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Democratic representative for Texas’s 20th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Castro votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Castro’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 Castro votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Castro’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
+29.0% | 100.0% | +0.7 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Castro vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 22 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Joaquin Castro'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) Joaquin Castro's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Joaquin Castro'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) Joaquin Castro's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.3% | +0.7 |
| March 18 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Joaquin Castro'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) Joaquin Castro's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 17 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Joaquin Castro's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| March 11 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Joaquin Castro's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 11 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Joaquin Castro's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 10 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Joaquin Castro's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Joaquin Castro's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Joaquin Castro's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Joaquin Castro's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 26 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Joaquin Castro's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 25 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Joaquin Castro's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 21 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Joaquin Castro's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 90.1% | +9.9 |
| Average | 100.0% | 99.3% | +0.7 | |||
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