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Jared Polis

Former

Democrat · CO-2 · 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+0.70
Healthcare
D+0.63
Immigration & Border
D+0.42
Guns
D+0.73
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
D+0.99
Environment & Energy
D+0.75
Crime & Policing
D+0.56
Defense & Veterans
D+0.36
Economy & Labor
D+0.53
Foreign Policy & Trade
D+0.37
Civil Rights & Social
D+0.68
Education
D+0.90
Government & Democracy
D+0.83
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

Jared Polis'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

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

Socially conservativeSocially progressiveEconomic leftEconomic rightPolis

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Most and least aligned members

Treating Polis'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
Global Fragility and Violence Reduction Act of 2018
2018-11-27 · Passed · Foreign Policy & Trade
YEA
Democratic Republic of the Congo Democracy and Accountability Act of 2018
2018-11-27 · Passed · Foreign Policy & Trade, Government & Democracy
NAY
American Innovation Act of 2018
2018-09-27 · Passed · Economy & Labor, Government & Democracy
NAY
American Innovation Act of 2018
2018-09-27 · Passed · Economy & Labor, Government & Democracy
YEA
Department of Defense and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act, 2019 and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019
2018-09-26 · Passed · Defense & Veterans, Taxes & Fiscal
YEA
Recognizing that allowing illegal immigrants the right to vote devalues the franchise and diminishes the voting power of United States citizens.
2018-09-26 · Passed · Immigration & Border, Government & Democracy
YEA
Providing for the concurrence by the House in the Senate amendment to H.R. 302, with an amendment.
2018-09-26 · Passed · Economy & Labor, Government & Democracy
NAY
Empowering Financial Institutions to Fight Human Trafficking Act of 2018
2018-09-26 · Passed · Crime & Policing, Economy & Labor
NAY
Providing for consideration of the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 6157) making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 1071) recognizing that allowing illegal immigrants the right to vote devalues the franchise and diminishes the voting power of United States citizens; and providing for consideration of motions to suspend the rules.
2018-09-26 · Passed · Defense & Veterans, Immigration & Border, Government & Democracy
YEA
FDR Historic Preservation Act
2018-09-26 · Passed
YEA
Recognizing that allowing illegal immigrants the right to vote devalues the franchise and diminishes the voting power of United States citizens.
2018-09-26 · Passed · Immigration & Border, Government & Democracy
YEA
Providing for the concurrence by the House in the Senate amendment to H.R. 302, with an amendment.
2018-09-26 · Passed · Economy & Labor, Government & Democracy

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