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Political participation

Contested roll calls on bills the Library of Congress files under Political participation. Each member's score here is their whole-career share of those votes that sided with the Democratic majority.

Members on Political participation

Member0%50%100%With Dems · votes
DAdlai Ewing III Stevenson100% · 10 votesRClifford Philip Case100% · 10 votesDEdward Moore (Ted) Kennedy100% · 10 votesDFrank Edward (Ted) Moss100% · 10 votesDGale William McGee100% · 10 votesDHarrison Arlington Williams Jr.100% · 10 votesDHenry Martin (Scoop) Jackson100% · 10 votesDHoward Walter Cannon100% · 10 votesDHubert Horatio Humphrey Jr.100% · 10 votesDJohn Orlando Pastore100% · 10 votesDClaiborne de Borda Pell90% · 10 votesRJacob Koppel Javits90% · 10 votesDJohn Anthony Durkin90% · 10 votesDJohn Chester Culver90% · 10 votesDLee Warren Metcalf90% · 10 votesDPatrick Joseph Leahy90% · 10 votesDDale Bumpers80% · 10 votesDErnest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings80% · 10 votesDFloyd Kirk Haskell80% · 10 votesDGary Warren Hart80% · 10 votesDGaylord Anton Nelson80% · 10 votesDJennings Randolph80% · 10 votesDJohn Herschel Glenn Jr.80% · 10 votesDJohn Jackson Sparkman80% · 10 votesDLawton Mainor Chiles Jr.80% · 10 votesRMark Odom Hatfield80% · 10 votesDJohn Bennett Johnston Jr.70% · 10 votesDMichael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield70% · 10 votesDJoseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr.60% · 10 votesDHerman Eugene Talmadge50% · 10 votesRLowell Palmer Weicker Jr.50% · 10 votesDJohn Cornelius Stennis40% · 10 votesRCharles McCurdy Mathias Jr.30% · 10 votesDJames Browning Allen30% · 10 votesRJames Blackwood Pearson20% · 10 votesOJames Lane Buckley20% · 10 votesRHenry Louis Bellmon10% · 10 votesRHiram Leong Fong10% · 10 votesRJohn Glenn Beall Jr.10% · 10 votesRCarl Thomas Curtis0% · 10 votesRDewey Follett Bartlett0% · 10 votesREdwin Jacob (Jake) Garn0% · 10 votesD→IHarry Flood Byrd Jr.0% · 10 votesRHugh Doggett Scott Jr.0% · 10 votesD→RJames Strom Thurmond0% · 10 votesRJesse Helms0% · 10 votesRJohn Goodwin Tower0% · 10 votesRPaul Dominique Laxalt0% · 10 votesRPaul Jones Fannin0% · 10 votesRPete Vichi Domenici0% · 10 votes

The 50 members with the most contested Political participation votes, of 535 who have cast one and 73 with enough to score. A further 2 voted in the area but never on a contested question. Blue bars sided with the Democratic majority more often than not; red bars with the Republican majority.

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Political participation

Contested roll calls on bills the Library of Congress files under Political participation. Each member's score here is their whole-career share of those votes that sided with the Democratic majority.

Members on Political participation

MemberWith Dems · votes
DAdlai Ewing III Stevenson100% · 10 votesRClifford Philip Case100% · 10 votesDEdward Moore (Ted) Kennedy100% · 10 votesDFrank Edward (Ted) Moss100% · 10 votesDGale William McGee100% · 10 votesDHarrison Arlington Williams Jr.100% · 10 votesDHenry Martin (Scoop) Jackson100% · 10 votesDHoward Walter Cannon100% · 10 votesDHubert Horatio Humphrey Jr.100% · 10 votesDJohn Orlando Pastore100% · 10 votesDClaiborne de Borda Pell90% · 10 votesRJacob Koppel Javits90% · 10 votesDJohn Anthony Durkin90% · 10 votesDJohn Chester Culver90% · 10 votesDLee Warren Metcalf90% · 10 votesDPatrick Joseph Leahy90% · 10 votesDDale Bumpers80% · 10 votesDErnest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings80% · 10 votesDFloyd Kirk Haskell80% · 10 votesDGary Warren Hart80% · 10 votesDGaylord Anton Nelson80% · 10 votesDJennings Randolph80% · 10 votesDJohn Herschel Glenn Jr.80% · 10 votesDJohn Jackson Sparkman80% · 10 votesDLawton Mainor Chiles Jr.80% · 10 votesRMark Odom Hatfield80% · 10 votesDJohn Bennett Johnston Jr.70% · 10 votesDMichael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield70% · 10 votesDJoseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr.60% · 10 votesDHerman Eugene Talmadge50% · 10 votesRLowell Palmer Weicker Jr.50% · 10 votesDJohn Cornelius Stennis40% · 10 votesRCharles McCurdy Mathias Jr.30% · 10 votesDJames Browning Allen30% · 10 votesRJames Blackwood Pearson20% · 10 votesOJames Lane Buckley20% · 10 votesRHenry Louis Bellmon10% · 10 votesRHiram Leong Fong10% · 10 votesRJohn Glenn Beall Jr.10% · 10 votesRCarl Thomas Curtis0% · 10 votesRDewey Follett Bartlett0% · 10 votesREdwin Jacob (Jake) Garn0% · 10 votesD→IHarry Flood Byrd Jr.0% · 10 votesRHugh Doggett Scott Jr.0% · 10 votesD→RJames Strom Thurmond0% · 10 votesRJesse Helms0% · 10 votesRJohn Goodwin Tower0% · 10 votesRPaul Dominique Laxalt0% · 10 votesRPaul Jones Fannin0% · 10 votesRPete Vichi Domenici0% · 10 votes

The 50 members with the most contested Political participation votes, of 535 who have cast one and 73 with enough to score. A further 2 voted in the area but never on a contested question. Blue bars sided with the Democratic majority more often than not; red bars with the Republican majority.

How areas work

1Each bill's area comes from the Library of Congress subject terms.
2Only contested votes count, as everywhere else.
3A member with too few votes in an area is listed with the count, not hidden — "too few to score" and "no contested votes" are different claims.
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