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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% | 7.3% | -2.7 |
Date | Measure | Biden position | Baird vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
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March 3 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxins (256-174) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.5% | -7.5 |
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) Jim Baird's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
Feb. 8 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through December 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 | 7.3% | 10.0% | -2.7 |
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