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Republican · U.S. House, Kentucky’s 4th district

Serving since Nov 13, 2012119th Congress (2025–27)next election Nov 3, 2026

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Portrait of Thomas Massie, rendered as a two-tone print
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163
votes against the majority of House Republicans

Party unity 85%, in the bottom 5% of House Republicans (average 97.1%). 674 roll calls in the 119th Congress.

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 Massie voted with the majority of House Republicans; it is ranked among House Republicans. The count covers every roll call where Massie voted opposite that majority.

At a glance

6 measures against House Republicans. 13% of Massie’s statements claim credit, in the bottom 5% of House Republicans (average 37%). 6.7% of Massie’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Kentucky, in the bottom 5% of House Republicans.

The measures on which Massie 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.

Party unity

85%

House Republicans average 97.1% · ranks 218th of 221 · 163 votes against the majority of House Republicans

Credit claiming

13%

House Republicans average 37% · ranks 218th of 221

From Kentucky, 2026

6.7%

Of itemized individual dollars · ranks 213th of 216 House Republicans

Policy discussion

40%

House Republicans average 68% · ranks 215th of 221

Raised, 2026

$8.9M

House Republicans’ median $2.2M · ranks 13th of 220

CSIP ideology

+1.15

Right of 0, the centre of the scale · ± 0.01

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

Back to topNext: What politicians say

What Massie says

Massie claims credit less than 98% of House Republicans. Credit claiming in 13% of 4,117 statements, against 37% for the average House Republican; 218th of 221.

An AI model reads each of Massie’s 4,117 statements in the 119th Congress (4,015 posts on X, 56 Congressional Record speeches, 33 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%
Massie
Peers
Rank
Policy discussion1,657 statements
40%
68%
215th of 221
Policy criticism800 statements
19%
15%
50th of 221
Credit claiming520 statements
13%
37%
218th of 221
Personal attacks206 statements
5%
2%
29th of 221
Bipartisanship122 statements
3%
9%
195th of 221
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Massie's share of statements in each category against the House Republicans average.
RowMassiePeers
Policy discussion40%68%
Policy criticism19%15%
Credit claiming13%37%
Personal attacks5%2%
Bipartisanship3%9%
4,117

statements classified

4,015 posts on X, 56 Congressional Record speeches, 33 press releases, 13 newsletters.

posts on X: 4,015 (97.5%)posts on X 4,015Congressional Record speeches: 56 (1.4%)press releases: 33 (0.8%)newsletters: 13 (0.3%)
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Massie's statements by source
PartValue
posts on X4,015
Congressional Record speeches56
press releases33
newsletters13
How to read the bars

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

Extreme labels

Massie used extreme labels in 1.5% of statements, below the peer average. 61 statements, most often aimed at MAGA; peers 3.0%.

