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Democratic senator for Maryland
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Van Hollen votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Van Hollen’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 Van Hollen votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Van Hollen’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
+33.2% | 96.0% | -2.1 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Van Hollen vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 29 | Providing money for safe drinking water and other water infrastructure (89-2) Chris Van Hollen's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 99.5% | ||
| April 28 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (52-42) Chris Van Hollen's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 22 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (94-1) Chris Van Hollen's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| March 22 | Nomination of Martin Joseph Walsh to be secretary of labor (68-29) Chris Van Hollen's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| March 18 | Nomination of Xavier Becerra to be secretary of health and human services (50-49) Chris Van Hollen's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 17 | Nomination of Katherine C. Tai to be United States trade representative (98-0) Chris Van Hollen's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 16 | Nomination of Isabella Casillas Guzman to be administrator of the Small Business Administration (81-17) Chris Van Hollen's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.4% | +0.6 |
| March 15 | Nomination of Debra Anne Haaland to be secretary of the interior (51-40) Chris Van Hollen's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 10 | Nomination of Michael Stanley Regan to be administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (66-34) Chris Van Hollen's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| March 10 | Nomination of Merrick Brian Garland to be attorney general (70-30) Chris Van Hollen's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| March 10 | Nomination of Marcia Louise Fudge to be secretary of housing and urban development (66-34) Chris Van Hollen's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.2% | +0.8 |
| March 6 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (50-49) Chris Van Hollen's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| March 2 | Nomination of Cecilia Elena Rouse to be chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (95-4) Chris Van Hollen's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| March 2 | Nomination of Gina Marie Raimondo to be secretary of commerce (84-15) Chris Van Hollen's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| March 1 | Nomination of Miguel A. Cardona to be secretary of education (64-33) Chris Van Hollen's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| Feb. 25 | Nomination of Jennifer Mulhern Granholm to be secretary of energy (64-35) Chris Van Hollen's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.3% | +0.7 |
| Feb. 23 | Nomination of Linda Thomas-Greenfield to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations (78-21) Chris Van Hollen's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.9% | +1.1 |
| Feb. 23 | Nomination of Thomas J. Vilsack to be secretary of agriculture (92-7) Chris Van Hollen's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.9% | +6.1 |
| Feb. 8 | Nomination of Denis Richard McDonough to be secretary of veterans affairs (87-7) Chris Van Hollen's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.8% | +1.2 |
| Feb. 2 | Nomination of Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas to be secretary of homeland security (56-43) Chris Van Hollen's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| Feb. 2 | Nomination of Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg to be secretary of transportation (86-13) Chris Van Hollen's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.0% | +1.0 |
| Jan. 26 | Nomination of Antony John Blinken to be secretary of state (78-22) Chris Van Hollen's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| Jan. 25 | Nomination of Janet Louise Yellen to be secretary of the treasury (84-15) Chris Van Hollen's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| Jan. 22 | Nomination of Lloyd James Austin to be secretary of defense (93-2) Chris Van Hollen's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| Jan. 21 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (69-27) Chris Van Hollen's Vote: No | support | No |  | 67.4% | -67.4 |
| Jan. 20 | Nomination of Avril Danica Haines to be director of national intelligence (84-10) Chris Van Hollen's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.3% | +0.7 |
| Average | 96.0% | 98.1% | -2.1 | |||
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