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Republican representative for Michigan’s 1st district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Bergman votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Bergman’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 Bergman votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Bergman’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-17.3% | 12.5% | -4.6 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Bergman 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) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No |  | 7.8% | -7.8 |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | Providing collective bargaining rights for Veterans Health Administration health care workers (219-201) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| 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) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.5% | -7.5 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement training in de-escalation tactics and in responding to mental and behavior health crises (264-162) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 35.5% | -35.5 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Updating regulations to address conflicts of interest in federal acquisitions (219-205) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| 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) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 22.0% | -22.0 |
| Dec. 6, 2022 | Making it easier for noncitizen veterans to get lawful permanent resident status (220-208) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| 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) Jack Bergman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 66.9% | +33.1 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Establishing grants for reentry programs for previously incarcerated people (259-167) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 27.9% | -27.9 |
| Nov. 30, 2022 | Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (290-137) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 50.0% | -50.0 |
| Nov. 16, 2022 | Prohibiting the enforcement of nondisclosure agreements and nondisparagement clauses agreed to before a sexual assault or harassment dispute arises (315-109) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 60.4% | -60.4 |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (230-201) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 11.2% | -11.2 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Modifying merger filing fees and requiring disclosure of foreign merger subsidies (242-184) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 32.1% | -32.1 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Expanding access to mental and substance use health services (220-205) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement agencies to investigate unsolved homicides and nonfatal shootings (250-178) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 19.1% | -19.1 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| 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) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Authorizing grants for law enforcement agencies with fewer than 125 officers (360-64) Jack Bergman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 79.7% | +20.3 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.5% | -5.5 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.4% | -5.4 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| 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) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.7% | -2.7 |
| 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) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| July 29, 2022 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 42.5% | -42.5 |
| July 29, 2022 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| July 29, 2022 | Prohibiting the sale, manufacture, transfer and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines (217-213) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| July 28, 2022 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 17.9% | -17.9 |
| July 27, 2022 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Jack Bergman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.2% | +3.8 |
| July 27, 2022 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 12.5% | -12.5 |
| July 27, 2022 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Jack Bergman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 29.5% | +70.5 |
| July 21, 2022 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.9% | -3.9 |
| July 20, 2022 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| 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) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 26.3% | -26.3 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| July 14, 2022 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Jack Bergman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 75.8% | +24.2 |
| July 13, 2022 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 29.3% | -29.3 |
| June 24, 2022 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.6% | -6.6 |
| June 23, 2022 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| June 22, 2022 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Jack Bergman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 69.8% | +30.2 |
| June 22, 2022 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Jack Bergman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.5% | +6.5 |
| June 16, 2022 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.2% | -6.2 |
| June 15, 2022 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| June 14, 2022 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 9.4% | -9.4 |
| June 9, 2022 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.9% | -0.9 |
| June 8, 2022 | Changing federal firearms laws, including prohibiting sales of certain weapons to people under 21 years old (223-204) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.0% | -1.0 |
| May 18, 2022 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| May 17, 2022 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| May 13, 2022 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 26.2% | -26.2 |
| May 12, 2022 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| May 11, 2022 | Making it easier for federally employed firefighters to get workers' compensation (288-131) Jack Bergman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 46.3% | +53.7 |
| March 31, 2022 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.8% | -3.8 |
| March 18, 2022 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.2% | -7.2 |
| March 17, 2022 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.3% | -1.3 |
| March 9, 2022 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 25.6% | -25.6 |
| March 3, 2022 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Jack Bergman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 25.4% | +74.6 |
| 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) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| Feb. 8, 2022 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Jack Bergman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 68.2% | +31.8 |
| Feb. 7, 2022 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 65.4% | -65.4 |
| Feb. 4, 2022 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| Jan. 13, 2022 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 12, 2022 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 47.1% | -47.1 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 16.2% | -16.2 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.2% | -1.2 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.9% | -2.9 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 35.4% | -35.4 |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (254-175) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 25.0% | -25.0 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through Dec. 16, 2022 (219-212) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| 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) Jack Bergman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.6% | +1.4 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.4% | -6.4 |
| 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) Jack Bergman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.9% | +5.1 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 12.0% | -12.0 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.3% | -1.3 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.6% | -2.6 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 10.0% | -10.0 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 9.5% | -9.5 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 36.7% | -36.7 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 8.2% | -8.2 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 21.5% | -21.5 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Jack Bergman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 79.9% | +20.1 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Jack Bergman's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 61.2% | ||
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| April 21, 2021 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| April 16, 2021 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 25.7% | -25.7 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 16.4% | -16.4 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.5% | -1.5 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 17.2% | -17.2 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.8% | -0.8 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Jack Bergman's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 0.5% | ||
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.1% | -1.1 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Jack Bergman's Vote: No | support | No | | 72.7% | -72.7 |
| Average | 12.5% | 17.1% | -4.6 | |||
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