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Republican · U.S. House, California’s 5th district

Serving since Jan 6, 2009119th Congress (2025–27)next election Nov 3, 2026

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90%
of itemized money from California donors, in the top 5% of House Republicans

90% of the itemized money from individuals in the 2026 cycle came from donors with an address in California. Ranks 3rd of 216, where 1st is the highest share. 523 itemized donors.

Only donors who give more than $200 are reported with an address, so this is the share of that itemized money from donors living in California, ranked among House Republicans. Small gifts are not counted either way. Candidates running statewide or for federal office often draw more money from out of state.

At a glance

6 measures against House Republicans. 26% of McClintock’s statements criticize a policy, 1.7 times the House Republican average of 15%. 5.5% of McClintock’s statements contain a personal attack, 2.5 times the House Republican average of 2.1%.

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

From California, 2026

90%

Of itemized individual dollars · ranks 3rd of 216 House Republicans

Policy criticism

26%

House Republicans average 15% · ranks 14th of 221

Personal attacks

5.5%

House Republicans average 2.1% · ranks 23rd of 221

Extreme labels

6.4%

House Republicans average 3.0% · ranks 25th of 221

Credit claiming

24%

House Republicans average 37% · ranks 189th of 221

CSIP ideology

+1.28

More conservative than 84% of House Republicans · ± 0.01

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

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What McClintock says

McClintock attacks opponents personally more than 89% of House Republicans. Personal attacks in 5.5% of 422 statements, against 2.1% for the average House Republican; 23rd of 221.

An AI model reads each of McClintock’s 422 statements in the 119th Congress (267 posts on X, 111 Congressional Record speeches, 31 press releases, 13 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 Republicans and ranked among them.

Kinds of statement

Share of statements carrying each label, the 119th Congress

0%80%
McClintock
Peers
Rank
Policy discussion284 statements
67%
68%
128th of 221
Policy criticism109 statements
26%
15%
14th of 221
Credit claiming102 statements
24%
37%
189th of 221
Bipartisanship34 statements
8%
9%
98th of 221
Personal attacks23 statements
5%
2%
23rd of 221
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McClintock's share of statements in each category against the House Republicans average.
RowMcClintockPeers
Policy discussion67%68%
Policy criticism26%15%
Credit claiming24%37%
Bipartisanship8%9%
Personal attacks5%2%
422

statements classified

267 posts on X, 111 Congressional Record speeches, 31 press releases, 13 newsletters.

posts on X: 267 (63.3%)posts on X 267Congressional Record speeches: 111 (26.3%)Congressional Record speeches 111press releases: 31 (7.3%)newsletters: 13 (3.1%)
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McClintock's statements by source
PartValue
posts on X267
Congressional Record speeches111
press releases31
newsletters13
How to read the bars

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

Extreme labels

McClintock used extreme labels in 6.4% of statements, 2.1 times the peer average. 27 statements, most often aimed at left; peers 3.0%.

