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Democratic representative for New Jersey’s 12th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Watson Coleman votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Watson Coleman’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 Watson Coleman votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Watson Coleman’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
+35.9% | 99.1% | -0.1 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Watson Coleman 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) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | Providing collective bargaining rights for Veterans Health Administration health care workers (219-201) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 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) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement training in de-escalation tactics and in responding to mental and behavior health crises (264-162) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.6% | +2.4 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Updating regulations to address conflicts of interest in federal acquisitions (219-205) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 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) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| Dec. 6, 2022 | Making it easier for noncitizen veterans to get lawful permanent resident status (220-208) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 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) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.0% | +1.0 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Establishing grants for reentry programs for previously incarcerated people (259-167) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.6% | +0.4 |
| Nov. 30, 2022 | Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (290-137) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.9% | +5.1 |
| Nov. 16, 2022 | Prohibiting the enforcement of nondisclosure agreements and nondisparagement clauses agreed to before a sexual assault or harassment dispute arises (315-109) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.0% | +1.0 |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (230-201) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Modifying merger filing fees and requiring disclosure of foreign merger subsidies (242-184) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 90.7% | +9.3 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Expanding access to mental and substance use health services (220-205) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement agencies to investigate unsolved homicides and nonfatal shootings (250-178) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 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) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Authorizing grants for law enforcement agencies with fewer than 125 officers (360-64) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.5% | +6.5 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 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) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 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) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 29, 2022 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.6% | +0.4 |
| July 29, 2022 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 29, 2022 | Prohibiting the sale, manufacture, transfer and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines (217-213) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 28, 2022 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| July 27, 2022 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.6% | +0.4 |
| July 27, 2022 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| July 27, 2022 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.4% | +1.6 |
| July 21, 2022 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 20, 2022 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 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) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 14, 2022 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: No | support | No |  | 77.5% | -77.5 |
| July 13, 2022 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.5% | +0.5 |
| June 24, 2022 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 23, 2022 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 22, 2022 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.4% | +0.6 |
| June 22, 2022 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.5% | +0.5 |
| June 16, 2022 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| June 15, 2022 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 14, 2022 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| June 9, 2022 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 8, 2022 | Changing federal firearms laws, including prohibiting sales of certain weapons to people under 21 years old (223-204) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 18, 2022 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 17, 2022 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 13, 2022 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.2% | +0.8 |
| May 12, 2022 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 11, 2022 | Making it easier for federally employed firefighters to get workers' compensation (288-131) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.5% | +0.5 |
| March 31, 2022 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18, 2022 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 17, 2022 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9, 2022 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| March 3, 2022 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.6% | +0.4 |
| 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) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 8, 2022 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.2% | +0.8 |
| Feb. 7, 2022 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.1% | +0.9 |
| Feb. 4, 2022 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 13, 2022 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 12, 2022 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.6% | +1.4 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.7% | +4.3 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (254-175) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.6% | +0.4 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through Dec. 16, 2022 (219-212) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 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) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.1% | +3.9 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.0% | +1.0 |
| 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) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.5% | +0.5 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 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) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.3% | +1.7 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.2% | +1.8 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21, 2021 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 16, 2021 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Bonnie Watson Coleman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 91.8% | +8.2 |
| Average | 99.1% | 99.3% | -0.1 | |||
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