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Republican senator for Mississippi
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Hyde-Smith votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Hyde-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 Hyde-Smith votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Hyde-Smith’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-16.5% | 45.5% | -8.9 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Hyde-Smith vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug. 11 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (50-49) Cindy Hyde-Smith's Vote: No | support | No |  | 12.8% | -12.8 |
| Aug. 10 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (69-30) Cindy Hyde-Smith's Vote: No | support | No | | 53.8% | -53.8 |
| July 29 | Providing emergency funding for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack and for the expansion of the Afghan visa program (98-0) Cindy Hyde-Smith's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 22 | Expanding voting rights and strengthening campaign finance regulations and ethics rules (50-50) Cindy Hyde-Smith's Vote: No | support | No | | 12.7% | -12.7 |
| June 8 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (49-50) Cindy Hyde-Smith's Vote: No | support | No | | 12.7% | -12.7 |
| June 8 | Investing in science and technology manufacturing and research (68-32) Cindy Hyde-Smith's Vote: No | support | No | | 52.1% | -52.1 |
| May 28 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (54-35) Cindy Hyde-Smith's Vote: No | support | No | | 28.2% | -28.2 |
| May 19 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (50-48) Cindy Hyde-Smith's Vote: No | support | No | | 13.7% | -13.7 |
| May 11 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (52-47) Cindy Hyde-Smith's Vote: No | support | No | | 21.8% | -21.8 |
| April 29 | Providing money for safe drinking water and other water infrastructure (89-2) Cindy Hyde-Smith's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.1% | +2.9 |
| April 28 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (52-42) Cindy Hyde-Smith's Vote: No | support | No | | 17.2% | -17.2 |
| April 22 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (94-1) Cindy Hyde-Smith's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.6% | +1.4 |
| March 22 | Nomination of Martin Joseph Walsh to be secretary of labor (68-29) Cindy Hyde-Smith's Vote: No | support | No | | 53.3% | -53.3 |
| March 18 | Nomination of Xavier Becerra to be secretary of health and human services (50-49) Cindy Hyde-Smith's Vote: No | support | No | | 12.8% | -12.8 |
| March 17 | Nomination of Katherine C. Tai to be United States trade representative (98-0) Cindy Hyde-Smith'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) Cindy Hyde-Smith's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 74.9% | +25.1 |
| March 15 | Nomination of Debra Anne Haaland to be secretary of the interior (51-40) Cindy Hyde-Smith's Vote: No | support | No | | 20.2% | -20.2 |
| March 10 | Nomination of Michael Stanley Regan to be administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (66-34) Cindy Hyde-Smith's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 44.3% | +55.7 |
| March 10 | Nomination of Merrick Brian Garland to be attorney general (70-30) Cindy Hyde-Smith's Vote: No | support | No | | 53.6% | -53.6 |
| March 10 | Nomination of Marcia Louise Fudge to be secretary of housing and urban development (66-34) Cindy Hyde-Smith's Vote: No | support | No | | 47.7% | -47.7 |
| March 6 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (50-49) Cindy Hyde-Smith's Vote: No | support | No | | 13.2% | -13.2 |
| March 2 | Nomination of Cecilia Elena Rouse to be chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (95-4) Cindy Hyde-Smith's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.6% | +5.4 |
| March 2 | Nomination of Gina Marie Raimondo to be secretary of commerce (84-15) Cindy Hyde-Smith's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 78.2% | +21.8 |
| March 1 | Nomination of Miguel A. Cardona to be secretary of education (64-33) Cindy Hyde-Smith's Vote: No | support | No | | 42.6% | -42.6 |
| Feb. 25 | Nomination of Jennifer Mulhern Granholm to be secretary of energy (64-35) Cindy Hyde-Smith's Vote: No | support | No | | 45.3% | -45.3 |
| Feb. 23 | Nomination of Linda Thomas-Greenfield to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations (78-21) Cindy Hyde-Smith's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 69.6% | +30.4 |
| Feb. 23 | Nomination of Thomas J. Vilsack to be secretary of agriculture (92-7) Cindy Hyde-Smith's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.5% | +7.5 |
| Feb. 8 | Nomination of Denis Richard McDonough to be secretary of veterans affairs (87-7) Cindy Hyde-Smith's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 89.5% | +10.5 |
| Feb. 2 | Nomination of Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas to be secretary of homeland security (56-43) Cindy Hyde-Smith's Vote: No | support | No | | 27.4% | -27.4 |
| Feb. 2 | Nomination of Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg to be secretary of transportation (86-13) Cindy Hyde-Smith's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 81.8% | +18.2 |
| Jan. 26 | Nomination of Antony John Blinken to be secretary of state (78-22) Cindy Hyde-Smith's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 67.4% | +32.6 |
| Jan. 25 | Nomination of Janet Louise Yellen to be secretary of the treasury (84-15) Cindy Hyde-Smith's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 79.0% | +21.0 |
| Jan. 22 | Nomination of Lloyd James Austin to be secretary of defense (93-2) Cindy Hyde-Smith's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 97.1% | ||
| Jan. 21 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (69-27) Cindy Hyde-Smith's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 73.7% | ||
| Jan. 20 | Nomination of Avril Danica Haines to be director of national intelligence (84-10) Cindy Hyde-Smith's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 85.3% | +14.7 |
| Average | 45.5% | 54.4% | -8.9 | |||
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