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Ed Whitfield

Former

Republican · KY-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
R+0.75
Healthcare
R+0.66
Immigration & Border
R+0.87
Guns
D+0.94
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
R+1.00
Environment & Energy
R+0.62
Crime & Policing
R+0.90
Defense & Veterans
R+0.90
Economy & Labor
R+0.88
Foreign Policy & Trade
R+0.89
Civil Rights & Social
D+0.35
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

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

Republican Party
81%
Libertarian Party
57%
Democratic Party
34%
Green Party
24%
Democratic Socialists (DSA)
19%
Communist Party USA
18%

On the political map

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

Socially conservativeSocially progressiveEconomic leftEconomic rightWhitfield
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 Whitfield'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

Clay Fuller
R · GA-14 · House
+96%
Ashley Moody
R · FL · Senate
+95%
Brian K. Fitzpatrick
R · PA-1 · House
+95%
Jon Husted
R · OH · Senate
+95%
Bernie Moreno
R · OH · Senate
+94%

Least aligned

Analilia Mejia
D · NJ-11 · House
−97%
Angela D. Alsobrooks
D · MD · Senate
−92%
Richard Blumenthal
D · CT · Senate
−82%
Jeff Merkley
D · OR · Senate
−79%
Dave Min
D · CA-47 · House
−79%

Recent notable votes

YEA
National Sea Grant College Program Amendments Act of 2015
2016-07-14 · Passed · Economy & Labor, Government & Democracy
YEA
Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017
2016-07-14 · Passed · Environment & Energy, Taxes & Fiscal, Economy & Labor
YEA
United States Financial System Protection Act of 2016
2016-07-14 · Passed · Foreign Policy & Trade, Economy & Labor, Government & Democracy
YEA
National Sea Grant College Program Amendments Act of 2015
2016-07-14 · Passed · Economy & Labor, Government & Democracy
YEA
Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 2016
2016-07-12 · Passed · Government & Democracy, Judicial & Executive Nominations
YEA
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5538) making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, and for other purposes; providing for proceedings during the period from July 15, 2016, through September 5, 2016; and for other purposes.
2016-07-12 · Passed · Government & Democracy
YEA
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4992) to codify regulations relating to transfers of funds involving Iran, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5119) to prohibit the obligation or expenditure of funds available to any Federal department or agency for any fiscal year to purchase or issue a license for the purchase of heavy water produced in Iran; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5631) to hold Iran accountable for its state sponsorship of terrorism and other threatening activities and for its human rights abuses, and for other purposes.
2016-07-12 · Passed
YEA
Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 2016
2016-07-12 · Passed · Government & Democracy, Judicial & Executive Nominations
YEA
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5538) making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, and for other purposes; providing for proceedings during the period from July 15, 2016, through September 5, 2016; and for other purposes.
2016-07-12 · Passed · Government & Democracy
YEA
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4992) to codify regulations relating to transfers of funds involving Iran, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5119) to prohibit the obligation or expenditure of funds available to any Federal department or agency for any fiscal year to purchase or issue a license for the purchase of heavy water produced in Iran; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5631) to hold Iran accountable for its state sponsorship of terrorism and other threatening activities and for its human rights abuses, and for other purposes.
2016-07-12 · Passed
YEA
Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 2016
2016-07-12 · Passed · Government & Democracy, Judicial & Executive Nominations
YEA
Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 2016
2016-07-12 · Passed · Government & Democracy, Judicial & Executive Nominations

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