David Clemens

Serves as State Senator, District 16 (North Dakota) since Dec 2016. github.com ↗

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Shor-McCarty · votesConservative

More conservative than 90% of North Dakota Senate members

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Score+0.96 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom roll-call votes

Party median0.21 more conservative than the Republican median in this group (+0.75)

Compared with136 members of North Dakota Senate members (1997–2022)

Covers2017–2022

● This person Democrats (49) Republicans (87)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 · donorsVery Conservative

More conservative than 64% of 2022 North Dakota Senate candidates

Details

Score+1.11 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom campaign donors

Party median0.01 more conservative than the Republican median in this group (+1.09)

Compared with28 members of 2022 North Dakota Senate candidates

Covers2016–2022

● This person Democrats (6) Republicans (22)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 ↗

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