Voting with Trump

We all know that Rep. Doug LaMalfa is a fan of the president of the United States. But just how aligned is he with POTUS on the issues? According to Nate Silver’s fivethirtyeight.com, which has been tracking Senate and House members’ votes, LaMalfa has voted Trump’s way 96.5 percent of the time. That’s a couple of percentage points below Republican Devin Nunes (98.8 percent), who’s widely considered to be one of Trump’s biggest congressional toadies. However, LaMalfa is well ahead of Trump ally Jim Jordan (84.7 percent), an Ohio congressman who recently grilled Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein over the investigation into the 2016 general election. For perspective, Sen. Bernie Sanders voted in line with Trump’s position 10.7 percent of the time. Read more at projects.fivethirtyeight.com/congress-trump-score/.