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Former Democratic representative for California’s 47th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Lowenthal votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Lowenthal’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 Lowenthal votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Lowenthal’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
+27.2% | 99.1% | +0.5 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Lowenthal 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) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 98.6% | +1.4 |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | Providing collective bargaining rights for Veterans Health Administration health care workers (219-201) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| 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) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement training in de-escalation tactics and in responding to mental and behavior health crises (264-162) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.4% | +5.6 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Updating regulations to address conflicts of interest in federal acquisitions (219-205) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| 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) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.5% | +0.5 |
| Dec. 6, 2022 | Making it easier for noncitizen veterans to get lawful permanent resident status (220-208) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| 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) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.8% | +2.2 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Establishing grants for reentry programs for previously incarcerated people (259-167) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.4% | +1.6 |
| Nov. 30, 2022 | Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (290-137) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 91.5% | +8.5 |
| Nov. 16, 2022 | Prohibiting the enforcement of nondisclosure agreements and nondisparagement clauses agreed to before a sexual assault or harassment dispute arises (315-109) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.7% | +2.3 |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (230-201) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.3% | +1.7 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Modifying merger filing fees and requiring disclosure of foreign merger subsidies (242-184) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 84.8% | +15.2 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Expanding access to mental and substance use health services (220-205) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement agencies to investigate unsolved homicides and nonfatal shootings (250-178) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.2% | +0.8 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| 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) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Authorizing grants for law enforcement agencies with fewer than 125 officers (360-64) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.0% | +8.0 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.6% | +0.4 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| 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) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| 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) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 29, 2022 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.6% | +1.4 |
| July 29, 2022 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 29, 2022 | Prohibiting the sale, manufacture, transfer and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines (217-213) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 28, 2022 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.4% | +1.6 |
| July 27, 2022 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.4% | +0.6 |
| July 27, 2022 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.0% | +1.0 |
| July 27, 2022 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.6% | +4.4 |
| July 21, 2022 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| July 20, 2022 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| 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) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.6% | +0.4 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 14, 2022 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: No | support | No |  | 77.3% | -77.3 |
| July 13, 2022 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.1% | +1.9 |
| June 24, 2022 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| June 23, 2022 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 22, 2022 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.6% | +1.4 |
| June 22, 2022 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.2% | +0.8 |
| June 16, 2022 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.5% | +1.5 |
| June 15, 2022 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 14, 2022 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.2% | +0.8 |
| June 9, 2022 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 8, 2022 | Changing federal firearms laws, including prohibiting sales of certain weapons to people under 21 years old (223-204) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 18, 2022 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 17, 2022 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 13, 2022 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.1% | +2.9 |
| May 12, 2022 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 11, 2022 | Making it easier for federally employed firefighters to get workers' compensation (288-131) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.5% | +1.5 |
| March 31, 2022 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| March 18, 2022 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| March 17, 2022 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| March 9, 2022 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.0% | +1.0 |
| March 3, 2022 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.2% | +1.8 |
| 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) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 8, 2022 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.1% | +1.9 |
| Feb. 7, 2022 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.9% | +2.1 |
| Feb. 4, 2022 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 13, 2022 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 12, 2022 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.5% | +3.5 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 89.9% | +10.1 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.5% | +0.5 |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (254-175) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.1% | +1.9 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through Dec. 16, 2022 (219-212) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| 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) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.7% | +3.3 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.6% | +4.4 |
| 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) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.2% | +0.8 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.6% | +0.4 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.7% | +4.3 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.7% | +6.3 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.2% | +0.8 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.2% | +0.8 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.1% | +0.9 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21, 2021 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 16, 2021 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.0% | +1.0 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.5% | +0.5 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.6% | +0.4 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Alan Lowenthal's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 89.6% | +10.4 |
| Average | 99.1% | 98.7% | +0.5 | |||
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