  1. “woke”5
  2. “radical”3
  3. “extreme”1
  4. “far left”1
  5. “fascist”1

Who gets the labels

Targets named alongside an extreme label, by number of statements

  1. left5
  2. leftist3
  3. Democrats2
  4. environmental left2
  5. Gavin Newsom2
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: 242025-02: 172025-03: 92025-04: 122025-05: 372025-06: 282025-07: 292025-08: 162025-09: 252025-10: 162025-11: 322025-12: 262026-01: 162026-02: 132026-03: 322026-04: 292026-05: 72026-06: 212026-07: 82026-08: 72026-09: 152026-10: 3peak 37 · May ’25Personal attackspeak 17.6% · Feb ’25 · latest 6.7%Personal attacks, 2025-01: 8.3% of 24Personal attacks, 2025-02: 17.6% of 17Personal attacks, 2025-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-04: 0.0% of 12Personal attacks, 2025-05: 2.7% of 37Personal attacks, 2025-06: 7.1% of 28Personal attacks, 2025-07: 3.5% of 29Personal attacks, 2025-08: 0.0% of 16Personal attacks, 2025-09: 4.0% of 25Personal attacks, 2025-10: 0.0% of 16Personal attacks, 2025-11: 3.1% of 32Personal attacks, 2025-12: 7.7% of 26Personal attacks, 2026-01: 6.3% of 16Personal attacks, 2026-02: 0.0% of 13Personal attacks, 2026-03: 6.3% of 32Personal attacks, 2026-04: 10.3% of 29Personal attacks, 2026-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-06: 0.0% of 21Personal attacks, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-09: 6.7% of 15Personal attacks, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticismpeak 50.0% · Jan ’25 · latest 6.7%Policy criticism, 2025-01: 50.0% of 24Policy criticism, 2025-02: 41.2% of 17Policy criticism, 2025-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-04: 41.7% of 12Policy criticism, 2025-05: 18.9% of 37Policy criticism, 2025-06: 28.6% of 28Policy criticism, 2025-07: 27.6% of 29Policy criticism, 2025-08: 18.8% of 16Policy criticism, 2025-09: 16.0% of 25Policy criticism, 2025-10: 12.5% of 16Policy criticism, 2025-11: 28.1% of 32Policy criticism, 2025-12: 23.1% of 26Policy criticism, 2026-01: 12.5% of 16Policy criticism, 2026-02: 15.4% of 13Policy criticism, 2026-03: 46.9% of 32Policy criticism, 2026-04: 17.2% of 29Policy criticism, 2026-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-06: 28.6% of 21Policy criticism, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-09: 6.7% of 15Policy criticism, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussionpeak 86.7% · Sep ’26 · latest 86.7%Policy discussion, 2025-01: 58.3% of 24Policy discussion, 2025-02: 52.9% of 17Policy discussion, 2025-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-04: 66.7% of 12Policy discussion, 2025-05: 67.6% of 37Policy discussion, 2025-06: 64.3% of 28Policy discussion, 2025-07: 69.0% of 29Policy discussion, 2025-08: 62.5% of 16Policy discussion, 2025-09: 60.0% of 25Policy discussion, 2025-10: 43.8% of 16Policy discussion, 2025-11: 56.3% of 32Policy discussion, 2025-12: 84.6% of 26Policy discussion, 2026-01: 75.0% of 16Policy discussion, 2026-02: 84.6% of 13Policy discussion, 2026-03: 78.1% of 32Policy discussion, 2026-04: 48.3% of 29Policy discussion, 2026-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-06: 81.0% of 21Policy discussion, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-09: 86.7% of 15Policy discussion, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanshippeak 16.7% · Jan ’25 · latest 13.3%Bipartisanship, 2025-01: 16.7% of 24Bipartisanship, 2025-02: 11.8% of 17Bipartisanship, 2025-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-04: 8.3% of 12Bipartisanship, 2025-05: 10.8% of 37Bipartisanship, 2025-06: 