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Clarke, Yvette D.
Party: DDistrict: NY-09U.S. House of Representatives
Accountability Grade
D
Composite score: 15/100
Weighted average of Delivery, Voting Alignment, and Donor Capture. District Need is contextual and not scored.
Delivery3/100
Bills passed, hearings held, and constituent services delivered.
Voting Alignment94/100
Roll-call votes matching measured district public opinion.
Donor Capture32/100
Financial independence from large-dollar and PAC contributions.
District Need
Descriptive context — not included in the accountability grade.
Poverty rate
17.6%
Median household income
$74,202
Uninsured rate
0.1%
How These Scores Are Calculated
Plain-language version — no jargon, no formulas.
Delivery

We compare how much federal money (contracts and grants) actually flows into this district against how much the district needs, based on poverty, income, and insurance data. Then we compare that gap only against other districts with similar population density — rural vs. rural, city vs. city — so a rural district never gets unfairly judged against a big city, or vice versa.

Voting Alignment

This is not a poll. Both sides of this come from real, recorded actions. The district's lean comes from how people there actually voted in the last two House elections. The member's ideology comes from their actual voting record in Congress, using a standard method that looks at which bills they tend to vote for together over their whole career. We score both on the same 0 to 100 scale and compare them. The closer they match, the higher the score. It does not matter if that match is liberal or conservative, both score the same either way. This is not a "good votes" or "bad votes" score. It only asks one thing: does this member vote the way their district actually votes, or more extreme than that?

Donor Capture

We look at what share of a member's campaign money comes from small individual donors (giving $200 or less) and from individuals generally, versus PACs, corporations, and large-dollar donors. A higher score means more of their money comes from regular people rather than organized interests.

How the three combine into one grade

We rank every member nationally on each of the three scores above, then average those three rankings together for one composite score. Members are then graded on a curve: the top 10% get an A, the next 25% get a B, the middle 30% get a C, the next 25% get a D, and the bottom 10% get an F.

What's not in the grade

District Need (poverty rate, median income, uninsured rate) is shown for context only — it describes the district, not the member, so it never pushes the grade up or down.

Donor Composition
Reliance on large-dollar and PAC money, not an industry breakdown.
Small-dollar10.5% small-dollar · 89.5% larger
Individual37.3% individual · 62.7% pac
Small-dollar / IndividualLarge-dollar / PAC
2026 Race Forecast
Modeled win probability, updated periodically.
100%win probability
Safe
Recent Roll-Call Votes
Most recent floor votes cast, listed plainly with no editorial framing.
H.R. 8884 — Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans ActSocial Welfare · Jul 23, 2026Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act This bill reauthorizes through 2031 the Social Security Administration’s (SSA’s) authority to carry out dem...
Nay
H.Con.Res. 89 — Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.International Affairs · Jul 23, 2026This concurrent resolution directs the President to remove U.S.
Yea
H.Con.Res. 113 — Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2027 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2028 through 2036.Economics and Public Finance · Jul 22, 2026This concurrent resolution establishes the congressional budget for the federal government for FY2027, sets forth budgetary levels for FY2028-FY2036, and provid...
Nay
H.R. 7008 — Stop Insider Trading ActCongress · Jul 22, 2026Stop Insider Trading Act This bill generally prohibits Members of Congress and their spouses and dependent children from purchasing stocks and requires public n...
Nay
H.R. 7008 — Stop Insider Trading ActCongress · Jul 22, 2026Stop Insider Trading Act This bill generally prohibits Members of Congress and their spouses and dependent children from purchasing stocks and requires public n...
Yea
H.R. 8800 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027Armed Forces and National Security · Jul 22, 2026National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 This bill sets forth policies and authorities for FY2027 for Department of Defense (DOD) programs, activ...
Nay
H.R. 8800 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027Armed Forces and National Security · Jul 22, 2026National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 This bill sets forth policies and authorities for FY2027 for Department of Defense (DOD) programs, activ...
Yea
H.R. 9770 — Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2027, and for other purposes.Economics and Public Finance · Jul 22, 2026Continuing Appropriations Act, 2027 This bill provides continuing FY2027 appropriations for federal agencies and extends various expiring programs and authoriti...
Nay
H.R. 6955 — Main Street Capital Access ActFinance and Financial Sector · Jul 22, 2026Main Street Capital Access Act or the Main Street Act This bill lessens and otherwise modifies banking regulations, including those regarding institution format...
Nay
H.R. 6955 — Main Street Capital Access ActFinance and Financial Sector · Jul 22, 2026Main Street Capital Access Act or the Main Street Act This bill lessens and otherwise modifies banking regulations, including those regarding institution format...
Yea
H.Res. 1438 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8800) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8884) to amend title II of the Social Security Act to reauthorize demonstration authority for the disability insurance program; providing for consideration of the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 113) establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2027 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2028 through 2036; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7008) to amend chapter 131 of title 5 to require certain restrictions on stocks for Members of Congress and their spouses and dependents, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6955) to make improvements to the Federal banking laws, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 9770) making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2027, and for other purposes; and for other purposes.Congress · Jul 21, 2026This resolution provides for the consideration of the bill (H.R.
Nay
H.Res. 1438 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8800) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8884) to amend title II of the Social Security Act to reauthorize demonstration authority for the disability insurance program; providing for consideration of the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 113) establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2027 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2028 through 2036; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7008) to amend chapter 131 of title 5 to require certain restrictions on stocks for Members of Congress and their spouses and dependents, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6955) to make improvements to the Federal banking laws, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 9770) making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2027, and for other purposes; and for other purposes.Congress · Jul 21, 2026This resolution provides for the consideration of the bill (H.R.
Nay
H.R. 1118 — Value Over Cost Act of 2026Government Operations and Politics · Jul 21, 2026Value Over Cost Act of 2025 This bill specifies that contracts and orders under the multiple award schedule program of the General Services Administration (GSA)...
Yea
H.R. 8823 — Putting Patients First by Strengthening Provider Accountability in FECA ActGovernment Operations and Politics · Jul 20, 2026Putting Patients First by Strengthening Provider Accountability in FECA Act This bill explicitly authorizes the Department of Labor to suspend payments under th...
Yea
H.R. 4541 — To reauthorize the Young Women’s Breast Health Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young Act of 2009.Health · Jul 20, 2026This bill reauthorizes and revises programs of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that support services and education addressing breast and ce...
Yea
H.R. 9237 — Take Care of America’s Veterans ActArmed Forces and National Security · Jul 16, 2026Take Care of America's Veterans Act This bill addresses veterans’ benefits, health care, counseling, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) personnel, VA infrastru...
Yea
H.R. 5362 — To name the Department of Veterans Affairs multispecialty clinic in Marietta, Georgia, as the "Colonel Michael H. Boyce Department of Veterans Affairs Multispecialty Clinic".Armed Forces and National Security · Jul 16, 2026This bill designates the multispecialty clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Marietta, Georgia, as the Colonel Michael H.
Yea
H.R. 8595 — National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2027International Affairs · Jul 15, 2026National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2027 This bill provides FY2027 appropriations for national security, the Depart...
Nay
H.R. 8595 — National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2027International Affairs · Jul 15, 2026National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2027 This bill provides FY2027 appropriations for national security, the Depart...
Yea
H.R. 1181 — Protecting Privacy in Purchases ActFinance and Financial Sector · Jul 14, 2026Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act This bill prohibits payment card networks from using merchant codes that distinguish firearms retailers from general-merchan...
Nay
Data as of July 29, 2026. Constituent Accountability Index — nonpartisan, data-driven. See full methodology →