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Republican representative for Georgia’s 8th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Scott votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Scott’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 Scott votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Scott’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-25.0% | 11.5% | -1.4 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Scott 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) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No |  | 2.1% | -2.1 |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | Providing collective bargaining rights for Veterans Health Administration health care workers (219-201) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 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) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.5% | -1.5 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement training in de-escalation tactics and in responding to mental and behavior health crises (264-162) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 23.8% | -23.8 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Updating regulations to address conflicts of interest in federal acquisitions (219-205) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 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) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 8.7% | -8.7 |
| Dec. 6, 2022 | Making it easier for noncitizen veterans to get lawful permanent resident status (220-208) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 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) Austin Scott's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 56.5% | +43.5 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Establishing grants for reentry programs for previously incarcerated people (259-167) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 14.5% | -14.5 |
| Nov. 30, 2022 | Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (290-137) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 40.7% | -40.7 |
| Nov. 16, 2022 | Prohibiting the enforcement of nondisclosure agreements and nondisparagement clauses agreed to before a sexual assault or harassment dispute arises (315-109) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 48.6% | -48.6 |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (230-201) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.6% | -3.6 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Modifying merger filing fees and requiring disclosure of foreign merger subsidies (242-184) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 23.5% | -23.5 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Expanding access to mental and substance use health services (220-205) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement agencies to investigate unsolved homicides and nonfatal shootings (250-178) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.5% | -7.5 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 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) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Authorizing grants for law enforcement agencies with fewer than 125 officers (360-64) Austin Scott's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 76.7% | +23.3 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.0% | -1.0 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.8% | -0.8 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 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) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| 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) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 29, 2022 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 27.5% | -27.5 |
| July 29, 2022 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 29, 2022 | Prohibiting the sale, manufacture, transfer and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines (217-213) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 28, 2022 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.3% | -7.3 |
| July 27, 2022 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Austin Scott's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.0% | +5.0 |
| July 27, 2022 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.0% | -4.0 |
| July 27, 2022 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Austin Scott's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 17.7% | +82.3 |
| July 21, 2022 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.5% | -0.5 |
| July 20, 2022 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 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) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 11.5% | -11.5 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 14, 2022 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Austin Scott's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 75.5% | +24.5 |
| July 13, 2022 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 15.9% | -15.9 |
| June 24, 2022 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.2% | -1.2 |
| June 23, 2022 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 22, 2022 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Austin Scott's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 59.1% | +40.9 |
| June 22, 2022 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Austin Scott's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 91.4% | +8.6 |
| June 16, 2022 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.5% | -1.5 |
| June 15, 2022 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 14, 2022 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.5% | -2.5 |
| June 9, 2022 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 8, 2022 | Changing federal firearms laws, including prohibiting sales of certain weapons to people under 21 years old (223-204) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| May 18, 2022 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| May 17, 2022 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| May 13, 2022 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 14.1% | -14.1 |
| May 12, 2022 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| May 11, 2022 | Making it easier for federally employed firefighters to get workers' compensation (288-131) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 31.5% | -31.5 |
| March 31, 2022 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| March 18, 2022 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.4% | -1.4 |
| March 17, 2022 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| March 9, 2022 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 12.1% | -12.1 |
| March 3, 2022 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 12.7% | -12.7 |
| 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) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 8, 2022 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 57.8% | -57.8 |
| Feb. 7, 2022 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 54.5% | -54.5 |
| Feb. 4, 2022 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 13, 2022 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 12, 2022 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Austin Scott's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 34.4% | +65.6 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 8.4% | -8.4 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 18.9% | -18.9 |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (254-175) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 12.5% | -12.5 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through Dec. 16, 2022 (219-212) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 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) Austin Scott's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.8% | +1.2 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.9% | -1.9 |
| 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) Austin Scott's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.3% | +6.7 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.3% | -3.3 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Austin Scott's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 0.1% | ||
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.0% | -2.0 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 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) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.7% | -1.7 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 24.3% | -24.3 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.9% | -2.9 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 9.0% | -9.0 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Austin Scott's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 71.4% | +28.6 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 47.0% | -47.0 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21, 2021 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 16, 2021 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 12.2% | -12.2 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.5% | -5.5 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.8% | -5.8 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Austin Scott's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Austin Scott's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 68.8% | +31.2 |
| Average | 11.5% | 12.9% | -1.4 | |||
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