  1. “MAGA”35
  2. “radical”4
  3. “communist”3
  4. “woke”2
  5. “extreme”1

Who gets the labels

Targets named alongside an extreme label, by number of statements

  1. MAGA16
  2. MAGA Kentucky3
  3. MAGA Ky2
  4. @realDonaldTrump1
  5. Alan Dershowitz1
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: 2112025-02: 1222025-03: 1432025-04: 1612025-05: 1562025-06: 2892025-07: 2602025-08: 2082025-09: 2062025-10: 1632025-11: 2042025-12: 2072026-01: 1892026-02: 2232026-03: 1802026-04: 532026-05: 1022026-06: 1662026-07: 1992026-08: 2802026-09: 2492026-10: 146peak 289 · Jun ’25Personal attackspeak 8.6% · Oct ’25 · latest 2.1%Personal attacks, 2025-01: 5.7% of 211Personal attacks, 2025-02: 6.6% of 122Personal attacks, 2025-03: 4.9% of 143Personal attacks, 2025-04: 4.3% of 161Personal attacks, 2025-05: 1.9% of 156Personal attacks, 2025-06: 7.6% of 289Personal attacks, 2025-07: 5.4% of 260Personal attacks, 2025-08: 2.4% of 208Personal attacks, 2025-09: 2.4% of 206Personal attacks, 2025-10: 8.6% of 163Personal attacks, 2025-11: 4.9% of 204Personal attacks, 2025-12: 4.8% of 207Personal attacks, 2026-01: 4.2% of 189Personal attacks, 2026-02: 4.5% of 223Personal attacks, 2026-03: 0.0% of 180Personal attacks, 2026-04: 7.5% of 53Personal attacks, 2026-05: 1.0% of 102Personal attacks, 2026-06: 6.0% of 166Personal attacks, 2026-07: 6.5% of 199Personal attacks, 2026-08: 7.5% of 280Personal attacks, 2026-09: 7.6% of 249Personal attacks, 2026-10: 2.1% of 146Policy criticismpeak 36.9% · Feb ’25 · latest 6.9%Policy criticism, 2025-01: 21.3% of 211Policy criticism, 2025-02: 36.9% of 122Policy criticism, 2025-03: 36.4% of 143Policy criticism, 2025-04: 28.6% of 161Policy criticism, 2025-05: 26.3% of 156Policy criticism, 2025-06: 26.6% of 289Policy criticism, 2025-07: 12.3% of 260Policy criticism, 2025-08: 20.2% of 208Policy criticism, 2025-09: 16.0% of 206Policy criticism, 2025-10: 22.1% of 163Policy criticism, 2025-11: 16.7% of 204Policy criticism, 2025-12: 15.9% of 207Policy criticism, 2026-01: 18.5% of 189Policy criticism, 2026-02: 18.8% of 223Policy criticism, 2026-03: 22.8% of 180Policy criticism, 2026-04: 18.9% of 53Policy criticism, 2026-05: 14.7% of 102Policy criticism, 2026-06: 31.3% of 166Policy criticism, 2026-07: 19.1% of 199Policy criticism, 2026-08: 10.7% of 280Policy criticism, 2026-09: 4.4% of 249Policy criticism, 2026-10: 6.9% of 146Policy discussionpeak 62.3% · Feb ’25 · latest 53.4%Policy discussion, 2025-01: 30.3% of 211Policy discussion, 2025-02: 62.3% of 122Policy discussion, 2025-03: 49.6% of 143Policy discussion, 2025-04: 39.1% of 161Policy discussion, 2025-05: 34.0% of 156Policy discussion, 2025-06: 37.4% of 289Policy discussion, 2025-07: 30.8% of 260Policy discussion, 2025-08: 29.3% of 208Policy discussion, 2025-09: 31.6% of 206Policy discussion, 2025-10: 36.2% of 163Policy discussion, 2025-11: 29.9% of 204Policy discussion, 2025-12: 42.0% of 207Policy discussion, 2026-01: 52.9% of 189Policy discussion, 2026-02: 29.1% of 223Policy discussion, 2026-03: 44.4% of 180Policy discussion, 2026-04: 30.2% of 53Policy discussion, 2026-05: 34.3% of 102Policy discussion, 2026-06: 42.2% of 166Policy discussion, 2026-07: 55.3% of 199Policy discussion, 2026-08: 43.2% of 280Policy discussion, 2026-09: 53.8% of 249Policy discussion, 2026-10: 53.4% of 146Bipartisanshippeak 7.8% · Nov ’25 · latest 2.1%Bipartisanship, 2025-01: 0.9% of 211Bipartisanship, 2025-02: 0.8% of 122Bipartisanship, 2025-03: 0.7% of 