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Democratic representative for Virginia’s 7th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Spanberger votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Spanberger’s actual and predicted Biden support scores
| Biden margin | Biden score | Biden plus-minus |
|---|---|---|
| Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s | How often Spanberger votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Spanberger’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
+1.1% | 100.0% | +39.6 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Spanberger vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 23, 2022 | Providing appropriations for various federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023; updating the process of appointing and tallying presidential electors; providing money for humanitarian, security and economic assistance to Ukraine (225-201) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 53.0% | +47.0 |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | Providing collective bargaining rights for Veterans Health Administration health care workers (219-201) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 52.6% | +47.4 |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | Allowing Puerto Rico to hold a referendum on whether to become a U.S. state, an independent country or a sovereign government (233-191) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 62.2% | +37.8 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement training in de-escalation tactics and in responding to mental and behavior health crises (264-162) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 67.0% | +33.0 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Updating regulations to address conflicts of interest in federal acquisitions (219-205) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 52.3% | +47.7 |
| Dec. 8, 2022 | Repealing the Defense of Marriage Act and requiring states to recognize same-sex and interracial marriages performed out-of-state; includes an amendment allowing religious organizations to deny services or accomodations for same-sex weddings (258-169) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 73.4% | +26.6 |
| Dec. 6, 2022 | Making it easier for noncitizen veterans to get lawful permanent resident status (220-208) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 51.8% | +48.2 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Requiring the Bureau of Prisons to provide incarcerated women with certain pregnancy-related care and limiting the use of solitary confinement for pregnant women (324-90) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 86.2% | +13.8 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Establishing grants for reentry programs for previously incarcerated people (259-167) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 70.7% | +29.3 |
| Nov. 30, 2022 | Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (290-137) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 71.4% | +28.6 |
| Nov. 16, 2022 | Prohibiting the enforcement of nondisclosure agreements and nondisparagement clauses agreed to before a sexual assault or harassment dispute arises (315-109) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 83.6% | +16.4 |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (230-201) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 56.3% | +43.7 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Modifying merger filing fees and requiring disclosure of foreign merger subsidies (242-184) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 56.1% | +43.9 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Expanding access to mental and substance use health services (220-205) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 49.3% | +50.7 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement agencies to investigate unsolved homicides and nonfatal shootings (250-178) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 68.5% | +31.5 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 49.1% | +50.9 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for local governments to train mental health professionals and send them instead of law enforcement officers to respond to emergencies involving people with behavioral health needs (223-206) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 51.7% | +48.3 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Authorizing grants for law enforcement agencies with fewer than 125 officers (360-64) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 85.7% | +14.3 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 56.4% | +43.6 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 63.8% | +36.2 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 50.4% | +49.6 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing greater congressional oversight of the U.S. Census Bureau and prohibiting the removal of the bureau director without cause (220-208) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 47.9% | +52.1 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 54.5% | +45.5 |
| Aug. 12, 2022 | Allowing Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices; extending Affordable Care Act subsidies; expanding tax credits for renewable and clean energy efforts; establishing a 15 percent corporate minimum tax; and other measures (220-207) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 45.5% | +54.5 |
| July 29, 2022 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 78.6% | +21.4 |
| July 29, 2022 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 45.5% | +54.5 |
| July 29, 2022 | Prohibiting the sale, manufacture, transfer and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines (217-213) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 42.5% | +57.5 |
| July 28, 2022 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 63.8% | +36.2 |
| July 27, 2022 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.1% | +1.9 |
| July 27, 2022 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 61.4% | +38.6 |
| July 27, 2022 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 65.1% | +34.9 |
| July 21, 2022 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 56.3% | +43.7 |
| July 20, 2022 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 45.6% | +54.4 |
| July 19, 2022 | Repealing the Defense of Marriage Act and requiring states to recognize same-sex and interracial marriages performed out-of-state (267-157) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 76.3% | +23.7 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 50.7% | +49.3 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 44.3% | +55.7 |
