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

Serving since Jan 3, 2023119th Congress (2025–27)next election Nov 3, 2026

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Portrait of Dale Strong, rendered as a two-tone print
Official portrait
55%
of statements claim credit, in the top 5% of House Republicans

55% of 491 statements claim credit (272 statements); the average for House Republicans is 37%. Ranks 11th of 221, where 1st is the highest rate.

An AI model reads each of Strong’s Congressional Record speeches, posts on X, press releases and newsletters and marks whether it claims credit for an accomplishment. The rate is the share of statements marked; it is compared with the average among House Republicans and ranked against the same group.

At a glance

6 measures against House Republicans. 81% of Strong’s statements discuss policy, in the top tenth of House Republicans (average 68%). 31% of the 16 bills Strong sponsored got out of committee, in the top quarter of House Republicans.

The measures on which Strong 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.

Credit claiming

55%

House Republicans average 37% · ranks 11th of 221

Policy discussion

81%

House Republicans average 68% · ranks 15th of 221

Out of committee

31%

House Republicans average 17% · ranks 30th of 216

Small donations, 2026

1.3%

House Republicans’ median 9.4% · ranks 182nd of 220

Extreme labels

4.3%

House Republicans average 3.0% · ranks 57th of 221

CSIP ideology

+1.05

Right of 0, the centre of the scale · ± 0.03

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

Back to topNext: What politicians say

What Strong says

Strong attacks opponents personally less than 72% of House Republicans. Personal attacks in 0.4% of 491 statements, against 2.1% for the average House Republican; 162nd of 221.

An AI model reads each of Strong’s 491 statements in the 119th Congress (364 posts on X, 94 press releases, 18 Congressional Record speeches, 15 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%
Strong
Peers
Rank
Policy discussion397 statements
81%
68%
15th of 221
Credit claiming272 statements
55%
37%
11th of 221
Policy criticism87 statements
18%
15%
64th of 221
Bipartisanship41 statements
8%
9%
94th of 221
Personal attacks2 statements
0%
2%
162nd of 221
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Strong's share of statements in each category against the House Republicans average.
RowStrongPeers
Policy discussion81%68%
Credit claiming55%37%
Policy criticism18%15%
Bipartisanship8%9%
Personal attacks0%2%
491

statements classified

364 posts on X, 94 press releases, 18 Congressional Record speeches, 15 newsletters.

posts on X: 364 (74.1%)posts on X 364press releases: 94 (19.1%)Congressional Record speeches: 18 (3.7%)newsletters: 15 (3.1%)
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Strong's statements by source
PartValue
posts on X364
press releases94
Congressional Record speeches18
newsletters15
How to read the bars

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

Extreme labels

Strong used extreme labels in 4.3% of statements, above the peer average. 21 statements, most often aimed at Democrats; peers 3.0%.

