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Democratic representative for Massachusetts’s 2nd district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often McGovern votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between McGovern’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 McGovern votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between McGovern’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
+25.8% | 100.0% | +0.8 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | McGovern vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 22 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) James McGovern's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) James McGovern's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) James McGovern's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 16 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) James McGovern's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.7% | +1.3 |
| March 18 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) James McGovern's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.3% | +0.7 |
| March 18 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) James McGovern's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 17 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) James McGovern's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.4% | +0.6 |
| March 11 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) James McGovern's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 11 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) James McGovern's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 10 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) James McGovern's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) James McGovern's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) James McGovern's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| March 3 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) James McGovern's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 26 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) James McGovern's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 25 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) James McGovern's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 21 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) James McGovern's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 89.2% | +10.8 |
| Average | 100.0% | 99.2% | +0.8 | |||
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