143Bipartisanship, 2025-04: 1.2% of 161Bipartisanship, 2025-05: 1.3% of 156Bipartisanship, 2025-06: 2.1% of 289Bipartisanship, 2025-07: 3.1% of 260Bipartisanship, 2025-08: 1.0% of 208Bipartisanship, 2025-09: 4.4% of 206Bipartisanship, 2025-10: 2.5% of 163Bipartisanship, 2025-11: 7.8% of 204Bipartisanship, 2025-12: 1.9% of 207Bipartisanship, 2026-01: 3.7% of 189Bipartisanship, 2026-02: 4.0% of 223Bipartisanship, 2026-03: 3.3% of 180Bipartisanship, 2026-04: 7.5% of 53Bipartisanship, 2026-05: 4.9% of 102Bipartisanship, 2026-06: 4.2% of 166Bipartisanship, 2026-07: 4.5% of 199Bipartisanship, 2026-08: 2.1% of 280Bipartisanship, 2026-09: 3.6% of 249Bipartisanship, 2026-10: 2.1% of 146Credit claimingpeak 26.2% · Feb ’25 · latest 10.3%Credit claiming, 2025-01: 11.8% of 211Credit claiming, 2025-02: 26.2% of 122Credit claiming, 2025-03: 15.4% of 143Credit claiming, 2025-04: 10.6% of 161Credit claiming, 2025-05: 6.4% of 156Credit claiming, 2025-06: 7.3% of 289Credit claiming, 2025-07: 13.1% of 260Credit claiming, 2025-08: 9.1% of 208Credit claiming, 2025-09: 16.5% of 206Credit claiming, 2025-10: 14.1% of 163Credit claiming, 2025-11: 21.6% of 204Credit claiming, 2025-12: 11.1% of 207Credit claiming, 2026-01: 9.0% of 189Credit claiming, 2026-02: 12.1% of 223Credit claiming, 2026-03: 20.6% of 180Credit claiming, 2026-04: 20.8% of 53Credit claiming, 2026-05: 22.6% of 102Credit claiming, 2026-06: 10.8% of 166Credit claiming, 2026-07: 9.6% of 199Credit claiming, 2026-08: 8.6% of 280Credit claiming, 2026-09: 10.0% of 249Credit claiming, 2026-10: 10.3% of 146Extreme labelspeak 3.9% · Aug ’25 · latest 0.0%Extreme labels, 2025-01: 0.9% of 211Extreme labels, 2025-02: 1.6% of 122Extreme labels, 2025-03: 2.1% of 143Extreme labels, 2025-04: 1.2% of 161Extreme labels, 2025-05: 0.6% of 156Extreme labels, 2025-06: 0.4% of 289Extreme labels, 2025-07: 1.1% of 260Extreme labels, 2025-08: 3.9% of 208Extreme labels, 2025-09: 1.5% of 206Extreme labels, 2025-10: 1.8% of 163Extreme labels, 2025-11: 2.0% of 204Extreme labels, 2025-12: 1.5% of 207Extreme labels, 2026-01: 1.1% of 189Extreme labels, 2026-02: 1.4% of 223Extreme labels, 2026-03: 1.1% of 180Extreme labels, 2026-04: 1.9% of 53Extreme labels, 2026-05: 2.0% of 102Extreme labels, 2026-06: 3.0% of 166Extreme labels, 2026-07: 0.5% of 199Extreme labels, 2026-08: 3.2% of 280Extreme labels, 2026-09: 0.4% of 249Extreme labels, 2026-10: 0.0% of 146Jan ’25Jul ’25Jan ’26Jul ’26Oct ’26
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Monthly rates for Massie, 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 ’252115.7%21.3%30.3%0.9%11.8%0.9%
Feb ’251226.6%36.9%62.3%0.8%26.2%1.6%
Mar ’251434.9%36.4%49.6%0.7%15.4%2.1%
Apr ’251614.3%28.6%39.1%1.2%10.6%1.2%
May ’251561.9%26.3%34.0%1.3%6.4%0.6%
Jun ’252897.6%26.6%37.4%2.1%7.3%0.4%
Jul ’252605.4%12.3%30.8%3.1%13.1%1.1%
Aug ’252082.4%20.2%29.3%1.0%9.1%3.9%
Sep ’252062.4%16.0%31.6%4.4%16.5%1.5%
Oct ’251638.6%22.1%36.2%2.5%14.1%1.8%
Nov ’252044.9%16.7%29.9%7.8%21.6%2.0%
Dec ’252074.8%15.9%42.0%1.9%11.1%1.5%
Jan ’261894.2%18.5%52.9%3.7%9.0%1.1%
Feb ’262234.5%18.8%29.1%4.0%12.1%1.4%
Mar ’261800.0%22.8%44.4%3.3%20.6%1.1%
Apr ’26537.5%18.9%30.2%7.5%20.8%1.9%
May ’261021.0%14.7%34.3%4.9%22.6%2.0%
Jun ’261666.0%31.3%42.2%4.2%10.8%3.0%
Jul ’261996.5%19.1%55.3%4.5%9.6%0.5%
Aug ’262807.5%10.7%43.2%2.1%8.6%3.2%
Sep ’262497.6%4.4%53.8%3.6%10.0%0.4%
Oct ’261462.1%6.9%53.4%2.1%10.3%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 Massie’s words