3.6% of 28Bipartisanship, 2025-07: 6.9% of 29Bipartisanship, 2025-08: 6.3% of 16Bipartisanship, 2025-09: 8.0% of 25Bipartisanship, 2025-10: 0.0% of 16Bipartisanship, 2025-11: 9.4% of 32Bipartisanship, 2025-12: 11.5% of 26Bipartisanship, 2026-01: 12.5% of 16Bipartisanship, 2026-02: 0.0% of 13Bipartisanship, 2026-03: 12.5% of 32Bipartisanship, 2026-04: 0.0% of 29Bipartisanship, 2026-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-06: 4.8% of 21Bipartisanship, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-09: 13.3% of 15Bipartisanship, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claimingpeak 43.8% · Mar ’26 · latest 13.3%Credit claiming, 2025-01: 37.5% of 24Credit claiming, 2025-02: 23.5% of 17Credit claiming, 2025-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-04: 8.3% of 12Credit claiming, 2025-05: 24.3% of 37Credit claiming, 2025-06: 21.4% of 28Credit claiming, 2025-07: 41.4% of 29Credit claiming, 2025-08: 25.0% of 16Credit claiming, 2025-09: 12.0% of 25Credit claiming, 2025-10: 18.8% of 16Credit claiming, 2025-11: 15.6% of 32Credit claiming, 2025-12: 30.8% of 26Credit claiming, 2026-01: 25.0% of 16Credit claiming, 2026-02: 38.5% of 13Credit claiming, 2026-03: 43.8% of 32Credit claiming, 2026-04: 6.9% of 29Credit claiming, 2026-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-06: 38.1% of 21Credit claiming, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-09: 13.3% of 15Credit claiming, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labelspeak 18.8% · Nov ’25 · latest 0.0%Extreme labels, 2025-01: 4.2% of 24Extreme labels, 2025-02: 17.6% of 17Extreme labels, 2025-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-04: 8.3% of 12Extreme labels, 2025-05: 8.1% of 37Extreme labels, 2025-06: 7.1% of 28Extreme labels, 2025-07: 6.9% of 29Extreme labels, 2025-08: 6.3% of 16Extreme labels, 2025-09: 12.0% of 25Extreme labels, 2025-10: 6.3% of 16Extreme labels, 2025-11: 18.8% of 32Extreme labels, 2025-12: 0.0% of 26Extreme labels, 2026-01: 0.0% of 16Extreme labels, 2026-02: 7.7% of 13Extreme labels, 2026-03: 6.3% of 32Extreme labels, 2026-04: 0.0% of 29Extreme labels, 2026-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-06: 4.8% of 21Extreme labels, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-09: 0.0% of 15Extreme labels, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Jan ’25Jul ’25Jan ’26Jul ’26Oct ’26
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Monthly rates for McClintock, 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 ’25248.3%50.0%58.3%16.7%37.5%4.2%
Feb ’251717.6%41.2%52.9%11.8%23.5%17.6%
Mar ’259— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Apr ’25120.0%41.7%66.7%8.3%8.3%8.3%
May ’25372.7%18.9%67.6%10.8%24.3%8.1%
Jun ’25287.1%28.6%64.3%3.6%21.4%7.1%
Jul ’25293.5%27.6%69.0%6.9%41.4%6.9%
Aug ’25160.0%18.8%62.5%6.3%25.0%6.3%
Sep ’25254.0%16.0%60.0%8.0%12.0%12.0%
Oct ’25160.0%12.5%43.8%0.0%18.8%6.3%
Nov ’25323.1%28.1%56.3%9.4%15.6%18.8%
Dec ’25267.7%23.1%84.6%11.5%30.8%0.0%
Jan ’26166.3%12.5%75.0%12.5%25.0%0.0%
Feb ’26130.0%15.4%84.6%0.0%38.5%7.7%
Mar ’26326.3%46.9%78.1%12.5%43.8%6.3%
Apr ’262910.3%17.2%48.3%0.0%6.9%0.0%
May ’267— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Jun ’26210.0%28.6%81.0%4.8%38.1%4.8%
Jul ’268— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Aug ’267— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Sep ’26156.7%6.7%86.7%13.3%13.3%0.0%
Oct ’263— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
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%. 5 months are hatched here.

