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West Virginia State Missed
Votes Scorecard

4%
In West Virginia, the average Senate missed 4% of the vote.
State Dist Party Member % Missed Votes # Missed Votes # Total Votes Most Absent Rank
WV SD-02 R Mike Maroney
17%
135 799 1
WV SD-17 R Eric Nelson
12%
98 799 2
WV SD-05 D Robert Plymale
12%
98 799 2
WV SD-09 R David Stover
11%
91 799 4
WV SD-13 D Robert Beach
10%
81 799 5
WV SD-05 D Mike Woelfel
9%
75 799 6
WV SD-13 D Michael Caputo
8%
64 799 7
WV SD-12 D Michael Romano
8%
63 799 8
WV SD-07 D Ron Stollings
8%
63 799 8
WV SD-01 D William Ihlenfeld
7%
47 701 10
WV SD-08 D Richard Lindsay
5%
43 799 11
WV SD-17 R Tom Takubo
5%
41 799 12
WV SD-11 R Robert Karnes
5%
36 799 13
WV SD-03 R Donna Boley
2%
15 799 14
WV SD-08 D Glenn Jeffries
2%
13 799 15
WV SD-11 R Bill Hamilton
2%
12 799 16
WV SD-12 R Patrick Martin
2%
12 799 16
WV SD-14 R Dave Sypolt
2%
12 799 16
WV SD-16 D Hannah Geffert
1%
1 98 19
WV SD-03 R Mike Azinger
1%
8 799 20
WV SD-10 D Stephen Baldwin
1%
7 799 21
WV SD-01 R Ryan Weld
1%
6 799 22
WV SD-10 R Jack Woodrum
1%
6 799 22
WV SD-14 R Randy Smith
1%
5 799 24
WV SD-16 D John Unger
0%
3 701 25
WV SD-02 R Charles Clements
0%
2 799 26
WV SD-06 R Mark Maynard
0%
2 799 26
WV SD-16 R Patricia Rucker
0%
2 799 26
WV SD-15 R Craig Blair
0%
0 799 29
WV SD-01 D Owens Brown
0%
0 98 29
WV SD-04 R Amy Grady
0%
0 799 29
WV SD-07 R Rupie Phillips
0%
0 799 29
WV SD-09 R Rollan Roberts
0%
0 799 29
WV SD-06 R Chandler Swope
0%
0 799 29
WV SD-04 R Eric Tarr
0%
0 799 29
WV SD-15 R Charles Trump IV
0%
0 799 29
Methodology

The 2021 West Virginia Missed Votes Scorecard

MISSED VOTES METHODOLOGY – WEST VIRGINIA 2021

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

The Foundation looked at 799 votes in the West Virginia Senate and 863 votes in the West Virginia House during the 2021 regular session. The votes were cast from 1/13/2021 – 10/20/2021. This is not an exhaustive list of votes. These floor votes include 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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