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Tia Yang
@tsyang27.bsky.social
Philly-based news editor and data journalist. Past: FiveThirtyEight, CQ Roll Call.
Posts before 2/10/26 are migrated from fka Twitter.
And dig into the data to see how your lawmaker voted in 2025 using the full interactive (by
@lukewines
and Lauren Kim) here: votehub.com/trump-score /8
Is Your Member of Congress Aligned With Trump?
A record showing how frequently each member of the House and Senate voted in alignment with, or in opposition to, the president in 2025.
votehub.com
February 11, 2026 at 4:39 AM
High party unity has increasingly been a norm and a necessity this era of slim majorities and high polarization. But the cracks are already starting to show in 2026, as lawmakers navigate Trump's controversial foreign policies, government funding, and electoral pressures. 6/
February 11, 2026 at 4:39 AM
On the other side of the aisle, the redder their district, the more likely Democrats were to vote with Trump. The median Democrat sided with him on just 10 percent of votes, but one (Cuellar) did so slightly more often than the most moderate Republican (Fitzpatrick) 5/
February 11, 2026 at 4:39 AM
GOP alignment was similar in the House, where 182 of 219 Republicans backed Trump on every vote, as leadership worked overtime to keep intraparty squabbles (like on those tariff policies) off the floor. Every House vote in this study went Trump's way. 4/
February 11, 2026 at 4:39 AM
The Senate agenda was dominated by nominations, but most GOP defections came on legislation. Of 53 non-nomination votes in this analysis, 39 responded to executive action, like 3 votes to rebuke Trump's tariff policies that drew enough GOP support to pass the Senate. 3/
February 11, 2026 at 4:39 AM
In the Senate, all but 8 Republicans agreed with Trump 100% of the time. Paul, Murkowski, Collins, and McConnell broke most often from the President. Democrats were largely aligned against Trump, though Fetterman voted most often with him. 2/
February 11, 2026 at 4:39 AM
@msquared517 In Pennsylvania, this was calculated as the total votes cast in the 3 Supreme Court retention elections, divided by 3. (2/2)
February 11, 2026 at 4:29 AM
@msquared517 Hi Matt, thanks for reading! So that we could consistently compare turnout results to historical elections where complete turnout results by county are not available, turnout was calculated as the total votes for the ballot item(s) at the top of the ticket. (1/2)
February 11, 2026 at 4:29 AM
Check it out here: https://votehub.com/2026/01/27/off-year-turnout-hit-a-20-year-high-in-2025/
And thanks to @lukewines for helping bring these beautiful visuals to life!
February 11, 2026 at 4:29 AM