I look at how a person votes, but i take it with a grain of salt. Like if a republican makes a bill that says " its not ok to rape children" and someone down the line tacks in a addendum that says “but it will now be legal to hunt black people as you would phesants” and then someone votes against it, people will say “oh, so and so must think its ok to rape children because they voted against that bill”
a persons voting record is not always indicative of a persons stance on an issue.