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Republican representative for South Carolina’s 2nd district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Wilson votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Wilson’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 Wilson votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Wilson’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-11.3% | 16.4% | -7.5 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Wilson 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) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No |  | 17.6% | -17.6 |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | Providing collective bargaining rights for Veterans Health Administration health care workers (219-201) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.9% | -1.9 |
| 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) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 19.3% | -19.3 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement training in de-escalation tactics and in responding to mental and behavior health crises (264-162) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 45.7% | -45.7 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Updating regulations to address conflicts of interest in federal acquisitions (219-205) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.0% | -2.0 |
| 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) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 37.6% | -37.6 |
| Dec. 6, 2022 | Making it easier for noncitizen veterans to get lawful permanent resident status (220-208) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.8% | -3.8 |
| 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) Joe Wilson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 74.2% | +25.8 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Establishing grants for reentry programs for previously incarcerated people (259-167) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 41.3% | -41.3 |
| Nov. 30, 2022 | Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (290-137) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 57.3% | -57.3 |
| Nov. 16, 2022 | Prohibiting the enforcement of nondisclosure agreements and nondisparagement clauses agreed to before a sexual assault or harassment dispute arises (315-109) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 69.1% | -69.1 |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (230-201) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 22.1% | -22.1 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Modifying merger filing fees and requiring disclosure of foreign merger subsidies (242-184) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 39.6% | -39.6 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Expanding access to mental and substance use health services (220-205) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.3% | -2.3 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement agencies to investigate unsolved homicides and nonfatal shootings (250-178) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 33.3% | -33.3 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.2% | -2.2 |
| 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) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.7% | -2.7 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Authorizing grants for law enforcement agencies with fewer than 125 officers (360-64) Joe Wilson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 81.8% | +18.2 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 15.3% | -15.3 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 16.6% | -16.6 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.7% | -2.7 |
| 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) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.2% | -2.2 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 10.4% | -10.4 |
| 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) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.3% | -1.3 |
| July 29, 2022 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 55.2% | -55.2 |
| July 29, 2022 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.6% | -1.6 |
| July 29, 2022 | Prohibiting the sale, manufacture, transfer and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines (217-213) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.8% | -1.8 |
| July 28, 2022 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 30.7% | -30.7 |
| July 27, 2022 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Joe Wilson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.0% | +3.0 |
| July 27, 2022 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Joe Wilson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 24.8% | +75.2 |
| July 27, 2022 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 40.7% | -40.7 |
| July 21, 2022 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 12.9% | -12.9 |
| July 20, 2022 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.3% | -1.3 |
| 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) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 42.3% | -42.3 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.4% | -3.4 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.3% | -1.3 |
| July 14, 2022 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Joe Wilson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 76.0% | +24.0 |
| July 13, 2022 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Joe Wilson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 42.5% | +57.5 |
| June 24, 2022 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 17.6% | -17.6 |
| June 23, 2022 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.1% | -3.1 |
| June 22, 2022 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Joe Wilson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 77.2% | +22.8 |
| June 22, 2022 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Joe Wilson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.9% | +5.1 |
| June 16, 2022 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 15.0% | -15.0 |
| June 15, 2022 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.1% | -1.1 |
| June 14, 2022 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 20.6% | -20.6 |
| June 9, 2022 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.9% | -5.9 |
| June 8, 2022 | Changing federal firearms laws, including prohibiting sales of certain weapons to people under 21 years old (223-204) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.0% | -6.0 |
| May 18, 2022 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.1% | -3.1 |
| May 17, 2022 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.4% | -3.4 |
| May 13, 2022 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 38.4% | -38.4 |
| May 12, 2022 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.8% | -1.8 |
| May 11, 2022 | Making it easier for federally employed firefighters to get workers' compensation (288-131) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 58.4% | -58.4 |
| March 31, 2022 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 13.4% | -13.4 |
| March 18, 2022 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 18.8% | -18.8 |
| March 17, 2022 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.6% | -6.6 |
| March 9, 2022 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 40.0% | -40.0 |
| March 3, 2022 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 38.6% | -38.6 |
| 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) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.3% | -4.3 |
| Feb. 8, 2022 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Joe Wilson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 75.5% | +24.5 |
| Feb. 7, 2022 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Joe Wilson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 73.2% | +26.8 |
| Feb. 4, 2022 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.3% | -3.3 |
| Jan. 13, 2022 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.2% | -1.2 |
| Jan. 12, 2022 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Joe Wilson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 57.2% | +42.8 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.9% | -2.9 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.4% | -1.4 |
| Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.8% | -2.8 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.9% | -2.9 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.9% | -0.9 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 24.7% | -24.7 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.1% | -7.1 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 11.5% | -11.5 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Joe Wilson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 50.8% | +49.2 |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (254-175) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 38.1% | -38.1 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through Dec. 16, 2022 (219-212) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.5% | -2.5 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.4% | -1.4 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.4% | -1.4 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.4% | -1.4 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.4% | -1.4 |
| 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) Joe Wilson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.4% | +1.6 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 13.9% | -13.9 |
| 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) Joe Wilson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.9% | +4.1 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 25.6% | -25.6 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.9% | -6.9 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.4% | -2.4 |
| June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 11.4% | -11.4 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 24.7% | -24.7 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.4% | -1.4 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.9% | -2.9 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 24.9% | -24.9 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 47.5% | -47.5 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 15.9% | -15.9 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 36.0% | -36.0 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Joe Wilson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 85.3% | +14.7 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Joe Wilson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 71.3% | +28.7 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Joe Wilson's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 1.2% | ||
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.4% | -1.4 |
| April 21, 2021 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.4% | -1.4 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.4% | -1.4 |
| April 16, 2021 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 40.1% | -40.1 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.4% | -1.4 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Joe Wilson's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 31.0% | ||
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Joe Wilson's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 8.3% | ||
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Joe Wilson's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 32.2% | ||
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.3% | -1.3 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.8% | -5.8 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.9% | -0.9 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.3% | -3.3 |
| March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.7% | -3.7 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.1% | -3.1 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.9% | -6.9 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Joe Wilson's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.2% | -2.2 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Joe Wilson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 75.6% | +24.4 |
| Average | 16.4% | 23.9% | -7.5 | |||
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