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Votes with the Democratic majority 91% of the time - the 9 recent party breaks are the clearest signal of where Smith actually stands. official roll calls
Advocacy groups split on the record - Florida Chamber of Commerce scores it 83%, Americans for Prosperity - Florida 65 (3 published scorecards). published scorecards
Sponsored 52 bills and co-sponsored 28 on record; most recently SB 418 “Law Enforcement Officer Interactions with Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder” (Jun 17, 2026). bill records
What we don’t cover yet 1 gaps
What we don’t cover yet
Campaign finance filings for this office aren’t wired in yet - when they’re sourced, they’ll appear here.
The record
official roll calls · every vote links to the bill
91%
Votes with the Democratic majority.
Where both parties recorded a position on the same roll call, Smith’s vote matched the Democratic position 91% of the time. That makes the 9 recent breaks the clearest signal of where Smith actually stands - they’re first, below. official roll calls · Jun 2, 2026
1,622 votes · 1,378 yes · 218 no · 15 absent · 8 not voting · 3 excused
Where Smith broke from the party - the high-signal votes
VOTED NO
Higher Education
Democrats voted yes, 6–1; Smith was one of the 1 against · HB 5601E · May 29, 2026
Votes by topic: top topics first, the rest behind filters
conference committee32 votes · yes on 32, no on 0
state budget24 votes · yes on 24, no on 0
Criminal Justice13 votes · yes on 9, no on 4
Law Enforcement13 votes · yes on 9, no on 4
State Government12 votes · yes on 8, no on 4
One vote can touch several topics.
LATEST: YESSave our Homes from Excessive Property TaxesSJR 2F · Jun 2, 2026CommitteesVice Chair · Criminal JusticeAppropriationsAppropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil JusticeAppropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development
3 ratings from advocacy groups, across 4 issue areas. Scores are shown on a shared 0–100 scale so groups can be read side by side, with each group’s own published score kept next to it. Every score is the group’s opinion, never our verdict, and every row links to the scorecard.
Civil Rights · 1
Florida Family Action · issue advocacy · 2017-2018
third-party academic estimates - never our verdict
Left–right estimates (academic)
Shor-McCarty · votesVery Liberal
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More liberal than 98% of Florida House members
Details
Score−1.60 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale
BasisFrom roll-call votes
Party median0.49 more liberal than the Democratic median in this group (−1.11)
Compared with604 members of Florida House members (1996–2022)
Covers2017–2022
● This person Democrats (244) Republicans (360)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 · donorsLiberal
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More liberal than 79% of 2022 Florida House candidates
Details
Score−0.92 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale
BasisFrom campaign donors
Party medianAt the Democratic median in this group (−0.92)
Compared with311 members of 2022 Florida House candidates
Covers2016–2022
● This person Democrats (131) Republicans (175) Independents (5)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.
