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Democratic representative for Washington’s 6th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Kilmer votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Kilmer’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 Kilmer votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Kilmer’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
+17.8% | 100.0% | +1.9 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Kilmer vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 22 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Derek Kilmer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| April 21 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Derek Kilmer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| April 21 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Derek Kilmer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| April 16 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Derek Kilmer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.5% | +4.5 |
| March 18 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Derek Kilmer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.7% | +3.3 |
| March 18 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Derek Kilmer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.3% | +0.7 |
| March 17 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Derek Kilmer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.1% | +2.9 |
| March 11 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Derek Kilmer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| March 11 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Derek Kilmer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.5% | +0.5 |
| March 10 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Derek Kilmer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| March 9 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Derek Kilmer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| March 3 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Derek Kilmer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.3% | +1.7 |
| March 3 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Derek Kilmer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.1% | +0.9 |
| Feb. 26 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Derek Kilmer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.2% | +0.8 |
| Feb. 25 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Derek Kilmer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| Jan. 21 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Derek Kilmer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 86.9% | +13.1 |
| Average | 100.0% | 98.1% | +1.9 | |||
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