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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% | +2.5 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Kilmer vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 21 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Derek Kilmer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 96.9% | +3.1 |
| July 20 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Derek Kilmer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.1% | +1.9 |
| July 1 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Derek Kilmer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| June 25 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Derek Kilmer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.1% | +0.9 |
| June 24 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Derek Kilmer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.7% | +1.3 |
| June 24 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Derek Kilmer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| June 24 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208) Derek Kilmer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.5% | +0.5 |
| June 23 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Derek Kilmer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.2% | +0.8 |
| June 17 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Derek Kilmer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 90.0% | +10.0 |
| May 20 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Derek Kilmer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 81.9% | +18.1 |
| May 19 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Derek Kilmer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.8% | +4.2 |
| May 18 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Derek Kilmer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.1% | +1.9 |
| May 14 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Derek Kilmer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.2% | +2.8 |
| May 13 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Derek Kilmer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| 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 |
| April 15 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Derek Kilmer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| 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% | 97.5% | +2.5 | |||
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