ’25 | 32 | 3.1% | 25.0% | 62.5% | 21.9% | 28.1% | 3.1% |
| Jan ’26 | 23 | 4.3% | 21.7% | 82.6% | 13.0% | 30.4% | 4.3% |
| Feb ’26 | 66 | 1.5% | 19.7% | 60.6% | 7.6% | 31.8% | 0.0% |
| Mar ’26 | 45 | 0.0% | 26.7% | 62.2% | 8.9% | 44.4% | 2.2% |
| Apr ’26 | 47 | 6.4% | 21.3% | 87.2% | 6.4% | 36.2% | 2.1% |
| May ’26 | 24 | 0.0% | 16.7% | 62.5% | 12.5% | 16.7% | 0.0% |
| Jun ’26 | 21 | 9.5% | 23.8% | 61.9% | 19.1% | 33.3% | 4.8% |
| Jul ’26 | 22 | 0.0% | 31.8% | 72.7% | 18.2% | 40.9% | 0.0% |
| Aug ’26 | 27 | 0.0% | 22.2% | 81.5% | 18.5% | 37.0% | 0.0% |
| Sep ’26 | 34 | 0.0% | 17.6% | 85.3% | 2.9% | 26.5% | 0.0% |
| Oct ’26 | 26 | 0.0% | 15.4% | 84.6% | 7.7% | 23.1% | 3.9% |
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%.
Real statements from the classifier’s example set, with the labels it assigned
Policy criticism
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Oct 14, 2026 · Posts on X · policy criticism; policy discussion; Agriculture and Food; Foreign Trade and International Finance; Energy; International Affairs · Source
Personal attacks
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Jun 30, 2026 · Posts on X · personal attacks; policy discussion; Law; target: Michael Lucci · Source
Extreme label
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Oct 15, 2026 · Posts on X · policy discussion; credit claiming; Crime and Law Enforcement; extreme label “extreme” aimed at Hegseth · Source
Up to five recent statements in each category
Overtly questions a named person’s character, integrity or loyalty, or calls them names. Criticising a record or a policy does not count.
Posts on X
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personal attacks · policy discussion · Law · target: Michael LucciSource
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personal attacks · target: Michael LucciSource
Press releases
Rep. Ro Khanna reintroduces Gasoline Export Ban Act prohibiting the exportation of gasoline while gasoline prices are high Washington, DC — Today, Representative Ro Khanna reintroduced the Gasoline Export Ban Act of 2026 to prohibit the exportation of gasoline during periods of high gasoline prices. The export ban begins when the average price for gasoline in the United States has been equal to or higher than $3.12 p…
personal attacks · policy discussion · credit claiming · Energy · Foreign Trade and International Finance · International Affairs · target: TrumpSource
Press releases
Rep. Ro Khanna reintroduces Gasoline Export Ban Act prohibiting the exportation of gasoline while gasoline prices are high Washington, DC — Today, Representative Ro Khanna reintroduced the Gasoline Export Ban Act of 2026 to prohibit the exportation of gasoline during periods of high gasoline prices. The export ban begins when the average price for gasoline in the United States has been equal to or higher than $3.12 p…
personal attacks · policy discussion · credit claiming · Energy · International Affairs · target: TrumpSource
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personal attacks · policy discussion · Crime and Law Enforcement · target: Pam BondiSource
Newest first, the 119th Congress
Five statements at a time, newest first; filters apply to the statements loaded so far. Export saves the statements that match. Sources: 1,096 posts on X, 149 newsletters, 101 press releases, 45 Congressional Record speeches.
Economics and Public Finance is what Khanna talks about most: 24% of policy statements, above the peer share. Talk and legislation agree at 0.64 on a 0–1 scale (House Democrats average 0.67; 180th 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 Khanna talks about. The bills Khanna sponsors and cosponsors carry the same areas, so the two can be compared.
Share of policy statements by area, the 119th Congress
| Row | Khanna | Peers |
|---|---|---|
| Economics and Public Finance | 24% | 20% |
| Health | 22% | 26% |
| Government Operations and Politics | 19% | 20% |
| Labor and Employment | 13% | 7% |
| Commerce | 12% | 5% |
The thick bar is the share of Khanna’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.
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.
| Area | Talks about | House Democrats, talks about | Legislates on | House Democrats, legislates on |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Economics and Public Finance | 24% | 20% | 1% | 1% |
| Health | 22% | 26% | 15% | 16% |
| Government Operations and Politics | 19% | 20% | 13% | 11% |
| Labor and Employment | 13% | 7% | 4% | 5% |
| Commerce | 12% | 5% | 2% | 2% |
talk-to-bills agreement, 0 to 1
House Democrats average 0.67. Ranks 180th of 216.
