Viola Davis

On the November 2026 ballot

Running for State Representative · District 87 · Democratic

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444 roll-call votes on record - 348 yes, 93 no; these state roll calls carry no party-by-party tally. state roll calls
Latest coverage: “Viola Davis to receive Gregory Peck Award at San Diego Film Festival” (NBC 7 San Diego — Local News, Oct 13, 2026). coverage, lean labeled ↗
Serves as State Representative, District 87 (Georgia) since Jan 2019. legis.ga.gov ↗

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The record

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444

Roll-call votes on record.

444 votes · 348 yes · 93 no · 2 not voting · 1 excused. These roll calls don’t record a party-by-party tally, so there’s no party-alignment rate to show - the votes themselves are below. official roll calls · Jun 22, 2026

Votes by topic: top topics first, the rest behind filters

Local Government13 votes · yes on 8, no on 5

State Government12 votes · yes on 11, no on 1

Public Safety10 votes · yes on 9, no on 1

State Budget9 votes · yes on 6, no on 3

Taxes9 votes · yes on 5, no on 4

One vote can touch several topics.

LATEST: NODublin, City of; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemptionHB 1EX · Jun 22, 2026

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Personal finances

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Political placement

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Left–right estimates (academic)

Shor-McCarty · votesVery Liberal

More liberal than 98% of Georgia House members

Details

Score−1.42 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom roll-call votes

Party median0.86 more liberal than the Democratic median in this group (−0.55)

Compared with648 members of Georgia House members (1993–2022)

Covers2019–2022

● This person Democrats (288) Republicans (359)Thick bar: middle half · thin line: middle 80%

Shor, Boris. 2025. "Individual State Legislator Shor-McCarty Ideology Data, January 2025 Update." Harvard Dataverse, V1. Method: Shor, Boris, and Nolan McCarty. 2011. "The Ideological Mapping of American Legislatures." American Political Science Review 105(3). Shor-McCarty ↗

DIME CFscore · donorsConservative

More liberal than 55% of 2022 Georgia House candidates

Details

Score+0.53 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom campaign donors

Party median1.39 more conservative than the Democratic median in this group (−0.86)

Compared with232 members of 2022 Georgia House candidates

Covers2002–2022

● This person Democrats (99) Republicans (131)Thick bar: middle half · thin line: middle 80%

Bonica, Adam. 2024. Database on Ideology, Money in Politics, and Elections: Public version 4.0. Stanford University Libraries. https://data.stanford.edu/dime DIME CFscore ↗

About these scores

These are third-party academic estimates of one left–right dimension, computed by researchers from roll-call votes or campaign donors. They are not Poliscope’s judgment. Each source uses its own scale, so compare people within a source rather than across sources.

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