  1. “far left”7
  2. “radical”4
  3. “woke”3

Who gets the labels

Targets named alongside an extreme label, by number of statements

  1. Democrats3
  2. radical left3
  3. climate mandates1
  4. CRT1
  5. DEI initiatives1
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: 442025-02: 192025-03: 212025-04: 292025-05: 352025-06: 272025-07: 322025-08: 82025-09: 282025-10: 322025-11: 262025-12: 282026-01: 302026-02: 252026-03: 222026-04: 192026-05: 162026-06: 162026-07: 102026-08: 42026-09: 122026-10: 8peak 44 · Jan ’25Personal attackspeak 3.9% · Nov ’25 · latest 0.0%Personal attacks, 2025-01: 2.3% of 44Personal attacks, 2025-02: 0.0% of 19Personal attacks, 2025-03: 0.0% of 21Personal attacks, 2025-04: 0.0% of 29Personal attacks, 2025-05: 0.0% of 35Personal attacks, 2025-06: 0.0% of 27Personal attacks, 2025-07: 0.0% of 32Personal attacks, 2025-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-09: 0.0% of 28Personal attacks, 2025-10: 0.0% of 32Personal attacks, 2025-11: 3.9% of 26Personal attacks, 2025-12: 0.0% of 28Personal attacks, 2026-01: 0.0% of 30Personal attacks, 2026-02: 0.0% of 25Personal attacks, 2026-03: 0.0% of 22Personal attacks, 2026-04: 0.0% of 19Personal attacks, 2026-05: 0.0% of 16Personal attacks, 2026-06: 0.0% of 16Personal attacks, 2026-07: 0.0% of 10Personal attacks, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-09: 0.0% of 12Personal attacks, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticismpeak 50.0% · Jul ’26 · latest 0.0%Policy criticism, 2025-01: 34.1% of 44Policy criticism, 2025-02: 10.5% of 19Policy criticism, 2025-03: 38.1% of 21Policy criticism, 2025-04: 10.3% of 29Policy criticism, 2025-05: 2.9% of 35Policy criticism, 2025-06: 7.4% of 27Policy criticism, 2025-07: 6.3% of 32Policy criticism, 2025-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-09: 7.1% of 28Policy criticism, 2025-10: 40.6% of 32Policy criticism, 2025-11: 15.4% of 26Policy criticism, 2025-12: 10.7% of 28Policy criticism, 2026-01: 6.7% of 30Policy criticism, 2026-02: 16.0% of 25Policy criticism, 2026-03: 45.5% of 22Policy criticism, 2026-04: 15.8% of 19Policy criticism, 2026-05: 31.3% of 16Policy criticism, 2026-06: 12.5% of 16Policy criticism, 2026-07: 50.0% of 10Policy criticism, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-09: 0.0% of 12Policy criticism, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussionpeak 100.0% · Jul ’26 · latest 83.3%Policy discussion, 2025-01: 77.3% of 44Policy discussion, 2025-02: 79.0% of 19Policy discussion, 2025-03: 90.5% of 21Policy discussion, 2025-04: 89.7% of 29Policy discussion, 2025-05: 68.6% of 35Policy discussion, 2025-06: 77.8% of 27Policy discussion, 2025-07: 78.1% of 32Policy discussion, 2025-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-09: 82.1% of 28Policy discussion, 2025-10: 75.0% of 32Policy discussion, 2025-11: 57.7% of 26Policy discussion, 2025-12: 85.7% of 28Policy discussion, 2026-01: 90.0% of 30Policy discussion, 2026-02: 92.0% of 25Policy discussion, 2026-03: 81.8% of 22Policy discussion, 2026-04: 89.5% of 19Policy discussion, 2026-05: 81.3% of 16Policy discussion, 2026-06: 68.8% of 16Policy discussion, 2026-07: 100.0% of 10Policy discussion, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-09: 83.3% of 12Policy discussion, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanshippeak 40.0% · Jul ’26 · latest 8.3%Bipartisanship, 2025-01: 15.9% of 44Bipartisanship, 2025-02: 0.0% of 19Bipartisanship, 2025-03: 23.8% of 21Bipartisanship, 2025-04: 10.3% of 29Bipartisanship, 2025-05: 8.6% of 35Bipartisanship, 