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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% | +46.6 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Axne 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) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 65.4% | +34.6 |
| 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) Cindy Axne's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 48.7% | +51.3 |
| Feb. 8 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through December 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% | 53.4% | +46.6 | |||
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