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Democratic senator for Connecticut
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Murphy votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Murphy’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 Murphy votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Murphy’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
+20.1% | 100.0% | +2.9 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Murphy 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) Christopher Murphy's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 99.1% | +0.9 |
| April 28 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (52-42) Christopher Murphy's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.8% | +1.2 |
| April 22 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (94-1) Christopher Murphy's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| March 22 | Nomination of Martin Joseph Walsh to be secretary of labor (68-29) Christopher Murphy's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.2% | +1.8 |
| March 18 | Nomination of Xavier Becerra to be secretary of health and human services (50-49) Christopher Murphy's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.5% | +1.5 |
| March 17 | Nomination of Katherine C. Tai to be United States trade representative (98-0) Christopher Murphy'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) Christopher Murphy's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.9% | +2.1 |
| March 15 | Nomination of Debra Anne Haaland to be secretary of the interior (51-40) Christopher Murphy's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.0% | +1.0 |
| March 10 | Nomination of Michael Stanley Regan to be administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (66-34) Christopher Murphy's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.6% | +1.4 |
| March 10 | Nomination of Merrick Brian Garland to be attorney general (70-30) Christopher Murphy's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.1% | +1.9 |
| March 10 | Nomination of Marcia Louise Fudge to be secretary of housing and urban development (66-34) Christopher Murphy's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.1% | +3.9 |
| March 6 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (50-49) Christopher Murphy's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.6% | +2.4 |
| March 2 | Nomination of Cecilia Elena Rouse to be chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (95-4) Christopher Murphy's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.5% | +0.5 |
| March 2 | Nomination of Gina Marie Raimondo to be secretary of commerce (84-15) Christopher Murphy's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.0% | +1.0 |
| March 1 | Nomination of Miguel A. Cardona to be secretary of education (64-33) Christopher Murphy's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.0% | +1.0 |
| Feb. 25 | Nomination of Jennifer Mulhern Granholm to be secretary of energy (64-35) Christopher Murphy's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.2% | +3.8 |
| Feb. 23 | Nomination of Linda Thomas-Greenfield to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations (78-21) Christopher Murphy's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.6% | +3.4 |
| Feb. 23 | Nomination of Thomas J. Vilsack to be secretary of agriculture (92-7) Christopher Murphy's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.6% | +6.4 |
| Feb. 8 | Nomination of Denis Richard McDonough to be secretary of veterans affairs (87-7) Christopher Murphy's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.7% | +2.3 |
| Feb. 2 | Nomination of Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas to be secretary of homeland security (56-43) Christopher Murphy's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.6% | +2.4 |
| Feb. 2 | Nomination of Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg to be secretary of transportation (86-13) Christopher Murphy's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.4% | +2.6 |
| Jan. 26 | Nomination of Antony John Blinken to be secretary of state (78-22) Christopher Murphy's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.1% | +0.9 |
| Jan. 25 | Nomination of Janet Louise Yellen to be secretary of the treasury (84-15) Christopher Murphy's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.4% | +0.6 |
| Jan. 22 | Nomination of Lloyd James Austin to be secretary of defense (93-2) Christopher Murphy's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.6% | +0.4 |
| Jan. 21 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (69-27) Christopher Murphy's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 69.1% | +30.9 |
| Jan. 20 | Nomination of Avril Danica Haines to be director of national intelligence (84-10) Christopher Murphy's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.1% | +1.9 |
| Average | 100.0% | 97.1% | +2.9 | |||
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