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Democratic representative for Florida’s 9th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Soto votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Soto’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 Soto votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Soto’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
+6.9% | 100.0% | +17.5 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Soto 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) Darren Soto's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 79.9% | +20.1 |
| 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) Darren Soto's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 85.3% | +14.7 |
| Feb. 8 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Darren Soto's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 91.1% | +8.9 |
| Feb. 7 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Darren Soto's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 90.1% | +9.9 |
| Feb. 4 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Darren Soto's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 78.8% | +21.2 |
| Jan. 13 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Darren Soto's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 82.3% | +17.7 |
| Jan. 12 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Darren Soto's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 83.0% | +17.0 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Darren Soto's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 80.4% | +19.6 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Darren Soto's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 82.3% | +17.7 |
| Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Darren Soto's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 80.2% | +19.8 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Darren Soto's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 80.8% | +19.2 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Darren Soto's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 82.9% | +17.1 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Darren Soto's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 59.6% | +40.4 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Darren Soto's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 82.8% | +17.2 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Darren Soto's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 81.2% | +18.8 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Darren Soto's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 88.9% | +11.1 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through December 16, 2022 (219-212) Darren Soto's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 78.7% | +21.3 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Darren Soto's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 81.3% | +18.7 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Darren Soto's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 82.5% | +17.5 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Darren Soto's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 82.5% | +17.5 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Darren Soto's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 82.5% | +17.5 |
| 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) Darren Soto's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.7% | +2.3 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Darren Soto's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 59.2% | +40.8 |
| 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) Darren Soto's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.0% | +2.0 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Darren Soto's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 82.1% | +17.9 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Darren Soto's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 77.2% | +22.8 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Darren Soto's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 83.6% | +16.4 |
| June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Darren Soto's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 84.8% | +15.2 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Darren Soto's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 87.1% | +12.9 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Darren Soto's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 82.6% | +17.4 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208) Darren Soto's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 81.1% | +18.9 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Darren Soto's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 89.2% | +10.8 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Darren Soto's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 78.2% | +21.8 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Darren Soto's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 57.8% | +42.2 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Darren Soto's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 82.8% | +17.2 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Darren Soto's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.4% | +4.6 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Darren Soto's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.1% | +7.9 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Darren Soto's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 80.3% | +19.7 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Darren Soto's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 82.6% | +17.4 |
| April 21, 2021 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Darren Soto's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 82.6% | +17.4 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Darren Soto's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 84.1% | +15.9 |
| April 16, 2021 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Darren Soto's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 83.3% | +16.7 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Darren Soto's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 84.1% | +15.9 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Darren Soto's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 83.3% | +16.7 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Darren Soto's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 84.7% | +15.3 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Darren Soto's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 84.4% | +15.6 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Darren Soto's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 83.3% | +16.7 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Darren Soto's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 84.2% | +15.8 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Darren Soto's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 82.9% | +17.1 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Darren Soto's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 84.3% | +15.7 |
| March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Darren Soto's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 74.5% | +25.5 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Darren Soto's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 78.6% | +21.4 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Darren Soto's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 83.2% | +16.8 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Darren Soto's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 85.4% | +14.6 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Darren Soto's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 83.2% | +16.8 |
| Average | 100.0% | 82.5% | +17.5 | |||
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