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Representative Keven J. Stratton
Utah legislator profile

Years served in the Utah legislature

First session in legislature: 2013
Most recent year of service for which data are available: 2024
Total sessions served in Utah House as of 2024: 12
Total sessions served in Utah Senate as of 2024: 0

How to read the statistical profile

I present a variety of statistics about Rep. Keven J. Stratton'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. Stratton's statistical profile

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Service summary. Service prior to 2007 (if any) is not shown here. My database goes back only to 2007.
  Chamber HouseHouseHouseHouseHouseHouseHouseHouseHouseHouseHouseHouse
  District H48H48H48H48H48H48H48H48H48H48H58H58
  Party RRRRRRRRRRRR
Leadership NoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNone
Years in chamber 123456789101112
Years comparison LowerLowerLowerLower====HigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigher
 
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Bills sponsored (learn more) Bills written and promoted by the legislator in his/her own chamber.
Introduced by Stratton 57910111110810966
Chamber average 5.86.46.77.06.77.17.37.36.67.18.18.5
Difference -0.8+0.6+2.3+3.0+4.3+3.9+2.7+0.7+3.4+1.9-2.1-2.5
Comparison ====HigherHigherHigherHigherHigher==HigherHigherLowerLower
 
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Bill passage rate (learn more). What percent of Rep. Stratton's sponsored bills pass and are officially "enrolled"? (I ignore whether the governor signed or vetoted the bill.)
Bills introduced 57910111110810966
Bills passed 438374778854
Passage rate 80%43%89%30%64%36%70%88%80%89%83%67%
Chamber average 66%52%63%54%61%53%63%58%60%58%56%56%
Difference +14-9.2+26-23.5+2.6-17.4+6.5+30+20+31+27+11
Comparison Higher==HigherLower==Lower==HigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigher
 
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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 793237745264
Chamber average 3.53.53.83.33.63.43.43.13.13.03.53.3
Difference +3.5+5.5-0.8-1.3-0.6+3.6+3.6+0.9+1.9-1.0+2.5+0.7
Comparison HigherHigherHigher==Lower==HigherHigherHigherHigher==Higher==Higher==
 
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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 42728692446671338477349
Total votes held 658664699657727734752698666711803845
Absentee rate 0.6%4.1%4.0%11%3.3%6.3%8.9%1.9%5.7%6.6%9.1%5.8%
Chamber average 5.9%6.2%6.3%6.4%5.2%8.0%6.4%7.1%6.1%5.7%6.4%6.8%
Difference -5.3-2.1-2.3+4.6-1.9-1.7+2.5-5.2-0.4+0.9+2.7-1.0
Comparison LowerLowerLowerLowerHigherLower==HigherLower====Higher==
 
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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 414166484638626160655563
Total votes held 658664699657727734752698666711803845
"Nay" rate 6.2%6.2%9.4%7.3%6.3%5.2%8.2%8.7%9.0%9.1%6.8%7.5%
Chamber average 7.3%7.5%8.6%7.3%7.1%6.5%6.5%7.0%7.7%6.5%7.1%5.7%
Difference -1.1-1.3+0.8+0.0-0.8-1.3+1.7+1.7+1.3+2.6-0.3+1.8
Comparison LowerLower======LowerHigherHigherHigherHigher==Higher
 
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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 84%69%59%60%68%66%62%60%73%56%63%62%
Chamber average 67%67%67%66%67%66%68%67%66%67%69%68%
Difference +17+2.2-8.5-6.6+0.9+0.0-6.3-7.4+6.9-10.8-6.2-5.1
Comparison HigherHigher==LowerLower====LowerLowerHigherLowerLowerLowerLower
 
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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. Stratton 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) 96%95%91%93%94%95%93%94%94%92%93%93%
Chamber average 95%94%94%95%95%94%95%95%94%95%96%96%
Difference +1.0+1.0-3.2-1.4-1.0+1.4-2.0-0.90.0-3.1-2.8-3.1
Comparison HigherHigherLowerLowerLowerLower==LowerLower==LowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLower
 
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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) 90%91%91%92%90%92%96%85%94%91%88%92%
Chamber average 81%80%82%85%87%83%85%83%85%84%88%87%
Difference +8.3+11+9.3+6.2+2.8+9.4+12+1.7+9.5+6.9+0.1+4.9
Comparison HigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigher==HigherHigher==Higher

Votes on Rep. Stratton's bills

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

Rep. Stratton's most divisive bills

Listed below are the 10 votes on bills sponsored by Rep. Stratton 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 Stratton HB0244 38 33 7.0% House/ passed 3rd reading
2022 Stratton HB0269S03 40 32 11% House/ passed 3rd reading
2024 Stratton HB0514 12 16 14% Senate/ failed
2018 Stratton HB0175S04 44 29 21% House/ passed 3rd reading
2017 Stratton HB0314S02 26 45 27% House/ failed
2017 Stratton HB0139S01 45 25 29% House/ passed 3rd reading
2018 Stratton HB0175S04 20 54 46% House/ failed
2013 Stratton HB0094S04 54 19 48% House/ passed 3rd reading
2017 Stratton HB0139S01 57 17 54% House/ concurs with Senate amendment
2024 Stratton HB0379S02 55 16 55% House/ passed 3rd reading

Rep. Stratton's least divisive bills

Listed below are the 10 votes on bills sponsored by Rep. Stratton 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
2024 Stratton HB0376S01 69 0 100% House/ concurs with Senate amendment
2024 Stratton HB0376S01 27 0 100% Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
2024 Stratton HB0376S01 73 0 100% House/ passed 3rd reading
2024 Stratton HB0375 26 0 100% Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
2024 Stratton HB0375 68 0 100% House/ passed 3rd reading
2024 Stratton HB0076 26 0 100% Senate/ passed 3rd reading
2024 Stratton HB0076 21 0 100% Senate/ passed 2nd reading
2024 Stratton HB0076 68 0 100% House/ passed 3rd reading
2023 Stratton HB0179S02 27 0 100% Senate/ passed 3rd reading
2023 Stratton HB0179S02 23 0 100% Senate/ passed 2nd reading