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Republican representative for Georgia’s 1st district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Carter votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Carter’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 Carter votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Carter’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-12.4% | 9.3% | -11.5 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Carter 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) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No |  | 15.4% | -15.4 |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | Providing collective bargaining rights for Veterans Health Administration health care workers (219-201) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.2% | -1.2 |
| 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) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 16.5% | -16.5 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement training in de-escalation tactics and in responding to mental and behavior health crises (264-162) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 43.8% | -43.8 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Updating regulations to address conflicts of interest in federal acquisitions (219-205) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.3% | -1.3 |
| 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) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 34.4% | -34.4 |
| Dec. 6, 2022 | Making it easier for noncitizen veterans to get lawful permanent resident status (220-208) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.7% | -2.7 |
| 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) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 72.9% | -72.9 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Establishing grants for reentry programs for previously incarcerated people (259-167) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 38.7% | -38.7 |
| Nov. 30, 2022 | Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (290-137) Buddy Carter's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 56.0% | +44.0 |
| Nov. 16, 2022 | Prohibiting the enforcement of nondisclosure agreements and nondisparagement clauses agreed to before a sexual assault or harassment dispute arises (315-109) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 67.5% | -67.5 |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (230-201) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 19.7% | -19.7 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Modifying merger filing fees and requiring disclosure of foreign merger subsidies (242-184) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 38.2% | -38.2 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Expanding access to mental and substance use health services (220-205) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.5% | -1.5 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement agencies to investigate unsolved homicides and nonfatal shootings (250-178) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 30.4% | -30.4 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.4% | -1.4 |
| 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) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.8% | -1.8 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Authorizing grants for law enforcement agencies with fewer than 125 officers (360-64) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 81.4% | -81.4 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 13.0% | -13.0 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 13.9% | -13.9 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.8% | -1.8 |
| 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) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.5% | -1.5 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 8.4% | -8.4 |
| 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) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.8% | -0.8 |
| July 29, 2022 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Buddy Carter's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 52.9% | +47.1 |
| July 29, 2022 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.0% | -1.0 |
| July 29, 2022 | Prohibiting the sale, manufacture, transfer and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines (217-213) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.2% | -1.2 |
| July 28, 2022 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 28.1% | -28.1 |
| July 27, 2022 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Buddy Carter's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.8% | +3.2 |
| July 27, 2022 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 22.2% | -22.2 |
| July 27, 2022 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 38.5% | -38.5 |
| July 21, 2022 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 10.6% | -10.6 |
| July 20, 2022 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.8% | -0.8 |
| 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) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 39.2% | -39.2 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.4% | -2.4 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.8% | -0.8 |
| July 14, 2022 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Buddy Carter's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 75.9% | +24.1 |
| July 13, 2022 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 40.0% | -40.0 |
| June 24, 2022 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 15.0% | -15.0 |
| June 23, 2022 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.1% | -2.1 |
| June 22, 2022 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Buddy Carter's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 76.0% | +24.0 |
| June 22, 2022 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Buddy Carter's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.7% | +5.3 |
| June 16, 2022 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 13.0% | -13.0 |
| June 15, 2022 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.7% | -0.7 |
| June 14, 2022 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 18.1% | -18.1 |
| June 9, 2022 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.4% | -4.4 |
| June 8, 2022 | Changing federal firearms laws, including prohibiting sales of certain weapons to people under 21 years old (223-204) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.5% | -4.5 |
| May 18, 2022 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.1% | -2.1 |
| May 17, 2022 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.3% | -2.3 |
| May 13, 2022 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Buddy Carter's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 36.0% | ||
| May 12, 2022 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.1% | -1.1 |
| May 11, 2022 | Making it easier for federally employed firefighters to get workers' compensation (288-131) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 56.2% | -56.2 |
| March 31, 2022 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 11.0% | -11.0 |
| March 18, 2022 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 16.1% | -16.1 |
| March 17, 2022 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.1% | -5.1 |
| March 9, 2022 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 37.2% | -37.2 |
| March 3, 2022 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 36.0% | -36.0 |
| 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) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.0% | -3.0 |
| Feb. 8, 2022 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 74.2% | -74.2 |
| Feb. 7, 2022 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Buddy Carter's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 71.8% | +28.2 |
| Feb. 4, 2022 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.2% | -2.2 |
| Jan. 13, 2022 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.7% | -0.7 |
| Jan. 12, 2022 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 55.4% | -55.4 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.0% | -2.0 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.9% | -0.9 |
| Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.9% | -1.9 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.0% | -2.0 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.5% | -0.5 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 23.0% | -23.0 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.3% | -5.3 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 9.2% | -9.2 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 47.9% | -47.9 |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (254-175) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 35.5% | -35.5 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through Dec. 16, 2022 (219-212) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.7% | -1.7 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.8% | -0.8 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.8% | -0.8 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.8% | -0.8 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.8% | -0.8 |
| 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) Buddy Carter's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.5% | +1.5 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 12.2% | -12.2 |
| 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) Buddy Carter's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 95.7% | ||
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Buddy Carter's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 22.6% | ||
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.3% | -5.3 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.6% | -1.6 |
| June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Buddy Carter's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 9.0% | ||
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 21.4% | -21.4 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.9% | -0.9 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.0% | -2.0 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 21.4% | -21.4 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 45.4% | -45.4 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 14.3% | -14.3 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 33.1% | -33.1 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Buddy Carter's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 84.3% | ||
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 69.6% | -69.6 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.7% | -0.7 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.9% | -0.9 |
| April 21, 2021 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.9% | -0.9 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.8% | -0.8 |
| April 16, 2021 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 37.3% | -37.3 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.8% | -0.8 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 28.0% | -28.0 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.3% | -6.3 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Buddy Carter's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 29.1% | ||
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.8% | -0.8 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.2% | -4.2 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.5% | -0.5 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.2% | -2.2 |
| March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.6% | -2.6 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.1% | -2.1 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.1% | -5.1 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Buddy Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.4% | -1.4 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Buddy Carter's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 75.0% | +25.0 |
| Average | 9.3% | 20.8% | -11.5 | |||
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