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Republican senator for Oklahoma
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Lankford votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Lankford’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 Lankford votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Lankford’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-33.1% | 50.0% | +3.6 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Lankford vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 29 | Providing money for safe drinking water and other water infrastructure (89-2) James Lankford's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 95.3% | +4.7 |
| April 28 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (52-42) James Lankford's Vote: No | support | No |  | 0.8% | -0.8 |
| April 22 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (94-1) James Lankford's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.5% | +2.5 |
| March 22 | Nomination of Martin Joseph Walsh to be secretary of labor (68-29) James Lankford's Vote: No | support | No | | 20.5% | -20.5 |
| March 18 | Nomination of Xavier Becerra to be secretary of health and human services (50-49) James Lankford's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| March 17 | Nomination of Katherine C. Tai to be United States trade representative (98-0) James Lankford's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 16 | Nomination of Isabella Casillas Guzman to be administrator of the Small Business Administration (81-17) James Lankford's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 52.3% | +47.7 |
| March 15 | Nomination of Debra Anne Haaland to be secretary of the interior (51-40) James Lankford's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.2% | -1.2 |
| March 10 | Nomination of Michael Stanley Regan to be administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (66-34) James Lankford's Vote: No | support | No | | 11.4% | -11.4 |
| March 10 | Nomination of Merrick Brian Garland to be attorney general (70-30) James Lankford's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 21.1% | +78.9 |
| March 10 | Nomination of Marcia Louise Fudge to be secretary of housing and urban development (66-34) James Lankford's Vote: No | support | No | | 19.0% | -19.0 |
| March 6 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (50-49) James Lankford's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.6% | -0.6 |
| March 2 | Nomination of Cecilia Elena Rouse to be chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (95-4) James Lankford's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 87.9% | +12.1 |
| March 2 | Nomination of Gina Marie Raimondo to be secretary of commerce (84-15) James Lankford's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 53.0% | +47.0 |
| March 1 | Nomination of Miguel A. Cardona to be secretary of education (64-33) James Lankford's Vote: No | support | No | | 9.3% | -9.3 |
| Feb. 25 | Nomination of Jennifer Mulhern Granholm to be secretary of energy (64-35) James Lankford's Vote: No | support | No | | 16.5% | -16.5 |
| Feb. 23 | Nomination of Linda Thomas-Greenfield to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations (78-21) James Lankford's Vote: No | support | No | | 46.8% | -46.8 |
| Feb. 23 | Nomination of Thomas J. Vilsack to be secretary of agriculture (92-7) James Lankford's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.0% | +8.0 |
| Feb. 8 | Nomination of Denis Richard McDonough to be secretary of veterans affairs (87-7) James Lankford's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 82.1% | +17.9 |
| Feb. 2 | Nomination of Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas to be secretary of homeland security (56-43) James Lankford's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.9% | -3.9 |
| Feb. 2 | Nomination of Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg to be secretary of transportation (86-13) James Lankford's Vote: No | support | No | | 66.9% | -66.9 |
| Jan. 26 | Nomination of Antony John Blinken to be secretary of state (78-22) James Lankford's Vote: No | support | No | | 33.7% | -33.7 |
| Jan. 25 | Nomination of Janet Louise Yellen to be secretary of the treasury (84-15) James Lankford's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 51.3% | +48.7 |
| Jan. 22 | Nomination of Lloyd James Austin to be secretary of defense (93-2) James Lankford's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.0% | +6.0 |
| Jan. 21 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (69-27) James Lankford's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 75.7% | +24.3 |
| Jan. 20 | Nomination of Avril Danica Haines to be director of national intelligence (84-10) James Lankford's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 72.0% | +28.0 |
| Average | 50.0% | 46.4% | +3.6 | |||
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