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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% | 2.3% | -24.5 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Good vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept. 15 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No |  | 6.8% | -6.8 |
| Sept. 15 | Establishing greater congressional oversight of the U.S. Census Bureau and prohibiting the removal of the bureau director without cause (220-208) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.8% | -5.8 |
| Sept. 15 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 17.2% | -17.2 |
| 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) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.1% | -4.1 |
| July 29 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Bob Good's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 61.1% | ||
| July 29 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Bob Good's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 4.5% | ||
| July 29 | Prohibiting the sale, manufacture, transfer and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines (217-213) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.8% | -4.8 |
| July 28 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 37.8% | -37.8 |
| July 27 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Bob Good's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 97.3% | +2.7 |
| July 27 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 32.2% | -32.2 |
| July 27 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 46.2% | -46.2 |
| July 21 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 20.0% | -20.0 |
| July 20 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.1% | -4.1 |
| July 19 | Repealing the Defense of Marriage Act and requiring states to recognize same-sex and interracial marriages performed out-of-state (267-157) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 50.4% | -50.4 |
| July 15 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 8.0% | -8.0 |
| July 15 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.0% | -4.0 |
| July 14 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 76.1% | -76.1 |
| July 13 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 49.0% | -49.0 |
| June 24 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 25.5% | -25.5 |
| June 23 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.5% | -7.5 |
| June 22 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 80.3% | -80.3 |
| June 22 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 95.4% | -95.4 |
| June 16 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 21.1% | -21.1 |
| June 15 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.5% | -3.5 |
| June 14 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 27.9% | -27.9 |
| June 9 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 11.7% | -11.7 |
| June 8 | Changing federal firearms laws, including prohibiting sales of certain weapons to people under 21 years old (223-204) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 11.7% | -11.7 |
| May 18 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.4% | -7.4 |
| May 17 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 8.2% | -8.2 |
| May 13 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 44.6% | -44.6 |
| May 12 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.4% | -5.4 |
| May 11 | Making it easier for federally employed firefighters to get workers' compensation (288-131) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 63.8% | -63.8 |
| March 31 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 21.3% | -21.3 |
| March 18 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 26.9% | -26.9 |
| March 17 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 12.3% | -12.3 |
| March 9 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 47.4% | -47.4 |
| March 3 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 45.3% | -45.3 |
| 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) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 9.8% | -9.8 |
| Feb. 8 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 78.6% | -78.6 |
| Feb. 7 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 76.5% | -76.5 |
| Feb. 4 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.5% | -7.5 |
| Jan. 13 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.8% | -3.8 |
| Jan. 12 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 61.8% | -61.8 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.1% | -7.1 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.3% | -4.3 |
| Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.9% | -6.9 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.1% | -7.1 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.2% | -3.2 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 29.4% | -29.4 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 13.6% | -13.6 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 18.9% | -18.9 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 58.1% | -58.1 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through December 16, 2022 (219-212) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.2% | -6.2 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | 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, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.3% | -4.3 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.3% | -4.3 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.3% | -4.3 |
| 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 Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 98.3% | -98.3 |
| July 28, 2021 | 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, 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 Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 96.3% | -96.3 |
| July 21, 2021 | 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, 2021 | 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, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.5% | -6.5 |
| June 25, 2021 | 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, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 34.3% | -34.3 |
| June 24, 2021 | 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, 2021 | 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, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 35.1% | -35.1 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Bob Good's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 52.6% | +47.4 |
| May 20, 2021 | 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, 2021 | 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, 2021 | 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, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 75.6% | -75.6 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.7% | -3.7 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.4% | -4.4 |
| April 21, 2021 | 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, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.4% | -4.4 |
| April 16, 2021 | 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, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.4% | -4.4 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 39.3% | -39.3 |
| March 18, 2021 | 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, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 40.7% | -40.7 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.2% | -4.2 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 11.9% | -11.9 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.2% | -3.2 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 8.0% | -8.0 |
| March 3, 2021 | 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, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.3% | -7.3 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | 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, 2021 | 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, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Bob Good's Vote: No | support | No | | 76.8% | -76.8 |
| Average | 2.3% | 26.8% | -24.5 | |||
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