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Republican representative for New Jersey’s 2nd district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Van Drew votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Van Drew’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 Van Drew votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Van Drew’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-2.9% | 32.7% | -9.3 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Van Drew vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 3 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxins (256-174) Jeff Van Drew's Vote: No | support | No |  | 59.1% | -59.1 |
| Feb. 9 | 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) Jeff Van Drew's Vote: No | support | No | | 32.9% | -32.9 |
| Feb. 8 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Jeff Van Drew's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 84.0% | +16.0 |
| Feb. 7 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Jeff Van Drew's Vote: No | support | No | | 82.3% | -82.3 |
| Feb. 4 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Jeff Van Drew's Vote: No | support | No | | 26.6% | -26.6 |
| Jan. 13 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Jeff Van Drew's Vote: No | support | No | | 21.3% | -21.3 |
| Jan. 12 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Jeff Van Drew's Vote: No | support | No | | 70.5% | -70.5 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Jeff Van Drew's Vote: No | support | No | | 26.7% | -26.7 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Jeff Van Drew's Vote: No | support | No | | 22.5% | -22.5 |
| Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Jeff Van Drew's Vote: No | support | No | | 26.2% | -26.2 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Jeff Van Drew's Vote: No | support | No | | 26.9% | -26.9 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Jeff Van Drew's Vote: No | support | No | | 20.2% | -20.2 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Jeff Van Drew's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 39.9% | +60.1 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Jeff Van Drew's Vote: No | support | No | | 36.2% | -36.2 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Jeff Van Drew's Vote: No | support | No | | 40.6% | -40.6 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Jeff Van Drew's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 71.7% | +28.3 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through December 16, 2022 (219-212) Jeff Van Drew's Vote: No | support | No | | 24.6% | -24.6 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Jeff Van Drew's Vote: No | support | No | | 21.8% | -21.8 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Jeff Van Drew's Vote: No | support | No | | 22.5% | -22.5 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Jeff Van Drew's Vote: No | support | No | | 22.5% | -22.5 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Jeff Van Drew's Vote: No | support | No | | 22.5% | -22.5 |
| 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) Jeff Van Drew's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.1% | +1.9 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Jeff Van Drew's Vote: No | support | No | | 31.7% | -31.7 |
| 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) Jeff Van Drew's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.0% | +3.0 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Jeff Van Drew's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 52.9% | +47.1 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Jeff Van Drew's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 32.5% | +67.5 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Jeff Van Drew's Vote: No | support | No | | 27.1% | -27.1 |
| June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Jeff Van Drew's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 43.0% | +57.0 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Jeff Van Drew's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 56.1% | +43.9 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Jeff Van Drew's Vote: No | support | No | | 22.9% | -22.9 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208) Jeff Van Drew's Vote: No | support | No | | 27.0% | -27.0 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Jeff Van Drew's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 58.2% | +41.8 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Jeff Van Drew's Vote: No | support | No | | 62.7% | -62.7 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Jeff Van Drew's Vote: No | support | No | | 32.8% | -32.8 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Jeff Van Drew's Vote: No | support | No | | 59.6% | -59.6 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Jeff Van Drew's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 91.0% | +9.0 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Jeff Van Drew's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 83.0% | +17.0 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Jeff Van Drew's Vote: No | support | No | | 20.4% | -20.4 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Jeff Van Drew's Vote: No | support | No | | 22.9% | -22.9 |
| April 21, 2021 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Jeff Van Drew's Vote: No | support | No | | 22.8% | -22.8 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Jeff Van Drew's Vote: No | support | No | | 23.5% | -23.5 |
| April 16, 2021 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Jeff Van Drew's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 62.2% | +37.8 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Jeff Van Drew's Vote: No | support | No | | 23.5% | -23.5 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Jeff Van Drew's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 57.1% | +42.9 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Jeff Van Drew's Vote: No | support | No | | 39.2% | -39.2 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Jeff Van Drew's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 58.6% | +41.4 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Jeff Van Drew's Vote: No | support | No | | 22.7% | -22.7 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Jeff Van Drew's Vote: No | support | No | | 35.0% | -35.0 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Jeff Van Drew's Vote: No | support | No | | 20.2% | -20.2 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Jeff Van Drew's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 29.9% | +70.1 |
| March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Jeff Van Drew's Vote: No | support | No | | 25.4% | -25.4 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Jeff Van Drew's Vote: No | support | No | | 26.1% | -26.1 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Jeff Van Drew's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 36.1% | +63.9 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Jeff Van Drew's Vote: No | support | No | | 27.5% | -27.5 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Jeff Van Drew's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 79.3% | +20.7 |
| Average | 32.7% | 42.0% | -9.3 | |||
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