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Democratic senator for West Virginia
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Manchin votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Manchin’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 Manchin votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Manchin’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-38.9% | 100.0% | +63.2 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Manchin vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 29 | Providing emergency funding for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack and for the expansion of the Afghan visa program (98-0) Joe Manchin's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 22 | Expanding voting rights and strengthening campaign finance regulations and ethics rules (50-50) Joe Manchin's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 0.1% | +99.9 |
| June 8 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (49-50) Joe Manchin's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 0.1% | +99.9 |
| June 8 | Investing in science and technology manufacturing and research (68-32) Joe Manchin's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 19.5% | +80.5 |
| May 28 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (54-35) Joe Manchin's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 1.2% | +98.8 |
| May 19 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (50-48) Joe Manchin's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 0.1% | +99.9 |
| May 11 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (52-47) Joe Manchin's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 0.9% | +99.1 |
| April 29 | Providing money for safe drinking water and other water infrastructure (89-2) Joe Manchin's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.4% | +5.6 |
| April 28 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (52-42) Joe Manchin's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 0.2% | +99.8 |
| April 22 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (94-1) Joe Manchin's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.9% | +3.1 |
| March 22 | Nomination of Martin Joseph Walsh to be secretary of labor (68-29) Joe Manchin's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 12.6% | +87.4 |
| March 18 | Nomination of Xavier Becerra to be secretary of health and human services (50-49) Joe Manchin's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 0.1% | +99.9 |
| March 17 | Nomination of Katherine C. Tai to be United States trade representative (98-0) Joe Manchin's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 16 | Nomination of Isabella Casillas Guzman to be administrator of the Small Business Administration (81-17) Joe Manchin's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 43.7% | +56.3 |
| March 15 | Nomination of Debra Anne Haaland to be secretary of the interior (51-40) Joe Manchin's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 0.3% | +99.7 |
| March 10 | Nomination of Michael Stanley Regan to be administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (66-34) Joe Manchin's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 5.7% | +94.3 |
| March 10 | Nomination of Merrick Brian Garland to be attorney general (70-30) Joe Manchin's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 13.2% | +86.8 |
| March 10 | Nomination of Marcia Louise Fudge to be secretary of housing and urban development (66-34) Joe Manchin's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 12.1% | +87.9 |
| March 6 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (50-49) Joe Manchin's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 0.1% | +99.9 |
| March 2 | Nomination of Cecilia Elena Rouse to be chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (95-4) Joe Manchin's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 84.5% | +15.5 |
| March 2 | Nomination of Gina Marie Raimondo to be secretary of commerce (84-15) Joe Manchin's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 43.1% | +56.9 |
| March 1 | Nomination of Miguel A. Cardona to be secretary of education (64-33) Joe Manchin's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 4.2% | +95.8 |
| Feb. 25 | Nomination of Jennifer Mulhern Granholm to be secretary of energy (64-35) Joe Manchin's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 10.1% | +89.9 |
| Feb. 23 | Nomination of Linda Thomas-Greenfield to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations (78-21) Joe Manchin's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 38.6% | +61.4 |
| Feb. 23 | Nomination of Thomas J. Vilsack to be secretary of agriculture (92-7) Joe Manchin's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 91.9% | +8.1 |
| Feb. 8 | Nomination of Denis Richard McDonough to be secretary of veterans affairs (87-7) Joe Manchin's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 78.9% | +21.1 |
| Feb. 2 | Nomination of Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas to be secretary of homeland security (56-43) Joe Manchin's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 1.5% | +98.5 |
| Feb. 2 | Nomination of Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg to be secretary of transportation (86-13) Joe Manchin's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 60.7% | +39.3 |
| Jan. 26 | Nomination of Antony John Blinken to be secretary of state (78-22) Joe Manchin's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 23.3% | +76.7 |
| Jan. 25 | Nomination of Janet Louise Yellen to be secretary of the treasury (84-15) Joe Manchin's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 40.5% | +59.5 |
| Jan. 22 | Nomination of Lloyd James Austin to be secretary of defense (93-2) Joe Manchin's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.5% | +7.5 |
| Jan. 21 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (69-27) Joe Manchin's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 76.3% | +23.7 |
| Jan. 20 | Nomination of Avril Danica Haines to be director of national intelligence (84-10) Joe Manchin's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 66.2% | +33.8 |
| Average | 100.0% | 36.8% | +63.2 | |||
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