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Democratic representative for Georgia’s 7th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Bourdeaux votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Bourdeaux’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 Bourdeaux votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Bourdeaux’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
+6.3% | 100.0% | +19.2 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Bourdeaux vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept. 29 | Suspending the debt limit through December 16, 2022 (219-212) Carolyn Bourdeaux's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 76.0% | +24.0 |
| Sept. 24 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Carolyn Bourdeaux's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 78.4% | +21.6 |
| Sept. 21 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Carolyn Bourdeaux's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 79.7% | +20.3 |
| Aug. 24 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Carolyn Bourdeaux's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 79.7% | +20.3 |
| Aug. 24 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Carolyn Bourdeaux's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 79.7% | +20.3 |
| July 29 | Providing emergency funding for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack and for the expansion of the Afghan visa program (416-11) Carolyn Bourdeaux's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.8% | +2.2 |
| July 28 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Carolyn Bourdeaux's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 57.5% | +42.5 |
| July 22 | 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) Carolyn Bourdeaux's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.9% | +2.1 |
| July 21 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Carolyn Bourdeaux's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 80.8% | +19.2 |
| July 20 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Carolyn Bourdeaux's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 74.9% | +25.1 |
| July 1 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Carolyn Bourdeaux's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 81.0% | +19.0 |
| June 25 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Carolyn Bourdeaux's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 83.0% | +17.0 |
| June 24 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Carolyn Bourdeaux's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 85.8% | +14.2 |
| June 24 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Carolyn Bourdeaux's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 79.8% | +20.2 |
| June 24 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208) Carolyn Bourdeaux's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 78.6% | +21.4 |
| June 23 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Carolyn Bourdeaux's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 88.0% | +12.0 |
| June 17 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Carolyn Bourdeaux's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 77.3% | +22.7 |
| May 20 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Carolyn Bourdeaux's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 56.2% | +43.8 |
| May 19 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Carolyn Bourdeaux's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 81.7% | +18.3 |
| May 18 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Carolyn Bourdeaux's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.2% | +4.8 |
| May 14 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Carolyn Bourdeaux's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 91.7% | +8.3 |
| May 13 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Carolyn Bourdeaux's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 77.3% | +22.7 |
| April 22 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Carolyn Bourdeaux's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 79.8% | +20.2 |
| April 21 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Carolyn Bourdeaux's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 79.8% | +20.2 |
| April 21 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Carolyn Bourdeaux's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 81.4% | +18.6 |
| April 16 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Carolyn Bourdeaux's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 82.3% | +17.7 |
| April 15 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Carolyn Bourdeaux's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 81.4% | +18.6 |
| March 18 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Carolyn Bourdeaux's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 82.0% | +18.0 |
| March 18 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Carolyn Bourdeaux's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 82.7% | +17.3 |
| March 17 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Carolyn Bourdeaux's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 83.2% | +16.8 |
| March 11 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Carolyn Bourdeaux's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 80.6% | +19.4 |
| March 11 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Carolyn Bourdeaux's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 82.1% | +17.9 |
| March 10 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Carolyn Bourdeaux's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 79.9% | +20.1 |
| March 9 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Carolyn Bourdeaux's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 82.0% | +18.0 |
| March 3 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Carolyn Bourdeaux's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 71.8% | +28.2 |
| March 3 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Carolyn Bourdeaux's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 76.0% | +24.0 |
| Feb. 26 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Carolyn Bourdeaux's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 81.1% | +18.9 |
| Feb. 25 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Carolyn Bourdeaux's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 83.0% | +17.0 |
| Jan. 21 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Carolyn Bourdeaux's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 82.9% | +17.1 |
| Average | 100.0% | 80.8% | +19.2 | |||
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