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Democratic representative for California’s 15th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Swalwell votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Swalwell’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 Swalwell votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Swalwell’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
+45.1% | 100.0% | +0.3 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Swalwell vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept. 29 | Suspending the debt limit through December 16, 2022 (219-212) Eric Swalwell's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 24 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Eric Swalwell's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 21 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Eric Swalwell's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Eric Swalwell's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Eric Swalwell's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 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) Eric Swalwell's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.4% | +4.6 |
| July 28 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Eric Swalwell's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| 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) Eric Swalwell's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| July 21 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Eric Swalwell's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 20 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Eric Swalwell's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 1 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Eric Swalwell's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 25 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Eric Swalwell's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 24 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Eric Swalwell's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 24 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Eric Swalwell's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 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) Eric Swalwell's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 23 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Eric Swalwell's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 17 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Eric Swalwell's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.5% | +0.5 |
| May 20 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Eric Swalwell's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| May 19 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Eric Swalwell's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 18 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Eric Swalwell's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| May 14 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Eric Swalwell's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| May 13 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Eric Swalwell's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 22 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Eric Swalwell'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) Eric Swalwell's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Eric Swalwell'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) Eric Swalwell's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 15 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Eric Swalwell's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Eric Swalwell'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) Eric Swalwell's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 17 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Eric Swalwell's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 11 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Eric Swalwell's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 11 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Eric Swalwell's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 10 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Eric Swalwell's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Eric Swalwell's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Eric Swalwell's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Eric Swalwell's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 26 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Eric Swalwell's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 25 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Eric Swalwell's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 21 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Eric Swalwell's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.6% | +6.4 |
| Average | 100.0% | 99.7% | +0.3 | |||
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