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Mark Takai

Former

Democrat · HI-1 · U.S. House

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
D+0.80
Healthcare
D+0.62
Immigration & Border
D+0.22
Guns
D+0.99
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
D+1.00
Environment & Energy
D+0.99
Crime & Policing
R+0.85
Defense & Veterans
D+0.20
Economy & Labor
D+0.55
Foreign Policy & Trade
D+0.59
Civil Rights & Social
D+0.85
Education
D+0.92
Government & Democracy
D+0.89
Judicial & Executive Nominations
D+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

Mark Takai'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

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

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Most and least aligned members

Treating Takai'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
Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016
2016-05-13 · Passed · Crime & Policing, Healthcare, Defense & Veterans
NAY
Providing for consideration of the bill (S. 524) to authorize the Attorney General to award grants to address the national epidemics of prescription opioid abuse and heroin use.
2016-05-13 · Passed · Government & Democracy, Crime & Policing
YEA
Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016
2016-05-13 · Passed · Crime & Policing, Healthcare, Defense & Veterans
NAY
Providing for consideration of the bill (S. 524) to authorize the Attorney General to award grants to address the national epidemics of prescription opioid abuse and heroin use.
2016-05-13 · Passed · Government & Democracy, Crime & Policing
YEA
Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016
2016-05-13 · Passed · Crime & Policing, Healthcare, Defense & Veterans
YEA
Veteran Emergency Medical Technician Support Act of 2016
2016-05-12 · Passed · Healthcare, Defense & Veterans
YEA
Lali's Law
2016-05-12 · Passed · Healthcare, Crime & Policing
YEA
American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act of 2016
2016-04-27 · Passed · Foreign Policy & Trade, Economy & Labor
YEA
American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act of 2016
2016-04-27 · Passed · Foreign Policy & Trade, Economy & Labor
YEA
Email Privacy Act
2016-04-27 · Passed · Civil Rights & Social, Government & Democracy, Crime & Policing
YEA
American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act of 2016
2016-04-27 · Passed · Foreign Policy & Trade, Economy & Labor
NAY
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4498) to clarify the definition of general solicitation under Federal securities law.
2016-04-27 · Passed · Government & Democracy, Economy & Labor

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