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Democratic representative for Minnesota’s 4th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often McCollum votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between McCollum’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 McCollum votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between McCollum’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
+37.1% | 100.0% | +0.5 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | McCollum vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept. 21 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 29 | Providing emergency funding for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack and for the expansion of the Afghan visa program (416-11) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.0% | +4.0 |
| July 28 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.2% | +0.8 |
| July 22 | 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) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.5% | +0.5 |
| July 21 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 20 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 1 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 25 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 24 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 24 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 24 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 23 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 17 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.5% | +1.5 |
| May 20 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.5% | +1.5 |
| May 19 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| May 18 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| May 14 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| May 13 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 22 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 16 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| April 15 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 17 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 11 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 11 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 10 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 26 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 25 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 21 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.0% | +8.0 |
| Average | 100.0% | 99.5% | +0.5 | |||
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