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Democratic representative for Connecticut’s 4th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Himes votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Himes’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 Himes votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Himes’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
+29.7% | 100.0% | +0.7 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Himes vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 22 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Jim Himes'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 Himes's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Jim Himes'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 Himes's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.4% | +0.6 |
| March 18 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Jim Himes's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| March 18 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Jim Himes's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 17 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Jim Himes's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| March 11 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Jim Himes's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 11 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Jim Himes's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 10 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Jim Himes's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Jim Himes'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 Himes's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Jim Himes's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 26 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Jim Himes's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 25 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Jim Himes's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 21 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Jim Himes's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 90.3% | +9.7 |
| Average | 100.0% | 99.3% | +0.7 | |||
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