U.S. Senate · North Carolina

Sen. Thom Tillis

Republican Serving since Jan. 6, 2015Term ends Jan. 3, 2027
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Votes with own party 96% About as expected Lower than 46 of 53 Senate Republicans Votes with the President 97% About as expected 92% on legislation only Bipartisan bills led 71 More than 79% of Senate members Liberal-to-conservative rank 59thpercentile in all of Congress · 20th percentile among Republicans

Where they sit

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

How this is measured →
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Votes with DemocratsCrosses party linesVotes with Republicans

Thom Tillis'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 Congress59thpercentile
More conservative than 59% of all members of Congress.
Most liberalMost conservative
218th most conservative of 531
Republicans in Congress20thpercentile
More liberal than 80% of Republicans in Congress.
Most liberalMost conservative
55th most liberal of 272
The Senate54thpercentile
More conservative than 53% of Senate members.
Most liberalMost conservative
47th most conservative of 100

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: 99% → Q3 2026: 95%

Lower than 46 of 53 Senate Republicans.

Actual96%
Expected97%
DifferenceAbout the same

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

Democrats Republicans 65%100%

Each line is one Senate member, grouped by party. The dot is Thom Tillis. The dark line is what we'd expect given how this state voted for president in 2024.

On 733 votes that split the partiesReal votes only: 95%See the 733 votes
How this is measured
Votes with the President
97%all votes
Q1 2025: 100% → Q3 2026: 95%

Lower than 48 of 53 Senate Republicans.

Actual97%
Expected98%
DifferenceAbout the same

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

Democrats Republicans 0%100%

Each line is one Senate member, grouped by party. The dot is Thom Tillis. The dark line is what we'd expect given how this state voted for president in 2024.

Based on 271 votes92% on legislation onlySee the 271 votes
How this is measured

Where they broke ranks

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

Every vote

Every roll call in the Senate this Congress, with how Thom Tillis voted, how their party voted and the President's position.

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

Thom Tillis and Ted Budd voted the same way on 95% of votes.

North Carolina

North Carolina's delegation →

How North Carolina voted for president in 2024

Harris 47.8%Trump 51.0%

Contact

Phone
202-224-6342
Office
113 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
Contact form
www.tillis.senate.gov

Issue by issue

How often Thom Tillis 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.

Thom Tillis sides with their party least often on Public Lands and Natural Resources (78%) and Immigration (79%).

Thom TillisAverage for Senate Republicans
  1. Public Lands and Natural Resources 78%Average 99% · 9 votes
  2. Immigration 79%Average 96% · 33 votes
  3. Government Operations and Politics 83%Average 99% · 12 votes
  4. Foreign Trade and International Finance 83%Average 94% · 6 votes
  5. Economics and Public Finance 94%Average 96% · 174 votes
  6. Finance and Financial Sector 95%Average 97% · 19 votes
  7. International Affairs 97%Average 97% · 29 votes
  8. Nominations 100%Average 100% · 369 votes
  9. Environmental Protection 100%Average 100% · 17 votes
  10. Energy 100%Average 100% · 13 votes
  11. Congress 100%Average 100% · 13 votes
  12. Transportation and Public Works 100%Average 100% · 12 votes
  13. Taxation 100%Average 99% · 7 votes
  14. Armed Forces and National Security 100%Average 95% · 5 votes

Fewer than 5 party-line votes, so not charted: Health (4 votes), Sports and Recreation (3 votes), Emergency Management (2 votes), Science, Technology, Communications (2 votes), Education (2 votes), Crime and Law Enforcement (1 vote), Families (1 vote).

Bipartisan bills led

2 passed their chamber · 1 became law

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

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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