Auto Bailout Voting Patterns Part II
As mentioned in the previous post on voting during the auto bailout, many of the Democrats voting against the bill represent districts that house foreign automotive plants, the potential benficiaries of the collapse of the Big Three. In this post, I’ll look at the existence of Big Three plants in the districts of the 32 Republicans who voted for the auto bailout. These numbers are a bit more definitive than the data on Democrats voting “No”:
Name | State | Plant in District | Location/Plant in State |
Barton, Joe | TX | No | Plant in State |
Buyer, Steve | IN | Yes | Bedford, IN |
Camp, Dave | MI | Yes | Michigan |
Capito, Shelley Moore | WV | Yes | Martinsville, WV |
Castle, Mike | DE | Yes | Wilmington, DE |
Ehlers, Vern | MI | Yes | Michigan |
English, Phil | PA | No | Plant in State |
Frelinghuysen, Rodney | NJ | No | |
Hoekstra, Pete | MI | Yes | Michigan |
Hunter, Duncan | CA | No | Plant in State |
King, Pete | NY | No | Plant in State |
Knollenberg, Joe | MI | Yes | Michigan |
LaHood, Ray | IL | No | Plant in State |
LaTourette, Steve | OH | No | Plants operate in adjacent district |
Manzullo, Don | IL | No | Plant in State |
McCotter, Thaddeus | MI | Yes | Michigan |
McCrery, Jim | LA | Yes | Shreveport, LA |
McHugh, John | NY | Yes | Massena, NY |
Miller, Candice | MI | Yes | Michigan |
Murphy, Tim | PA | Yes | Pittsburgh, PA (represents suburbs of city) |
Porter, Jon | NV | No | Plant in State |
Ramstad, Jim | MN | Yes | Minneapolis, MN (represents suburbs of city) |
Regula, Ralph | OH | Yes | Mansfield, OH |
Rogers, Mike | MI | Yes | Michigan |
Ryan, Paul | WI | Yes | Janesville, WI |
Smith, Chris | NJ | No | |
Souder, Mark | IN | Yes | Roanoke, IN |
Upton, Fred | MI | Yes | Michigan |
Walsh, Jim | NY | No | Plant in State |
Young, Don | AK | No |
Of the 32 Republicans voting for the auto bailout, 19 of them represent districts containing a Big Three plant (59.4%). When including lawmakers that represent states with Big Three plants in them that number jumps to 28 out of 32 (88%).