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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 |
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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% | 32.6% | -0.9 |
Date | Measure | Biden position | Lankford vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
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March 8 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (79-19) James Lankford's Vote: No | support | No | | 52.8% | -52.8 |
March 3 | Providing for congressional disapproval of the national COVID-19 emergency declaration (48-47) James Lankford's Vote: Yes | oppose | Yes | | 0.6% | +99.4 |
March 2 | Providing for congressional disapproval of vaccine mandates for health care workers (49-44) James Lankford's Vote: Yes | oppose | Yes | | 0.6% | +99.4 |
Jan. 19 | Keeping Senate filibuster rules in place to block voting-rights legislation (52-48) James Lankford's Vote: Yes | oppose | Yes | | 0.0% | +100.0 |
Jan. 13 | Imposing additional sanctions over a Russian gas pipeline (55-44) James Lankford's Vote: Yes | oppose | Yes | | 1.1% | +98.9 |
Dec. 14, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (50-49) James Lankford's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.5% | -0.5 |
Dec. 8, 2021 | Providing for congressional disapproval of COVID-19 vaccine and testing mandates for large businesses (52-48) James Lankford's Vote: Yes | oppose | Yes | | 0.0% | +100.0 |
Dec. 7, 2021 | Providing for congressional disapproval of the sale of certain weapons to Saudi Arabia (30-67) James Lankford's Vote: Not Voting | oppose | Didn't Vote | 96.5% | ||
Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (69-28) James Lankford's Vote: No | support | No | | 19.8% | -19.8 |
Aug. 11, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (50-49) James Lankford's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.6% | -0.6 |
Aug. 10, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (69-30) James Lankford's Vote: No | support | No | | 25.1% | -25.1 |
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 (98-0) James Lankford's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
June 22, 2021 | Expanding voting rights and strengthening campaign finance regulations and ethics rules (50-50) James Lankford's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.5% | -0.5 |
June 8, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (49-50) James Lankford's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.5% | -0.5 |
June 8, 2021 | Investing in science and technology manufacturing and research (68-32) James Lankford's Vote: No | support | No | | 26.7% | -26.7 |
May 28, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (54-35) James Lankford's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.5% | -3.5 |
May 19, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (50-48) James Lankford's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.6% | -0.6 |
May 11, 2021 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (52-47) James Lankford's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.6% | -2.6 |
April 29, 2021 | 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, 2021 | 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, 2021 | 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, 2021 | 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, 2021 | 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, 2021 | 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, 2021 | 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, 2021 | 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, 2021 | 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, 2021 | Nomination of Merrick Brian Garland to be attorney general (70-30) James Lankford's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 21.1% | +78.9 |
March 10, 2021 | 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, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (50-49) James Lankford's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.6% | -0.6 |
March 2, 2021 | 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, 2021 | 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, 2021 | 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, 2021 | 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, 2021 | 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, 2021 | 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, 2021 | 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, 2021 | 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, 2021 | 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, 2021 | 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, 2021 | 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, 2021 | 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, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (69-27) James Lankford's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 75.7% | +24.3 |
Jan. 20, 2021 | 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 | 32.6% | 33.5% | -0.9 |
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