In McClintock’s words

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

Policy criticism

The Action Versus No Action Act Passes House Natural Resources Committee Washington, D.C. – H.R. 184, the Action Versus No Action Act, has passed the House Natural Resources Committee. The legislation represents a practical step toward restoring active management to federal forests, reducing wildfir…

Sep 15, 2026 · Press releases · policy criticism; policy discussion; Environmental Protection; Public Lands and Natural Resources; Emergency Management · Source

Personal attacks

Strengthening Coordination with Gateway Communities Act Washington, D.C. - Congressman Tom McClintock’s legislation, H.R. 10128, the Strengthening Coordination with Gateway Communities Act, was heard in a legislative hearing today in the House Natural Resources Committee. The legislation, H.R. 10128…

Sep 2, 2026 · Press releases · personal attacks; policy discussion; credit claiming; Public Lands and Natural Resources; Government Operations and Politics; Transportation and Public Works; target: park superintendents · Source

Extreme label

Mr. Speaker, a full-court press is being waged in the media to bring back Yosemite Valley's restrictive reservation system. Viral videos of crowds on Memorial Day now stoke this movement. Those complaining of crowds during peak weekends, of course, envision that they should be able to enter the park…

Jun 10, 2026 · Congressional Record · policy criticism; policy discussion; credit claiming; Public Lands and Natural Resources; Transportation and Public Works; Emergency Management; Science, Technology, Communications; Government Operations and Politics; Environmental Protection; extreme label “radical” aimed at green left, environmental left, Yosemite Plan · 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. Press releases

    Strengthening Coordination with Gateway Communities Act Washington, D.C. - Congressman Tom McClintock’s legislation, H.R. 10128, the Strengthening Coordination with Gateway Communities Act, was heard in a legislative hearing today in the House Natural Resources Committee. The legislation, H.R. 10128, will codify into law an order signed by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum in 2025 to enhance coordination between the Nat…

    personal attacks · policy discussion · credit claiming · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Government Operations and Politics · Transportation and Public Works · target: park superintendentsSource

  2. 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 · Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues · target: James ComeySource

  3. Posts on X

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

    personal attacks · target: Jimmy KimmelSource

  4. Congressional Record

    Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, for 4 years, our Nation suffered the largest illegal, mass migration in history at the hands of the Democrats. The cost to our country is immense: hospitals overrun with illegals demanding care; food pantries and homeless shelters overwhelmed; classrooms packed with non-English speaking students; rampant child, sex, and labor trafficking; hundreds o…

    personal attacks · policy criticism · policy discussion · credit claiming · Immigration · Education · Law · Crime and Law Enforcement · Health · Labor and Employment · Housing and Community Development · Economics and Public Finance · Emergency Management · TaxationSource

  5. Congressional Record

    Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I can't blame the ranking member for digressing into his Trump derangement syndrome. That is a lot easier, I suspect, than explaining why Democrats believe that aliens who have defrauded American taxpayers and stolen people's identities should remain in our country. That is their sanctuary policy in a nutshell. I wouldn't want to try to defend that…

    personal attacks · policy criticism · policy discussion · Immigration · target: ranking memberSource

All 422 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: 267 posts on X, 111 Congressional Record speeches, 31 press releases, 13 newsletters.

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Policy

Immigration is what McClintock talks about most: 33% of policy statements, 2.4 times the peer share. Talk and legislation agree at 0.63 on a 0–1 scale (House Republicans average 0.64; 143rd of 221).

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 McClintock talks about. The bills McClintock sponsors and cosponsors carry the same areas, so the two can be compared.

What McClintock talks about

Share of policy statements by area, the 119th Congress

0%36%
McClintock
Peers
Immigration92 statements
33%
13%
Economics and Public Finance66 statements
23%
19%
Government Operations and Politics64 statements
23%
19%
Crime and Law Enforcement62 statements
22%
12%
Public Lands and Natural Resources39 statements
14%
4%
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Policy areas McClintock talks about, as a share of policy statements, against the House Republicans average.
RowMcClintockPeers
Immigration33%13%
Economics and Public Finance23%19%
Government Operations and Politics23%19%
Crime and Law Enforcement22%12%
Public Lands and Natural Resources14%4%
How to read the bars

The thick bar is the share of McClintock’s policy statements in an area; the thin grey bar is the average share for House Republicans. 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 36%. Grey ticks are the House Republicans averages.

Talks aboutLegislates onImmigrationImmigration, talks about: 33% (House Republicans 13%)33%Immigration, legislates on: 17% (House Republicans 5%)17%Economics and Public FinanceEconomics and Public Finance, talks about: 23% (House Republicans 19%)23%Economics and Public Finance, legislates on: 10% (House Republicans 2%)10%Government Operations andPoliticsGovernment Operations and Politics, talks about: 23% (House Republicans 19%)23%Government Operations and Politics, legislates on: 13% (House Republicans 12%)13%Crime and Law EnforcementCrime and Law Enforcement, talks about: 22% (House Republicans 12%)22%Crime and Law Enforcement, legislates on: 5% (House Republicans 9%)5%Public Lands and NaturalResourcesPublic Lands and Natural Resources, talks about: 14% (House Republicans 4%)14%Public Lands and Natural Resources, legislates on: 17% (House Republicans 3%)17%
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McClintock's share of statements against share of bills in each policy area.
AreaTalks aboutHouse Republicans, talks aboutLegislates onHouse Republicans, legislates on
Immigration33%13%17%5%
Economics and Public Finance23%19%10%2%
Government Operations and Politics23%19%13%12%
Crime and Law Enforcement22%12%5%9%
Public Lands and Natural Resources14%4%17%3%
0.63