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

Bipartisanship

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

Oct 5, 2026 · Posts on X · policy discussion; bipartisanship; credit claiming; Agriculture and Food; Commerce · Source

Credit claiming

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

Oct 24, 2026 · Posts on X · policy discussion; credit claiming; Government Operations and Politics · Source

Extreme label

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

Sep 16, 2026 · Posts on X · policy discussion; credit claiming; Armed Forces and National Security; Government Operations and Politics; extreme label “MAGA” aimed at MAGA grifters · Source

Examples by category

Up to five recent statements in each category

Category

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

  1. Posts on X

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

    personal attacks · target: wealthissimpleSource

  2. Posts on X

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

    personal attacks · policy discussion · ImmigrationSource

  3. 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 Security · target: SecDefSource

  4. Posts on X

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

    personal attacks · target: Louisa ClarySource

  5. 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 Security · International Affairs · Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues · Law · target: SecWarSource

All 4,117 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: 4,015 posts on X, 56 Congressional Record speeches, 33 press releases, 13 newsletters.

Back to topNext: Policy

Policy

Government Operations and Politics is what Massie talks about most: 31% of policy statements, above the peer share. Talk and legislation agree at 0.61 on a 0–1 scale (House Republicans average 0.64; 170th 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 Massie talks about. The bills Massie sponsors and cosponsors carry the same areas, so the two can be compared.

What Massie talks about

Share of policy statements by area, the 119th Congress

0%35%
Massie
Peers
Government Operations and Politics511 statements
31%
19%
Economics and Public Finance381 statements
23%
19%
Armed Forces and National Security281 statements
17%
24%
Crime and Law Enforcement273 statements
16%
12%
International Affairs205 statements
12%
9%
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Policy areas Massie talks about, as a share of policy statements, against the House Republicans average.
RowMassiePeers
Government Operations and Politics31%19%
Economics and Public Finance23%19%
Armed Forces and National Security17%24%
Crime and Law Enforcement16%12%
International Affairs12%9%
How to read the bars

The thick bar is the share of Massie’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 35%. Grey ticks are the House Republicans averages.

Talks aboutLegislates onGovernment Operations andPoliticsGovernment Operations and Politics, talks about: 31% (House Republicans 19%)31%Government Operations and Politics, legislates on: 16% (House Republicans 12%)16%Economics and Public FinanceEconomics and Public Finance, talks about: 23% (House Republicans 19%)23%Economics and Public Finance, legislates on: 0% (House Republicans 2%)0%Armed Forces and NationalSecurityArmed Forces and National Security, talks about: 17% (House Republicans 24%)17%Armed Forces and National Security, legislates on: 4% (House Republicans 8%)4%Crime and Law EnforcementCrime and Law Enforcement, talks about: 16% (House Republicans 12%)16%Crime and Law Enforcement, legislates on: 14% (House Republicans 9%)14%International AffairsInternational Affairs, talks about: 12% (House Republicans 9%)12%International Affairs, legislates on: 17% (House Republicans 6%)17%
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Massie's share of statements against share of bills in each policy area.
AreaTalks aboutHouse Republicans, talks aboutLegislates onHouse Republicans, legislates on
Government Operations and Politics31%19%16%12%
Economics and Public Finance23%19%0%2%
Armed Forces and National Security17%24%4%8%
Crime and Law Enforcement16%12%14%9%
International Affairs12%9%17%6%
0.61

talk-to-bills agreement, 0 to 1

House Republicans average 0.64. Ranks 170th of 221.

