MethodologyMeasuresConcept
Bipartisan and popularity indices
How evenly a bill's last floor vote split across parties, and how many voted for it.
Two simple measures of a bill's most recent floor vote, each on a 0–100 scale.
Bipartisan index#
How evenly support for the bill was split across the parties. Higher means more bipartisan; a bill one party carried alone scores near 0.
Popularity index#
The share of the votes cast that were yes. A bill that passed 45–5 has a popularity of 90.