talk-to-bills agreement, 0 to 1

House Republicans average 0.64. Ranks 143rd of 221.

What agreement means, and what it doesn’t

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

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Ideology

McClintock sits at +1.28 on the CSIP scale, right of 0, more conservative than 84% of House Republicans. Approximate range +1.27 to +1.30, which understates the uncertainty; from 3,177 donors and 7,464 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”.

+1.28

CSIP ideal point

Approximate range +1.27 to +1.30. From 3,177 donors and 7,464 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

← More liberalMore conservative →0McClintock +1.3House Republicans +1.0All House +0.3

The outlined dot is McClintock, 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 McClintock’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 McClintock sits

Every official in each group, on the CSIP scale

−2.0−1.00.0+1.0+2.0← More liberalMore conservative →House Republicansmedian +1.0McClintock +1.3All Housemedian +0.3
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McClintock's CSIP score of +1.28 placed against House Republicans, All House.
GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of McClintock
House Republicans221+1.084%
All House439+0.392%
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 McClintock 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 McClintock.

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Money

McClintock raised $1.3M in the 2026 cycle, below the House Republicans’ median of $2.2M. 13% of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less. 90% 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.

Election cycle
$1.3M

raised in the 2026 cycle

From 523 itemized donors. House Republicans’ median $2.2M.

Where the money came from

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

Itemized individual (over $200): $923.1K (73.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $923.1K (73.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $923.1K (73.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $923.1K (73.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $923.1K (73.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $923.1K (73.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $923.1K (73.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $923.1K (73.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $923.1K (73.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $923.1K (73.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $923.1K (73.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $923.1K (73.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $923.1K (73.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $923.1K (73.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $923.1K (73.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $923.1K (73.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $923.1K (73.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $923.1K (73.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $923.1K (73.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $923.1K (73.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $923.1K (73.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $923.1K (73.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $923.1K (73.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $923.1K (73.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $923.1K (73.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $923.1K (73.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $923.1K (73.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $923.1K (73.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $923.1K (73.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $923.1K (73.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $923.1K (73.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $923.1K (73.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $923.1K (73.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $923.1K (73.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $923.1K (73.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $923.1K (73.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $923.1K (73.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $923.1K (73.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $923.1K (73.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $923.1K (73.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $923.1K (73.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $923.1K (73.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $923.1K (73.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $923.1K (73.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $923.1K (73.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $923.1K (73.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $923.1K (73.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $923.1K (73.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $923.1K (73.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $923.1K (73.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $923.1K (73.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $923.1K (73.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $923.1K (73.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $923.1K (73.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $923.1K (73.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $923.1K (73.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $923.1K (73.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $923.1K (73.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $923.1K (73.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $923.1K (73.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $923.1K (73.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $923.1K (73.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $923.1K (73.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $923.1K (73.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $923.1K (73.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $923.1K (73.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $923.1K (73.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $923.1K (73.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $923.1K (73.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $923.1K (73.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $923.1K (73.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $923.1K (73.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $923.1K (73.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $923.1K (73.7%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $133.0K (10.6%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $133.0K (10.6%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $133.0K (10.6%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $133.0K (10.6%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $133.0K (10.6%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $133.0K (10.6%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $133.0K (10.6%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $133.0K (10.6%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $133.0K (10.6%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $133.0K (10.6%)PACs and other committees: $195.9K (15.6%)PACs and other committees: $195.9K (15.6%)PACs and other committees: $195.9K (15.6%)PACs and other committees: $195.9K (15.6%)PACs and other committees: $195.9K (15.6%)PACs and other committees: $195.9K (15.6%)PACs and other committees: $195.9K (15.6%)PACs and other committees: $195.9K (15.6%)PACs and other committees: $195.9K (15.6%)PACs and other committees: $195.9K (15.6%)PACs and other committees: $195.9K (15.6%)PACs and other committees: $195.9K (15.6%)PACs and other committees: $195.9K (15.6%)PACs and other committees: $195.9K (15.6%)PACs and other committees: $195.9K (15.6%)PACs and other committees: $195.9K (15.6%)
  • Itemized individual (over $200)74 squares$923.1K
  • Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less)10 squares$133.0K
  • PACs and other committees16 squares$195.9K
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Sources of McClintock's money, 2026 cycle, one square per percent
SourceAmountShare
Itemized individual (over $200)$923.1K73.7%
Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less)$133.0K10.6%
PACs and other committees$195.9K15.6%
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, 2020 to 2026. The grey line is the House Republicans’ median for 2026.

