Using the Contested Votes Feature

A contested, partisan vote is where at least half of one party votes way on a bill and a third of the other party votes the other way.

The question is: does the legislator join their own party or do they vote with the other party?

Some might call this bi-partisanship or crossing the aisle, but any time this happens with our justices on the supreme court, we all feel betrayed. Democrat policies these days seek to reduce our God-given rights and grow government into something it was never intended to be. Feeling betrayed is appropriate at the legislative level just as it is on the court.

To help with this analysis, we color-coded the vote breakdown. Red for Republican and blue for Democrat. The legislator in question is highlighted in yellow to help see which party they joined.

As you scroll down through the votes, you can see the legislator crossing the aisle. For the number of votes where there was this partisan divide, the more often the legislator sided with the other party, that determines the percentage. The higher the percentage, the greater the betrayal.

Texas House Republicans, on average, do this 24% of the time. Democrats, on average, only do this 11% of the time.