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Former Republican representative for Ohio’s 7th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Gibbs votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Gibbs’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 Gibbs votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Gibbs’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-32.1% | 11.9% | +1.9 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Gibbs 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) Bob Gibbs's Vote: No | support | No |  | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | Providing collective bargaining rights for Veterans Health Administration health care workers (219-201) Bob Gibbs'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) Bob Gibbs's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement training in de-escalation tactics and in responding to mental and behavior health crises (264-162) Bob Gibbs's Vote: No | support | No | | 15.3% | -15.3 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Updating regulations to address conflicts of interest in federal acquisitions (219-205) Bob Gibbs'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) Bob Gibbs's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.9% | -2.9 |
| Dec. 6, 2022 | Making it easier for noncitizen veterans to get lawful permanent resident status (220-208) Bob Gibbs'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) Bob Gibbs's Vote: No | support | No | | 46.5% | -46.5 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Establishing grants for reentry programs for previously incarcerated people (259-167) Bob Gibbs's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.7% | -6.7 |
| Nov. 30, 2022 | Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (290-137) Bob Gibbs's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 32.5% | +67.5 |
| Nov. 16, 2022 | Prohibiting the enforcement of nondisclosure agreements and nondisparagement clauses agreed to before a sexual assault or harassment dispute arises (315-109) Bob Gibbs's Vote: No | support | No | | 37.9% | -37.9 |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (230-201) Bob Gibbs's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.0% | -1.0 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Modifying merger filing fees and requiring disclosure of foreign merger subsidies (242-184) Bob Gibbs's Vote: No | support | No | | 16.8% | -16.8 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Expanding access to mental and substance use health services (220-205) Bob Gibbs'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) Bob Gibbs's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.5% | -2.5 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207) Bob Gibbs'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) Bob Gibbs'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) Bob Gibbs's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 73.8% | +26.2 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203) Bob Gibbs's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193) Bob Gibbs's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Bob Gibbs'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) Bob Gibbs's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Bob Gibbs's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| 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) Bob Gibbs's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 29, 2022 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Bob Gibbs's Vote: No | support | No | | 16.4% | -16.4 |
| July 29, 2022 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Bob Gibbs'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) Bob Gibbs's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 28, 2022 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Bob Gibbs's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 2.6% | +97.4 |
| July 27, 2022 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Bob Gibbs's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.6% | +6.4 |
| July 27, 2022 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Bob Gibbs's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.0% | -1.0 |
| July 27, 2022 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Bob Gibbs's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 9.9% | +90.1 |
| July 21, 2022 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Bob Gibbs's Vote: Present | support | Present | 0.0% | ||
| July 20, 2022 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Bob Gibbs'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) Bob Gibbs's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.3% | -4.3 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Bob Gibbs's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Bob Gibbs's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 14, 2022 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Bob Gibbs's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 75.3% | +24.7 |
| July 13, 2022 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Bob Gibbs's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.8% | -7.8 |
| June 24, 2022 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Bob Gibbs's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| June 23, 2022 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Bob Gibbs's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 22, 2022 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Bob Gibbs's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 48.5% | +51.5 |
| June 22, 2022 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Bob Gibbs's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 89.0% | +11.0 |
| June 16, 2022 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Bob Gibbs's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| June 15, 2022 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Bob Gibbs's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 14, 2022 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Bob Gibbs's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.5% | -0.5 |
| June 9, 2022 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Bob Gibbs'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) Bob Gibbs's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| May 18, 2022 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Bob Gibbs's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| May 17, 2022 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Bob Gibbs's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| May 13, 2022 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Bob Gibbs's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.9% | -6.9 |
| May 12, 2022 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Bob Gibbs'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) Bob Gibbs's Vote: No | support | No | | 20.0% | -20.0 |
| March 31, 2022 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Bob Gibbs's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18, 2022 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Bob Gibbs's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| March 17, 2022 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Bob Gibbs's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9, 2022 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Bob Gibbs's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.0% | -5.0 |
| March 3, 2022 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Bob Gibbs's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.7% | -5.7 |
| 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) Bob Gibbs'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) Bob Gibbs's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 47.6% | +52.4 |
| Feb. 7, 2022 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Bob Gibbs's Vote: No | support | No | | 44.1% | -44.1 |
| Feb. 4, 2022 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Bob Gibbs'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) Bob Gibbs's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 12, 2022 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Bob Gibbs's Vote: No | support | No | | 24.1% | -24.1 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Bob Gibbs'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) Bob Gibbs'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) Bob Gibbs's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Bob Gibbs'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) Bob Gibbs's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Bob Gibbs's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.1% | -4.1 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Bob Gibbs's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Bob Gibbs's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Bob Gibbs's Vote: No | support | No | | 8.8% | -8.8 |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (254-175) Bob Gibbs's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 5.6% | ||
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through Dec. 16, 2022 (219-212) Bob Gibbs'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) Bob Gibbs's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Bob Gibbs's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Bob Gibbs's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Bob Gibbs'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) Bob Gibbs's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.0% | +1.0 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Bob Gibbs's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.5% | -0.5 |
| 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) Bob Gibbs's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 91.5% | +8.5 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Bob Gibbs's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.7% | -0.7 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Bob Gibbs's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Bob Gibbs'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) Bob Gibbs's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Bob Gibbs's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Bob Gibbs'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) Bob Gibbs's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Bob Gibbs's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Bob Gibbs's Vote: No | support | No | | 15.3% | -15.3 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Bob Gibbs's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.9% | -0.9 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Bob Gibbs's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.2% | -3.2 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Bob Gibbs's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 62.4% | +37.6 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Bob Gibbs's Vote: No | support | No | | 34.3% | -34.3 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Bob Gibbs's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Bob Gibbs'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) Bob Gibbs's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 0.0% | ||
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Bob Gibbs's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 0.0% | ||
| April 16, 2021 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Bob Gibbs's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.0% | -5.0 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Bob Gibbs's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Bob Gibbs's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.5% | -1.5 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Bob Gibbs's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Bob Gibbs's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.6% | -1.6 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Bob Gibbs's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Bob Gibbs's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Bob Gibbs's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Bob Gibbs'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) Bob Gibbs's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Bob Gibbs'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) Bob Gibbs's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Bob Gibbs's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Bob Gibbs's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 65.0% | ||
| Average | 11.9% | 10.0% | +1.9 | |||
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