2020 cycle: $2.1M$2.1M20202022 cycle: $1.7M$1.7M20222024 cycle: $1.2M$1.2M20242026 cycle: $1.3M$1.3M2026House Republicans median $2.2M
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McClintock's receipts by cycle against the 2026 House Republicans median.
ItemValue
2020 cycle$2.1M
2022 cycle$1.7M
2024 cycle$1.2M
2026 cycle$1.3M

Top donor states, 2026

Itemized contributions by donor state. 90% came from California.

  1. California$550.1K
  2. Virginia$9,500
  3. Tennessee$8,000
  4. Nevada$7,650
  5. Florida$7,250

Small donations

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

0%60%
McClintock
Median
2026
13%
9%
2024
19%
9%
2022
26%
9%
2020
31%
9%
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Small-donor share by cycle against the House Republicans median
RowMcClintockMedian
2026 cycle13%9%
2024 cycle19%9%
2022 cycle26%9%
2020 cycle31%9%

Where itemized donors live

Individuals who gave more than $200, by donor state

Alaska: no dataAKMaine: no dataMEVermont: no dataVTNew Hampshire: no dataNHWashington: $150WAIdaho: no dataIDMontana: $600MTNorth Dakota: no dataNDMinnesota: no dataMNIllinois: $250ILWisconsin: no dataWIMichigan: $500MINew York: $500NYRhode Island: no dataRIMassachusetts: $200MAOregon: $150ORNevada: $7,650NVWyoming: $1,500WYSouth Dakota: no dataSDIowa: no dataIAIndiana: no dataINOhio: $3,000OHPennsylvania: no dataPANew Jersey: no dataNJConnecticut: $715CTCalifornia: $550.1KCAUtah: $2,500UTColorado: $1,250CONebraska: no dataNEMissouri: $75MOKentucky: no dataKYWest Virginia: no dataWVVirginia: $9,500VAMaryland: $3,250MDDelaware: no dataDEArizona: $1,975AZNew Mexico: no dataNMKansas: $2,700KSArkansas: no dataARTennessee: $8,000TNNorth Carolina: no dataNCSouth Carolina: no dataSCDistrict of Columbia: $5,750DCOklahoma: no dataOKLouisiana: no dataLAMississippi: no dataMSAlabama: no dataALGeorgia: $1,500GAHawaii: no dataHITexas: $3,700TXFlorida: $7,250FL
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McClintock's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2026 cycle
StateValue
California$550.1K
Virginia$9,500
Tennessee$8,000
Nevada$7,650
Florida$7,250
District of Columbia$5,750
Texas$3,700
Maryland$3,250
Ohio$3,000
Kansas$2,700
Utah$2,500
Arizona$1,975
Wyoming$1,500
Georgia$1,500
Colorado$1,250
Connecticut$715
Montana$600
Michigan$500
New York$500
Illinois$250
Massachusetts$200
Washington$150
Oregon$150
Missouri$75
AlaskaNo data
MaineNo data
VermontNo data
New HampshireNo data
IdahoNo data
North DakotaNo data
MinnesotaNo data
WisconsinNo data
Rhode IslandNo data
South DakotaNo data
IowaNo data
IndianaNo data
PennsylvaniaNo data
New JerseyNo data
NebraskaNo data
KentuckyNo data
West VirginiaNo data
DelawareNo data
New MexicoNo data
ArkansasNo data
North CarolinaNo data
South CarolinaNo data
OklahomaNo data
LouisianaNo data
MississippiNo data
AlabamaNo data
HawaiiNo data
523

itemized donors

People who gave more than $200

90%

from California

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 California. Gifts of $200 or less carry no address and are left out.

