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Former Democratic representative for Iowa’s 3rd district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Axne votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Axne’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 Axne votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Axne’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-0.2% | 100.0% | +45.0 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Axne vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 23, 2022 | Providing appropriations for various federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023; updating the process of appointing and tallying presidential electors; providing money for humanitarian, security and economic assistance to Ukraine (225-201) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 48.8% | +51.2 |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | Providing collective bargaining rights for Veterans Health Administration health care workers (219-201) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 43.7% | +56.3 |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | Allowing Puerto Rico to hold a referendum on whether to become a U.S. state, an independent country or a sovereign government (233-191) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 57.5% | +42.5 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement training in de-escalation tactics and in responding to mental and behavior health crises (264-162) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 64.9% | +35.1 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Updating regulations to address conflicts of interest in federal acquisitions (219-205) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 43.5% | +56.5 |
| Dec. 8, 2022 | Repealing the Defense of Marriage Act and requiring states to recognize same-sex and interracial marriages performed out-of-state; includes an amendment allowing religious organizations to deny services or accomodations for same-sex weddings (258-169) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 70.0% | +30.0 |
| Dec. 6, 2022 | Making it easier for noncitizen veterans to get lawful permanent resident status (220-208) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 44.3% | +55.7 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Requiring the Bureau of Prisons to provide incarcerated women with certain pregnancy-related care and limiting the use of solitary confinement for pregnant women (324-90) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 85.1% | +14.9 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Establishing grants for reentry programs for previously incarcerated people (259-167) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 67.8% | +32.2 |
| Nov. 30, 2022 | Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (290-137) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 70.1% | +29.9 |
| Nov. 16, 2022 | Prohibiting the enforcement of nondisclosure agreements and nondisparagement clauses agreed to before a sexual assault or harassment dispute arises (315-109) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 82.3% | +17.7 |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (230-201) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 52.4% | +47.6 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Modifying merger filing fees and requiring disclosure of foreign merger subsidies (242-184) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 54.4% | +45.6 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Expanding access to mental and substance use health services (220-205) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 41.1% | +58.9 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement agencies to investigate unsolved homicides and nonfatal shootings (250-178) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 65.0% | +35.0 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 40.9% | +59.1 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for local governments to train mental health professionals and send them instead of law enforcement officers to respond to emergencies involving people with behavioral health needs (223-206) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 43.5% | +56.5 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Authorizing grants for law enforcement agencies with fewer than 125 officers (360-64) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 85.3% | +14.7 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 51.4% | +48.6 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 58.5% | +41.5 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 42.4% | +57.6 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing greater congressional oversight of the U.S. Census Bureau and prohibiting the removal of the bureau director without cause (220-208) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 39.8% | +60.2 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 48.8% | +51.2 |
| Aug. 12, 2022 | Allowing Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices; extending Affordable Care Act subsidies; expanding tax credits for renewable and clean energy efforts; establishing a 15 percent corporate minimum tax; and other measures (220-207) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 36.9% | +63.1 |
| July 29, 2022 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 76.5% | +23.5 |
| July 29, 2022 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 37.2% | +62.8 |
| July 29, 2022 | Prohibiting the sale, manufacture, transfer and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines (217-213) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 34.9% | +65.1 |
| July 28, 2022 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 60.4% | +39.6 |
| July 27, 2022 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.0% | +2.0 |
| July 27, 2022 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 57.5% | +42.5 |
| July 27, 2022 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 62.7% | +37.3 |
| July 21, 2022 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 50.9% | +49.1 |
| July 20, 2022 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 37.0% | +63.0 |
| July 19, 2022 | Repealing the Defense of Marriage Act and requiring states to recognize same-sex and interracial marriages performed out-of-state (267-157) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 73.2% | +26.8 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 43.1% | +56.9 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 35.9% | +64.1 |
| July 14, 2022 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 76.3% | +23.7 |
| July 13, 2022 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 67.9% | +32.1 |
| June 24, 2022 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 55.7% | +44.3 |
| June 23, 2022 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 42.7% | +57.3 |
| June 22, 2022 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 87.8% | +12.2 |
| June 22, 2022 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.8% | +3.2 |
| June 16, 2022 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 45.4% | +54.6 |
| June 15, 2022 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 33.6% | +66.4 |
| June 14, 2022 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 54.2% | +45.8 |
| June 9, 2022 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 46.3% | +53.7 |
| June 8, 2022 | Changing federal firearms laws, including prohibiting sales of certain weapons to people under 21 years old (223-204) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 45.0% | +55.0 |
| May 18, 2022 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 41.9% | +58.1 |
| May 17, 2022 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 45.9% | +54.1 |
| May 13, 2022 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 63.2% | +36.8 |
| May 12, 2022 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 44.1% | +55.9 |
| May 11, 2022 | Making it easier for federally employed firefighters to get workers' compensation (288-131) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 78.0% | +22.0 |
| March 31, 2022 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 55.0% | +45.0 |
| March 18, 2022 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 57.1% | +42.9 |
| March 17, 2022 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 44.3% | +55.7 |
| March 9, 2022 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 68.8% | +31.2 |
| March 3, 2022 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 65.4% | +34.6 |
| Feb. 9, 2022 | 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) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 48.7% | +51.3 |
| Feb. 8, 2022 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 86.2% | +13.8 |
| Feb. 7, 2022 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 84.8% | +15.2 |
| Feb. 4, 2022 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 40.8% | +59.2 |
| Jan. 13, 2022 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 37.4% | +62.6 |
| Jan. 12, 2022 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 74.3% | +25.7 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 41.5% | +58.5 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 38.5% | +61.5 |
| Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 41.0% | +59.0 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 41.8% | +58.2 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 36.6% | +63.4 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 45.3% | +54.7 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 50.2% | +49.8 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 52.8% | +47.2 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 77.4% | +22.6 |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (254-175) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 64.9% | +35.1 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through Dec. 16, 2022 (219-212) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 39.1% | +60.9 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 37.5% | +62.5 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 38.6% | +61.4 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 38.6% | +61.4 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 38.6% | +61.4 |
| 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) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.0% | +2.0 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 38.9% | +61.1 |
| 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) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.3% | +2.7 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 62.0% | +38.0 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 45.1% | +54.9 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 43.1% | +56.9 |
| June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 56.2% | +43.8 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 66.4% | +33.6 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 39.0% | +61.0 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 42.1% | +57.9 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 68.9% | +31.1 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 67.3% | +32.7 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 39.4% | +60.6 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 66.9% | +33.1 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.5% | +7.5 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 86.0% | +14.0 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 35.7% | +64.3 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 39.0% | +61.0 |
| April 21, 2021 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 39.0% | +61.0 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 40.2% | +59.8 |
| April 16, 2021 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 68.8% | +31.2 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 40.2% | +59.8 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 65.4% | +34.6 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 53.3% | +46.7 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 66.9% | +33.1 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 39.2% | +60.8 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 49.9% | +50.1 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 36.6% | +63.4 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 45.9% | +54.1 |
| March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 38.3% | +61.7 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 40.3% | +59.7 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 50.3% | +49.7 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 44.4% | +55.6 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 80.4% | +19.6 |
| Average | 100.0% | 55.0% | +45.0 | |||
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