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Republican representative for Florida’s 18th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Mast votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Mast’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 Mast votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Mast’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-8.4% | 13.4% | -14.0 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Mast vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept. 22 | Providing money for law enforcement agencies to investigate unsolved homicides and nonfatal shootings (250-178) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No |  | 41.4% | -41.4 |
| Sept. 22 | Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.0% | -6.0 |
| Sept. 22 | 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) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.1% | -7.1 |
| Sept. 22 | Authorizing grants for law enforcement agencies with fewer than 125 officers (360-64) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 82.8% | -82.8 |
| Sept. 21 | Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 22.8% | -22.8 |
| Sept. 21 | Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 25.5% | -25.5 |
| Sept. 15 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.0% | -7.0 |
| Sept. 15 | Establishing greater congressional oversight of the U.S. Census Bureau and prohibiting the removal of the bureau director without cause (220-208) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.0% | -6.0 |
| Sept. 15 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 17.4% | -17.4 |
| 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) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.2% | -4.2 |
| July 29 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 61.3% | -61.3 |
| July 29 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.7% | -4.7 |
| July 29 | Prohibiting the sale, manufacture, transfer and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines (217-213) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.9% | -4.9 |
| July 28 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 38.0% | -38.0 |
| July 27 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Brian Mast'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) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 32.5% | -32.5 |
| July 27 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 46.4% | -46.4 |
| July 21 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 20.3% | -20.3 |
| July 20 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.2% | -4.2 |
| July 19 | Repealing the Defense of Marriage Act and requiring states to recognize same-sex and interracial marriages performed out-of-state (267-157) Brian Mast's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 50.7% | +49.3 |
| July 15 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 8.2% | -8.2 |
| July 15 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.1% | -4.1 |
| July 14 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 76.1% | -76.1 |
| July 13 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 49.3% | -49.3 |
| June 24 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 25.8% | -25.8 |
| June 23 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.7% | -7.7 |
| June 22 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 80.4% | -80.4 |
| June 22 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Brian Mast's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.5% | +4.5 |
| June 16 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 21.3% | -21.3 |
| June 15 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.7% | -3.7 |
| June 14 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 28.2% | -28.2 |
| June 9 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 11.9% | -11.9 |
| June 8 | Changing federal firearms laws, including prohibiting sales of certain weapons to people under 21 years old (223-204) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 11.9% | -11.9 |
| May 18 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.6% | -7.6 |
| May 17 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 8.5% | -8.5 |
| May 13 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 44.8% | -44.8 |
| May 12 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.5% | -5.5 |
| May 11 | Making it easier for federally employed firefighters to get workers' compensation (288-131) Brian Mast's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 64.0% | +36.0 |
| March 31 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 21.6% | -21.6 |
| March 18 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 27.2% | -27.2 |
| March 17 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 12.5% | -12.5 |
| March 9 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 47.7% | -47.7 |
| March 3 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Brian Mast's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 45.6% | +54.4 |
| 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) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 10.0% | -10.0 |
| Feb. 8 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Brian Mast's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 78.7% | +21.3 |
| Feb. 7 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 76.6% | -76.6 |
| Feb. 4 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.7% | -7.7 |
| Jan. 13 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.9% | -3.9 |
| Jan. 12 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 62.0% | -62.0 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.3% | -7.3 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.5% | -4.5 |
| Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.1% | -7.1 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.3% | -7.3 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.3% | -3.3 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 29.6% | -29.6 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 13.9% | -13.9 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 19.2% | -19.2 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 58.3% | -58.3 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through December 16, 2022 (219-212) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.4% | -6.4 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.3% | -4.3 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.4% | -4.4 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.4% | -4.4 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.4% | -4.4 |
| 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) Brian Mast's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.3% | +1.7 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 19.1% | -19.1 |
| 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) Brian Mast's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.3% | +3.7 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Brian Mast's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 34.3% | +65.7 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 13.0% | -13.0 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.7% | -6.7 |
| June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Brian Mast's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 19.7% | +80.3 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 34.7% | -34.7 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.6% | -4.6 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.3% | -7.3 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Brian Mast's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 35.5% | +64.5 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 52.8% | -52.8 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 21.0% | -21.0 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 44.0% | -44.0 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Brian Mast's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 87.5% | +12.5 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 75.8% | -75.8 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.8% | -3.8 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.6% | -4.6 |
| April 21, 2021 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.6% | -4.6 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.5% | -4.5 |
| April 16, 2021 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 47.7% | -47.7 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.6% | -4.6 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 39.7% | -39.7 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 15.8% | -15.8 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 41.0% | -41.0 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.4% | -4.4 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 12.2% | -12.2 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.3% | -3.3 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 8.3% | -8.3 |
| March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 8.1% | -8.1 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.5% | -7.5 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 13.7% | -13.7 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Brian Mast's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.4% | -6.4 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Brian Mast's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 76.9% | +23.1 |
| Average | 13.4% | 27.4% | -14.0 | |||
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