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Republican representative for Florida’s 15th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Franklin votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Franklin’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 Franklin votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Franklin’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-8.5% | 7.1% | -21.2 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Franklin 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) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No |  | 24.1% | -24.1 |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | Providing collective bargaining rights for Veterans Health Administration health care workers (219-201) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.6% | -5.6 |
| 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) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 27.4% | -27.4 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement training in de-escalation tactics and in responding to mental and behavior health crises (264-162) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 50.6% | -50.6 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Updating regulations to address conflicts of interest in federal acquisitions (219-205) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.8% | -5.8 |
| 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) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 45.8% | -45.8 |
| Dec. 6, 2022 | Making it easier for noncitizen veterans to get lawful permanent resident status (220-208) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 8.7% | -8.7 |
| 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) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 77.3% | -77.3 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Establishing grants for reentry programs for previously incarcerated people (259-167) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 48.1% | -48.1 |
| Nov. 30, 2022 | Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (290-137) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 60.7% | -60.7 |
| Nov. 16, 2022 | Prohibiting the enforcement of nondisclosure agreements and nondisparagement clauses agreed to before a sexual assault or harassment dispute arises (315-109) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 72.8% | -72.8 |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (230-201) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 28.8% | -28.8 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Modifying merger filing fees and requiring disclosure of foreign merger subsidies (242-184) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 43.3% | -43.3 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Expanding access to mental and substance use health services (220-205) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.0% | -6.0 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement agencies to investigate unsolved homicides and nonfatal shootings (250-178) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 41.1% | -41.1 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.9% | -5.9 |
| 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) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.9% | -6.9 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Authorizing grants for law enforcement agencies with fewer than 125 officers (360-64) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 82.7% | +17.3 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 22.5% | -22.5 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 25.1% | -25.1 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.8% | -6.8 |
| 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) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.8% | -5.8 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 17.2% | -17.2 |
| 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) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.1% | -4.1 |
| July 29, 2022 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 61.1% | -61.1 |
| July 29, 2022 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.5% | -4.5 |
| July 29, 2022 | Prohibiting the sale, manufacture, transfer and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines (217-213) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.8% | -4.8 |
| July 28, 2022 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 37.8% | -37.8 |
| July 27, 2022 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.3% | +2.7 |
| July 27, 2022 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 32.2% | -32.2 |
| July 27, 2022 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 46.2% | -46.2 |
| July 21, 2022 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 20.0% | -20.0 |
| July 20, 2022 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.1% | -4.1 |
| 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) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 50.4% | -50.4 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 8.0% | -8.0 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.0% | -4.0 |
| July 14, 2022 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 76.1% | +23.9 |
| July 13, 2022 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 49.0% | -49.0 |
| June 24, 2022 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 25.5% | -25.5 |
| June 23, 2022 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.5% | -7.5 |
| June 22, 2022 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 80.3% | -80.3 |
| June 22, 2022 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.4% | +4.6 |
| June 16, 2022 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 21.1% | -21.1 |
| June 15, 2022 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.5% | -3.5 |
| June 14, 2022 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 27.9% | -27.9 |
| June 9, 2022 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 11.7% | -11.7 |
| June 8, 2022 | Changing federal firearms laws, including prohibiting sales of certain weapons to people under 21 years old (223-204) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 11.7% | -11.7 |
| May 18, 2022 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.4% | -7.4 |
| May 17, 2022 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 8.2% | -8.2 |
| May 13, 2022 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 44.6% | -44.6 |
| May 12, 2022 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.4% | -5.4 |
| May 11, 2022 | Making it easier for federally employed firefighters to get workers' compensation (288-131) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 63.8% | -63.8 |
| March 31, 2022 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 21.3% | -21.3 |
| March 18, 2022 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 26.9% | -26.9 |
| March 17, 2022 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 12.3% | -12.3 |
| March 9, 2022 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 47.4% | -47.4 |
| March 3, 2022 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 45.3% | -45.3 |
| 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) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 9.8% | -9.8 |
| Feb. 8, 2022 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 78.6% | -78.6 |
| Feb. 7, 2022 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 76.5% | -76.5 |
| Feb. 4, 2022 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.5% | -7.5 |
| Jan. 13, 2022 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.8% | -3.8 |
| Jan. 12, 2022 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 61.8% | -61.8 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) C. Scott Franklin'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) C. Scott Franklin'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) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.9% | -6.9 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) C. Scott Franklin'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) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.2% | -3.2 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 29.4% | -29.4 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 13.6% | -13.6 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 18.9% | -18.9 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 58.1% | -58.1 |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (254-175) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 44.9% | -44.9 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through Dec. 16, 2022 (219-212) C. Scott Franklin'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) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.2% | -4.2 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.3% | -4.3 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.3% | -4.3 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) C. Scott Franklin'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) C. Scott Franklin'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) C. Scott Franklin'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) C. Scott Franklin'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) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 34.0% | -34.0 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 12.7% | -12.7 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) C. Scott Franklin'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) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 19.4% | -19.4 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 34.3% | -34.3 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) C. Scott Franklin'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) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.1% | -7.1 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 35.1% | -35.1 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 52.6% | -52.6 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) C. Scott Franklin'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) C. Scott Franklin'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) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 87.4% | +12.6 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 75.6% | -75.6 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.7% | -3.7 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) C. Scott Franklin'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) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.4% | -4.4 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) C. Scott Franklin'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) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 47.5% | ||
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.4% | -4.4 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) C. Scott Franklin'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) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 15.5% | -15.5 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 40.7% | -40.7 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.2% | -4.2 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 11.9% | -11.9 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.2% | -3.2 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) C. Scott Franklin'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) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.9% | -7.9 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) C. Scott Franklin'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) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 13.4% | -13.4 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.2% | -6.2 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) C. Scott Franklin's Vote: No | support | No | | 76.8% | -76.8 |
| Average | 7.1% | 28.3% | -21.2 | |||
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