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Republican representative for Indiana’s 4th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Baird votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Baird’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 Baird votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Baird’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-29.8% | 12.5% | +1.4 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Baird 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) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No |  | 0.8% | -0.8 |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | Providing collective bargaining rights for Veterans Health Administration health care workers (219-201) Jim Baird's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 0.0% | ||
| 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) Jim Baird's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 0.4% | ||
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement training in de-escalation tactics and in responding to mental and behavior health crises (264-162) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 17.8% | -17.8 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Updating regulations to address conflicts of interest in federal acquisitions (219-205) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| 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) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.3% | -4.3 |
| Dec. 6, 2022 | Making it easier for noncitizen veterans to get lawful permanent resident status (220-208) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| 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) Jim Baird's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 49.8% | +50.2 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Establishing grants for reentry programs for previously incarcerated people (259-167) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 8.8% | -8.8 |
| Nov. 30, 2022 | Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (290-137) Jim Baird's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 35.0% | +65.0 |
| Nov. 16, 2022 | Prohibiting the enforcement of nondisclosure agreements and nondisparagement clauses agreed to before a sexual assault or harassment dispute arises (315-109) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 41.3% | -41.3 |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (230-201) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.6% | -1.6 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Modifying merger filing fees and requiring disclosure of foreign merger subsidies (242-184) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 18.9% | -18.9 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Expanding access to mental and substance use health services (220-205) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement agencies to investigate unsolved homicides and nonfatal shootings (250-178) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.6% | -3.6 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| 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) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Authorizing grants for law enforcement agencies with fewer than 125 officers (360-64) Jim Baird's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 74.8% | +25.2 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| 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) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| 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) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 29, 2022 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 19.6% | -19.6 |
| July 29, 2022 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 29, 2022 | Prohibiting the sale, manufacture, transfer and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines (217-213) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 28, 2022 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Jim Baird's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 3.7% | +96.3 |
| July 27, 2022 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Jim Baird's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.1% | +5.9 |
| July 27, 2022 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.7% | -1.7 |
| July 27, 2022 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Jim Baird's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 12.1% | +87.9 |
| July 21, 2022 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| July 20, 2022 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| 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) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.0% | -6.0 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 14, 2022 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Jim Baird's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 75.3% | +24.7 |
| July 13, 2022 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 10.0% | -10.0 |
| June 24, 2022 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| June 23, 2022 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 22, 2022 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Jim Baird's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 51.9% | +48.1 |
| June 22, 2022 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Jim Baird's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 89.8% | +10.2 |
| June 16, 2022 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.5% | -0.5 |
| June 15, 2022 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 14, 2022 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.9% | -0.9 |
| June 9, 2022 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 8, 2022 | Changing federal firearms laws, including prohibiting sales of certain weapons to people under 21 years old (223-204) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| May 18, 2022 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| May 17, 2022 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| May 13, 2022 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 8.8% | -8.8 |
| May 12, 2022 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| May 11, 2022 | Making it easier for federally employed firefighters to get workers' compensation (288-131) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 23.4% | -23.4 |
| March 31, 2022 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| March 18, 2022 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| March 17, 2022 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9, 2022 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.8% | -6.8 |
| March 3, 2022 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.5% | -7.5 |
| 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) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 8, 2022 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 50.9% | -50.9 |
| Feb. 7, 2022 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 47.5% | -47.5 |
| Feb. 4, 2022 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 13, 2022 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 12, 2022 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 27.3% | -27.3 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.2% | -5.2 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 11.5% | -11.5 |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (254-175) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.4% | -7.4 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through Dec. 16, 2022 (219-212) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| 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) Jim Baird's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.0% | +1.0 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.8% | -0.8 |
| 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) Jim Baird's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.1% | +7.9 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.2% | -1.2 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.6% | -0.6 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 17.9% | -17.9 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.4% | -1.4 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.6% | -4.6 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Jim Baird's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 65.4% | +34.6 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 38.3% | -38.3 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21, 2021 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 16, 2021 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.8% | -6.8 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Jim Baird's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 2.4% | +97.6 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.5% | -2.5 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 66.2% | -66.2 |
| Average | 12.5% | 11.1% | +1.4 | |||
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