What agreement means, and what it doesn’t

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

Back to topNext: Ideology

Ideology

Massie sits at +1.15 on the CSIP scale, right of 0, more conservative than 73% of House Republicans. Approximate range +1.13 to +1.16, which understates the uncertainty; from 8,883 donors and 7,331 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”.

+1.15

CSIP ideal point

Approximate range +1.13 to +1.16. From 8,883 donors and 7,331 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

← More liberalMore conservative →0Massie +1.1House Republicans +1.0All House +0.3

The outlined dot is Massie, 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 Massie’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 Massie sits

Every official in each group, on the CSIP scale

−2.0−1.00.0+1.0+2.0← More liberalMore conservative →House Republicansmedian +1.0Massie +1.1All Housemedian +0.3
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Massie's CSIP score of +1.15 placed against House Republicans, All House.
GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of Massie
House Republicans221+1.072%
All House439+0.386%
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 Massie 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 Massie.

Back to topNext: Money

Money

Massie raised $8.9M in the 2026 cycle, 4.1 times the House Republicans’ median of $2.2M. 38% of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less. 6.7% of itemized individual money came from Kentucky.

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
$8.9M

raised in the 2026 cycle

From 7,340 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): $5.4M (60.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $5.4M (60.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $5.4M (60.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $5.4M (60.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $5.4M (60.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $5.4M (60.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $5.4M (60.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $5.4M (60.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $5.4M (60.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $5.4M (60.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $5.4M (60.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $5.4M (60.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $5.4M (60.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $5.4M (60.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $5.4M (60.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $5.4M (60.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $5.4M (60.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $5.4M (60.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $5.4M (60.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $5.4M (60.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $5.4M (60.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $5.4M (60.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $5.4M (60.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $5.4M (60.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $5.4M (60.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $5.4M (60.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $5.4M (60.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $5.4M (60.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $5.4M (60.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $5.4M (60.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $5.4M (60.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $5.4M (60.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $5.4M (60.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $5.4M (60.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $5.4M (60.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $5.4M (60.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $5.4M (60.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $5.4M (60.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $5.4M (60.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $5.4M (60.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $5.4M (60.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $5.4M (60.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $5.4M (60.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $5.4M (60.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $5.4M (60.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $5.4M (60.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $5.4M (60.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $5.4M (60.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $5.4M (60.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $5.4M (60.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $5.4M (60.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $5.4M (60.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $5.4M (60.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $5.4M (60.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $5.4M (60.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $5.4M (60.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $5.4M (60.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $5.4M (60.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $5.4M (60.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $5.4M (60.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $5.4M (60.8%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $3.3M (37.0%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $3.3M (37.0%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $3.3M (37.0%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $3.3M (37.0%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $3.3M (37.0%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $3.3M (37.0%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $3.3M (37.0%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $3.3M (37.0%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $3.3M (37.0%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $3.3M (37.0%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $3.3M (37.0%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $3.3M (37.0%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $3.3M (37.0%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $3.3M (37.0%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $3.3M (37.0%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $3.3M (37.0%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $3.3M (37.0%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $3.3M (37.0%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $3.3M (37.0%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $3.3M (37.0%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $3.3M (37.0%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $3.3M (37.0%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $3.3M (37.0%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $3.3M (37.0%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $3.3M (37.0%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $3.3M (37.0%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $3.3M (37.0%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $3.3M (37.0%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $3.3M (37.0%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $3.3M (37.0%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $3.3M (37.0%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $3.3M (37.0%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $3.3M (37.0%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $3.3M (37.0%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $3.3M (37.0%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $3.3M (37.0%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $3.3M (37.0%)PACs and other committees: $116.8K (1.3%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $74.4K (0.8%)
  • Itemized individual (over $200)61 squares$5.4M
  • Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less)37 squares$3.3M
  • PACs and other committees1 squares$116.8K
  • The candidate’s own money and loans$7
  • Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds)1 squares$74.4K
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Sources of Massie's money, 2026 cycle, one square per percent
SourceAmountShare
Itemized individual (over $200)$5.4M60.8%
Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less)$3.3M37.0%
PACs and other committees$116.8K1.3%
The candidate’s own money and loans$70.0%
Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds)$74.4K0.8%
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, 2020 to 2026. The grey line is the House Republicans’ median for 2026.