2025-06: 7.4% of 27Bipartisanship, 2025-07: 3.1% of 32Bipartisanship, 2025-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-09: 10.7% of 28Bipartisanship, 2025-10: 3.1% of 32Bipartisanship, 2025-11: 7.7% of 26Bipartisanship, 2025-12: 10.7% of 28Bipartisanship, 2026-01: 3.3% of 30Bipartisanship, 2026-02: 0.0% of 25Bipartisanship, 2026-03: 9.1% of 22Bipartisanship, 2026-04: 0.0% of 19Bipartisanship, 2026-05: 6.3% of 16Bipartisanship, 2026-06: 6.3% of 16Bipartisanship, 2026-07: 40.0% of 10Bipartisanship, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-09: 8.3% of 12Bipartisanship, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claimingpeak 90.0% · Jul ’26 · latest 41.7%Credit claiming, 2025-01: 65.9% of 44Credit claiming, 2025-02: 73.7% of 19Credit claiming, 2025-03: 61.9% of 21Credit claiming, 2025-04: 62.1% of 29Credit claiming, 2025-05: 45.7% of 35Credit claiming, 2025-06: 55.6% of 27Credit claiming, 2025-07: 46.9% of 32Credit claiming, 2025-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-09: 60.7% of 28Credit claiming, 2025-10: 31.3% of 32Credit claiming, 2025-11: 34.6% of 26Credit claiming, 2025-12: 60.7% of 28Credit claiming, 2026-01: 70.0% of 30Credit claiming, 2026-02: 52.0% of 25Credit claiming, 2026-03: 40.9% of 22Credit claiming, 2026-04: 57.9% of 19Credit claiming, 2026-05: 75.0% of 16Credit claiming, 2026-06: 62.5% of 16Credit claiming, 2026-07: 90.0% of 10Credit claiming, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-09: 41.7% of 12Credit claiming, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labelspeak 10.3% · Apr ’25 · latest 8.3%Extreme labels, 2025-01: 4.5% of 44Extreme labels, 2025-02: 0.0% of 19Extreme labels, 2025-03: 0.0% of 21Extreme labels, 2025-04: 10.3% of 29Extreme labels, 2025-05: 0.0% of 35Extreme labels, 2025-06: 3.7% of 27Extreme labels, 2025-07: 6.3% of 32Extreme labels, 2025-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-09: 0.0% of 28Extreme labels, 2025-10: 9.4% of 32Extreme labels, 2025-11: 7.7% of 26Extreme labels, 2025-12: 0.0% of 28Extreme labels, 2026-01: 10.0% of 30Extreme labels, 2026-02: 4.0% of 25Extreme labels, 2026-03: 4.5% of 22Extreme labels, 2026-04: 0.0% of 19Extreme labels, 2026-05: 6.3% of 16Extreme labels, 2026-06: 6.3% of 16Extreme labels, 2026-07: 0.0% of 10Extreme labels, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-09: 8.3% of 12Extreme labels, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Jan ’25Jul ’25Jan ’26Jul ’26Oct ’26
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Monthly rates for Strong, 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 ’25442.3%34.1%77.3%15.9%65.9%4.5%
Feb ’25190.0%10.5%79.0%0.0%73.7%0.0%
Mar ’25210.0%38.1%90.5%23.8%61.9%0.0%
Apr ’25290.0%10.3%89.7%10.3%62.1%10.3%
May ’25350.0%2.9%68.6%8.6%45.7%0.0%
Jun ’25270.0%7.4%77.8%7.4%55.6%3.7%
Jul ’25320.0%6.3%78.1%3.1%46.9%6.3%
Aug ’258— (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 ’25280.0%7.1%82.1%10.7%60.7%0.0%
Oct ’25320.0%40.6%75.0%3.1%31.3%9.4%
Nov ’25263.9%15.4%57.7%7.7%34.6%7.7%
Dec ’25280.0%10.7%85.7%10.7%60.7%0.0%
Jan ’26300.0%6.7%90.0%3.3%70.0%10.0%
Feb ’26250.0%16.0%92.0%0.0%52.0%4.0%
Mar ’26220.0%45.5%81.8%9.1%40.9%4.5%
Apr ’26190.0%15.8%89.5%0.0%57.9%0.0%
May ’26160.0%31.3%81.3%6.3%75.0%6.3%
Jun ’26160.0%12.5%68.8%6.3%62.5%6.3%
Jul ’26100.0%50.0%100.0%40.0%90.0%0.0%
Aug ’264— (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 ’26120.0%0.0%83.3%8.3%41.7%8.3%
Oct ’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)
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%. 3 months are hatched here.

