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Republican representative for Virginia’s 5th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Good votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Good’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 Good votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Good’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-8.5% | 2.6% | -22.1 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Good vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept. 29 | Suspending the debt limit through December 16, 2022 (219-212) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No |  | 6.2% | -6.2 |
| Sept. 24 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.2% | -4.2 |
| Sept. 21 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.3% | -4.3 |
| Aug. 24 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.3% | -4.3 |
| Aug. 24 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.3% | -4.3 |
| 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) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 98.3% | -98.3 |
| July 28 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 18.9% | -18.9 |
| 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) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 96.3% | -96.3 |
| July 21 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Bob Good's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 34.0% | ||
| July 20 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 12.7% | -12.7 |
| July 1 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.5% | -6.5 |
| June 25 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 19.4% | -19.4 |
| June 24 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 34.3% | -34.3 |
| June 24 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.4% | -4.4 |
| June 24 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.1% | -7.1 |
| June 23 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 35.1% | -35.1 |
| June 17 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Bob Good's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 52.6% | +47.4 |
| May 20 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 20.8% | -20.8 |
| May 19 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 43.7% | -43.7 |
| May 18 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 87.4% | -87.4 |
| May 14 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 75.6% | -75.6 |
| May 13 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.7% | -3.7 |
| April 22 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.4% | -4.4 |
| April 21 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.4% | -4.4 |
| April 21 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.4% | -4.4 |
| April 16 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 47.5% | -47.5 |
| April 15 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.4% | -4.4 |
| March 18 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 39.3% | -39.3 |
| March 18 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 15.5% | -15.5 |
| March 17 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 40.7% | -40.7 |
| March 11 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.2% | -4.2 |
| March 11 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 11.9% | -11.9 |
| March 10 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.2% | -3.2 |
| March 9 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 8.0% | -8.0 |
| March 3 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.9% | -7.9 |
| March 3 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.3% | -7.3 |
| Feb. 26 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 13.4% | -13.4 |
| Feb. 25 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.2% | -6.2 |
| Jan. 21 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 76.8% | -76.8 |
| Average | 2.6% | 24.7% | -22.1 | |||
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