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Representative Marc K. Roberts
Utah legislator profile

Years served in the Utah legislature

First session in legislature: 2013
Most recent year of service for which data are available: 2020
Total sessions served in Utah House as of 2020: 8
Total sessions served in Utah Senate as of 2020: 0

How to read the statistical profile

I present a variety of statistics about Rep. Marc K. Roberts's service in the Utah legislature. I highlight differences from chamber averages using little green and red arrows. The number of arrows is statistically determined. More arrows indicate a larger difference compared to the chamber average, in relation to how much diversity there is among legislators on this metric. If all legislators introduce exactly 5 bills, then a legislator who introduces 10 is very different; if legislators vary wildly in how many bills they introduce (but the average is still 5), then a legislator who introduces 10 bills may be less different from average. The standard deviation measures this diversity.

Rep. Roberts's statistical profile

20132014201520162017201820192020
Service summary. Service prior to 2007 (if any) is not shown here. My database goes back only to 2007.
  Chamber HouseHouseHouseHouseHouseHouseHouseHouse
  District H67H67H67H67H67H67H67H67
  Party RRRRRRRR
Leadership NoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNone
Years in chamber 12345678
Years comparison LowerLowerLowerLower====HigherHigher
 
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Bills sponsored (learn more) Bills written and promoted by the legislator in his/her own chamber.
Introduced by Roberts 4410658912
Chamber average 5.86.46.77.06.77.17.37.3
Difference -1.8-2.4+3.3-1.0-1.7+0.9+1.7+4.7
Comparison LowerLowerHigher==Lower==HigherHigherHigher
 
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Bill passage rate (learn more). What percent of Rep. Roberts's sponsored bills pass and are officially "enrolled"? (I ignore whether the governor signed or vetoted the bill.)
Bills introduced 4410658912
Bills passed 42401286
Passage rate 100%50%40%0.0%20%25%89%50%
Chamber average 66%52%63%54%61%53%63%58%
Difference +34-2.2-23.0-53.5-41.4-28.4+26-7.6
Comparison HigherHigher==LowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerHigher==
 
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Bills floor sponsored. A "floor sponsor" is like a secondary sponsor of a bill. After a bill passes the sponsor's chamber, its sponsor needs to find a "floor sponsor" in the other chamber to usher it through the other chamber.
Total floor sponsored 11004237
Chamber average 3.53.53.83.33.63.43.43.1
Difference -2.5-2.5-3.8-3.3+0.4-1.4-0.4+3.9
Comparison LowerLowerLowerLower==Lower==HigherHigher
 
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Missed votes (learn more). Usually missed votes occur because of competing obligations within the legislature, not because the legislator has left the capitol.
Missed votes 2920493620426728
Total votes held 658664699657727734752698
Absentee rate 4.4%3.0%7.0%5.5%2.8%5.7%8.9%4.0%
Chamber average 5.9%6.2%6.3%6.4%5.2%8.0%6.4%7.1%
Difference -1.5-3.2+0.7-0.9-2.4-2.3+2.5-3.1
Comparison ==Lower====Lower==HigherLower
 
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"Nay" votes (learn more). Most floor votes pass by overwhelming majorities, since unpopular bills get weeded out long before they reach the floor. As a result, "nay" votes are rare.
"Nay" votes 9876111859310210497
Total votes held 658664699657727734752698
"Nay" rate 15%11%16%13%13%14%14%14%
Chamber average 7.3%7.5%8.6%7.3%7.1%6.5%6.5%7.0%
Difference +7.7+3.5+7.4+5.7+5.9+7.5+7.5+7.0
Comparison HigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigher
 
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Winning side rate (learn more). What percentage of the time (excluding near-unanimous votes) is the legislator on the winning side of a floor vote?
Winning side rate 57%54%49%52%49%43%53%60%
Chamber average 67%67%67%66%67%66%68%67%
Difference -9.1-13.0-18.2-14.6-17.8-23.1-15.0-6.8
Comparison LowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLower
 