Agreement is 1 minus the distance between the two distributions (Jensen–Shannon): 1 means Khanna legislates on exactly the areas Khanna 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 Khanna sponsored count fully, cosponsored bills a quarter. Shown with at least 20 policy statements and 5 bills.
Khanna sits at −1.19 on the CSIP scale, left of 0, more liberal than 79% of House Democrats. Approximate range −1.21 to −1.18, which understates the uncertainty; from 9,340 donors and 5,018 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”.
CSIP ideal point
Approximate range −1.21 to −1.18. From 9,340 donors and 5,018 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.
The outlined dot is Khanna, 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 Khanna’s groups. 0 is the centre of the scale, not “moderate” by definition.
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.
Every official in each group, on the CSIP scale
| Group | Officials | Median | Share left of Khanna |
|---|---|---|---|
| House Democrats | 217 | −1.0 | 21% |
| All House | 439 | +0.3 | 10% |
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 Khanna 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 Khanna.
Khanna raised $15.3M in the 2026 cycle, 7.7 times the House Democrats’ median of $2.0M. 13% of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less. 59% of itemized individual money came from California.
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.
raised in the 2026 cycle
From 3,941 itemized donors. House Democrats’ median $2.0M.
Each square is one percent of 2026-cycle receipts, from FEC summary totals.
| Source | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Itemized individual (over $200) | $12.4M | 80.8% |
| Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less) | $1.9M | 12.3% |
| PACs and other committees | $1,000 | 0.0% |
| Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds) | $1.1M | 6.9% |
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.
Total receipts, 2020 to 2026. The grey line is the House Democrats’ median for 2026.
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| 2020 cycle | $3.9M |
| 2022 cycle | $5.9M |
| 2024 cycle | $10.6M |
| 2026 cycle | $15.3M |
Itemized contributions by donor state. 59% came from California.
Gifts of $200 or less as a share of individual money, by cycle. The thin grey bar is the 2026 House Democrats’ median.
| Row | Khanna | Median |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 cycle | 13% | 13% |
| 2024 cycle | 6% | 13% |
| 2022 cycle | 4% | 13% |
| 2020 cycle | 12% | 13% |
Individuals who gave more than $200, by donor state
| State | Value |
|---|---|
| California | $6.7M |
| New York | $1.5M |
| Illinois | $678.6K |
| Texas | $295.6K |
| Washington | $280.1K |
| Massachusetts | $245.4K |
| New Jersey | $211.7K |
| Florida | $191.8K |
| District of Columbia | $180.8K |
| Colorado | $140.8K |
| Maryland | $135.8K |
| Virginia | $132.0K |
| Nevada | $90.7K |
| Connecticut | $79.5K |
| Pennsylvania | $71.0K |
| New Mexico | $68.6K |
| Utah | $46.3K |
| Georgia | $37.0K |
| Michigan | $34.4K |
| Ohio | $33.3K |
| Tennessee | $28.5K |
| Arizona | $25.3K |
| North Carolina | $22.2K |
| Hawaii | $16.2K |
| Kentucky | $15.6K |
| Oregon | $15.2K |
| Montana | $12.3K |
| New Hampshire | $11.1K |
| South Carolina | $8,561 |
| Idaho | $7,342 |
| West Virginia | $6,333 |
| Rhode Island | $5,685 |
| Vermont | $5,565 |
| Nebraska | $5,256 |
| Iowa | $4,970 |
| Minnesota | $3,745 |
| Indiana | $3,282 |
| Maine | $2,938 |
| Wisconsin | $2,701 |
| Missouri | $2,426 |
| Wyoming | $2,270 |
| Louisiana | $2,077 |
| Alabama | $1,500 |
| Kansas | $1,258 |
| Alaska | $859 |
| Delaware | $615 |
| Oklahoma | $470 |
| South Dakota | $175 |
| Arkansas | $83 |
| North Dakota | No data |
| Mississippi | No data |
itemized donors
People who gave more than $200
from California
Of itemized individual dollars
Every state the same size. Darker states gave more itemized money; hatched states had no itemized donors; the outlined state is California. Gifts of $200 or less carry no address and are left out.
Distribution of itemized donors’ own CSIP scores
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| CSIP −1.75 to −1.50 | 0.0% |
| CSIP −1.50 to −1.25 | 1.8% |
| CSIP −1.25 to −1.00 | 69% |
| CSIP −1.00 to −0.75 | 23% |
| CSIP −0.75 to −0.50 | 2.9% |
| CSIP −0.50 to −0.25 | 1.5% |
| CSIP −0.25 to 0.00 | 0.9% |
| CSIP 0.00 to +0.25 | 0.8% |
| CSIP +0.25 to +0.50 | 0.1% |
| CSIP +0.50 to +0.75 | 0.1% |
Donors who give to many candidates get their own CSIP score. Each column is the share of Khanna’s itemized money from donors in that part of the scale, blue left of 0 and red right of 0, deeper further out; Khanna’s own score is −1.19.
