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Republican representative for Florida’s 19th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Donalds votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Donalds’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 Donalds votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Donalds’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-20.1% | 7.1% | -8.4 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Donalds 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) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No |  | 5.0% | -5.0 |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | Providing collective bargaining rights for Veterans Health Administration health care workers (219-201) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 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) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.4% | -4.4 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement training in de-escalation tactics and in responding to mental and behavior health crises (264-162) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 31.0% | -31.0 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Updating regulations to address conflicts of interest in federal acquisitions (219-205) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 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) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 16.2% | -16.2 |
| Dec. 6, 2022 | Making it easier for noncitizen veterans to get lawful permanent resident status (220-208) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| 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) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 63.2% | -63.2 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Establishing grants for reentry programs for previously incarcerated people (259-167) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 22.4% | -22.4 |
| Nov. 30, 2022 | Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (290-137) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 46.6% | -46.6 |
| Nov. 16, 2022 | Prohibiting the enforcement of nondisclosure agreements and nondisparagement clauses agreed to before a sexual assault or harassment dispute arises (315-109) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 56.2% | -56.2 |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (230-201) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.7% | -7.7 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Modifying merger filing fees and requiring disclosure of foreign merger subsidies (242-184) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 28.8% | -28.8 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Expanding access to mental and substance use health services (220-205) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement agencies to investigate unsolved homicides and nonfatal shootings (250-178) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 14.0% | -14.0 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 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) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Authorizing grants for law enforcement agencies with fewer than 125 officers (360-64) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 78.6% | -78.6 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.1% | -3.1 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.8% | -2.8 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 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) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.3% | -1.3 |
| 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) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 29, 2022 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 36.8% | -36.8 |
| July 29, 2022 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 29, 2022 | Prohibiting the sale, manufacture, transfer and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines (217-213) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 28, 2022 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 13.3% | -13.3 |
| July 27, 2022 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Byron Donalds's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 95.8% | +4.2 |
| July 27, 2022 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 8.5% | -8.5 |
| July 27, 2022 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 24.8% | -24.8 |
| July 21, 2022 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.0% | -2.0 |
| July 20, 2022 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 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) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 20.0% | -20.0 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 14, 2022 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 75.7% | -75.7 |
| July 13, 2022 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 23.9% | -23.9 |
| June 24, 2022 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.8% | -3.8 |
| June 23, 2022 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| June 22, 2022 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Byron Donalds's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 66.1% | +33.9 |
| June 22, 2022 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Byron Donalds's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.8% | +7.2 |
| June 16, 2022 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.9% | -3.9 |
| June 15, 2022 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 14, 2022 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.0% | -6.0 |
| June 9, 2022 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| June 8, 2022 | Changing federal firearms laws, including prohibiting sales of certain weapons to people under 21 years old (223-204) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| May 18, 2022 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| May 17, 2022 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| May 13, 2022 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 21.3% | -21.3 |
| May 12, 2022 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| May 11, 2022 | Making it easier for federally employed firefighters to get workers' compensation (288-131) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 40.8% | -40.8 |
| March 31, 2022 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.9% | -1.9 |
| March 18, 2022 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.2% | -4.2 |
| March 17, 2022 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.5% | -0.5 |
| March 9, 2022 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 20.0% | -20.0 |
| March 3, 2022 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 20.2% | -20.2 |
| 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) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Feb. 8, 2022 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 64.5% | -64.5 |
| Feb. 7, 2022 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 61.6% | -61.6 |
| Feb. 4, 2022 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Jan. 13, 2022 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 12, 2022 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 42.4% | -42.4 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 12.9% | -12.9 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.3% | -1.3 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 28.8% | -28.8 |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (254-175) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 19.9% | -19.9 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through Dec. 16, 2022 (219-212) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 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) Byron Donalds's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.7% | +1.3 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.3% | -4.3 |
| 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) Byron Donalds's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.3% | +5.7 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.8% | -7.8 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Byron Donalds's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 0.5% | ||
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.1% | -1.1 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.9% | -5.9 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 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) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.4% | -5.4 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Byron Donalds's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 31.9% | +68.1 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.8% | -5.8 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 16.1% | -16.1 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 77.0% | -77.0 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 56.1% | -56.1 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21, 2021 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 16, 2021 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 20.1% | -20.1 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 11.5% | -11.5 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.5% | -0.5 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 12.0% | -12.0 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Byron Donalds's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Byron Donalds's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 71.3% | +28.7 |
| Average | 7.1% | 15.5% | -8.4 | |||
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