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Republican representative for Nebraska’s 2nd district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Bacon votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Bacon’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 Bacon votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Bacon’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
+6.6% | 23.6% | -57.9 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Bacon 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) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No |  | 79.3% | -79.3 |
| 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) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 84.2% | -84.2 |
| Feb. 8 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Don Bacon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 90.9% | +9.1 |
| Feb. 7 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 90.0% | -90.0 |
| Feb. 4 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 77.5% | -77.5 |
| Jan. 13 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 80.9% | -80.9 |
| Jan. 12 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Don Bacon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 82.7% | +17.3 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 79.2% | -79.2 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 80.9% | -80.9 |
| Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 78.9% | -78.9 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 79.6% | -79.6 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 81.4% | -81.4 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Don Bacon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 59.0% | +41.0 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 81.8% | -81.8 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 80.3% | -80.3 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Don Bacon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 88.5% | +11.5 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through December 16, 2022 (219-212) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 77.4% | -77.4 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 79.9% | -79.9 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 81.2% | -81.2 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 81.2% | -81.2 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 81.2% | -81.2 |
| 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) Don Bacon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.8% | +2.2 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 58.4% | -58.4 |
| 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) Don Bacon'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) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 81.5% | -81.5 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 76.1% | -76.1 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 82.3% | -82.3 |
| June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 83.9% | -83.9 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 86.5% | -86.5 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 81.3% | -81.3 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 79.9% | -79.9 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Don Bacon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 88.6% | +11.4 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 77.8% | -77.8 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 57.0% | -57.0 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Don Bacon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 82.2% | +17.8 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Don Bacon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.3% | +4.7 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Don Bacon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 91.9% | +8.1 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 78.9% | -78.9 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 81.3% | -81.3 |
| April 21, 2021 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 81.3% | -81.3 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 82.8% | -82.8 |
| April 16, 2021 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Don Bacon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 82.8% | +17.2 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 82.8% | -82.8 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 82.7% | -82.7 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Don Bacon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 83.7% | +16.3 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 83.8% | -83.8 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 82.0% | -82.0 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 83.1% | -83.1 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 81.4% | -81.4 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 83.2% | -83.2 |
| March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 73.2% | -73.2 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 77.3% | -77.3 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 82.1% | -82.1 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 84.2% | -84.2 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Don Bacon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 83.1% | +16.9 |
| Average | 23.6% | 81.5% | -57.9 | |||
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