In Strong’s words

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

Credit claiming

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

Oct 21, 2026 · Posts on X · policy discussion; credit claiming; Emergency Management · Source

Personal attacks

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

Nov 4, 2025 · Posts on X · personal attacks; target: Democrat leaders · Source

Extreme label

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

Sep 2, 2026 · Posts on X · policy discussion; credit claiming; Law; extreme label “radical” aimed at radical left · 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: Democrat leadersSource

  2. Press releases

    WASHINGTON— US Representative Dale Strong (AL-05) led 25 House colleagues in a bipartisan letter to President Biden regarding his Administration’s eleventh-hour attempt to undercut important industries in the State of Alabama. The bipartisan letter criticizes the United States Trade Representative’s actions – taken without Congressional and stakeholder input– to strip away a legal process that is currently being used…

    personal attacks · policy criticism · policy discussion · bipartisanship · Foreign Trade and International Finance · Commerce · LawSource

All 491 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: 364 posts on X, 94 press releases, 18 Congressional Record speeches, 15 newsletters.

Back to topNext: Policy

Policy

Armed Forces and National Security is what Strong talks about most: 48% of policy statements, 2.0 times the peer share. Talk and legislation agree at 0.65 on a 0–1 scale (House Republicans average 0.64; 105th 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 Strong talks about. The bills Strong sponsors and cosponsors carry the same areas, so the two can be compared.

What Strong talks about

Share of policy statements by area, the 119th Congress

0%53%
Strong
Peers
Armed Forces and National Security191 statements
48%
24%
Economics and Public Finance104 statements
26%
19%
Government Operations and Politics92 statements
23%
19%
Science, Technology, Communications76 statements
19%
7%
Immigration68 statements
17%
13%
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Policy areas Strong talks about, as a share of policy statements, against the House Republicans average.
RowStrongPeers
Armed Forces and National Security48%24%
Economics and Public Finance26%19%
Government Operations and Politics23%19%
Science, Technology, Communications19%7%
Immigration17%13%
How to read the bars

The thick bar is the share of Strong’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 53%. Grey ticks are the House Republicans averages.

Talks aboutLegislates onArmed Forces and NationalSecurityArmed Forces and National Security, talks about: 48% (House Republicans 24%)48%Armed Forces and National Security, legislates on: 12% (House Republicans 8%)12%Economics and Public FinanceEconomics and Public Finance, talks about: 26% (House Republicans 19%)26%Economics and Public Finance, legislates on: 0% (House Republicans 2%)0%Government Operations andPoliticsGovernment Operations and Politics, talks about: 23% (House Republicans 19%)23%Government Operations and Politics, legislates on: 12% (House Republicans 12%)12%Science, Technology,CommunicationsScience, Technology, Communications, talks about: 19% (House Republicans 7%)19%Science, Technology, Communications, legislates on: 11% (House Republicans 3%)11%ImmigrationImmigration, talks about: 17% (House Republicans 13%)17%Immigration, legislates on: 9% (House Republicans 5%)9%
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Strong's share of statements against share of bills in each policy area.
AreaTalks aboutHouse Republicans, talks aboutLegislates onHouse Republicans, legislates on
Armed Forces and National Security48%24%12%8%
Economics and Public Finance26%19%0%2%
Government Operations and Politics23%19%12%12%
Science, Technology, Communications19%7%11%3%
Immigration17%13%9%5%
0.65

talk-to-bills agreement, 0 to 1

House Republicans average 0.64. Ranks 105th of 221.

What agreement means, and what it doesn’t

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

Back to topNext: Ideology

Ideology

Strong sits at +1.05 on the CSIP scale, right of 0, more conservative than 59% of House Republicans. Approximate range +1.03 to +1.08, which understates the uncertainty; from 1,150 donors and 1,879 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”.

+1.05

CSIP ideal point

Approximate range +1.03 to +1.08. From 1,150 donors and 1,879 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

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

The outlined dot is Strong, 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 Strong’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 Strong sits

Every official in each group, on the CSIP scale

−2.0−1.00.0+1.0+2.0← More liberalMore conservative →House Republicansmedian +1.0Strong +1.1All Housemedian +0.3
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Strong's CSIP score of +1.05 placed against House Republicans, All House.
GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of Strong
House Republicans221+1.059%
All House439+0.379%
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 Strong 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 Strong.