Itemized, 2026 cycle.
PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.
Itemized, 2026 cycle.
Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.
Khanna voted with the majority of House Democrats on 98.7% of party-line votes and missed 1.6% of 674 roll calls. House Democrats on average: 96.4% party unity, 96.9% attendance. Across all roll calls, Khanna voted against the majority of House Democrats 17 times.
674 roll calls Khanna 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 Khanna voted with the majority of House Democrats. The count of votes against that majority covers every roll call where the majority took a side.
votes against the majority of House Democrats
Party unity 98.7%, House Democrats average 96.4%, ranks 98th of 217. 674 roll calls in the 119th Congress.
The thick bar is Khanna, the thin grey bar the House Democrats average. The scale runs from 80% to 100% to show the gap.
| Row | Khanna | Peers |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 98.3% | 96.9% |
| Party unity | 98.7% | 96.4% |
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.
25 roll calls the lab flagged as key in the 119th Congress
| Party split (yea–nay) | Why it’s key | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 2026 | Yea | With majority | Passed | D 209–0 · R 191–14 · I 1–0Democrats 209 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 191 yea, 14 nay; Independents 1 yea, 0 nay | became 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 | Nay | With majority | Passed | D 3–207 · R 210–1 · I 1–0Democrats 3 yea, 207 nay; Republicans 210 yea, 1 nay; Independents 1 yea, 0 nay | close vote |
| Sep 16, 2026 | Nay | With majority | Passed | D 6–206 · R 210–1 · I 1–0Democrats 6 yea, 206 nay; Republicans 210 yea, 1 nay; Independents 1 yea, 0 nay | close vote | |
| Sep 16, 2026 | Nay | Against majority | Passed | D 139–72 · R 212–0 · I 1–0Democrats 139 yea, 72 nay; Republicans 212 yea, 0 nay; Independents 1 yea, 0 nay | party 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 | Nay | With majority | Passed | D 58–152 · R 203–7 · I 1–0Democrats 58 yea, 152 nay; Republicans 203 yea, 7 nay; Independents 1 yea, 0 nay | became law · party crossover |
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.
The colleagues who voted the same way as Khanna most often
The colleagues who voted the same way as Khanna least often
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.
119th Congress (2025–27), loads in batches
Khanna sponsored 57 bills in the 119th Congress; 1 became law. Cosponsored 527 others. 3.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (House Democrats average 4.9%; 101st of 207).
The bills Khanna 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.
Counts for the 119th Congress
| Role | Introduced | In committee | Passed one chamber | Passed both chambers | Became law |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sponsored | 57 | 57 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Cosponsored | 527 | 527 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
Ink blocks are bills Khanna sponsored, ochre blocks bills Khanna cosponsored; the figure above each block is the count. Most bills in any legislature never leave committee, so a short staircase is the norm.
of sponsored bills got out of committee
House Democrats average 4.9%. Ranks 101st of 207.
Colleagues who most often cosponsor with Khanna, by number of shared bills in the 119th Congress; the square shows their party.
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 Khanna’s bills; the toggle shows more.
Sponsored and cosponsored, with status and policy area; five are shown, the toggle shows the rest
| H.R. 10875 | To amend titles II and XVIII of the Social Security Act to lower the Medicare eligibility age to 50, and for other purposes. | Cosponsor | Oct 22, 2026 | In committee | Unassigned | Referred 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. 10878 | To establish an independent Truth and Accountability Commission. | Sponsor | Oct 22, 2026 | In committee | Unassigned | Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Oct 22, 2026 |
| H.R. 10879 | Workers’ Right to Compete Act | Sponsor | Oct 22, 2026 | In committee | Unassigned | Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Oct 22, 2026 |
| H.R. 10820 | Epstein Wall Street Records Act of 2026 | Cosponsor | Oct 15, 2026 | In committee | Finance and Financial Sector | Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. Oct 15, 2026 |
| H.R. 10836 | To amend the Uniform Code of Military Justice to prohibit the live broadcast of military executions, and for other purposes. | Cosponsor | Oct 15, 2026 | In committee | Unassigned | Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. Oct 15, 2026 |
A site that changed 34 times in 90 days. Khanna’s official site had 33 pages when last crawled on Oct 25, 2026. The lab last catalogued the images Khanna posted on Oct 20, 2026.
The lab crawls Khanna’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 Khanna posts with a vision model.
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changes in 90 days
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changes in 90 days
“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.
The latest 24, with model-written 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.
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 is the measure on which Khanna 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 …”).
Bulk files with the same data for every official:
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