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Democratic representative for New Hampshire’s 2nd district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Kuster votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Kuster’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 Kuster votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Kuster’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
+8.7% | 100.0% | +13.6 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Kuster vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 1 | 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) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 91.3% | +8.7 |
| Dec. 1 | Establishing grants for reentry programs for previously incarcerated people (259-167) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 84.4% | +15.6 |
| Nov. 30 | Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (290-137) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 78.8% | +21.2 |
| Nov. 16 | Prohibiting the enforcement of nondisclosure agreements and nondisparagement clauses agreed to before a sexual assault or harassment dispute arises (315-109) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 89.9% | +10.1 |
| Sept. 30 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (230-201) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 76.6% | +23.4 |
| Sept. 29 | Modifying merger filing fees and requiring disclosure of foreign merger subsidies (242-184) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 65.9% | +34.1 |
| Sept. 29 | Expanding access to mental and substance use health services (220-205) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 88.5% | +11.5 |
| Sept. 22 | Providing money for law enforcement agencies to investigate unsolved homicides and nonfatal shootings (250-178) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 85.1% | +14.9 |
| Sept. 22 | Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 88.5% | +11.5 |
| Sept. 22 | 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) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 89.4% | +10.6 |
| Sept. 22 | Authorizing grants for law enforcement agencies with fewer than 125 officers (360-64) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 87.8% | +12.2 |
| Sept. 21 | Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 81.2% | +18.8 |
| Sept. 21 | Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 87.8% | +12.2 |
| Sept. 15 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 88.4% | +11.6 |
| Sept. 15 | Establishing greater congressional oversight of the U.S. Census Bureau and prohibiting the removal of the bureau director without cause (220-208) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 87.4% | +12.6 |
| Sept. 15 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 83.0% | +17.0 |
| Aug. 12 | 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) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 88.1% | +11.9 |
| July 29 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 88.5% | +11.5 |
| July 29 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 87.3% | +12.7 |
| July 29 | Prohibiting the sale, manufacture, transfer and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines (217-213) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 83.7% | +16.3 |
| July 28 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 81.0% | +19.0 |
| July 27 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.6% | +1.4 |
| July 27 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 81.2% | +18.8 |
| July 27 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 78.0% | +22.0 |
| July 21 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 82.9% | +17.1 |
| July 20 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 88.0% | +12.0 |
| July 19 | Repealing the Defense of Marriage Act and requiring states to recognize same-sex and interracial marriages performed out-of-state (267-157) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 89.8% | +10.2 |
| July 15 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 87.4% | +12.6 |
| July 15 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 87.0% | +13.0 |
| July 14 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 76.6% | +23.4 |
| July 13 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 83.9% | +16.1 |
| June 24 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 84.2% | +15.8 |
| June 23 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 87.8% | +12.2 |
| June 22 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.3% | +6.7 |
| June 22 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.9% | +2.1 |
| June 16 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 73.4% | +26.6 |
| June 15 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 85.6% | +14.4 |
| June 14 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 80.2% | +19.8 |
| June 9 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 86.1% | +13.9 |
| June 8 | Changing federal firearms laws, including prohibiting sales of certain weapons to people under 21 years old (223-204) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 84.6% | +15.4 |
| May 18 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 87.0% | +13.0 |
| May 17 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 90.0% | +10.0 |
| May 13 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 80.1% | +19.9 |
| May 12 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.2% | +7.8 |
| May 11 | Making it easier for federally employed firefighters to get workers' compensation (288-131) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 88.9% | +11.1 |
| March 31 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 86.7% | +13.3 |
| March 18 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 84.9% | +15.1 |
| March 17 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 82.9% | +17.1 |
| March 9 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 86.2% | +13.8 |
| March 3 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 82.9% | +17.1 |
| Feb. 9 | 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) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 90.7% | +9.3 |
| Feb. 8 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.1% | +7.9 |
| Feb. 7 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 91.3% | +8.7 |
| Feb. 4 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 85.6% | +14.4 |
| Jan. 13 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 89.3% | +10.7 |
| Jan. 12 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 84.9% | +15.1 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 87.1% | +12.9 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 89.2% | +10.8 |
| Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 86.9% | +13.1 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 87.4% | +12.6 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 89.9% | +10.1 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 63.1% | +36.9 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 88.2% | +11.8 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 86.3% | +13.7 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 90.9% | +9.1 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through December 16, 2022 (219-212) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 85.8% | +14.2 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 88.4% | +11.6 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 89.4% | +10.6 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 89.4% | +10.6 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 89.4% | +10.6 |
| 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) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.7% | +2.3 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 64.2% | +35.8 |
| 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) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.1% | +1.9 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 85.9% | +14.1 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 83.3% | +16.7 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 89.8% | +10.2 |
| June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 89.4% | +10.6 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 90.5% | +9.5 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 89.4% | +10.6 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 87.6% | +12.4 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.4% | +7.6 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 80.5% | +19.5 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 62.3% | +37.7 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 85.9% | +14.1 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.0% | +4.0 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.3% | +6.7 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 87.7% | +12.3 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 89.4% | +10.6 |
| April 21, 2021 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 89.4% | +10.6 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 90.6% | +9.4 |
| April 16, 2021 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 86.1% | +13.9 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 90.6% | +9.4 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 86.6% | +13.4 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 89.6% | +10.4 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 87.6% | +12.4 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 90.0% | +10.0 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 89.6% | +10.4 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 89.9% | +10.1 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 90.1% | +9.9 |
| March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 81.6% | +18.4 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 85.4% | +14.6 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 88.5% | +11.5 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 91.3% | +8.7 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Ann Kuster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 83.8% | +16.2 |
| Average | 100.0% | 86.4% | +13.6 | |||
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