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Luther Strange

Former

Republican · AL · U.S. Senate

No longer in office — profile reflects their service in the 114th–119th Congresses (2015–present).

Overall lean (DW-NOMINATE)

LeftCenterRight

Issue profile

FiscalHealthImmig.GunsAbortionEnviron.CrimeDefenseEconomyForeignCivil R.Educ.GovtJudicial
Taxes & Fiscal
R+1.00
Healthcare
R+1.00
Immigration & Border
R+1.00
Guns
R+1.00
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
Environment & Energy
R+1.00
Crime & Policing
Defense & Veterans
R+1.00
Economy & Labor
R+1.00
Foreign Policy & Trade
R+1.00
Civil Rights & Social
R+1.00
Education
R+1.00
Government & Democracy
R+1.00
Judicial & Executive Nominations
R+1.00

Each issue runs left right, scored from how the member voted on bills tagged to that issue (−1…+1). Issues with too few votes are blank. Overall lean uses DW-NOMINATE.

How they score against the parties

Luther Strange's voting record compared with each party's national platform, issue by issue — the same similarity score used across the site.

On the political map

Luther Strange (the large ringed dot) among every current member of Congress and the party platforms.

Socially conservativeSocially progressiveEconomic leftEconomic rightStrange

Each small dot is a current member (Dem · Rep); the larger dots are party platforms — click one for its closest members. Economic axis: taxes, healthcare, labor, energy. Social axis: abortion, guns, immigration, civil rights, crime.

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Most and least aligned members

Treating Strange's 14 issue scores as a vector, cosine similarity measures whether two voting records point the same way (+100%) or in opposite directions (−100%) — the colleagues whose records align most and least with theirs.

Recent notable votes

YEA
Jennifer Gillian Newstead, of New York, to be Legal Adviser of the Department of State
2017-12-19 · Nomination Confirmed · Judicial & Executive Nominations
YEA
Don R. Willett, of Texas, to be a Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
2017-12-13 · Nomination Confirmed · Judicial & Executive Nominations
YEA
James C. Ho, of Texas, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit
2017-12-13 · Cloture Motion Agreed to · Judicial & Executive Nominations
YEA
Leonard Steven Grasz, of Nebraska, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit
2017-12-12 · Nomination Confirmed · Judicial & Executive Nominations
YEA
Don R. Willett, of Texas, to be a Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
2017-12-12 · Cloture Motion Agreed to · Judicial & Executive Nominations
YEA
Leonard Steven Grasz, of Nebraska, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit
2017-12-11 · Cloture Motion Agreed to · Judicial & Executive Nominations
YEA
Joseph Balash, of Alaska, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Interior
2017-12-07 · Nomination Confirmed · Judicial & Executive Nominations
YEA
Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2018, and for other purposes.
2017-12-07 · Joint Resolution Passed · Taxes & Fiscal, Healthcare
YEA
Kirstjen Nielsen, of Virginia, to be Secretary of Homeland Security
2017-12-05 · Nomination Confirmed · Judicial & Executive Nominations, Immigration & Border, Government & Democracy
YEA
Kirstjen Nielsen, of Virginia, to be Secretary of Homeland Security
2017-12-04 · Cloture Motion Agreed to · Judicial & Executive Nominations
YEA
Kirstjen Nielsen, of Virginia, to be Secretary of Homeland Security
2017-12-04 · Cloture Motion Agreed to · Judicial & Executive Nominations
YEA
An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018.
2017-12-02 · Bill Passed · Taxes & Fiscal, Economy & Labor, Environment & Energy

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