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Republican representative for Tennessee’s 8th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Kustoff votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Kustoff’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 Kustoff votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Kustoff’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-32.2% | 12.8% | +3.1 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Kustoff vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept. 29 | Suspending the debt limit through December 16, 2022 (219-212) David Kustoff's Vote: No | support | No |  | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 24 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) David Kustoff's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 21 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) David Kustoff's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) David Kustoff's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) David Kustoff's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 29 | Providing emergency funding for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack and for the expansion of the Afghan visa program (416-11) David Kustoff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 99.0% | +1.0 |
| July 28 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) David Kustoff's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.5% | -0.5 |
| July 22 | 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) David Kustoff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 91.5% | +8.5 |
| July 21 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) David Kustoff's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.7% | -0.7 |
| July 20 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) David Kustoff's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 1 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) David Kustoff's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 25 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) David Kustoff's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 24 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) David Kustoff's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| June 24 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) David Kustoff's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 24 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208) David Kustoff's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 23 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) David Kustoff's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| June 17 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) David Kustoff's Vote: No | support | No | | 15.2% | -15.2 |
| May 20 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) David Kustoff's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.9% | -0.9 |
| May 19 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) David Kustoff's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.2% | -3.2 |
| May 18 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) David Kustoff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 62.3% | +37.7 |
| May 14 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) David Kustoff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 34.1% | +65.9 |
| May 13 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) David Kustoff's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 22 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) David Kustoff's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) David Kustoff's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) David Kustoff's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 16 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) David Kustoff's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.0% | -5.0 |
| April 15 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) David Kustoff's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) David Kustoff's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.5% | -1.5 |
| March 18 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) David Kustoff's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 17 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) David Kustoff's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.6% | -1.6 |
| March 11 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) David Kustoff's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 11 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) David Kustoff's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 10 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) David Kustoff's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) David Kustoff's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) David Kustoff's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) David Kustoff's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 26 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) David Kustoff's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 25 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) David Kustoff's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 21 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) David Kustoff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 64.9% | +35.1 |
| Average | 12.8% | 9.8% | +3.1 | |||
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