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Trump score How often Sessions voted in line with Trump’s position | Trump margin Trump’s share of the vote in the 2016 election in the member’s state or district minus Clinton’s | Predicted score How often Sessions was expected to support Trump based on Trump’s 2016 margin | Trump plus-minus Difference between Sessions’s actual and predicted Trump-support scores | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | 100.0% | +27.7 | 95.8% | +4.2 |
| 115th Congress | 100.0% | +27.7 | 95.8% | +4.2 |
Trump score How often Sessions votes in line with Trump’s position | 100.0% |
|---|---|
| Trump margin Trump’s share of the vote in the 2016 election in the member’s state or district minus Clinton’s | +27.7 |
Predicted score How often Sessions is expected to support Trump based on Trump’s 2016 margin | 95.8% |
Trump plus-minus Difference between Sessions’s actual and predicted Trump-support scores | +4.2 |
| Date | Measure | Trump Position | Sessions Vote | Agree with Trump? | Likelihood of agreement | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb. 8, 2017 | Nomination of Jeff Sessions to be attorney general (52-47) | Trump Position support | Sessions Vote Present | Agree with Trump? —— | Likelihood of agreement 96.1% | Plus-minus —— |
| Feb. 7, 2017 | Nomination of Betsy DeVos to be secretary of education (51-50) | Trump Position support | Sessions Vote Yes | Agree with Trump?  | Likelihood of agreement 90.9% | Plus-minus +9.1 |
| Feb. 3, 2017 | Repeal of a rule requiring energy companies to disclose payments to foreign governments (52-47) | Trump Position support | Sessions Vote Yes | Agree with Trump? | Likelihood of agreement 92.0% | Plus-minus +8.0 |
| Feb. 2, 2017 | Repeal of the stream protection rule (54-45) | Trump Position support | Sessions Vote Not voting | Agree with Trump? —— | Likelihood of agreement 99.9% | Plus-minus —— |
| Feb. 1, 2017 | Nomination of Rex W. Tillerson to be secretary of state (56-43) | Trump Position support | Sessions Vote Yes | Agree with Trump? | Likelihood of agreement 98.7% | Plus-minus +1.3 |
| Jan. 31, 2017 | Nomination of Elaine L. Chao to be secretary of transportation (93-6) | Trump Position support | Sessions Vote Yes | Agree with Trump? | Likelihood of agreement 100.0% | Plus-minus 0.0 |
| Jan. 24, 2017 | Nomination of Nikki R. Haley to be ambassador to the United Nations (96-4) | Trump Position support | Sessions Vote Yes | Agree with Trump? | Likelihood of agreement 99.6% | Plus-minus +0.4 |
| Jan. 23, 2017 | Nomination of Mike Pompeo to be director of the CIA (66-32) | Trump Position support | Sessions Vote Yes | Agree with Trump? | Likelihood of agreement 96.0% | Plus-minus +4.0 |
| Jan. 20, 2017 | Nomination of John F. Kelly to be secretary of homeland security (88-11) | Trump Position support | Sessions Vote Not voting | Agree with Trump? —— | Likelihood of agreement 99.7% | Plus-minus —— |
| Jan. 20, 2017 | Nomination of James Mattis to be secretary of defense (98-1) | Trump Position support | Sessions Vote Not voting | Agree with Trump? —— | Likelihood of agreement 100.0% | Plus-minus —— |
| Jan. 12, 2017 | Waiver allowing James Mattis to become secretary of defense (81-17) | Trump Position support | Sessions Vote Yes | Agree with Trump? | Likelihood of agreement 99.2% | Plus-minus +0.8 |
| Jan. 12, 2017 | Budget resolution to repeal the Affordable Care Act (51-48) | Trump Position support | Sessions Vote Yes | Agree with Trump? | Likelihood of agreement 89.7% | Plus-minus +10.3 |
| Average | 100.0% | 95.8% | +4.2 | |||
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Members’ “likelihood of agreement” scores on each vote are calculated using a regression for which the input is Trump’s 2016 vote margin in every member’s state or district and the output is the probability that a member will vote for the bill. The plus-minus on each vote is the difference between the member’s vote (100 percent for a “yes,” 0 percent for a “no”) and the likelihood of agreement. Averages do not include missed votes. How this works »
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