Donors’ ideology

Distribution of itemized donors’ own CSIP scores

CSIP −1.00 to −0.75: 0.4%CSIP −0.50 to −0.25: 1.4%CSIP −0.25 to 0.00: 1.9%CSIP 0.00 to +0.25: 2.7%CSIP +0.25 to +0.50: 4.5%CSIP +0.50 to +0.75: 11%CSIP +0.75 to +1.00: 26%CSIP +1.00 to +1.25: 27%27%CSIP +1.25 to +1.50: 25%← More liberalMore conservative →0
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Ideology of McClintock's itemized donors in 2026, from −1.00 to +1.50: 11% between +0.50 and +0.75, 26% between +0.75 and +1.00, 27% between +1.00 and +1.25, 25% between +1.25 and +1.50.
ItemValue
CSIP −1.00 to −0.750.4%
CSIP −0.50 to −0.251.4%
CSIP −0.25 to 0.001.9%
CSIP 0.00 to +0.252.7%
CSIP +0.25 to +0.504.5%
CSIP +0.50 to +0.7511%
CSIP +0.75 to +1.0026%
CSIP +1.00 to +1.2527%
CSIP +1.25 to +1.5025%
How to read the columns

Donors who give to many candidates get their own CSIP score. Each column is the share of McClintock’s itemized money from donors in that part of the scale, blue left of 0 and red right of 0, deeper further out; McClintock’s own score is +1.28.

Top donor occupations

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. RETIRED$184.2K 237 donors
  2. CEO$37.5K 15 donors
  3. OWNER$32.1K 16 donors
  4. HOMEMAKER$28.9K 16 donors
  5. PRESIDENT$24.4K 13 donors

Top committees

PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.

  1. EUREKA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10.0K
  2. MAJORITY COMMITTEE PAC--MC PAC$10.0K
  3. SUPPORT TAXFIGHTERS & ELECT EFFECTIVE LEADERS PAC$10.0K
  4. AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$7,500
  5. RAPTOR PAC$6,000

Top employers

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. NOT PROVIDED$11.5K 11 donors
  2. TREH VIII LLC$2,000 5 donors

Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

Back to topNext: Votes

Votes

McClintock voted with the majority of House Republicans on 98.2% of party-line votes and missed 3.3% of 674 roll calls. House Republicans on average: 97.1% party unity, 96.3% attendance. Across all roll calls, McClintock voted against the majority of House Republicans 49 times.

674 roll calls McClintock could vote on in the 119th Congress, compared with House Republicans. 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 McClintock voted with the majority of House Republicans. The count of votes against that majority covers every roll call where the majority took a side.

49

votes against the majority of House Republicans

Party unity 98.2%, House Republicans average 97.1%, ranks 114th of 221. 674 roll calls in the 119th Congress.

Attendance and party unity

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

80%100%
McClintock
Peers
Rank
Attendance
96.7%
96.3%
160th of 221
Party unity
98.2%
97.1%
114th of 221
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McClintock's attendance and party unity against House Republicans.
RowMcClintockPeers
Attendance96.7%96.3%
Party unity98.2%97.1%
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
YeaWith 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
YeaWith 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
NayAgainst 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 McClintock most often

  1. Mike JohnsonR503 shared votes95%
  2. Doug LamalfaR339 shared votes95%
  3. Thomas TiffanyR584 shared votes94%
  4. Clay FullerR205 shared votes94%
  5. Brandon GillR639 shared votes94%

Votes least often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as McClintock least often

  1. Adelita GrijalvaD373 shared votes20%
  2. Delia RamirezD620 shared votes20%
  3. Gregorio CasarD560 shared votes20%
  4. Rashida TlaibD636 shared votes20%
  5. Ayanna PressleyD634 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

McClintock sponsored 26 bills in the 119th Congress; none became law. Cosponsored 73 others. 27% of sponsored bills got out of committee (House Republicans average 17%; 40th of 216).

