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Democratic representative for Maine’s 2nd district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Golden votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Golden’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 Golden votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Golden’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-7.5% | 80.0% | +53.0 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Golden vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 29 | Providing emergency funding for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack and for the expansion of the Afghan visa program (416-11) Jared Golden's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 98.3% | +1.7 |
| July 28 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Jared Golden's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 20.9% | +79.1 |
| July 22 | 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) Jared Golden's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.4% | +3.6 |
| July 21 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Jared Golden's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 37.2% | +62.8 |
| July 20 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Jared Golden's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 15.5% | +84.5 |
| July 1 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Jared Golden's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 8.8% | +91.2 |
| June 25 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Jared Golden's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 22.9% | +77.1 |
| June 24 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Jared Golden's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 38.0% | +62.0 |
| June 24 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Jared Golden's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 6.3% | +93.7 |
| June 24 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208) Jared Golden's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 9.4% | +90.6 |
| June 23 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Jared Golden's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 39.1% | +60.9 |
| June 17 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Jared Golden's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 54.5% | +45.5 |
| May 20 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Jared Golden's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 22.7% | +77.3 |
| May 19 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Jared Golden's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 46.5% | ||
| May 18 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Jared Golden's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 88.1% | ||
| May 14 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Jared Golden's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 77.1% | ||
| May 13 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Jared Golden's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 5.3% | ||
| April 22 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Jared Golden's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 6.3% | +93.7 |
| April 21 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Jared Golden's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 6.3% | +93.7 |
| April 21 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Jared Golden's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 6.3% | +93.7 |
| April 16 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Jared Golden's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 50.1% | +49.9 |
| April 15 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Jared Golden's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 6.3% | +93.7 |
| March 18 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Jared Golden's Vote: No | support | No |  | 42.5% | -42.5 |
| March 18 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Jared Golden's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 18.8% | +81.2 |
| March 17 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Jared Golden's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 43.9% | +56.1 |
| March 11 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Jared Golden's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.0% | -6.0 |
| March 11 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Jared Golden's Vote: No | support | No | | 15.0% | -15.0 |
| March 10 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Jared Golden's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.7% | -4.7 |
| March 9 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Jared Golden's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 10.6% | +89.4 |
| March 3 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Jared Golden's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 10.0% | +90.0 |
| March 3 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Jared Golden's Vote: No | support | No | | 9.5% | -9.5 |
| Feb. 26 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Jared Golden's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 16.5% | +83.5 |
| Feb. 25 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Jared Golden's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 8.5% | +91.5 |
| Jan. 21 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Jared Golden's Vote: No | support | No | | 77.3% | -77.3 |
| Average | 80.0% | 27.0% | +53.0 | |||
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