Back to topNext: Money

Money

Strong raised $1.8M in the 2026 cycle, below the House Republicans’ median of $2.2M. 1.3% of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less. 63% of itemized individual money came from Alabama.

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

Election cycle
$1.8M

raised in the 2026 cycle

From 319 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): $857.6K (48.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $857.6K (48.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $857.6K (48.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $857.6K (48.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $857.6K (48.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $857.6K (48.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $857.6K (48.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $857.6K (48.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $857.6K (48.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $857.6K (48.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $857.6K (48.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $857.6K (48.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $857.6K (48.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $857.6K (48.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $857.6K (48.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $857.6K (48.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $857.6K (48.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $857.6K (48.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $857.6K (48.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $857.6K (48.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $857.6K (48.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $857.6K (48.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $857.6K (48.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $857.6K (48.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $857.6K (48.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $857.6K (48.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $857.6K (48.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $857.6K (48.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $857.6K (48.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $857.6K (48.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $857.6K (48.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $857.6K (48.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $857.6K (48.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $857.6K (48.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $857.6K (48.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $857.6K (48.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $857.6K (48.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $857.6K (48.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $857.6K (48.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $857.6K (48.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $857.6K (48.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $857.6K (48.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $857.6K (48.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $857.6K (48.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $857.6K (48.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $857.6K (48.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $857.6K (48.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $857.6K (48.3%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $11.0K (0.6%)PACs and other committees: $745.2K (42.0%)PACs and other committees: $745.2K (42.0%)PACs and other committees: $745.2K (42.0%)PACs and other committees: $745.2K (42.0%)PACs and other committees: $745.2K (42.0%)PACs and other committees: $745.2K (42.0%)PACs and other committees: $745.2K (42.0%)PACs and other committees: $745.2K (42.0%)PACs and other committees: $745.2K (42.0%)PACs and other committees: $745.2K (42.0%)PACs and other committees: $745.2K (42.0%)PACs and other committees: $745.2K (42.0%)PACs and other committees: $745.2K (42.0%)PACs and other committees: $745.2K (42.0%)PACs and other committees: $745.2K (42.0%)PACs and other committees: $745.2K (42.0%)PACs and other committees: $745.2K (42.0%)PACs and other committees: $745.2K (42.0%)PACs and other committees: $745.2K (42.0%)PACs and other committees: $745.2K (42.0%)PACs and other committees: $745.2K (42.0%)PACs and other committees: $745.2K (42.0%)PACs and other committees: $745.2K (42.0%)PACs and other committees: $745.2K (42.0%)PACs and other committees: $745.2K (42.0%)PACs and other committees: $745.2K (42.0%)PACs and other committees: $745.2K (42.0%)PACs and other committees: $745.2K (42.0%)PACs and other committees: $745.2K (42.0%)PACs and other committees: $745.2K (42.0%)PACs and other committees: $745.2K (42.0%)PACs and other committees: $745.2K (42.0%)PACs and other committees: $745.2K (42.0%)PACs and other committees: $745.2K (42.0%)PACs and other committees: $745.2K (42.0%)PACs and other committees: $745.2K (42.0%)PACs and other committees: $745.2K (42.0%)PACs and other committees: $745.2K (42.0%)PACs and other committees: $745.2K (42.0%)PACs and other committees: $745.2K (42.0%)PACs and other committees: $745.2K (42.0%)PACs and other committees: $745.2K (42.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $161.9K (9.1%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $161.9K (9.1%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $161.9K (9.1%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $161.9K (9.1%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $161.9K (9.1%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $161.9K (9.1%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $161.9K (9.1%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $161.9K (9.1%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $161.9K (9.1%)
  • Itemized individual (over $200)48 squares$857.6K
  • Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less)1 squares$11.0K
  • PACs and other committees42 squares$745.2K
  • Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds)9 squares$161.9K
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Sources of Strong's money, 2026 cycle, one square per percent
SourceAmountShare
Itemized individual (over $200)$857.6K48.3%
Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less)$11.0K0.6%
PACs and other committees$745.2K42.0%
Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds)$161.9K9.1%
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, 2022 to 2026. The grey line is the House Republicans’ median for 2026.

