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Republican senator for Louisiana
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Kennedy votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Kennedy’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 Kennedy votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Kennedy’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-18.6% | 33.8% | -8.7 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Kennedy vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 22, 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 (68-29) John Kennedy's Vote: No | support | No |  | 50.5% | -50.5 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Providing congressional disapproval of a rule governing charter school grants (49-49) John Kennedy's Vote: Yes | oppose | Yes | | 9.9% | +90.1 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (80-15) John Kennedy's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 87.0% | +13.0 |
| Nov. 29, 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 (61-36) John Kennedy's Vote: No | support | No | | 35.9% | -35.9 |
| Nov. 15, 2022 | Terminating the national COVID-19 emergency declared on March 13, 2020 (61-37) John Kennedy's Vote: Yes | oppose | Yes | | 0.8% | +99.2 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (72-25) John Kennedy's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 55.6% | +44.4 |
| Aug. 7, 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 (50-50) John Kennedy's Vote: No | support | No | | 9.4% | -9.4 |
| Aug. 4, 2022 | Providing congressional disapproval of a rule that restored environmental regulations (50-47) John Kennedy's Vote: Yes | oppose | Yes | | 1.5% | +98.5 |
| July 27, 2022 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (64-33) John Kennedy's Vote: No | support | No | | 41.8% | -41.8 |
| June 23, 2022 | Expanding firearm regulations (65-33) John Kennedy's Vote: No | support | No | | 37.6% | -37.6 |
| June 16, 2022 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (84-14) John Kennedy's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 77.2% | +22.8 |
| May 26, 2022 | Providing congressional disapproval of a policy concerning federal asylum procedures (46-48) John Kennedy's Vote: Yes | oppose | Yes | | 6.3% | +93.7 |
| May 3, 2022 | Providing for congressional disapproval of vaccine and mask requirements in Head Start programs (55-41) John Kennedy's Vote: Yes | oppose | Yes | | 0.0% | +100.0 |
| April 7, 2022 | Nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (53-47) John Kennedy's Vote: No | support | No | | 13.4% | -13.4 |
| March 28, 2022 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (68-28) John Kennedy's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 52.7% | ||
| March 15, 2022 | Providing congressional disapproval of the CDC's requirement of masks on planes, trains and buses (57-40) John Kennedy's Vote: Yes | oppose | Yes | | 2.0% | +98.0 |
| March 15, 2022 | Nomination of Shalanda D. Young to be director of the Office of Management and Budget (61-36) John Kennedy's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 37.7% | +62.3 |
| March 10, 2022 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (68-31) John Kennedy's Vote: No | support | No | | 48.0% | -48.0 |
| March 8, 2022 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (79-19) John Kennedy's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 69.8% | +30.2 |
| March 3, 2022 | Providing for congressional disapproval of the national COVID-19 emergency declaration (48-47) John Kennedy's Vote: Yes | oppose | Yes | | 9.6% | +90.4 |
| March 2, 2022 | Providing for congressional disapproval of vaccine mandates for health care workers (49-44) John Kennedy's Vote: Yes | oppose | Yes | | 9.2% | +90.8 |
| Feb. 28, 2022 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (46-48) John Kennedy's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 1.3% | ||
| Jan. 19, 2022 | Keeping Senate filibuster rules in place to block voting-rights legislation (52-48) John Kennedy's Vote: Yes | oppose | Yes | | 1.2% | +98.8 |
| Jan. 13, 2022 | Imposing additional sanctions over a Russian gas pipeline (55-44) John Kennedy's Vote: Yes | oppose | Yes | | 9.7% | +90.3 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (50-49) John Kennedy's Vote: No | support | No | | 9.4% | -9.4 |
| Dec. 8, 2021 | Providing for congressional disapproval of COVID-19 vaccine and testing mandates for large businesses (52-48) John Kennedy's Vote: Yes | oppose | Yes | | 0.1% | +99.9 |
| Dec. 7, 2021 | Providing for congressional disapproval of the sale of certain weapons to Saudi Arabia (30-67) John Kennedy's Vote: No | oppose | No | | 89.7% | -89.7 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (69-28) John Kennedy's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 48.2% | +51.8 |
| Oct. 7, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through Dec. 16, 2022 (50-48) John Kennedy's Vote: No | support | No | | 10.0% | -10.0 |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (65-35) John Kennedy's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 39.9% | +60.1 |
| Aug. 11, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (50-49) John Kennedy's Vote: No | support | No | | 9.5% | -9.5 |
| Aug. 10, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (69-30) John Kennedy's Vote: No | support | No | | 50.0% | -50.0 |
