July 20, 2026Methodology v2.2 · Data: BLS, 20102025
Political Grades
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CongressPennsylvania

David McCormick

U.S. Senator, Pennsylvania · Republican · in office since Jan. 3, 2025

David McCormick
U.S. Senator · Pennsylvania · Republican · in the Senate since Jan. 2025
Chamber
Senate
not yet gradeable
Pennsylvania outcomes over their Senate service
CategoryLatestScore vs. peers
Education scale score276.224Too early
Air quality AQI39.524Too early
Water quality % of community systems11.725Too early
Unemployment %4.325Too early
Health coverage % of adults 18-6410.424Too early
Tax burden % of personal income6.024Too early
Energy cost cents/kWh17.824Too early
Cost of living index, US=10097.624Too early
Crime deaths per 100,0005.624Too early
Teen births per 1,000 females 15-199.724Too early
Wellbeing mean days of past 30524Too early
Obesity % of adults34.224Too early
Early literacy % of 4th graders37.824Too early
Gun deaths deaths per 100,000 (age-adjusted)11.924Too early
Food-aid access index (higher = easier access)123Too early
Jobless-benefit access % of unemployed receiving UI38.324Too early
Their own recordValue
Legislative effectiveness LES · chamber avg = 1.0Data pending
Missed votes2.8%
Ideology 0 = left · 1 = right (GovTrack)0.71
Promises keptIn human review

A senator’s constituency is the whole state, so they are scored on the same verified state outcomes as the governor — ranked against other senators — alongside their own legislative record. Influence is shared with 99 colleagues and the governor; the score shows relative movement, not sole credit. Methodology v2.2

Federal spending during McCormick’s current term

Total U.S. federal outlays for each fiscal year of McCormick’s current term. This is the whole federal budget — mostly Social Security, Medicare, defense, interest on the debt, and prior commitments — not money McCormick personally directed. A president proposes and Congress appropriates; no single official controls it.

FY25
$7.01T−$1.77T deficit

Source: OMB Historical Tables, Table 1.1 (Summary of Receipts, Outlays, and Surpluses or Deficits: 1789-present) · figures. Nominal dollars, by fiscal year (Oct–Sep).

How McCormick is graded

A senator’s constituency is the whole state, so McCormick is graded on the same verified state outcomes as the governor — measured as the change on their watch versus the other 49 states, capped because influence is shared with 99 colleagues, the governor and a world economy — blended with what they personally control: how effectively they move legislation and how they vote. Every part decomposes on the card above, and the “measured” figure says how much of the grade is real versus still reserved.

Legislative Effectiveness Scores come from the Center for Effective Lawmaking, which benchmarks each chamber’s average to 1.0. Voting statistics come from GovTrack. The Honesty ledger — promises matched against this member’s votes — publishes only with an evidence trail and two agreeing human reviews.