2020 cycle: $1.5M$1.5M20202022 cycle: $1.1M$1.1M20222024 cycle: $1.3M$1.3M20242026 cycle: $8.9M$8.9M2026House Republicans median $2.2M
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Massie's receipts by cycle against the 2026 House Republicans median.
ItemValue
2020 cycle$1.5M
2022 cycle$1.1M
2024 cycle$1.3M
2026 cycle$8.9M

Top donor states, 2026

Itemized contributions by donor state. 6.7% came from Kentucky.

  1. California$940.4K
  2. Texas$740.8K
  3. Florida$666.1K
  4. Kentucky$418.4K
  5. New York$256.7K

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%
Massie
Median
2026
38%
9%
2024
23%
9%
2022
35%
9%
2020
34%
9%
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Small-donor share by cycle against the House Republicans median
RowMassieMedian
2026 cycle38%9%
2024 cycle23%9%
2022 cycle35%9%
2020 cycle34%9%

Where itemized donors live

Individuals who gave more than $200, by donor state

Alaska: $11.6KAKMaine: $9,958MEVermont: $37.6KVTNew Hampshire: $38.6KNHWashington: $169.5KWAIdaho: $61.8KIDMontana: $17.5KMTNorth Dakota: $7,075NDMinnesota: $42.8KMNIllinois: $113.7KILWisconsin: $48.3KWIMichigan: $109.9KMINew York: $256.7KNYRhode Island: $2,502RIMassachusetts: $100.2KMAOregon: $58.5KORNevada: $177.0KNVWyoming: $32.8KWYSouth Dakota: $25.0KSDIowa: $35.6KIAIndiana: $86.6KINOhio: $137.5KOHPennsylvania: $129.8KPANew Jersey: $96.0KNJConnecticut: $81.4KCTCalifornia: $940.4KCAUtah: $51.5KUTColorado: $120.9KCONebraska: $25.0KNEMissouri: $96.9KMOKentucky: $418.4KKYWest Virginia: $11.3KWVVirginia: $238.6KVAMaryland: $72.5KMDDelaware: $9,910DEArizona: $142.7KAZNew Mexico: $27.8KNMKansas: $28.6KKSArkansas: $38.1KARTennessee: $154.2KTNNorth Carolina: $126.3KNCSouth Carolina: $99.9KSCDistrict of Columbia: $31.9KDCOklahoma: $28.3KOKLouisiana: $38.6KLAMississippi: $30.4KMSAlabama: $42.0KALGeorgia: $131.8KGAHawaii: $7,250HITexas: $740.8KTXFlorida: $666.1KFL
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Massie's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2026 cycle
StateValue
California$940.4K
Texas$740.8K
Florida$666.1K
Kentucky$418.4K
New York$256.7K
Virginia$238.6K
Nevada$177.0K
Washington$169.5K
Tennessee$154.2K
Arizona$142.7K
Ohio$137.5K
Georgia$131.8K
Pennsylvania$129.8K
North Carolina$126.3K
Colorado$120.9K
Illinois$113.7K
Michigan$109.9K
Massachusetts$100.2K
South Carolina$99.9K
Missouri$96.9K
New Jersey$96.0K
Indiana$86.6K
Connecticut$81.4K
Maryland$72.5K
Idaho$61.8K
Oregon$58.5K
Utah$51.5K
Wisconsin$48.3K
Minnesota$42.8K
Alabama$42.0K
Louisiana$38.6K
New Hampshire$38.6K
Arkansas$38.1K
Vermont$37.6K
Iowa$35.6K
Wyoming$32.8K
District of Columbia$31.9K
Mississippi$30.4K
Kansas$28.6K
Oklahoma$28.3K
New Mexico$27.8K
Nebraska$25.0K
South Dakota$25.0K
Montana$17.5K
Alaska$11.6K
West Virginia$11.3K
Maine$9,958
Delaware$9,910
Hawaii$7,250
North Dakota$7,075
Rhode Island$2,502
7,340