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Ideology score (NOMINATE method) (learn more). Using W-NOMINATE algorithm developed by Congressional scholars, I calculate each legislator's relative ideology after each General Session. I describe the method here. Scores have no intrinsic meaning. They are only relative: A legislator with a higher score is to the right ideologically of a legislator with a lower scale. Scores may be compared only within a single chamber and a single year. In most years, a conservative Republican will have a score above 0; a score close to 100 is extreme.
Contact me for scores. They get misinterpreted often enough that I now provide them only to political scientists.
 
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Party support score (overall) (learn more). How consistently does Rep. Roberts support his/her party? That is, what percentage of the time does the legislator vote with the majority of the other members of his/her party? Scores are usually easily above 90%.
Score (overall) 87%90%87%88%87%87%87%89%
Chamber average 95%94%94%95%95%94%95%95%
Difference -7.3-4.1-6.9-6.7-7.7-7.2-8.1-6.0
Comparison LowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLower
 
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Party support score (party-line only) (learn more). This is the same as the "raw" party support score, but we look only at party-line votes when calculating this. A "party-line" vote occurs when the majority of Democrats votes against the majority of Republicans. Although party-line votes are rare, looking at the legislator's party support score in this setting can be revealing.
Score (party-line only) 87%92%84%93%84%86%87%88%
Chamber average 81%80%82%85%87%83%85%83%
Difference +6.1+12+2.2+7.6-3.4+2.5+2.7+4.2
Comparison HigherHigherHigher==HigherLower====Higher

Votes on Rep. Roberts's bills

Many votes have been held on bills sponsored by Rep. Roberts. In the interest of space, I display only the most and least divisive votes held on Rep. Roberts's bills.

Rep. Roberts's most divisive bills

Listed below are the 10 votes on bills sponsored by Rep. Roberts that had the closest vote margin (as a percent of the total votes cast). When there are ties, I list the most recent bills first.

Year Sponsor Bill Ayes Nays Margin
(as % of total votes)
Type of vote
2015 Roberts HCR006S01 38 36 2.7% House/ passed 3rd reading
2015 Roberts HB0313S02 39 34 6.8% House/ passed 3rd reading
2018 Roberts HB0323S04 38 33 7.0% House/ passed 3rd reading
2018 Roberts HB0284 30 39 13% House/ failed
2019 Roberts HB0395S02 11 16 19% Senate/ failed
2017 Roberts HB0332S01 29 45 22% House/ failed
2013 Roberts HB0164S02 21 5 62% Senate/ passed 2nd reading
2013 Roberts HB0164S02 22 5 63% Senate/ passed 3rd reading
2013 Roberts HB0164S02 58 13 63% House/ concurs with Senate amendment
2013 Roberts HB0164S02 57 12 65% House/ passed 3rd reading

Rep. Roberts's least divisive bills

Listed below are the 10 votes on bills sponsored by Rep. Roberts that had the widest vote margin (as a percent of the total votes cast). When there are ties, I display the most recent bills first.

Year Sponsor Bill Ayes Nays Margin
(as % of total votes)
Type of vote
2020 Roberts HCR008 25 0 100% Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
2020 Roberts HB0422S01 69 0 100% House/ passed 3rd reading
2020 Roberts HB0407 26 0 100% Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
2020 Roberts HB0407 69 0 100% House/ passed 3rd reading
2020 Roberts HB0387 70 0 100% House/ passed 3rd reading
2020 Roberts HB0358S01 27 0 100% Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
2020 Roberts HB0358S01 70 0 100% House/ passed 3rd reading
2020 Roberts HB0232S03 69 0 100% House/ concurs with Senate amendment
2020 Roberts HB0232S03 27 0 100% Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
2020 Roberts HB0232S03 72 0 100% House/ passed 3rd reading