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Former Republican representative for Michigan’s 6th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Upton votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Upton’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 Upton votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Upton’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-4.5% | 54.4% | +15.5 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Upton vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 23, 2022 | Providing appropriations for various federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023; updating the process of appointing and tallying presidential electors; providing money for humanitarian, security and economic assistance to Ukraine (225-201) Fred Upton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 35.3% | +64.7 |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | Providing collective bargaining rights for Veterans Health Administration health care workers (219-201) Fred Upton's Vote: No | support | No |  | 18.5% | -18.5 |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | Allowing Puerto Rico to hold a referendum on whether to become a U.S. state, an independent country or a sovereign government (233-191) Fred Upton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 41.3% | +58.7 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement training in de-escalation tactics and in responding to mental and behavior health crises (264-162) Fred Upton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 57.6% | +42.4 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Updating regulations to address conflicts of interest in federal acquisitions (219-205) Fred Upton's Vote: No | support | No | | 18.6% | -18.6 |
| Dec. 8, 2022 | Repealing the Defense of Marriage Act and requiring states to recognize same-sex and interracial marriages performed out-of-state; includes an amendment allowing religious organizations to deny services or accomodations for same-sex weddings (258-169) Fred Upton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 57.9% | +42.1 |
| Dec. 6, 2022 | Making it easier for noncitizen veterans to get lawful permanent resident status (220-208) Fred Upton's Vote: No | support | No | | 21.9% | -21.9 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Requiring the Bureau of Prisons to provide incarcerated women with certain pregnancy-related care and limiting the use of solitary confinement for pregnant women (324-90) Fred Upton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 81.3% | +18.7 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Establishing grants for reentry programs for previously incarcerated people (259-167) Fred Upton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 57.9% | +42.1 |
| Nov. 30, 2022 | Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (290-137) Fred Upton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 65.3% | +34.7 |
| Nov. 16, 2022 | Prohibiting the enforcement of nondisclosure agreements and nondisparagement clauses agreed to before a sexual assault or harassment dispute arises (315-109) Fred Upton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 77.7% | +22.3 |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (230-201) Fred Upton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 39.7% | +60.3 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Modifying merger filing fees and requiring disclosure of foreign merger subsidies (242-184) Fred Upton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 48.6% | +51.4 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Expanding access to mental and substance use health services (220-205) Fred Upton's Vote: No | support | No | | 18.0% | -18.0 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement agencies to investigate unsolved homicides and nonfatal shootings (250-178) Fred Upton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 52.7% | +47.3 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207) Fred Upton's Vote: No | support | No | | 17.8% | -17.8 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for local governments to train mental health professionals and send them instead of law enforcement officers to respond to emergencies involving people with behavioral health needs (223-206) Fred Upton's Vote: No | support | No | | 19.9% | -19.9 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Authorizing grants for law enforcement agencies with fewer than 125 officers (360-64) Fred Upton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 84.0% | +16.0 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203) Fred Upton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 35.4% | +64.6 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193) Fred Upton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 40.4% | +59.6 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Fred Upton's Vote: No | support | No | | 19.4% | -19.4 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing greater congressional oversight of the U.S. Census Bureau and prohibiting the removal of the bureau director without cause (220-208) Fred Upton's Vote: No | support | No | | 17.5% | -17.5 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Fred Upton's Vote: No | support | No | | 30.7% | -30.7 |
| Aug. 12, 2022 | Allowing Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices; extending Affordable Care Act subsidies; expanding tax credits for renewable and clean energy efforts; establishing a 15 percent corporate minimum tax; and other measures (220-207) Fred Upton's Vote: No | support | No | | 14.4% | -14.4 |
| July 29, 2022 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Fred Upton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 69.0% | +31.0 |
| July 29, 2022 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Fred Upton's Vote: No | support | No | | 15.1% | -15.1 |
| July 29, 2022 | Prohibiting the sale, manufacture, transfer and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines (217-213) Fred Upton's Vote: No | support | No | | 14.6% | -14.6 |
| July 28, 2022 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Fred Upton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 48.6% | +51.4 |
| July 27, 2022 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Fred Upton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.7% | +2.3 |
| July 27, 2022 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Fred Upton's Vote: No | support | No | | 44.1% | -44.1 |
| July 27, 2022 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Fred Upton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 54.2% | +45.8 |
| July 21, 2022 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Fred Upton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 33.5% | +66.5 |
| July 20, 2022 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Fred Upton's Vote: No | support | No | | 14.4% | -14.4 |
| July 19, 2022 | Repealing the Defense of Marriage Act and requiring states to recognize same-sex and interracial marriages performed out-of-state (267-157) Fred Upton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 62.0% | +38.0 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Fred Upton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 20.8% | +79.2 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Fred Upton's Vote: No | support | No | | 14.0% | -14.0 |
| July 14, 2022 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Fred Upton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 76.2% | +23.8 |
| July 13, 2022 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Fred Upton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 58.4% | +41.6 |
| June 24, 2022 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Fred Upton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 39.3% | +60.7 |
| June 23, 2022 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Fred Upton's Vote: No | support | No | | 20.2% | -20.2 |
| June 22, 2022 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Fred Upton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 84.2% | +15.8 |
| June 22, 2022 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Fred Upton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.2% | +3.8 |
| June 16, 2022 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Fred Upton's Vote: No | support | No | | 31.8% | -31.8 |
| June 15, 2022 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Fred Upton's Vote: No | support | No | | 12.7% | -12.7 |
| June 14, 2022 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Fred Upton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 40.0% | +60.0 |
