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Democratic representative for California’s 34th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Gomez votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Gomez’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 Gomez votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Gomez’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
+63.9% | 98.2% | -1.4 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Gomez 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) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | Providing collective bargaining rights for Veterans Health Administration health care workers (219-201) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 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) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement training in de-escalation tactics and in responding to mental and behavior health crises (264-162) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Updating regulations to address conflicts of interest in federal acquisitions (219-205) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 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) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 6, 2022 | Making it easier for noncitizen veterans to get lawful permanent resident status (220-208) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 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) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Establishing grants for reentry programs for previously incarcerated people (259-167) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Nov. 30, 2022 | Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (290-137) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.4% | +0.6 |
| Nov. 16, 2022 | Prohibiting the enforcement of nondisclosure agreements and nondisparagement clauses agreed to before a sexual assault or harassment dispute arises (315-109) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (230-201) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Modifying merger filing fees and requiring disclosure of foreign merger subsidies (242-184) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.8% | +1.2 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Expanding access to mental and substance use health services (220-205) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement agencies to investigate unsolved homicides and nonfatal shootings (250-178) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 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) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Authorizing grants for law enforcement agencies with fewer than 125 officers (360-64) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: No | support | No |  | 97.0% | -97.0 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 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) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 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) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 29, 2022 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 29, 2022 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 29, 2022 | Prohibiting the sale, manufacture, transfer and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines (217-213) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 28, 2022 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 27, 2022 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| July 27, 2022 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 27, 2022 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 21, 2022 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 20, 2022 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 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) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 14, 2022 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: No | support | No | | 78.4% | -78.4 |
| July 13, 2022 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 24, 2022 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 23, 2022 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 22, 2022 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 22, 2022 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| June 16, 2022 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 15, 2022 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 14, 2022 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 9, 2022 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 8, 2022 | Changing federal firearms laws, including prohibiting sales of certain weapons to people under 21 years old (223-204) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 18, 2022 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 17, 2022 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 13, 2022 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 12, 2022 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 11, 2022 | Making it easier for federally employed firefighters to get workers' compensation (288-131) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 31, 2022 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18, 2022 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 17, 2022 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9, 2022 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3, 2022 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| 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) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 8, 2022 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 7, 2022 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 4, 2022 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 13, 2022 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 12, 2022 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (254-175) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through Dec. 16, 2022 (219-212) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 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) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.7% | +6.3 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| 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) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 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) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21, 2021 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 16, 2021 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 100.0% | ||
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Jimmy Gomez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.4% | +3.6 |
| Average | 98.2% | 99.7% | -1.4 | |||
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