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Lynn A. Westmoreland

Former

Republican · GA-3 · 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
R+0.81
Healthcare
R+0.28
Immigration & Border
R+1.00
Guns
R+1.00
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
R+1.00
Environment & Energy
R+0.85
Crime & Policing
R+0.37
Defense & Veterans
R+1.00
Economy & Labor
R+0.90
Foreign Policy & Trade
R+0.71
Civil Rights & Social
D+0.91
Education
R+1.00
Government & Democracy
R+0.93
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

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

Republican Party
83%
Libertarian Party
61%
Democratic Party
32%
Green Party
23%
Democratic Socialists (DSA)
19%
Communist Party USA
18%

On the political map

Lynn A. Westmoreland (the large ringed dot) among every current member of Congress and the party platforms.

Socially conservativeSocially progressiveEconomic leftEconomic rightWestmoreland
Party platforms:Communist Party USADemocratic Socialists (DSA)Green PartyDemocratic PartyRepublican PartyLibertarian Party

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 Westmoreland'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.

Most aligned

Joni Ernst
R · IA · Senate
+97%
Cynthia M. Lummis
R · WY · Senate
+96%
Dan Sullivan
R · AK · Senate
+95%
Dan Newhouse
R · WA-4 · House
+95%
David P. Joyce
R · OH-14 · House
+95%

Least aligned

Angela D. Alsobrooks
D · MD · Senate
−87%
Cleo Fields
D · LA-6 · House
−86%
Analilia Mejia
D · NJ-11 · House
−84%
Jeff Merkley
D · OR · Senate
−84%
Elizabeth Warren
D · MA · Senate
−84%

Recent notable votes

YEA
Water Resources Development Act of 2016
2016-09-28 · Passed · Environment & Energy, Economy & Labor, Government & Democracy
YEA
Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act
2016-09-28 · Passed · Foreign Policy & Trade, Crime & Policing, Judicial & Executive Nominations
YEA
Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 5303) to provide for improvements to the rivers and harbors of the United States, to provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6094) to provide for a 6-month delay in the effective date of a rule of the Department of Labor relating to income thresholds for determining overtime pay for executive, administrative, professional, outside sales, and computer employees; and providing for proceedings during the period from September 29, 2016, through November 11, 2016.
2016-09-28 · Passed · Government & Democracy, Economy & Labor
YEA
Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act
2016-09-28 · Passed · Foreign Policy & Trade, Crime & Policing, Judicial & Executive Nominations
YEA
Water Resources Development Act of 2016
2016-09-28 · Passed · Environment & Energy, Economy & Labor, Government & Democracy
YEA
Regulatory Relief for Small Businesses, Schools, and Nonprofits Act
2016-09-28 · Passed · Economy & Labor
YEA
Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 5303) to provide for improvements to the rivers and harbors of the United States, to provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6094) to provide for a 6-month delay in the effective date of a rule of the Department of Labor relating to income thresholds for determining overtime pay for executive, administrative, professional, outside sales, and computer employees; and providing for proceedings during the period from September 29, 2016, through November 11, 2016.
2016-09-28 · Passed · Government & Democracy, Economy & Labor
YEA
A bill to designate the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Pueblo, Colorado, as the "PFC James Dunn VA Clinic".
2016-09-28 · Passed
YEA
Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act
2016-09-28 · Passed · Foreign Policy & Trade, Crime & Policing, Judicial & Executive Nominations
YEA
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1101 Davis Street in Evanston, Illinois, as the "Abner J. Mikva Post Office Building".
2016-09-22 · Passed
YEA
Prohibiting Future Ransom Payments to Iran Act
2016-09-22 · Passed · Foreign Policy & Trade, Government & Democracy
YEA
District of Columbia Courts and Public Defender Service Voluntary Separation Incentive Payments Act
2016-09-22 · Passed · Government & Democracy, Taxes & Fiscal

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