2022 cycle: $2.0M$2.0M20222024 cycle: $1.3M$1.3M20242026 cycle: $1.8M$1.8M2026House Republicans median $2.2M
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Strong's receipts by cycle against the 2026 House Republicans median.
ItemValue
2022 cycle$2.0M
2024 cycle$1.3M
2026 cycle$1.8M

Top donor states, 2026

Itemized contributions by donor state. 63% came from Alabama.

  1. Alabama$564.5K
  2. Virginia$139.3K
  3. Florida$35.7K
  4. District of Columbia$30.8K
  5. California$23.0K

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%
Strong
Median
2026
1%
9%
2024
2%
9%
2022
2%
9%
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Small-donor share by cycle against the House Republicans median
RowStrongMedian
2026 cycle1%9%
2024 cycle2%9%
2022 cycle2%9%

Where itemized donors live

Individuals who gave more than $200, by donor state

Alaska: no dataAKMaine: $3,324MEVermont: no dataVTNew Hampshire: no dataNHWashington: no dataWAIdaho: no dataIDMontana: no dataMTNorth Dakota: no dataNDMinnesota: no dataMNIllinois: no dataILWisconsin: no dataWIMichigan: $4,000MINew York: $6,000NYRhode Island: no dataRIMassachusetts: no dataMAOregon: no dataORNevada: $7,000NVWyoming: no dataWYSouth Dakota: no dataSDIowa: no dataIAIndiana: $500INOhio: $6,600OHPennsylvania: $250PANew Jersey: no dataNJConnecticut: no dataCTCalifornia: $23.0KCAUtah: no dataUTColorado: $1,500CONebraska: no dataNEMissouri: no dataMOKentucky: no dataKYWest Virginia: no dataWVVirginia: $139.3KVAMaryland: $11.8KMDDelaware: $14.2KDEArizona: no dataAZNew Mexico: no dataNMKansas: $1,000KSArkansas: no dataARTennessee: $22.5KTNNorth Carolina: $4,500NCSouth Carolina: $4,750SCDistrict of Columbia: $30.8KDCOklahoma: no dataOKLouisiana: $2,041LAMississippi: $1,000MSAlabama: $564.5KALGeorgia: $500GAHawaii: no dataHITexas: $9,000TXFlorida: $35.7KFL
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Strong's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2026 cycle
StateValue
Alabama$564.5K
Virginia$139.3K
Florida$35.7K
District of Columbia$30.8K
California$23.0K
Tennessee$22.5K
Delaware$14.2K
Maryland$11.8K
Texas$9,000
Nevada$7,000
Ohio$6,600
New York$6,000
South Carolina$4,750
North Carolina$4,500
Michigan$4,000
Maine$3,324
Louisiana$2,041
Colorado$1,500
Kansas$1,000
Mississippi$1,000
Indiana$500
Georgia$500
Pennsylvania$250
AlaskaNo data
VermontNo data
New HampshireNo data
WashingtonNo data
IdahoNo data
MontanaNo data
North DakotaNo data
MinnesotaNo data
IllinoisNo data
WisconsinNo data
Rhode IslandNo data
MassachusettsNo data
OregonNo data
WyomingNo data
South DakotaNo data
IowaNo data
New JerseyNo data
ConnecticutNo data
UtahNo data
NebraskaNo data
MissouriNo data
KentuckyNo data
West VirginiaNo data
ArizonaNo data
New MexicoNo data
ArkansasNo data
OklahomaNo data
HawaiiNo data
319