The bills McClintock 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: 44Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 00Sponsored, Became law: 00Cosponsored73 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 7373Cosponsored, In committee: 7373Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 1515Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 00Cosponsored, Became law: 00IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
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Bills McClintock sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
Sponsored2626400
Cosponsored73731500
How to read the blocks

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

27%

of sponsored bills got out of committee

House Republicans average 17%. Ranks 40th of 216.

Cosponsorship partners

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

  1. Ken Calvert13
  2. Darrell Issa13
  3. Doug Lamalfa13
  4. Randy Weber Sr.10
  5. Vince Fong10
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 McClintock’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. 10377MAGA ActCosponsorSep 15, 2026In committeeGovernment Operations and PoliticsReferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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 15, 2026
H.R. 10327Cost Estimates Improvement ActCosponsorSep 10, 2026In committeeEconomics and Public FinanceReferred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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 10, 2026
H.R. 10192GRANT Reform Act of 2026SponsorAug 31, 2026In committeeGovernment Operations and PoliticsReferred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Aug 31, 2026
H.R. 10128To codify Secretary's Order 3434 of the Department of the Interior.SponsorAug 20, 2026In committeePublic Lands and Natural ResourcesSubcommittee Hearings Held Sep 2, 2026
H.R. 8990Protect Domestic Oil and Gas Small Business Act of 2026CosponsorMay 21, 2026In committeeEnvironmental ProtectionReferred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. May 21, 2026

Back to topNext: Online

Online

A site that changed 48 times in 90 days. McClintock’s official site had 36 pages when last crawled on Oct 25, 2026. The lab last catalogued the images McClintock posted on Oct 25, 2026.

The lab crawls McClintock’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 McClintock 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.

Social accounts

Images McClintock posted

The latest 24, with model-written descriptions

  • An older man speaks into a microphone on a stage while holding papers, facing an audience seated in rows. Behind him is a large patriotic veterans’ emblem, with musical equipment and instruments onstage. Text is visible on the emblem.
    An older man speaks into a microphone on a stage while holding papers, facing an audience seated in rows. Behind him is a large patriotic veterans’ emblem, with musical equipment and instruments onstage. Text is visible on the emblem.View post
  • An audience of mostly older adults, many wearing dark shirts and veterans' caps, sits facing a man speaking into a microphone in a hall. A stage behind him holds musical instruments, an American flag, and a large patriotic emblem with text.
    An audience of mostly older adults, many wearing dark shirts and veterans' caps, sits facing a man speaking into a microphone in a hall. A stage behind him holds musical instruments, an American flag, and a large patriotic emblem with text.View post
  • A large group of people pose for a photo inside an industrial manufacturing facility. An American flag hangs behind them, with machinery, equipment, and a mezzanine visible. There is text on a sign in the background.
    A large group of people pose for a photo inside an industrial manufacturing facility. An American flag hangs behind them, with machinery, equipment, and a mezzanine visible. There is text on a sign in the background.View post
  • Several men in suits and safety glasses tour an industrial research lab, looking at machinery and computer equipment. Some small text is visible on signs and equipment.
    Several men in suits and safety glasses tour an industrial research lab, looking at machinery and computer equipment. Some small text is visible on signs and equipment.View post
  • Three men in suits stand in a technical training workshop. One man gestures toward equipment while the others listen. There is text on signs attached to the machinery.
    Three men in suits stand in a technical training workshop. One man gestures toward equipment while the others listen. There is text on signs attached to the machinery.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 McClintock is most unusual among House Republicans, 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
M001177
Bioguide
M001177
FEC candidate ids
H6CA21135, H8CA04152

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.

America’s Political Pulse · Polarization Research Lab

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