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| First session in legislature: | 2009 |
| Most recent year of service for which data are available: | 2020 |
| Total sessions served in Utah House as of 2020: | 12 |
| Total sessions served in Utah Senate as of 2020: | 0 |
I present a variety of statistics about Rep. Susan Duckworth'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.
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Three arrows mean that the legislator is significantly different from average (i.e. at least two standard deviations from the mean, placing the legislator in the top/bottom 2% or so)./ Two arrows mean that the legislator is somewhat different from average (i.e. at least one standard deviation from the mean, placing the legislator in the top/bottom 16% or so)./ One arrow indicates that the legislator is only slightly different from average (i.e. one-third standard deviation from the mean). A single arrow indicates a very small difference; don't make too much of it.| 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | ||
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| Service summary. Service prior to 2007 (if any) is not shown here. My database goes back only to 2007. | |||||||||||||
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| District | H22 | H22 | H22 | H22 | H22 | H22 | H22 | H22 | H22 | H22 | H22 | H22 | |
| Party | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | |
| Leadership | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | |
| Years in chamber | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |
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| Bills sponsored (learn more) Bills written and promoted by the legislator in his/her own chamber. | |||||||||||||
| Introduced by Duckworth | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |
| Chamber average | 5.9 | 6.1 | 6.3 | 6.4 | 5.8 | 6.4 | 6.7 | 7.0 | 6.7 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 7.3 | |
| Difference | -4.9 | -4.1 | -4.3 | -6.4 | -5.8 | -4.4 | -6.7 | -4.0 | -3.7 | -6.1 | -4.3 | -4.3 | |
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| Bill passage rate (learn more). What percent of Rep. Duckworth's sponsored bills pass and are officially "enrolled"? (I ignore whether the governor signed or vetoted the bill.) | |||||||||||||
| Bills introduced | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |
| Bills passed | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Passage rate | 100% | 50% | 50% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100% | 0.0% | 33% | 33% | 0.0% | 33% | 67% | |
| Chamber average | 60% | 61% | 55% | 54% | 66% | 52% | 63% | 54% | 61% | 53% | 63% | 58% | |
| Difference | +40 | -10.9 | -5.0 | -54.3 | -65.8 | +48 | -63.0 | -20.5 | -28.4 | -53.4 | -30.5 | +9.4 | |
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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 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Chamber average | 2.8 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.1 | |
| Difference | -2.8 | -0.8 | -1.3 | -2.1 | -3.5 | -3.5 | -3.8 | -3.3 | -3.6 | -3.4 | -0.4 | -3.1 | |
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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 | 31 | 46 | 44 | 25 | 13 | 19 | 46 | 35 | 91 | 98 | 106 | 128 | |
| Total votes held | 600 | 614 | 651 | 651 | 658 | 664 | 699 | 657 | 727 | 734 | 752 | 698 | |
| Absentee rate | 5.2% | 7.5% | 6.8% | 3.8% | 2.0% | 2.9% | 6.6% | 5.3% | 13% | 13% | 14% | 18% | |
| Chamber average | 6.0% | 6.8% | 7.1% | 5.7% | 5.9% | 6.2% | 6.3% | 6.4% | 5.2% | 8.0% | 6.4% | 7.1% | |
| Difference | -0.8 | +0.7 | -0.3 | -1.9 | -3.9 | -3.3 | +0.3 | -1.1 | +7.8 | +5.0 | +7.6 | +11 | |
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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 | 81 | 58 | 70 | 67 | 56 | 59 | 79 | 66 | 70 | 54 | 41 | 28 | |
| Total votes held | 600 | 614 | 651 | 651 | 658 | 664 | 699 | 657 | 727 | 734 | 752 | 698 | |
| "Nay" rate | 14% | 9.4% | 11% | 10% | 8.5% | 8.9% | 11% | 10% | 9.6% | 7.4% | 5.5% | 4.0% | |
| Chamber average | 8.1% | 7.4% | 8.4% | 7.8% | 7.3% | 7.5% | 8.6% | 7.3% | 7.1% | 6.5% | 6.5% | 7.0% | |
| Difference | +5.9 | +2.0 | +2.6 | +2.2 | +1.2 | +1.4 | +2.4 | +2.7 | +2.5 | +0.9 | -1.0 | -3.0 | |
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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 | 55% | 59% | 56% | 50% | 53% | 58% | 52% | 57% | 55% | 62% | 56% | 70% | |
| Chamber average | 66% | 69% | 69% | 67% | 67% | 67% | 67% | 66% | 67% | 66% | 68% | 67% | |
| Difference | -12.0 | -10.5 | -12.7 | -18.0 | -14.0 | -9.4 | -15.5 | -9.7 | -11.8 | -4.4 | -12.4 | +2.5 | |
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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. Duckworth 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) | 93% | 94% | 92% | 95% | 97% | 96% | 97% | 96% | 93% | 96% | 97% | 96% | |
| Chamber average | 94% | 95% | 94% | 94% | 95% | 94% | 94% | 95% | 95% | 94% | 95% | 95% | |
| Difference | -1.2 | -0.4 | -1.8 | +0.7 | +2.2 | +2.3 | +3.0 | +1.7 | -1.5 | +2.3 | +2.0 | +1.2 | |
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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) | 82% | 75% | 66% | 79% | 84% | 82% | 86% | 77% | 69% | 70% | 76% | 67% | |
| Chamber average | 81% | 84% | 85% | 83% | 81% | 80% | 82% | 85% | 87% | 83% | 85% | 83% | |
| Difference | +0.5 | -9.7 | -19.1 | -4.1 | +3.0 | +2.3 | +4.5 | -8.0 | -18.5 | -12.6 | -8.9 | -16.3 | |
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Only 10 bills sponsored by Rep. Duckworth have come to a vote. Listed below are all votes held on bills that Rep. Duckworth sponsored. The votes are sorted by vote margin, with the most divisive votes listed first.
| Year | Sponsor | Bill | Ayes | Nays | Margin (as % of total votes) |
Type of vote |
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| 2019 | Duckworth | HB0213S01 | 51 | 21 | 42% | House/ passed 3rd reading |
| 2020 | Duckworth | HB0246S02 | 59 | 12 | 66% | House/ passed 3rd reading |
| 2020 | Duckworth | HB0246S02 | 59 | 10 | 71% | House/ concurs with Senate amendment |
| 2020 | Duckworth | HCR002 | 22 | 0 | 100% | Senate/ passed 3rd reading |
| 2020 | Duckworth | HCR002 | 24 | 0 | 100% | Senate/ passed 2nd reading |
| 2020 | Duckworth | HCR002 | 74 | 0 | 100% | House/ passed 3rd reading |
| 2020 | Duckworth | HB0246S02 | 26 | 0 | 100% | Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension |
| 2019 | Duckworth | HB0213S01 | 23 | 0 | 100% | Senate/ passed 3rd reading |
| 2019 | Duckworth | HB0213S01 | 27 | 0 | 100% | Senate/ passed 2nd reading |
| 2017 | Duckworth | HB0028 | 27 | 0 | 100% | Senate/ passed 3rd reading |