itemized donors

People who gave more than $200

63%

from Alabama

Of itemized individual dollars

How to read the map

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

Donors’ ideology

Distribution of itemized donors’ own CSIP scores

CSIP −1.00 to −0.75: 0.1%CSIP −0.50 to −0.25: 0.7%CSIP −0.25 to 0.00: 1.5%CSIP 0.00 to +0.25: 0.9%CSIP +0.25 to +0.50: 5.9%CSIP +0.50 to +0.75: 7.6%CSIP +0.75 to +1.00: 27%CSIP +1.00 to +1.25: 57%57%CSIP +1.25 to +1.50: 0.0%← More liberalMore conservative →0
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Ideology of Strong's itemized donors in 2026, from −1.00 to +1.50: 5.9% between +0.25 and +0.50, 7.6% between +0.50 and +0.75, 27% between +0.75 and +1.00, 57% between +1.00 and +1.25.
ItemValue
CSIP −1.00 to −0.750.1%
CSIP −0.50 to −0.250.7%
CSIP −0.25 to 0.001.5%
CSIP 0.00 to +0.250.9%
CSIP +0.25 to +0.505.9%
CSIP +0.50 to +0.757.6%
CSIP +0.75 to +1.0027%
CSIP +1.00 to +1.2557%
CSIP +1.25 to +1.500.0%
How to read the columns

Donors who give to many candidates get their own CSIP score. Each column is the share of Strong’s itemized money from donors in that part of the scale, blue left of 0 and red right of 0, deeper further out; Strong’s own score is +1.05.

Top donor occupations

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. EXECUTIVE$169.5K 61 donors
  2. CONSULTANT$76.6K 28 donors
  3. CEO$75.9K 22 donors
  4. OWNER$54.3K 11 donors
  5. RETIRED$43.1K 15 donors

Top committees

PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.

  1. ALABAMA POWER CO EMPLOYEES FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION CMTE (APC EMPLOYEES FEDERAL PAC)$10.0K
  2. BLUE ORIGIN LLC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (BLUE ORIGIN PAC)$10.0K
  3. CHUGACH ALASKA CORPORATION PAC (CAC PAC)$10.0K
  4. CONSERVATIVE OPPORTUNITY LEADERSHIP AND ENTERPRISE PAC$10.0K
  5. DRUMMOND COMPANY, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (DPAC)$10.0K

Top employers

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. RYE ENGINEERING PLC$17.0K 4 donors
  2. C2 STRATEGIES$16.7K 4 donors
  3. TORCH TECHNOLOGIES$11.7K 21 donors
  4. CORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS$6,000 7 donors
  5. ALPINE GROUP$4,000 3 donors

Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

Back to topNext: Votes

Votes

Strong voted with the majority of House Republicans on 97.8% of party-line votes and missed 2.5% of 674 roll calls. House Republicans on average: 97.1% party unity, 96.3% attendance. Across all roll calls, Strong voted against the majority of House Republicans 12 times.

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

12

votes against the majority of House Republicans

Party unity 97.8%, House Republicans average 97.1%, ranks 127th of 221. 674 roll calls in the 119th Congress.

Attendance and party unity

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

80%100%
Strong
Peers
Rank
Attendance
97.4%
96.3%
138th of 221
Party unity
97.8%
97.1%
127th of 221
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Strong's attendance and party unity against House Republicans.
RowStrongPeers
Attendance97.4%96.3%
Party unity97.8%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
YeaWith 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 Strong most often

  1. Mike JohnsonR513 shared votes100%
  2. Cliff BentzR657 shared votes99%
  3. John MoolenaarR656 shared votes99%
  4. Robert AderholtR640 shared votes99%
  5. Bill HuizengaR644 shared votes99%

Votes least often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Strong least often

  1. Adelita GrijalvaD377 shared votes23%
  2. Rashida TlaibD641 shared votes24%
  3. Delia RamirezD633 shared votes25%
  4. Gregorio CasarD560 shared votes25%
  5. Dan GoldmanD575 shared votes26%
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

Strong sponsored 16 bills in the 119th Congress; none became law. Cosponsored 105 others. 31% of sponsored bills got out of committee (House Republicans average 17%; 30th of 216).

