Joe Manchin, III

Former Senator from West Virginia, 2010–2025 · Independent

Record from the 118th Congress · From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 10, 2026 · How we measure

Effectiveness, 118th Congress

How it’s measured

0.56· expected 1.14

Below expectations

Rank 67 of 102 who served in the Senate that Congress · expected = average of 53 majority-party members

How far Manchin’s own bills got, weighted by substance. The average member scores 1.00.

42 bills and joint resolutions sponsored: 0 significant (got a roll call vote), 42 substantive, 0 commemorative. Compare the Senate

How Manchin’s ratings compare with every senator

Ratings, 118th Congress

Scores run 0–100 and always sit next to a median. Each tick is one senator; the ringed marker is Manchin. Medians and ranks are among everyone who served in the 118th Congress’s Senate.

Manchin in plain answers: party votes, bipartisanship, who votes alike

Attendance

How it’s measured

86/ 100

Chamber median 97 · 96 missed of 691

Voted on 595 of 691 roll calls; missed 96. Lower than 94% of senators.

50%100%

Party loyalty

How it’s measured

79/ 100

Senate D median 99 · Rank 53 of 53

Sided with the Democratic majority on 468 votes that split the parties. Lower than 95% of senators.

40%100%

Bipartisan

How it’s measured

35/ 100

Chamber median 18 · +17

Average agreement with members of the other party on contested votes. Higher than 97% of senators.

0%70%

Position

How it’s measured

−0.06

Democratic middle 80%: -0.48 to -0.21

Left–right position from roll-call similarity (DW-NOMINATE, Voteview), from −1 to +1. Members who vote alike sit near each other.

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Manchin’s bills that made it out of committee or further

All bills

5 bills and joint resolutions sponsored in the 118th Congress, furthest along first. These are the bills counted in Manchin’s effectiveness score.

S. 5575 A bill to designate the Patsye Crites Forest.Public Lands and Natural Resources · Introduced Dec 18, 2024Substantive89 words Introduced
S. 4753 Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024Energy · Out of committee Dec 19, 2024Substantive27k words Out of committee
S. 2991 America’s Revegetation and Carbon Sequestration Act of 2024Environmental Protection · Out of committee Nov 21, 2024Substantive17k words Out of committee
S. 4664 Department of Energy AI ActEnergy · Out of committee Nov 21, 2024Substantive9.5k words Out of committee
S. 452 Nuclear Fuel Security Act of 2023Energy · Out of committee Jul 11, 2023Substantive4.3k words Out of committee

Stage comes from each bill’s latest action on congress.gov; the full history is on each bill page.