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Michigan State Missed
Votes Scorecard

3%
In Michigan, the average Senate missed 3% of the vote.
State Dist Party Member % Missed Votes # Missed Votes # Total Votes Most Absent Rank
MI SD-13 D Mallory McMorrow
22%
90 411 1
MI SD-24 R Tom Barrett
9%
38 411 2
MI SD-02 D Adam Hollier
9%
35 411 3
MI SD-16 R Michael Shirkey
8%
31 411 4
MI SD-25 R Dan Lauwers
7%
29 411 5
MI SD-10 R Michael MacDonald
7%
27 411 6
MI SD-12 D Rosemary Bayer
6%
25 411 7
MI SD-33 R Ricky Outman
6%
23 411 8
MI SD-36 R Jim Stamas
5%
19 411 9
MI SD-37 R Wayne Schmidt
4%
16 411 10
MI SD-04 D Marshall Bullock
3%
13 411 11
MI SD-20 D Sean McCann
3%
13 411 11
MI SD-07 D Dayna Polehanki
3%
13 411 11
MI SD-06 D Erika Geiss
2%
8 411 14
MI SD-14 R Ruth Johnson
1%
5 411 15
MI SD-19 R John Bizon
1%
4 411 16
MI SD-03 D Sylvia Santana
1%
4 411 16
MI SD-27 D James Ananich
1%
3 411 18
MI SD-38 R Ed McBroom
1%
3 411 18
MI SD-35 R Curtis VanderWall
1%
3 411 18
MI SD-05 D Betty Alexander
0%
1 411 21
MI SD-18 D Jeff Irwin
0%
1 411 21
MI SD-21 R Kimberly LaSata
0%
1 411 21
MI SD-09 D Paul Wojno
0%
1 411 21
MI SD-29 D Winnie Brinks
0%
0 411 25
MI SD-34 R Jon Bumstead
0%
0 411 25
MI SD-01 D Stephanie Chang
0%
0 411 25
MI SD-31 R Kevin Daley
0%
0 411 25
MI SD-23 D Curtis Hertel
0%
0 411 25
MI SD-32 R Kenneth Horn
0%
0 411 25
MI SD-28 R Mark Huizenga
0%
0 59 25
MI SD-11 D Jeremy Moss
0%
0 411 25
MI SD-26 R Aric Nesbitt
0%
0 411 25
MI SD-15 R James Runestad
0%
0 411 25
MI SD-22 R Lana Theis
0%
0 411 25
MI SD-30 R Roger Victory
0%
0 411 25
MI SD-08 R Douglas Wozniak
0%
0 59 25
MI SD-17 R Dale Zorn
0%
0 411 25
Methodology

The 2021 Michigan Missed Votes Scorecard

MISSED VOTES METHODOLOGY – MICHIGAN 2021

The Club for Growth Foundation publishes the “Missed Votes” scorecard so the public can see how often Michigan’s elected state lawmakers show up to vote on legislation.

The Foundation looked at 411 votes in the Michigan Senate and 637 votes in the Michigan House during the 2021 regular session. The votes were cast from 1/13/2021 – 12/14/2021. This is not an exhaustive list of votes. These floor votes include a grouping of roll call votes on legislative bills and excludes attendance votes and votes cast in committee. 

On any single roll call vote, if the lawmaker voted YEA (“Y”) or NAY (“N”), then the scorecard counted the lawmaker as casting a vote (+).  If the lawmaker abstained or was not present or did not vote, then the scorecard labeled the lawmaker as missing the vote (-).

The Club for Growth Foundation makes no judgment on why a lawmaker misses votes. Lawmakers miss votes for a whole host of reasons, including medical issues, family concerns, prior commitments, purely political motivations, or other reasons. The Club for Growth Foundation has not analyzed why any lawmaker has missed a vote, and is simply publishing this quantified information for educational purposes only.

Due to situations such as retirements, personal issues, special elections, and appointments, there may be included lawmakers who have not served from start to finish. Their records are kept to showcase all members who voted during the legislative year.

There are inherent limitations in judging the overall qualifications of any legislator based on how many votes he or she has missed, and the Club for Growth Foundation does not endorse or oppose any legislator for public office.

Any mathematical discrepancies for these scores are due to rounding.

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