The bills Strong 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

Sponsored16 billsSponsored, Introduced: 1616Sponsored, In committee: 1616Sponsored, Passed one chamber: 55Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 00Sponsored, Became law: 00Cosponsored105 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 105105Cosponsored, In committee: 105105Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 1717Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 11Cosponsored, Became law: 11IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
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Bills Strong sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
Sponsored1616500
Cosponsored1051051711
How to read the blocks

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

31%

of sponsored bills got out of committee

House Republicans average 17%. Ranks 30th of 216.

Cosponsorship partners

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

  1. Barry Moore16
  2. Robert Aderholt12
  3. Mike Rogers12
  4. Gary Palmer10
  5. Terri Sewell9
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 Strong’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.Res. 1511Recognizing the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, honoring the memory of the victims, recognizing the courage and sacrifice of the heroes who answered the call to serve, acknowledging the charitable organizations that continue to support survivors and victims' familiesCosponsorSep 3, 2026In committeeCrime and Law EnforcementReferred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Armed Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Veterans' Affairs, Homeland Security, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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 3, 2026
H.R. 9936PERFORM ActSponsorJul 23, 2026In committeeGovernment Operations and PoliticsReferred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Jul 23, 2026
H.R. 9838National Security Interstate Pipeline ActCosponsorJul 22, 2026In committeeEnergyReferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Natural Resources, 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. Jul 22, 2026
H.R. 9849Tuskegee Airmen Memorial Act of 2026CosponsorJul 22, 2026In committeePublic Lands and Natural ResourcesReferred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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. Jul 22, 2026
H.R. 9394Civil Preparedness for Agroterrorism Exercise Act of 2026SponsorJun 23, 2026Passed one chamberEmergency ManagementReceived in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Sep 16, 2026

Back to topNext: Online

Online

A site that changed 69 times in 90 days. Strong’s official site had 25 pages when last crawled on Oct 25, 2026. The lab last catalogued the images Strong posted on Oct 23, 2026.

The lab crawls Strong’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 Strong 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 Strong posted

The latest 24, with model-written descriptions

  • A political promotional flyer with a white background and red and navy border. It advertises the Congressional App Challenge, lists eligibility and participation details, and highlights a submission deadline. Congressional and campaign logos appear at the top and bottom.
    A political promotional flyer with a white background and red and navy border. It advertises the Congressional App Challenge, lists eligibility and participation details, and highlights a submission deadline. Congressional and campaign logos appear at the top and bottom.View post
  • A red, white, and navy weather preparedness infographic from a congressional office. It gives North Alabama residents safety tips to follow before severe weather arrives, with five warning-symbol bullets. Text appears throughout.
    A red, white, and navy weather preparedness infographic from a congressional office. It gives North Alabama residents safety tips to follow before severe weather arrives, with five warning-symbol bullets. Text appears throughout.View post
  • A scanned page from a formal letter, showing several paragraphs followed by a closing and six handwritten signatures with printed names and titles. There is text throughout the page.
    A scanned page from a formal letter, showing several paragraphs followed by a closing and six handwritten signatures with printed names and titles. There is text throughout the page.View post
  • A mostly blank page from a document, with three handwritten signatures above printed names and titles near the top. A page number appears in the upper-right corner.
    A mostly blank page from a document, with three handwritten signatures above printed names and titles near the top. A page number appears in the upper-right corner.View post
  • A scanned formal letter on U.S. congressional letterhead, dated September 14, 2026, addressed to Jared Isaacman. The letter discusses support for a proposed United States Space Academy and the merits of locating it in North Alabama. It contains several paragraphs of text.
    A scanned formal letter on U.S. congressional letterhead, dated September 14, 2026, addressed to Jared Isaacman. The letter discusses support for a proposed United States Space Academy and the merits of locating it in North Alabama. It contains several paragraphs of text.View post
About the descriptions

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

Back to topNext: Methods and sources

Methods and sources

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

The headline

The headline is the measure on which Strong 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
S001220
Bioguide
S001220
FEC candidate ids
H2AL05102

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 27, 20261 days agoImages 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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