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Democratic representative for Tennessee’s 5th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Cooper votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Cooper’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 Cooper votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Cooper’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
+23.6% | 100.0% | +1.0 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Cooper vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 22 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 16 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.1% | +1.9 |
| March 18 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.9% | +1.1 |
| March 18 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| March 17 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.1% | +0.9 |
| March 11 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 11 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 10 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| March 3 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| Feb. 26 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| Feb. 25 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 21 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 88.6% | +11.4 |
| Average | 100.0% | 99.0% | +1.0 | |||
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