Institutional context

This member's profile: SEVERE — 7.8% of PAC dollars from tagged committees; 100% on pinned Israel/aid votes since 2024.

Adam Smith

Rep. WA-9

SEVERE

PAC dependency

7.8%

Share of PAC dollars from tagged committees (2024 cycle).

Tagged / total PAC

$62,155 / $795,854

Numerator and denominator for the dependency ratio — every line links to FEC.

Peer context

More PAC-dependent on tagged committees than 97% of House colleagues.

Tagged committee	FEC ID	Amount	Source
American Israel Public Affairs Committee PAC	C00797670	$52,705	Receipts · Committee
JStreetPAC	C00441949	$9,450	Receipts · Committee

Score rule: influence_formula_v1

Margin test

Tagged PAC $62,155 · 2024 general margin 273,381 votes (0.23×)

Post–Oct 7 delta

PAC dependency ratio before vs after 7 Oct 2023 (PAS2 transaction dates, 2024 cycle).

5.1%

Pre–Oct 7

9.6%

Post–Oct 7

+4.5pp

Change

Influence stack

Layer toggles

Default ON: direct PAC + documented IE. LDA and FARA live in separate sections — we never merge buckets.

Direct PACOn
Objective
FEC committee → candidate contributions (PAS2 bulk). Default ON.
LDA lobbying
Fuzzy match
Lobbying Disclosure Act filings — confidence-scored member links. Separate bucket.
Open →
FARA foreign gov
Separate tab
Foreign-agent registration spend — never merged with domestic PAC totals.
Open →

Screenshot-ready receipt — OG image at /share/S000510.svg

PAC dependency8

Pinned vote alignment100

Influence Mixer

Sliders re-weight the editorial composite for Adam Smith. Facts do not change — only the formula mix.

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Live composite

SEVERE

Fuzzy overlap from lda.gov filing text — separate legal bucket from PAC $. Not LD-203 conduit data.

Severity is an editorial composite from public records.See the math →