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Democratic representative for California’s 32nd district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Napolitano votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Napolitano’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 Napolitano votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Napolitano’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
+32.4% | 100.0% | +0.9 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Napolitano 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) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 99.6% | +0.4 |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | Providing collective bargaining rights for Veterans Health Administration health care workers (219-201) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| 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) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement training in de-escalation tactics and in responding to mental and behavior health crises (264-162) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.6% | +3.4 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Updating regulations to address conflicts of interest in federal acquisitions (219-205) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| 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) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| Dec. 6, 2022 | Making it easier for noncitizen veterans to get lawful permanent resident status (220-208) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| 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) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.6% | +1.4 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Establishing grants for reentry programs for previously incarcerated people (259-167) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.3% | +0.7 |
| Nov. 30, 2022 | Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (290-137) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.7% | +6.3 |
| Nov. 16, 2022 | Prohibiting the enforcement of nondisclosure agreements and nondisparagement clauses agreed to before a sexual assault or harassment dispute arises (315-109) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.6% | +1.4 |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (230-201) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.4% | +0.6 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Modifying merger filing fees and requiring disclosure of foreign merger subsidies (242-184) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 88.6% | +11.4 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Expanding access to mental and substance use health services (220-205) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement agencies to investigate unsolved homicides and nonfatal shootings (250-178) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| 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) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Authorizing grants for law enforcement agencies with fewer than 125 officers (360-64) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.9% | +7.1 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| 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) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| 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) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 29, 2022 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.3% | +0.7 |
| July 29, 2022 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 29, 2022 | Prohibiting the sale, manufacture, transfer and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines (217-213) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 28, 2022 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.4% | +0.6 |
| July 27, 2022 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.5% | +0.5 |
| July 27, 2022 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| July 27, 2022 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.5% | +2.5 |
| July 21, 2022 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 20, 2022 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| 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) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 14, 2022 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 77.4% | +22.6 |
| July 13, 2022 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.2% | +0.8 |
| June 24, 2022 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 23, 2022 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 22, 2022 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.2% | +0.8 |
| June 22, 2022 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.4% | +0.6 |
| June 16, 2022 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.5% | +0.5 |
| June 15, 2022 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 14, 2022 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| June 9, 2022 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 8, 2022 | Changing federal firearms laws, including prohibiting sales of certain weapons to people under 21 years old (223-204) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 18, 2022 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 17, 2022 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 13, 2022 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.6% | +1.4 |
| May 12, 2022 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 11, 2022 | Making it easier for federally employed firefighters to get workers' compensation (288-131) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.2% | +0.8 |
| March 31, 2022 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18, 2022 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 17, 2022 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9, 2022 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.6% | +0.4 |
| March 3, 2022 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.2% | +0.8 |
| 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) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 8, 2022 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.8% | +1.2 |
| Feb. 7, 2022 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.7% | +1.3 |
| Feb. 4, 2022 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 13, 2022 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 12, 2022 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.9% | +2.1 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.8% | +6.2 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (254-175) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.2% | +0.8 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through Dec. 16, 2022 (219-212) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| 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) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.3% | +3.7 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.1% | +1.9 |
| 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) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.4% | +0.6 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.5% | +2.5 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.9% | +3.1 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.5% | +0.5 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.5% | +0.5 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21, 2021 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 16, 2021 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.6% | +0.4 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Grace Napolitano's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 90.9% | +9.1 |
| Average | 100.0% | 99.1% | +0.9 | |||
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