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Steve Daines
Republican · MT
Ideology · real voting-record data
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Voting-record score (NOMINATE) 0.59 — votes to the right of 79% of the Senate. Source: voteview.com.
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Party-line baseline for the Republican conference: YES. In the simulation’s deterministic model, Daines ranks #33 of 53 in the caucus by likelihood to cross the party line (moderates cross first). Whether they actually defect depends on what you do as President.
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