The Institute for Legislative Analysis (ILA) just released the voting trends on Florida U.S Congressional members.
Their latest analysis found that “culture war” issues have replaced “fiscal discipline” within the GOP.
The breakdown shows GOP lawmakers voted for the “conservative position” on cultural and social issues 97% of the time but for the limited government position on tax and fiscal issues just 51% of the time.
ILA says more than half of Republicans (146 of 275) voted for the progressive position on fiscal issues more often than the conservative. But on cultural issues (abortion, LGBTQ and gender ideology, and race) all but 23 Republicans voted at least 90% of the time for the conservative position.
The Republican Party is in a new movement grounded on populism and focused on winning the culture wars,” said Ryan McGowan, CEO of the Institute for Legislative Analysis.
McGowen also said significant ideological shifts within major conservative institutions gravitate Republican lawmakers to this new policy agenda.
“These votes reveal a major shift in Republican party ideology,’ said the group.
Across all policy issues, Republicans voted with the limited government position 77.05% of the time compared to Democrats voting with the progressive position 92.52% of the time.
Among Florida Republicans here are the most conservative in the U.S. House.
- Rep. Greg Steube 98%
- Rep. Byron Donalds 98%
- Rep. Anna Paulina Luna 97%
- Rep. Matt Gaetz 96%
- Rep. Bill Posey 95%
- Rep. Aaron Bean 94%
- Rep. Cory Mills 94%
- Rep. Michael Waltz 91%
- Rep. Kat Cammack 89%
- Rep. Daniel Webster 84%
- Rep. Scott Franklin 84%
- Rep. Brian Mast 84%
GOP HOUSE MEMBERS THAT VOTED MODERATE
- Rep. Gus Bilirakis 79%
- Rep. Neal Dunn 69%
- Rep. Vern Buchanan 66%
- Rep. John Rutherford 65%
- Rep. Laurel M. Lee 64%
- Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart 58%
- Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar 58%
- Rep. Carlos Giménez 57%
Florida’s two GOP Senators: Sen. Marco Rubio had a 75% conservative rating with Sen. Rick Scott at 86%.
Most of the Democrats in the Florida delegation has a 10% or lower on the conservative ranking.
The bottom two were Rep. Maxwell Frost at 4% Rep. Frederica Wilson with 3%.
The highest ranking among democrats was Rep. Jared Moskowitz with 17%.
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