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Democratic representative for California’s 10th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Harder votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Harder’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 Harder votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Harder’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
+2.9% | 100.0% | +32.5 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Harder vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept. 22 | Providing money for law enforcement agencies to investigate unsolved homicides and nonfatal shootings (250-178) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 73.0% | +27.0 |
| Sept. 22 | Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 60.6% | +39.4 |
| Sept. 22 | Providing money for local governments to send mental health professionals, instead of law enforcement officers, to respond to emergencies involving people with behavioral health needs (223-206) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 62.8% | +37.2 |
| Sept. 22 | Authorizing grants for law enforcement agencies with fewer than 125 officers (360-64) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 86.2% | +13.8 |
| Sept. 21 | Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 63.0% | +37.0 |
| Sept. 21 | Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 70.7% | +29.3 |
| Sept. 15 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 61.4% | +38.6 |
| Sept. 15 | Establishing greater congressional oversight of the U.S. Census Bureau and prohibiting the removal of the bureau director without cause (220-208) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 59.2% | +40.8 |
| Sept. 15 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 62.3% | +37.7 |
| Aug. 12 | 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) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 57.6% | +42.4 |
| July 29 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 81.3% | +18.7 |
| July 29 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 57.3% | +42.7 |
| July 29 | Prohibiting the sale, manufacture, transfer and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines (217-213) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 53.5% | +46.5 |
| July 28 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 68.3% | +31.7 |
| July 27 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.3% | +1.7 |
| July 27 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 66.7% | +33.3 |
| July 27 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 68.4% | +31.6 |
| July 21 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 63.5% | +36.5 |
| July 20 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 57.7% | +42.3 |
| July 19 | Repealing the Defense of Marriage Act and requiring states to recognize same-sex and interracial marriages performed out-of-state (267-157) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 80.2% | +19.8 |
| July 15 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 61.2% | +38.8 |
| July 15 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 56.2% | +43.8 |
| July 14 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 76.4% | +23.6 |
| July 13 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 74.2% | +25.8 |
| June 24 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 67.1% | +32.9 |
| June 23 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 61.2% | +38.8 |
| June 22 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 90.0% | +10.0 |
| June 22 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.2% | +2.8 |
| June 16 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 55.6% | +44.4 |
| June 15 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 53.7% | +46.3 |
| June 14 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 64.2% | +35.8 |
| June 9 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 62.4% | +37.6 |
| June 8 | Changing federal firearms laws, including prohibiting sales of certain weapons to people under 21 years old (223-204) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 60.7% | +39.3 |
| May 18 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 60.2% | +39.8 |
| May 17 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 64.8% | +35.2 |
| May 13 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 69.7% | +30.3 |
| May 12 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 65.5% | +34.5 |
| May 11 | Making it easier for federally employed firefighters to get workers' compensation (288-131) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 82.4% | +17.6 |
| March 31 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 68.1% | +31.9 |
| March 18 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 68.3% | +31.7 |
| March 17 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 59.4% | +40.6 |
| March 9 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 75.8% | +24.2 |
| March 3 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 72.2% | +27.8 |
| Feb. 9 | 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) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 67.0% | +33.0 |
| Feb. 8 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 88.5% | +11.5 |
| Feb. 7 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 87.3% | +12.7 |
| Feb. 4 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 58.7% | +41.3 |
| Jan. 13 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 58.9% | +41.1 |
| Jan. 12 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 78.4% | +21.6 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 60.0% | +40.0 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 59.5% | +40.5 |
| Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 59.6% | +40.4 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 60.4% | +39.6 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 58.8% | +41.2 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 51.6% | +48.4 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 66.2% | +33.8 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 66.5% | +33.5 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 83.0% | +17.0 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through December 16, 2022 (219-212) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 57.6% | +42.4 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 58.2% | +41.8 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 59.7% | +40.3 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 59.7% | +40.3 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 59.7% | +40.3 |
| 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) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.9% | +2.1 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 47.7% | +52.3 |
| 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) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.6% | +2.4 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 71.7% | +28.3 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 60.1% | +39.9 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 62.9% | +37.1 |
| June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 70.4% | +29.6 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 76.8% | +23.2 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 60.0% | +40.0 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 60.7% | +39.3 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 79.3% | +20.7 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 72.3% | +27.7 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 47.4% | +52.6 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 74.5% | +25.5 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.9% | +6.1 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 89.0% | +11.0 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 56.6% | +43.4 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 60.0% | +40.0 |
| April 21, 2021 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 60.0% | +40.0 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 61.6% | +38.4 |
| April 16, 2021 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 75.8% | +24.2 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 61.6% | +38.4 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 74.0% | +26.0 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 68.9% | +31.1 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 75.4% | +24.6 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 60.5% | +39.5 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 66.9% | +33.1 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 58.7% | +41.3 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 64.9% | +35.1 |
| March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 54.8% | +45.2 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 58.2% | +41.8 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 66.4% | +33.6 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 64.8% | +35.2 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Josh Harder's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 81.6% | +18.4 |
| Average | 100.0% | 67.5% | +32.5 | |||
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