itemized donors

People who gave more than $200

6.7%

from Kentucky

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

Donors’ ideology

Distribution of itemized donors’ own CSIP scores

CSIP −1.50 to −1.25: 0.0%CSIP −1.25 to −1.00: 0.7%CSIP −1.00 to −0.75: 2.6%CSIP −0.75 to −0.50: 1.7%CSIP −0.50 to −0.25: 2.5%CSIP −0.25 to 0.00: 2.6%CSIP 0.00 to +0.25: 2.2%CSIP +0.25 to +0.50: 3.1%CSIP +0.50 to +0.75: 5.0%CSIP +0.75 to +1.00: 14%CSIP +1.00 to +1.25: 65%65%CSIP +1.25 to +1.50: 0.7%CSIP +1.50 to +1.75: 0.0%← More liberalMore conservative →0
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Ideology of Massie's itemized donors in 2026, from −1.50 to +1.75: 5.0% between +0.50 and +0.75, 14% between +0.75 and +1.00, 65% between +1.00 and +1.25.
ItemValue
CSIP −1.50 to −1.250.0%
CSIP −1.25 to −1.000.7%
CSIP −1.00 to −0.752.6%
CSIP −0.75 to −0.501.7%
CSIP −0.50 to −0.252.5%
CSIP −0.25 to 0.002.6%
CSIP 0.00 to +0.252.2%
CSIP +0.25 to +0.503.1%
CSIP +0.50 to +0.755.0%
CSIP +0.75 to +1.0014%
CSIP +1.00 to +1.2565%
CSIP +1.25 to +1.500.7%
CSIP +1.50 to +1.750.0%
How to read the columns

Donors who give to many candidates get their own CSIP score. Each column is the share of Massie’s itemized money from donors in that part of the scale, blue left of 0 and red right of 0, deeper further out; Massie’s own score is +1.15.

Top donor occupations

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. RETIRED$2.0M 2,321 donors
  2. CEO$242.2K 128 donors
  3. HOMEMAKER$186.2K 168 donors
  4. OWNER$175.2K 140 donors
  5. ATTORNEY$140.0K 185 donors

Top committees

PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.

  1. MAKE LIBERTY WIN$10.0K
  2. REINVENTING A NEW DIRECTION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10.0K
  3. ATLAS AIR WORLDWIDE HOLDINGS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$6,077
  4. COVINGTON AND BURLING LLP PAC$5,000
  5. DEFEND FREEDOM POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$5,000

Top employers

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. STUDENT$35.8K 39 donors
  2. NUTRAMAX LABORATORIES$31.5K 3 donors
  3. Y COMBINATOR$21.5K 4 donors
  4. GOOGLE$21.3K 20 donors
  5. PIVOTAL GROUP$8,250 4 donors

Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

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Votes

Massie voted with the majority of House Republicans on 85% of party-line votes and missed 5.9% of 674 roll calls. House Republicans on average: 97.1% party unity, 96.3% attendance. Across all roll calls, Massie voted against the majority of House Republicans 163 times.

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

163

votes against the majority of House Republicans

Party unity 85%, House Republicans average 97.1%, ranks 218th of 221. 674 roll calls in the 119th Congress.

Attendance and party unity

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

80%100%
Massie
Peers
Rank
Attendance
94.0%
96.3%
188th of 221
Party unity
85%
97.1%
218th of 221
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Massie's attendance and party unity against House Republicans.
RowMassiePeers
Attendance94.0%96.3%
Party unity85%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
NayAgainst 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 Massie most often

  1. Marjorie Taylor GreeneR308 shared votes87%
  2. Eric BurlisonR603 shared votes86%
  3. Eli CraneR627 shared votes85%
  4. Andy BiggsR568 shared votes85%
  5. Chip RoyR606 shared votes85%

Votes least often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Massie least often

  1. Sheila Cherfilus-MccormickD450 shared votes22%
  2. David ScottD464 shared votes23%
  3. Frederica WilsonD458 shared votes24%
  4. Kweisi MfumeD591 shared votes24%
  5. Nancy PelosiD573 shared votes24%
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

Massie sponsored 30 bills in the 119th Congress; none became law. Cosponsored 95 others. 13% of sponsored bills got out of committee (House Republicans average 17%; 103rd of 216).

