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Republican representative for Texas’s 31st district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Carter votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Carter’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 Carter votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Carter’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-2.8% | 10.0% | -32.0 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Carter vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 21 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) John Carter's Vote: No | support | No |  | 53.2% | -53.2 |
| July 20 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) John Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 32.9% | -32.9 |
| July 1 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) John Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 27.6% | -27.6 |
| June 25 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) John Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 43.5% | -43.5 |
| June 24 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) John Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 56.5% | -56.5 |
| June 24 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) John Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 23.4% | -23.4 |
| June 24 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208) John Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 27.5% | -27.5 |
| June 23 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) John Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 58.6% | -58.6 |
| June 17 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) John Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 62.9% | -62.9 |
| May 20 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) John Carter's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 33.0% | ||
| May 19 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) John Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 59.9% | -59.9 |
| May 18 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) John Carter's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 91.1% | +8.9 |
| May 14 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) John Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 83.1% | -83.1 |
| May 13 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) John Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 20.9% | -20.9 |
| April 22 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) John Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 23.4% | -23.4 |
| April 21 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) John Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 23.4% | -23.4 |
| April 21 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) John Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 24.0% | -24.0 |
| April 16 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) John Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 62.5% | -62.5 |
| April 15 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) John Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 24.0% | -24.0 |
| March 18 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) John Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 57.4% | -57.4 |
| March 18 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) John Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 39.7% | -39.7 |
| March 17 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) John Carter's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 58.9% | +41.1 |
| March 11 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) John Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 23.3% | -23.3 |
| March 11 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) John Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 35.5% | -35.5 |
| March 10 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) John Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 20.7% | -20.7 |
| March 9 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) John Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 30.5% | -30.5 |
| March 3 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) John Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 25.9% | -25.9 |
| March 3 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) John Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 26.6% | -26.6 |
| Feb. 26 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) John Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 36.6% | -36.6 |
| Feb. 25 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) John Carter's Vote: No | support | No | | 28.1% | -28.1 |
| Jan. 21 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) John Carter's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 79.3% | +20.7 |
| Average | 10.0% | 42.0% | -32.0 | |||
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