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Democratic representative for California’s 3rd district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Garamendi votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Garamendi’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 Garamendi votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Garamendi’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
+12.2% | 100.0% | +6.4 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Garamendi 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 Garamendi's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 91.6% | +8.4 |
| July 20 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) John Garamendi's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 91.8% | +8.2 |
| July 1 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) John Garamendi's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.7% | +3.3 |
| June 25 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) John Garamendi's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.4% | +4.6 |
| June 24 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) John Garamendi's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.2% | +4.8 |
| June 24 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) John Garamendi's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.8% | +3.2 |
| June 24 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208) John Garamendi's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.5% | +4.5 |
| June 23 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) John Garamendi's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.4% | +3.6 |
| June 17 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) John Garamendi's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 84.7% | +15.3 |
| May 20 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) John Garamendi's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 70.7% | +29.3 |
| May 19 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) John Garamendi's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 90.8% | +9.2 |
| May 18 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) John Garamendi's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.0% | +3.0 |
| May 14 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) John Garamendi's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.1% | +4.9 |
| May 13 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) John Garamendi's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.1% | +3.9 |
| April 22 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) John Garamendi's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.8% | +3.2 |
| April 21 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) John Garamendi's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.8% | +3.2 |
| April 21 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) John Garamendi's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.3% | +2.7 |
| April 16 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) John Garamendi's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 90.7% | +9.3 |
| April 15 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) John Garamendi's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.3% | +2.7 |
| March 18 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) John Garamendi's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 91.8% | +8.2 |
| March 18 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) John Garamendi's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.8% | +4.2 |
| March 17 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) John Garamendi's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.5% | +7.5 |
| March 11 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) John Garamendi's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.1% | +2.9 |
| March 11 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) John Garamendi's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.0% | +4.0 |
| March 10 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) John Garamendi's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.2% | +2.8 |
| March 9 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) John Garamendi's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.7% | +3.3 |
| March 3 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) John Garamendi's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 91.5% | +8.5 |
| March 3 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) John Garamendi's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.1% | +5.9 |
| Feb. 26 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) John Garamendi's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.3% | +4.7 |
| Feb. 25 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) John Garamendi's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.4% | +2.6 |
| Jan. 21 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) John Garamendi's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 85.1% | +14.9 |
| Average | 100.0% | 93.6% | +6.4 | |||
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