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Republican representative for New Jersey’s 4th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Smith votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Smith’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 Smith votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Smith’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-10.5% | 41.8% | +19.7 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Smith vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 3 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxins (256-174) Chris Smith's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 40.5% | +59.5 |
| 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 Smith's Vote: No | support | No |  | 5.5% | -5.5 |
| Feb. 8 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Chris Smith's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 76.4% | +23.6 |
| Feb. 7 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Chris Smith's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 74.2% | +25.8 |
| Feb. 4 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Chris Smith's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.2% | -4.2 |
| Jan. 13 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Chris Smith's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.7% | -1.7 |
| Jan. 12 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Chris Smith's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 58.5% | +41.5 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Chris Smith's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.8% | -3.8 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Chris Smith's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.0% | -2.0 |
| Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Chris Smith's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.7% | -3.7 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Chris Smith's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.8% | -3.8 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Chris Smith's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.3% | -1.3 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Chris Smith's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 26.0% | +74.0 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Chris Smith's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 8.6% | +91.4 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Chris Smith's Vote: No | support | No | | 13.3% | -13.3 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Chris Smith's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 52.9% | +47.1 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through December 16, 2022 (219-212) Chris Smith's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.3% | -3.3 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Chris Smith's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.9% | -1.9 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Chris Smith's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.9% | -1.9 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Chris Smith's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.9% | -1.9 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Chris Smith's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.9% | -1.9 |
| 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 Smith's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.4% | +1.6 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Chris Smith's Vote: No | support | No | | 15.2% | -15.2 |
| 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) Chris Smith's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.0% | +4.0 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Chris Smith's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 27.9% | +72.1 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Chris Smith's Vote: No | support | No | | 8.3% | -8.3 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Chris Smith's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 3.3% | +96.7 |
| June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Chris Smith's Vote: No | support | No | | 13.4% | -13.4 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Chris Smith's Vote: No | support | No | | 27.3% | -27.3 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Chris Smith's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.0% | -2.0 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208) Chris Smith's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.8% | -3.8 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Chris Smith's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 27.7% | +72.3 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Chris Smith's Vote: No | support | No | | 48.9% | -48.9 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Chris Smith's Vote: No | support | No | | 17.3% | -17.3 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Chris Smith's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 38.1% | +61.9 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Chris Smith's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 85.9% | +14.1 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Chris Smith's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 72.6% | +27.4 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Chris Smith's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.7% | -1.7 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Chris Smith's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.0% | -2.0 |
| April 21, 2021 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Chris Smith's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.0% | -2.0 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Chris Smith's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.0% | -2.0 |
| April 16, 2021 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Chris Smith's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 42.2% | +57.8 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Chris Smith's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.0% | -2.0 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Chris Smith's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 33.3% | +66.7 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Chris Smith's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 10.0% | +90.0 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Chris Smith's Vote: No | support | No | | 34.6% | -34.6 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Chris Smith's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 1.9% | +98.1 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Chris Smith's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 7.2% | +92.8 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Chris Smith's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.3% | -1.3 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Chris Smith's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 4.3% | +95.7 |
| March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Chris Smith's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.6% | -4.6 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Chris Smith's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.0% | -4.0 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Chris Smith's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 8.5% | +91.5 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Chris Smith's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.0% | -3.0 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Chris Smith's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 75.9% | +24.1 |
| Average | 41.8% | 22.1% | +19.7 | |||
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