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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% | 44.4% | +12.3 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Upton vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 | 44.4% | 32.1% | +12.3 | |||
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