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UPDATED Jan. 3, 2023, at 3:18 PM

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Joe WilsonR

Republican representative for South Carolina’s 2nd district

Biden margin

Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s

Biden score

How often Wilson votes in line with Biden’s position

Biden plus-minus

Difference between Wilson’s actual and predicted Biden support scores

Biden marginBiden scoreBiden plus-minus
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’sHow often Wilson votes in line with Biden’s positionDifference between Wilson’s actual and predicted Biden support scores
-11.3%
16.4%
-7.5-7.5
-7.5

117th Congress (2021-22)

Republican representative for South Carolina’s 2nd district

DateMeasureBiden positionWilson voteAgree 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
Average16.4%23.9%-7.5

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