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Republican representative for California’s 8th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Obernolte votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Obernolte’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 Obernolte votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Obernolte’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-10.5% | 25.4% | +0.6 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Obernolte 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) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No |  | 19.3% | -19.3 |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | Providing collective bargaining rights for Veterans Health Administration health care workers (219-201) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.7% | -2.7 |
| 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) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 21.4% | -21.4 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement training in de-escalation tactics and in responding to mental and behavior health crises (264-162) Jay Obernolte's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 47.1% | +52.9 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Updating regulations to address conflicts of interest in federal acquisitions (219-205) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.8% | -2.8 |
| 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) Jay Obernolte's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 39.9% | +60.1 |
| Dec. 6, 2022 | Making it easier for noncitizen veterans to get lawful permanent resident status (220-208) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.9% | -4.9 |
| 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) Jay Obernolte's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 75.1% | +24.9 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Establishing grants for reentry programs for previously incarcerated people (259-167) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 43.3% | -43.3 |
| Nov. 30, 2022 | Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (290-137) Jay Obernolte's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 58.3% | +41.7 |
| Nov. 16, 2022 | Prohibiting the enforcement of nondisclosure agreements and nondisparagement clauses agreed to before a sexual assault or harassment dispute arises (315-109) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 70.1% | -70.1 |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (230-201) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 23.9% | -23.9 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Modifying merger filing fees and requiring disclosure of foreign merger subsidies (242-184) Jay Obernolte's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 40.7% | +59.3 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Expanding access to mental and substance use health services (220-205) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.0% | -3.0 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement agencies to investigate unsolved homicides and nonfatal shootings (250-178) Jay Obernolte's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 35.5% | +64.5 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.9% | -2.9 |
| 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) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.6% | -3.6 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Authorizing grants for law enforcement agencies with fewer than 125 officers (360-64) Jay Obernolte's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 82.1% | +17.9 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 17.2% | -17.2 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 18.8% | -18.8 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.6% | -3.6 |
| 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) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.0% | -3.0 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 12.1% | -12.1 |
| 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) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.9% | -1.9 |
| July 29, 2022 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 56.9% | -56.9 |
| July 29, 2022 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.2% | -2.2 |
| July 29, 2022 | Prohibiting the sale, manufacture, transfer and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines (217-213) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.4% | -2.4 |
| July 28, 2022 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 32.6% | -32.6 |
| July 27, 2022 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Jay Obernolte's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.0% | +3.0 |
| July 27, 2022 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 26.8% | -26.8 |
| July 27, 2022 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 42.2% | -42.2 |
| July 21, 2022 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 14.7% | -14.7 |
| July 20, 2022 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.9% | -1.9 |
| 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) Jay Obernolte's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 44.6% | +55.4 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.4% | -4.4 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.9% | -1.9 |
| July 14, 2022 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Jay Obernolte's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 76.0% | +24.0 |
| July 13, 2022 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Jay Obernolte's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 44.4% | +55.6 |
| June 24, 2022 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 19.7% | -19.7 |
| June 23, 2022 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.1% | -4.1 |
| June 22, 2022 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Jay Obernolte's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 78.1% | +21.9 |
| June 22, 2022 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Jay Obernolte's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.1% | +4.9 |
| June 16, 2022 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 16.6% | -16.6 |
| June 15, 2022 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.6% | -1.6 |
| June 14, 2022 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 22.6% | -22.6 |
| June 9, 2022 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.3% | -7.3 |
| June 8, 2022 | Changing federal firearms laws, including prohibiting sales of certain weapons to people under 21 years old (223-204) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.4% | -7.4 |
| May 18, 2022 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.0% | -4.0 |
| May 17, 2022 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.5% | -4.5 |
| May 13, 2022 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 40.1% | -40.1 |
| May 12, 2022 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.5% | -2.5 |
| May 11, 2022 | Making it easier for federally employed firefighters to get workers' compensation (288-131) Jay Obernolte's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 59.9% | +40.1 |
| March 31, 2022 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 15.4% | -15.4 |
| March 18, 2022 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Jay Obernolte's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 21.0% | +79.0 |
| March 17, 2022 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 8.0% | -8.0 |
| March 9, 2022 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 42.1% | -42.1 |
| March 3, 2022 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Jay Obernolte's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 40.5% | +59.5 |
| 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) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.5% | -5.5 |
| Feb. 8, 2022 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Jay Obernolte's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 76.4% | +23.6 |
| Feb. 7, 2022 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 74.2% | -74.2 |
| Feb. 4, 2022 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.2% | -4.2 |
| Jan. 13, 2022 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.7% | -1.7 |
| Jan. 12, 2022 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Jay Obernolte's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 58.5% | +41.5 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.8% | -3.8 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.0% | -2.0 |
| Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.7% | -3.7 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.8% | -3.8 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.3% | -1.3 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 26.0% | -26.0 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Jay Obernolte's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 8.6% | +91.4 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 13.3% | -13.3 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Jay Obernolte's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 52.9% | +47.1 |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (254-175) Jay Obernolte's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 40.0% | +60.0 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through Dec. 16, 2022 (219-212) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.3% | -3.3 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.9% | -1.9 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.9% | -1.9 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.9% | -1.9 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.9% | -1.9 |
| 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) Jay Obernolte's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.4% | +1.6 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 15.2% | -15.2 |
| 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) Jay Obernolte's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.0% | +4.0 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 27.9% | -27.9 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 8.3% | -8.3 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.3% | -3.3 |
| June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 13.4% | -13.4 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Jay Obernolte's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 27.3% | +72.7 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.0% | -2.0 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.8% | -3.8 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 27.7% | -27.7 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Jay Obernolte's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 48.9% | +51.1 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 17.3% | -17.3 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 38.1% | -38.1 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Jay Obernolte's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 85.9% | +14.1 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Jay Obernolte's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 72.6% | +27.4 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.7% | -1.7 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.0% | -2.0 |
| April 21, 2021 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.0% | -2.0 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.0% | -2.0 |
| April 16, 2021 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 42.2% | -42.2 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.0% | -2.0 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 33.3% | -33.3 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 10.0% | -10.0 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 34.6% | -34.6 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.9% | -1.9 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.2% | -7.2 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.3% | -1.3 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.3% | -4.3 |
| March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.6% | -4.6 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.0% | -4.0 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 8.5% | -8.5 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Jay Obernolte's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.0% | -3.0 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Jay Obernolte's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 75.9% | +24.1 |
| Average | 25.4% | 24.9% | +0.6 | |||
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