U.S. House · Rhode Island, District 2

Rep. Seth Magaziner

Democrat Serving since Jan. 3, 2023Term ends Jan. 3, 2027Missed 3% of votes (19 of 674) · How this is measured

Where they sit

Seated by voting record in the House. Percentiles run from 0 (most liberal) to 100 (most conservative).

How this is measured →
Magaziner
← Most liberalThe aisleMost conservative →
Votes with DemocratsCrosses party linesVotes with Republicans

Seth Magaziner's seat is marked. Seats run from most liberal (left) to most conservative (right). Color shows how often each member crosses party lines toward the middle on votes that divide the parties: solid blue or red means almost never, and purple means on at least 1 in 10 of those votes. Gray seats are members too new to score. How this is measured

All of Congress35thpercentile
More liberal than 64% of all members of Congress.
Most liberalMost conservative
189th most liberal of 531
Democrats in Congress73rdpercentile
More conservative than 72% of Democrats in Congress.
Most liberalMost conservative
71st most conservative of 259
The House36thpercentile
More liberal than 63% of House members.
Most liberalMost conservative
156th most liberal of 431

This score measures who votes with whom. A member who votes no because a bill goes too far, or not far enough, can look more moderate than their views.

With their party and with the President

How this is measured →
Votes with own party
96%
Q1 2025: 90% → Q3 2026: 96%

Lower than 161 of 212 House Democrats.

Actual96%
Expected94%
Difference+2 pts

Expected is the typical score for members of the same party whose districts voted like this one for president in 2024.

Democrats Republicans 55%100%

Each line is one House member, grouped by party. The dot is Seth Magaziner. The dark line is what we'd expect given how this district voted for president in 2024.

On 464 votes that split the partiesReal votes only: 92%See the 464 votes
How this is measured
Votes with the President
12%all votes
Q1 2025: 17% → Q3 2026: 19%

Higher than 141 of 212 House Democrats.

Actual12%
Expected18%
Difference−6 pts

Expected is the typical score for members of the same party whose districts voted like this one for president in 2024.

Democrats Republicans 0%100%

Each line is one House member, grouped by party. The dot is Seth Magaziner. The dark line is what we'd expect given how this district voted for president in 2024.

Based on 141 votes12% on legislation onlySee the 141 votes
How this is measured

Where they broke ranks

Votes where Seth Magaziner went against most of their party or against the President's stated position.

Every vote

Every roll call in the House this Congress, with how Seth Magaziner voted, how their party voted and the President's position.

How this is measured
DateVoteTheir voteMost of their partyPresident wantedResult
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A dash means the parties didn't split on that vote, or the President took no public position before it. “Party-line” and “President took a position” list exactly the votes each score counts: the ones cast Yes or No. Missed votes don't count either way and are under “Missed”.

Votes most like

How this district voted for president in 2024

Harris 52.3%Trump 45.5%

Rhode Island's district lines are not changing for the next Congress.

Issue by issue

How often Seth Magaziner votes with their party, and with the President, on each kind of issue. Issues are the policy areas Congress assigns to each bill. "With their party" counts only votes where most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides; "With the President" counts only votes where he took a public position first.

Seth Magaziner sides with their party least often on Education (67%) and Crime and Law Enforcement (85%).

Seth MagazinerAverage for House Democrats
  1. Education 67%Average 89% · 12 votes on Education
  2. Crime and Law Enforcement 85%Average 89% · 27 votes on Crime and Law Enforcement
  3. Immigration 87%Average 91% · 15 votes on Immigration
  4. Commerce 88%Average 94% · 8 votes on Commerce
  5. Labor and Employment 92%Average 97% · 12 votes on Labor and Employment
  6. Finance and Financial Sector 92%Average 88% · 13 votes on Finance and Financial Sector
  7. International Affairs 94%Average 96% · 16 votes on International Affairs
  8. Energy 94%Average 96% · 35 votes on Energy
  9. Public Lands and Natural Resources 95%Average 98% · 19 votes on Public Lands and Natural Resources
  10. Armed Forces and National Security 95%Average 97% · 40 votes on Armed Forces and National Security
  11. Government Operations and Politics 95%Average 92% · 20 votes on Government Operations and Politics
  12. Environmental Protection 96%Average 96% · 27 votes on Environmental Protection
  13. Congress 100%Average 100% · 111 votes on Congress
  14. Economics and Public Finance 100%Average 99% · 63 votes on Economics and Public Finance
  15. Agriculture and Food 100%Average 94% · 8 votes on Agriculture and Food
  16. Law 100%Average 99% · 6 votes on Law
  17. Health 100%Average 100% · 7 votes on Health

Fewer than 5 party-line votes, so not charted: Families (4 votes), Animals (3 votes), Taxation (3 votes), Arts, Culture, Religion (2 votes), Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues (2 votes), Transportation and Public Works (1 vote), Native Americans (1 vote), Science, Technology, Communications (1 vote), Social Welfare (1 vote), Water Resources Development (1 vote), Sports and Recreation (1 vote).

Bipartisan bills led

3 passed their chamber · 0 became law

How this is measured →
How far each bill got:IntroducedPassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law

Contact and committees

Contact

D.C. office phone
202-225-2735
Office
252 Cannon House Office Building Washington DC 20515-3902
Official website
magaziner.house.gov

Committees

  • Committee on Homeland Security
    2 subcommittees
    • Counterterrorism and Intelligence Ranking member
    • Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection
  • Committee on Natural Resources
    2 subcommittees
    • Energy and Mineral Resources
    • Water, Wildlife and Fisheries

Committee data: the congress-legislators project (public domain), refreshed with every update. Chair and ranking-member roles as published there.

Votes: Voteview (UCLA). Bills: Congress.gov. President's positions: our public list. 2024 results by district: The Downballot. How this is measured · Corrections

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