| 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 (98-0) John Kennedy's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 22, 2021 | Expanding voting rights and strengthening campaign finance regulations and ethics rules (50-50) John Kennedy's Vote: No | support | No | | 9.4% | -9.4 |
| June 8, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (49-50) John Kennedy's Vote: No | support | No | | 9.4% | -9.4 |
| June 8, 2021 | Investing in science and technology manufacturing and research (68-32) John Kennedy's Vote: No | support | No | | 48.7% | -48.7 |
| May 28, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (54-35) John Kennedy's Vote: No | support | No | | 23.2% | -23.2 |
| May 19, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (50-48) John Kennedy's Vote: No | support | No | | 10.2% | -10.2 |
| May 11, 2021 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (52-47) John Kennedy's Vote: No | support | No | | 17.8% | -17.8 |
| April 29, 2021 | Providing money for safe drinking water and other water infrastructure (89-2) John Kennedy's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.9% | +3.1 |
| April 28, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (52-42) John Kennedy's Vote: No | support | No | | 13.0% | -13.0 |
| April 22, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (94-1) John Kennedy's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.5% | +1.5 |
| March 22, 2021 | Nomination of Martin Joseph Walsh to be secretary of labor (68-29) John Kennedy's Vote: No | support | No | | 48.7% | -48.7 |
| March 18, 2021 | Nomination of Xavier Becerra to be secretary of health and human services (50-49) John Kennedy's Vote: No | support | No | | 9.3% | -9.3 |
| March 17, 2021 | Nomination of Katherine C. Tai to be United States trade representative (98-0) John Kennedy's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 16, 2021 | Nomination of Isabella Casillas Guzman to be administrator of the Small Business Administration (81-17) John Kennedy's Vote: No | support | No | | 72.4% | -72.4 |
| March 15, 2021 | Nomination of Debra Anne Haaland to be secretary of the interior (51-40) John Kennedy's Vote: No | support | No | | 15.6% | -15.6 |
| March 10, 2021 | Nomination of Michael Stanley Regan to be administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (66-34) John Kennedy's Vote: No | support | No | | 39.1% | -39.1 |
| March 10, 2021 | Nomination of Merrick Brian Garland to be attorney general (70-30) John Kennedy's Vote: No | support | No | | 49.2% | -49.2 |
| March 10, 2021 | Nomination of Marcia Louise Fudge to be secretary of housing and urban development (66-34) John Kennedy's Vote: No | support | No | | 43.7% | -43.7 |
| March 6, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (50-49) John Kennedy's Vote: No | support | No | | 9.8% | -9.8 |
| March 2, 2021 | Nomination of Cecilia Elena Rouse to be chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (95-4) John Kennedy's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.9% | +6.1 |
| March 2, 2021 | Nomination of Gina Marie Raimondo to be secretary of commerce (84-15) John Kennedy's Vote: No | support | No | | 75.5% | -75.5 |
| March 1, 2021 | Nomination of Miguel A. Cardona to be secretary of education (64-33) John Kennedy's Vote: No | support | No | | 37.1% | -37.1 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Nomination of Jennifer Mulhern Granholm to be secretary of energy (64-35) John Kennedy's Vote: No | support | No | | 41.1% | -41.1 |
| Feb. 23, 2021 | Nomination of Linda Thomas-Greenfield to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations (78-21) John Kennedy's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 67.0% | +33.0 |
| Feb. 23, 2021 | Nomination of Thomas J. Vilsack to be secretary of agriculture (92-7) John Kennedy's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.5% | +7.5 |
| Feb. 8, 2021 | Nomination of Denis Richard McDonough to be secretary of veterans affairs (87-7) John Kennedy's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 88.7% | +11.3 |
| Feb. 2, 2021 | Nomination of Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas to be secretary of homeland security (56-43) John Kennedy's Vote: No | support | No | | 22.8% | -22.8 |
| Feb. 2, 2021 | Nomination of Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg to be secretary of transportation (86-13) John Kennedy's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 80.2% | +19.8 |
| Jan. 26, 2021 | Nomination of Antony John Blinken to be secretary of state (78-22) John Kennedy's Vote: No | support | No | | 63.4% | -63.4 |
| Jan. 25, 2021 | Nomination of Janet Louise Yellen to be secretary of the treasury (84-15) John Kennedy's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 76.1% | +23.9 |
| Jan. 22, 2021 | Nomination of Lloyd James Austin to be secretary of defense (93-2) John Kennedy's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.8% | +3.2 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (69-27) John Kennedy's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 74.0% | +26.0 |
| Jan. 20, 2021 | Nomination of Avril Danica Haines to be director of national intelligence (84-10) John Kennedy's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 83.9% | +16.1 |
| Average | 33.8% | 42.5% | -8.7 | |||
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