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Sports and Recreation

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

Members on Sports and Recreation

Member0%50%100%With Dems · votes
DEdward Moore (Ted) Kennedy95.7% · 23 votesDJames Ralph Sasser95.5% · 22 votesDAlan Cranston91.3% · 23 votesDThomas Francis Eagleton91.3% · 23 votesDQuentin Northrup Burdick87.5% · 24 votesDCarl Levin86.4% · 22 votesDChristopher John Dodd86.4% · 22 votesDFrank Raleigh Lautenberg86.4% · 22 votesDGeorge John Mitchell86.4% · 22 votesDJesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr.86.4% · 22 votesDJohn Melcher86.4% · 22 votesDClaiborne de Borda Pell83.3% · 24 votesDHoward Morton Metzenbaum79.2% · 24 votesDJoseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr.79.2% · 24 votesDDaniel Patrick Moynihan77.3% · 22 votesDLawton Mainor Chiles Jr.70.8% · 24 votesDJennings Randolph66.7% · 24 votesDRobert Carlyle Byrd66.7% · 24 votesDRussell Billiu Long58.3% · 24 votesDMax Sieben Baucus54.5% · 22 votesRMark Andrews50% · 22 votesDWilliam Proxmire45.8% · 24 votesDJohn Cornelius Stennis45.5% · 22 votesRLarry Lee Pressler45.5% · 22 votesDSamuel Augustus Nunn41.7% · 24 votesR→DArlen Specter36.4% · 22 votesRJohn Hubbard Chafee36.4% · 22 votesDEdward Zorinsky31.8% · 22 votesRMark Odom Hatfield29.2% · 24 votesRCharles Harting Percy26.1% · 23 votesRAlfonse Marcello D'Amato22.7% · 22 votesRGordon John Humphrey22.7% · 22 votesRHenry John Heinz III22.7% · 22 votesRPete Vichi Domenici20.8% · 24 votesRDonald Lee Nickles18.2% · 22 votesRJames Danforth (Dan) Quayle18.2% · 22 votesRCharles Ernest Grassley17.4% · 23 votesRRobert William Packwood17.4% · 23 votesRDaniel Jackson Evans13.6% · 22 votesRHoward Henry Baker Jr.13.6% · 22 votesRJohn Claggett Danforth13.6% · 22 votesD→RJames Strom Thurmond8.7% · 23 votesRJohn Goodwin Tower8.3% · 24 votesRPaul Seward Trible Jr.4.2% · 24 votesRRobert Joseph (Bob) Dole4.2% · 24 votesRWilliam Victor Roth Jr.4.2% · 24 votesRJesse Helms0% · 24 votesREdwin Jacob (Jake) Garn0% · 22 votesRJames Abdnor0% · 22 votesRJohn Porter East0% · 22 votes

The 50 members with the most contested Sports and Recreation votes, of 1,259 who have cast one and 99 with enough to score. A further 972 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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Sports and Recreation

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

Members on Sports and Recreation

MemberWith Dems · votes
DEdward Moore (Ted) Kennedy95.7% · 23 votesDJames Ralph Sasser95.5% · 22 votesDAlan Cranston91.3% · 23 votesDThomas Francis Eagleton91.3% · 23 votesDQuentin Northrup Burdick87.5% · 24 votesDCarl Levin86.4% · 22 votesDChristopher John Dodd86.4% · 22 votesDFrank Raleigh Lautenberg86.4% · 22 votesDGeorge John Mitchell86.4% · 22 votesDJesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr.86.4% · 22 votesDJohn Melcher86.4% · 22 votesDClaiborne de Borda Pell83.3% · 24 votesDHoward Morton Metzenbaum79.2% · 24 votesDJoseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr.79.2% · 24 votesDDaniel Patrick Moynihan77.3% · 22 votesDLawton Mainor Chiles Jr.70.8% · 24 votesDJennings Randolph66.7% · 24 votesDRobert Carlyle Byrd66.7% · 24 votesDRussell Billiu Long58.3% · 24 votesDMax Sieben Baucus54.5% · 22 votesRMark Andrews50% · 22 votesDWilliam Proxmire45.8% · 24 votesDJohn Cornelius Stennis45.5% · 22 votesRLarry Lee Pressler45.5% · 22 votesDSamuel Augustus Nunn41.7% · 24 votesR→DArlen Specter36.4% · 22 votesRJohn Hubbard Chafee36.4% · 22 votesDEdward Zorinsky31.8% · 22 votesRMark Odom Hatfield29.2% · 24 votesRCharles Harting Percy26.1% · 23 votesRAlfonse Marcello D'Amato22.7% · 22 votesRGordon John Humphrey22.7% · 22 votesRHenry John Heinz III22.7% · 22 votesRPete Vichi Domenici20.8% · 24 votesRDonald Lee Nickles18.2% · 22 votesRJames Danforth (Dan) Quayle18.2% · 22 votesRCharles Ernest Grassley17.4% · 23 votesRRobert William Packwood17.4% · 23 votesRDaniel Jackson Evans13.6% · 22 votesRHoward Henry Baker Jr.13.6% · 22 votesRJohn Claggett Danforth13.6% · 22 votesD→RJames Strom Thurmond8.7% · 23 votesRJohn Goodwin Tower8.3% · 24 votesRPaul Seward Trible Jr.4.2% · 24 votesRRobert Joseph (Bob) Dole4.2% · 24 votesRWilliam Victor Roth Jr.4.2% · 24 votesRJesse Helms0% · 24 votesREdwin Jacob (Jake) Garn0% · 22 votesRJames Abdnor0% · 22 votesRJohn Porter East0% · 22 votes

The 50 members with the most contested Sports and Recreation votes, of 1,259 who have cast one and 99 with enough to score. A further 972 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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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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