| June 9, 2022 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Fred Upton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 25.4% | +74.6 |
| June 8, 2022 | Changing federal firearms laws, including prohibiting sales of certain weapons to people under 21 years old (223-204) Fred Upton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 24.9% | +75.1 |
| May 18, 2022 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Fred Upton's Vote: No | support | No | | 19.8% | -19.8 |
| May 17, 2022 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Fred Upton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 22.1% | +77.9 |
| May 13, 2022 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Fred Upton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 53.7% | +46.3 |
| May 12, 2022 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Fred Upton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 18.2% | +81.8 |
| May 11, 2022 | Making it easier for federally employed firefighters to get workers' compensation (288-131) Fred Upton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 71.1% | +28.9 |
| March 31, 2022 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Fred Upton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 36.3% | +63.7 |
| March 18, 2022 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Fred Upton's Vote: No | support | No | | 40.8% | -40.8 |
| March 17, 2022 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Fred Upton's Vote: No | support | No | | 25.1% | -25.1 |
| March 9, 2022 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Fred Upton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 58.0% | +42.0 |
| March 3, 2022 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Fred Upton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 55.2% | +44.8 |
| Feb. 9, 2022 | 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) Fred Upton's Vote: No | support | No | | 24.6% | -24.6 |
| Feb. 8, 2022 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Fred Upton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 82.5% | +17.5 |
| Feb. 7, 2022 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Fred Upton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 80.8% | +19.2 |
| Feb. 4, 2022 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Fred Upton's Vote: No | support | No | | 19.6% | -19.6 |
| Jan. 13, 2022 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Fred Upton's Vote: No | support | No | | 14.1% | -14.1 |
| Jan. 12, 2022 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Fred Upton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 68.1% | +31.9 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Fred Upton's Vote: No | support | No | | 19.4% | -19.4 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Fred Upton's Vote: No | support | No | | 15.2% | -15.2 |
| Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Fred Upton's Vote: No | support | No | | 18.9% | -18.9 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Fred Upton's Vote: No | support | No | | 19.5% | -19.5 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Fred Upton's Vote: No | support | No | | 13.0% | -13.0 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Fred Upton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 36.8% | +63.2 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Fred Upton's Vote: No | support | No | | 28.6% | -28.6 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Fred Upton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 33.6% | +66.4 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Fred Upton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 68.0% | +32.0 |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (254-175) Fred Upton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 54.7% | +45.3 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through Dec. 16, 2022 (219-212) Fred Upton's Vote: No | support | No | | 17.7% | -17.7 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Fred Upton's Vote: No | support | No | | 14.7% | -14.7 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Fred Upton's Vote: No | support | No | | 15.1% | -15.1 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Fred Upton's Vote: No | support | No | | 15.1% | -15.1 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Fred Upton's Vote: No | support | No | | 15.1% | -15.1 |
| 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) Fred Upton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.2% | +1.8 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Fred Upton's Vote: No | support | No | | 27.7% | -27.7 |
| 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) Fred Upton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.8% | +3.2 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Fred Upton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 47.3% | +52.7 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Fred Upton's Vote: No | support | No | | 25.8% | -25.8 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Fred Upton's Vote: No | support | No | | 19.2% | -19.2 |
| June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Fred Upton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 35.5% | +64.5 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Fred Upton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 49.8% | +50.2 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Fred Upton's Vote: No | support | No | | 15.4% | -15.4 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208) Fred Upton's Vote: No | support | No | | 19.6% | -19.6 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Fred Upton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 51.6% | +48.4 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Fred Upton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 59.9% | +40.1 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Fred Upton's Vote: No | support | No | | 29.1% | -29.1 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Fred Upton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 55.1% | +44.9 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Fred Upton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 90.1% | +9.9 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Fred Upton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 81.1% | +18.9 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Fred Upton's Vote: No | support | No | | 13.5% | -13.5 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Fred Upton's Vote: No | support | No | | 15.4% | -15.4 |
| April 21, 2021 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Fred Upton's Vote: No | support | No | | 15.4% | -15.4 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Fred Upton's Vote: No | support | No | | 15.7% | -15.7 |
| April 16, 2021 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Fred Upton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 58.1% | +41.9 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Fred Upton's Vote: No | support | No | | 15.8% | -15.8 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Fred Upton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 52.0% | +48.0 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Fred Upton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 31.3% | +68.7 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Fred Upton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 53.5% | +46.5 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Fred Upton's Vote: No | support | No | | 15.2% | -15.2 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Fred Upton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 27.0% | +73.0 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Fred Upton's Vote: No | support | No | | 13.0% | -13.0 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Fred Upton's Vote: No | support | No | | 21.8% | -21.8 |
| March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Fred Upton's Vote: No | support | No | | 19.0% | -19.0 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Fred Upton's Vote: No | support | No | | 19.1% | -19.1 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Fred Upton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 28.4% | +71.6 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Fred Upton's Vote: No | support | No | | 19.3% | -19.3 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Fred Upton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 78.6% | +21.4 |
| Average | 54.4% | 38.9% | +15.5 | |||
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