The bills Massie 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

Sponsored30 billsSponsored, Introduced: 3030Sponsored, In committee: 3030Sponsored, Passed one chamber: 22Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 00Sponsored, Became law: 00Cosponsored95 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 9595Cosponsored, In committee: 9595Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 44Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 22Cosponsored, Became law: 11IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
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Bills Massie sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
Sponsored3030200
Cosponsored9595421
How to read the blocks

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

13%

of sponsored bills got out of committee

House Republicans average 17%. Ranks 103rd of 216.

Cosponsorship partners

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

  1. Chip Roy19
  2. Scott Perry17
  3. Marjorie Taylor Greene17
  4. Warren Davidson16
  5. Paul Gosar16
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 Massie’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.Con.Res. 124Directing the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities against the Houthis in Yemen that have not been authorized by Congress.CosponsorOct 9, 2026In committeeInternational AffairsReferred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Oct 9, 2026
H.R. 10744Red Meat Inspection Exemption ActSponsorOct 5, 2026In committeeAgriculture and FoodReferred to the House Committee on Agriculture. Oct 5, 2026
H.R. 10690Capital Loss Inflation Fairness ActCosponsorOct 1, 2026In committeeTaxationReferred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Oct 1, 2026
H.R. 10221Flock-Off ActSponsorSep 2, 2026In committeeGovernment Operations and PoliticsReferred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Sep 2, 2026
H.R. 10174GRANITE ActCosponsorAug 27, 2026In committeeLawReferred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. Aug 27, 2026

Back to topNext: Online

Online

A site that changed 41 times in 90 days. Massie’s official site had 41 pages when last crawled on Oct 25, 2026. The lab last catalogued the images Massie posted on Oct 24, 2026.

The lab crawls Massie’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 Massie posts with a vision model.

Websites

  • Official site

    massie.house.gov

    Last crawled Oct 25, 2026

    41

    pages crawled

    41

    changes in 90 days

  • Campaign site

    www.thomasmassie.com

    Last crawled Oct 25, 2026

    4

    pages crawled

    2

    changes in 90 days

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 Massie posted

The latest 24, with model-written descriptions

  • A vertical screenshot showing three X posts by Thomas Massie, including a quoted post by Julie Kelly. The posts discuss the January 6 protests, the Governor Whitmer kidnapping plot, and a government disinformation board. Each post includes profile images and engagement icons.
    A vertical screenshot showing three X posts by Thomas Massie, including a quoted post by Julie Kelly. The posts discuss the January 6 protests, the Governor Whitmer kidnapping plot, and a government disinformation board. Each post includes profile images and engagement icons.View post
  • A man speaks at a wooden podium in a decorated indoor event space. A fall-themed backdrop filled with pumpkins is behind him, and audience members and event equipment are visible in the foreground. There is text on the podium.
    A man speaks at a wooden podium in a decorated indoor event space. A fall-themed backdrop filled with pumpkins is behind him, and audience members and event equipment are visible in the foreground. There is text on the podium.View post
  • A man speaks at a wooden podium to a seated audience in an indoor event space. A decorative backdrop with pumpkins and autumn produce is behind him. Some visible clothing and the backdrop contain text.
    A man speaks at a wooden podium to a seated audience in an indoor event space. A decorative backdrop with pumpkins and autumn produce is behind him. Some visible clothing and the backdrop contain text.View post
  • An antique flintlock pistol is displayed in profile against a plain white background. There is no visible text.
    An antique flintlock pistol is displayed in profile against a plain white background. There is no visible text.View post
  • A photographed page from a formal written document, with several paragraphs and bulleted points. One large section is highlighted in pink, and footnotes and web links appear near the bottom.
    A photographed page from a formal written document, with several paragraphs and bulleted points. One large section is highlighted in pink, and footnotes and web links appear near the bottom.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 Massie 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
M001184
Bioguide
M001184
FEC candidate ids
H2KY04121

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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