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Republican representative for New York’s 27th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Jacobs votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Jacobs’s actual and predicted Biden support scores
Biden margin | Biden score | Biden plus-minus |
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Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s | How often Jacobs votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Jacobs’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-15.7% | 25.9% | +9.1 |
Date | Measure | Biden position | Jacobs vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
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March 3 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxins (256-174) Chris Jacobs's Vote: No | support | No | | 28.7% | -28.7 |
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) Chris Jacobs's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.8% | -0.8 |
Feb. 8 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Chris Jacobs's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 70.2% | +29.8 |
Feb. 7 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Chris Jacobs's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 67.6% | +32.4 |
Feb. 4 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Chris Jacobs's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.6% | -0.6 |
Jan. 13 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Chris Jacobs's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
Jan. 12 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Chris Jacobs's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 49.8% | +50.2 |
Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Chris Jacobs's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.5% | -0.5 |
Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Chris Jacobs's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Chris Jacobs's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.5% | -0.5 |
Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Chris Jacobs's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.5% | -0.5 |
Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Chris Jacobs's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Chris Jacobs's Vote: No | support | No | | 18.2% | -18.2 |
Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Chris Jacobs's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.0% | -2.0 |
Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Chris Jacobs's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.4% | -4.4 |
Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Chris Jacobs's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 39.3% | +60.7 |
Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through December 16, 2022 (219-212) Chris Jacobs's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.4% | -0.4 |
Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Chris Jacobs's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Chris Jacobs's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Chris Jacobs's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Chris Jacobs's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
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) Chris Jacobs's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.6% | +1.4 |
July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Chris Jacobs's Vote: No | support | No | | 8.0% | -8.0 |
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) Chris Jacobs's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.1% | +4.9 |
July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Chris Jacobs's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 15.0% | +85.0 |
July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Chris Jacobs's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.2% | -2.2 |
July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Chris Jacobs's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.4% | -0.4 |
June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Chris Jacobs's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.0% | -4.0 |
June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Chris Jacobs's Vote: No | support | No | | 13.1% | -13.1 |
June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Chris Jacobs's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208) Chris Jacobs's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.5% | -0.5 |
June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Chris Jacobs's Vote: No | support | No | | 12.7% | -12.7 |
June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Chris Jacobs's Vote: No | support | No | | 39.5% | -39.5 |
May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Chris Jacobs's Vote: No | support | No | | 9.9% | -9.9 |
May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Chris Jacobs's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 25.0% | +75.0 |
May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Chris Jacobs's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 81.4% | +18.6 |
May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Chris Jacobs's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 64.0% | +36.0 |
May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Chris Jacobs's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 0.1% | ||
April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Chris Jacobs's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
April 21, 2021 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Chris Jacobs's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Chris Jacobs's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
April 16, 2021 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Chris Jacobs's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 29.3% | +70.7 |
April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Chris Jacobs's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Chris Jacobs's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 19.8% | +80.2 |
March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Chris Jacobs's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.4% | -2.4 |
March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Chris Jacobs's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 20.7% | +79.3 |
March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Chris Jacobs's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Chris Jacobs's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.4% | -1.4 |
March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Chris Jacobs's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Chris Jacobs's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.6% | -0.6 |
March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Chris Jacobs's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.9% | -0.9 |
March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Chris Jacobs's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.6% | -0.6 |
Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Chris Jacobs's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.9% | -1.9 |
Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Chris Jacobs's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Chris Jacobs's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 73.5% | +26.5 |
Average | 25.9% | 16.8% | +9.1 |
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