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Democratic representative for Virginia’s 8th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Beyer votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Beyer’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 Beyer votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Beyer’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
+56.5% | 100.0% | +0.3 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Beyer vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 22 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Don Beyer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Don Beyer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Don Beyer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 16 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Don Beyer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Don Beyer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Don Beyer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 17 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Don Beyer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 11 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Don Beyer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 11 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Don Beyer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 10 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Don Beyer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Don Beyer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Don Beyer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Don Beyer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 26 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Don Beyer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 25 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Don Beyer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 21 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Don Beyer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.5% | +4.5 |
| Average | 100.0% | 99.7% | +0.3 | |||
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