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Ron DeSantis

Former

Republican · FL-6 · 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+0.83
Healthcare
R+0.75
Immigration & Border
R+0.80
Guns
R+0.89
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
R+0.83
Environment & Energy
R+0.78
Crime & Policing
R+0.90
Defense & Veterans
R+0.78
Economy & Labor
R+0.88
Foreign Policy & Trade
R+0.50
Civil Rights & Social
D+0.43
Education
R+0.27
Government & Democracy
R+0.87
Judicial & Executive Nominations
R+0.96

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

Ron DeSantis'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

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

Socially conservativeSocially progressiveEconomic leftEconomic rightDeSantis

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Most and least aligned members

Treating DeSantis'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
John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019
2018-07-26 · Passed · Defense & Veterans, Taxes & Fiscal
YEA
National Flood Insurance Program Extension Act of 2018
2018-07-25 · Passed
YEA
VA Hospitals Establishing Leadership Performance Act
2018-07-25 · Passed · Defense & Veterans
YEA
Increasing Access to Lower Premium Plans and Expanding Health Savings Accounts Act of 2018
2018-07-25 · Passed · Healthcare
YEA
Restoring Access to Medication and Modernizing Health Savings Accounts Act of 2018
2018-07-25 · Passed · Abortion & Reproductive Rights
YEA
National Flood Insurance Program Extension Act of 2018
2018-07-25 · Passed
YEA
National Flood Insurance Program Extension Act of 2018
2018-07-25 · Passed
YEA
VA Hospitals Establishing Leadership Performance Act
2018-07-25 · Passed · Defense & Veterans
YEA
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6199) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to include certain over-the-counter medical products as qualified medical expenses, and providing for proceedings during the period from July 27, 2018, through September 3, 2018.
2018-07-24 · Passed · Healthcare, Government & Democracy
YEA
Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2018
2018-07-24 · Passed · Taxes & Fiscal, Healthcare
YEA
Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2018
2018-07-24 · Passed · Taxes & Fiscal, Healthcare
YEA
Precision Agriculture Connectivity Act of 2018
2018-07-23 · Passed · Economy & Labor, Environment & Energy

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