| July 14, 2022 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 76.4% | +23.6 |
| July 13, 2022 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 70.6% | +29.4 |
| June 24, 2022 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 60.6% | +39.4 |
| June 23, 2022 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 50.5% | +49.5 |
| June 22, 2022 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 88.8% | +11.2 |
| June 22, 2022 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.0% | +3.0 |
| June 16, 2022 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 49.7% | +50.3 |
| June 15, 2022 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 41.8% | +58.2 |
| June 14, 2022 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 58.5% | +41.5 |
| June 9, 2022 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 53.1% | +46.9 |
| June 8, 2022 | Changing federal firearms laws, including prohibiting sales of certain weapons to people under 21 years old (223-204) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 51.7% | +48.3 |
| May 18, 2022 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 49.6% | +50.4 |
| May 17, 2022 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 54.0% | +46.0 |
| May 13, 2022 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 66.0% | +34.0 |
| May 12, 2022 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 53.2% | +46.8 |
| May 11, 2022 | Making it easier for federally employed firefighters to get workers' compensation (288-131) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 79.9% | +20.1 |
| March 31, 2022 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 60.7% | +39.3 |
| March 18, 2022 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 62.0% | +38.0 |
| March 17, 2022 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 50.7% | +49.3 |
| March 9, 2022 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 71.8% | +28.2 |
| March 3, 2022 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 68.4% | +31.6 |
| Feb. 9, 2022 | Imposing visa restrictions on foreign people found responsible for human rights violations related to someone's sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression or sex characteristics (227-206) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 56.6% | +43.4 |
| Feb. 8, 2022 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 87.2% | +12.8 |
| Feb. 7, 2022 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 85.9% | +14.1 |
| Feb. 4, 2022 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 48.3% | +51.7 |
| Jan. 13, 2022 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 46.3% | +53.7 |
| Jan. 12, 2022 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 76.1% | +23.9 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 49.2% | +50.8 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 47.2% | +52.8 |
| Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 48.8% | +51.2 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 49.6% | +50.4 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 45.8% | +54.2 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 47.9% | +52.1 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 57.1% | +42.9 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 58.7% | +41.3 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 79.9% | +20.1 |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (254-175) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 67.9% | +32.1 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through Dec. 16, 2022 (219-212) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 46.8% | +53.2 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 46.1% | +53.9 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 47.4% | +52.6 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 47.4% | +52.6 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 47.4% | +52.6 |
| July 29, 2021 | Providing emergency funding for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack and for the expansion of the Afghan visa program (416-11) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.0% | +2.0 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 42.6% | +57.4 |
| July 22, 2021 | Increasing the number of and expediting the process for visas available to Afghans who worked on behalf of the U.S. government in Afghanistan (407-16) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.5% | +2.5 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 66.2% | +33.8 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 51.4% | +48.6 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 51.5% | +48.5 |
| June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 62.4% | +37.6 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 71.0% | +29.0 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 47.7% | +52.3 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 49.9% | +50.1 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 73.5% | +26.5 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 69.5% | +30.5 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 42.7% | +57.3 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 70.2% | +29.8 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.1% | +6.9 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 87.3% | +12.7 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 44.3% | +55.7 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 47.7% | +52.3 |
| April 21, 2021 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 47.7% | +52.3 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 49.2% | +50.8 |
| April 16, 2021 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 71.9% | +28.1 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 49.2% | +50.8 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 69.1% | +30.9 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 60.1% | +39.9 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 70.6% | +29.4 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 48.1% | +51.9 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 57.2% | +42.8 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 45.8% | +54.2 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 54.0% | +46.0 |
| March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 45.1% | +54.9 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 47.8% | +52.2 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 57.2% | +42.8 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 53.1% | +46.9 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Abigail Spanberger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 80.9% | +19.1 |
| Average | 100.0% | 60.4% | +39.6 | |||
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