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Representative Adam Robertson
Utah legislator profile

Years served in the Utah legislature

First session in legislature: 2018
Most recent year of service for which data are available: 2022
Total sessions served in Utah House as of 2022: 5
Total sessions served in Utah Senate as of 2022: 0

How to read the statistical profile

I present a variety of statistics about Rep. Adam Robertson'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. Robertson's statistical profile

20182019202020212022
Service summary. Service prior to 2007 (if any) is not shown here. My database goes back only to 2007.
  Chamber HouseHouseHouseHouseHouse
  District H63H63H63H63H63
  Party RRRRR
Leadership NoneNoneNoneNoneNone
Years in chamber 12345
Years comparison LowerLowerLowerLower====
 
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Bills sponsored (learn more) Bills written and promoted by the legislator in his/her own chamber.
Introduced by Robertson 26656
Chamber average 7.17.37.36.67.1
Difference -5.1-1.3-1.3-1.6-1.1
Comparison LowerLower==LowerLower==
 
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Bill passage rate (learn more). What percent of Rep. Robertson's sponsored bills pass and are officially "enrolled"? (I ignore whether the governor signed or vetoted the bill.)
Bills introduced 26656
Bills passed 03232
Passage rate 0.0%50%33%60%33%
Chamber average 53%63%58%60%58%
Difference -53.4-13.5-24.6+0.2-25.2
Comparison LowerLowerLowerLower==Lower
 
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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 65212
Chamber average 3.43.43.13.13.0
Difference +2.6+1.6-1.1-2.1-1.0
Comparison HigherHigherLowerLower==
 
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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 2818701963
Total votes held 734752698666711
Absentee rate 3.8%2.4%10%2.9%8.9%
Chamber average 8.0%6.4%7.1%6.1%5.7%
Difference -4.2-4.0+2.9-3.2+3.2
Comparison LowerLowerHigher==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 8096798971
Total votes held 734752698666711
"Nay" rate 11%13%11%13%10%
Chamber average 6.5%6.5%7.0%7.7%6.5%
Difference +4.5+6.5+4.0+5.3+3.5
Comparison HigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigher
 
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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%63%52%67%55%
Chamber average 66%68%67%66%67%
Difference -11.2-5.6-14.9+1.3-12.4
Comparison LowerLowerLowerLower==LowerLower
 
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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. Robertson 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) 91%90%91%89%92%
Chamber average 94%95%95%94%95%
Difference -2.9-5.8-3.4-4.5-3.3
Comparison ==LowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLower
 
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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) 93%91%93%93%95%
Chamber average 83%85%83%85%84%
Difference +9.9+6.8+9.5+8.6+11
Comparison HigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigher

Votes on Rep. Robertson's bills

Only 12 bills sponsored by Rep. Robertson have come to a vote. Listed below are all votes held on bills that Rep. Robertson 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
2021 Robertson HB0116 48 22 37% House/ passed 3rd reading
2022 Robertson HB0211S01 58 12 66% House/ passed 3rd reading
2020 Robertson HB0402S01 58 11 68% House/ passed 3rd reading
2020 Robertson HB0402S01 63 11 70% House/ concurs with Senate amendment
2019 Robertson HB0294S02 22 3 76% Senate/ passed 2nd reading
2021 Robertson HB0116 23 3 77% Senate/ passed 2nd reading
2019 Robertson HB0294S02 24 2 85% Senate/ passed 3rd reading
2021 Robertson HB0116 27 2 86% Senate/ passed 3rd reading
2019 Robertson HB0294S02 65 3 91% House/ passed 3rd reading
2020 Robertson HB0402S01 27 1 93% Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension