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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% | 43.6% | +7.9 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Upton vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept. 29 | Suspending the debt limit through December 16, 2022 (219-212) Fred Upton's Vote: No | support | No |  | 17.7% | -17.7 |
| Sept. 24 | 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 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Fred Upton's Vote: No | support | No | | 15.1% | -15.1 |
| Aug. 24 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Fred Upton's Vote: No | support | No | | 15.1% | -15.1 |
| Aug. 24 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Fred Upton's Vote: No | support | No | | 15.1% | -15.1 |
| 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) Fred Upton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 98.2% | +1.8 |
| July 28 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Fred Upton's Vote: No | support | No | | 19.2% | -19.2 |
| June 25 | 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 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Fred Upton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 49.8% | +50.2 |
| June 24 | 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 | 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 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Fred Upton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 51.6% | +48.4 |
| June 17 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Fred Upton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 59.9% | +40.1 |
| May 20 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Fred Upton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 81.1% | +18.9 |
| May 13 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Fred Upton's Vote: No | support | No | | 13.5% | -13.5 |
| April 22 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Fred Upton's Vote: No | support | No | | 15.4% | -15.4 |
| April 21 | 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 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Fred Upton's Vote: No | support | No | | 15.7% | -15.7 |
| April 16 | 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 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Fred Upton's Vote: No | support | No | | 15.8% | -15.8 |
| March 18 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Fred Upton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 52.0% | +48.0 |
| March 18 | 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 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Fred Upton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 53.5% | +46.5 |
| March 11 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Fred Upton's Vote: No | support | No | | 15.2% | -15.2 |
| March 11 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Fred Upton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 27.0% | +73.0 |
| March 10 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Fred Upton's Vote: No | support | No | | 13.0% | -13.0 |
| March 9 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Fred Upton's Vote: No | support | No | | 21.8% | -21.8 |
| March 3 | 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 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Fred Upton's Vote: No | support | No | | 19.1% | -19.1 |
| Feb. 26 | 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 | 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 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Fred Upton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 78.6% | +21.4 |
| Average | 43.6% | 35.7% | +7.9 | |||
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