[CAPTURE PORTAL] 119TH CONGRESS

// Legislative Integrity Monitor

Goblin House Intelligence

Earl L. "Buddy" Carter

Republican · Representative, GA ·1

Score Components

13 MODERATE

Connection Density 20%

4 → 1

Donor Influence 10%

0 → 0

Silence Risk 25%

10 → 3

Contradiction Risk 25%

18 → 5

Intelligence Volume 10%

50 → 5

Constituency Deviation 5%

0 → 0

Voting Misalignment 5%

0 → 0

% = weight in composite score · Raw component 0–100 × weight = weighted contribution (→) · Sum of contributions = overall score. Hover a row for details.

[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: homeownership rate: 63.7%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Hispanic or Latino (any race): 8.3%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Black or African American alone (non-Hispanic): 28.0%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: White alone (non-Hispanic): 56.5%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: bachelor's degree or higher: 29.1%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: poverty rate: 14.7%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: median household income: $68,956

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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: Georgia Referendum A: Personal Property Tax Exemption Increase (2024) — passed, margin 60.2% Yes - 39.8% No

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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: Georgia Constitutional Amendment 2: Georgia Tax Court (2024) — passed, margin 54.3% Yes - 45.7% No

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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: Georgia Constitutional Amendment 1: Local Option Homestead Property Tax Exemption (2024) — passed, margin 62.9% Yes - 37.1% No

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 72 (share 8.7)

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 31-33 (share 10.11)

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 62 (share 12.78)

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 44-45 (share 12.83)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Gulfstream Aerospace Corp (11500 employees)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Georgia Ports Authority (1500 employees)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: St. Joseph's/Candler Health System (3500 employees)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Memorial Health University Medical Center (4000 employees)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Fort Stewart (U.S. Army) (23000 employees)

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[constituency_baseline] District summary: Georgia's 1st Congressional District stretches along the Atlantic coast from Savannah south to the Florida border and inland through rural southeast Georgia. It encompasses 19 counties including Chatham (Savannah), Glynn (Brunswick), and Camden. With a population of 787,122, the district is 56.5% White (Non-Hispanic)

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General Dynamics major_donor 2013-2024 career: $81,640 ($29,640 individuals, $52,000 PAC)

Bill	Vote	Date	Alignment
Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026 (bill to end 43-day gover	yea	2025-11-12	mixed
One Big Beautiful Bill Act (FY2025 budget reconciliation—tax and spending cuts)	yea	2025-05-22	misaligned
House Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Resolution (reconciliation framework)	yea	2025-02-25	misaligned
Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 (Israel-only aid paired wi	yea	2023-11-02	aligned
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Bipartisan Infrastructure Law)	nay	2021-11-05	misaligned
Resolution condemning President Trump's racist comments directed at members of C	nay	2019-07-16	mixed

Last contradiction analysis: Never

same_source_inconsistency 30/100

Platform: "On December 10, 2020, Carter joined 125 other Republican House members in signing an amicus brief supporting the Texas lawsuit asking the U.S. Supreme"

Vote: on "In an NPR interview on March 1, 2021, Carter said he not only accepts 'President Joe Biden' as the 2"

[auto-downgraded: both claims come from the same source host] Carter went from leading the election fraud challenge in Georgia—signing a letter alleging 'voter irregularities,' joining the Texas amicus brief, and voting to overturn Electoral College

Last silence detection: Never

In-person town halls on Trump administration's federal program cuts in Savannah

92d silent

Expected position: As the representative for Coastal Georgia's largest city, constituents expected Carter to hold open, in-person town halls to address the Trump administration's slashing of federal p

No donor interests mapped

No constituency baseline modelled

No platform commitments archived

No committee memberships recorded

Scoring Methodology

The Capture Risk Score is a composite 0–100 index measuring potential regulatory capture of elected officials. It is computed from seven weighted components:

Component	Weight	Signal
Silence Risk	25%	Topics where donors have interests but the official is silent
Contradiction Risk	25%	Stated positions contradicted by voting record (recent findings boosted)
Connection Density	20%	Mapped relationships to lobbyists, contractors, interest groups
Intelligence Volume	10%	Documented facts from verified sources (logarithmic scale)
Donor Influence	10%	Distinct donors with interests overlapping committee jurisdiction
Constituency Deviation	5%	Gap between district priorities and legislative focus
Voting Misalignment	5%	Floor votes contradicting stated platform positions

Each component produces a raw score 0–100. The weighted sum yields the overall score. Tier thresholds: Critical ≥ 45, High ≥ 36, Elevated ≥ 22, Moderate ≥ 10, Low < 10.

Officials without at least 2 documented facts, 1 contradiction analysis, 1 voting record, or 1 constituency baseline are marked Insufficient Evidence and excluded from numeric ranking.

Contradiction findings from the last 180 days receive a recency boost. High-severity contradictions (score ≥ 70) receive additional weight.

Full methodology: /congress/methodology

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