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Democratic representative for California’s 51st district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Vargas votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Vargas’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 Vargas votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Vargas’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
+36.0% | 100.0% | +0.5 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Vargas vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 22 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Juan Vargas's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Juan Vargas's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Juan Vargas's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 16 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Juan Vargas's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| March 18 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Juan Vargas's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Juan Vargas's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 17 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Juan Vargas's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 11 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Juan Vargas's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 11 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Juan Vargas's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 10 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Juan Vargas's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Juan Vargas's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Juan Vargas's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Juan Vargas's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 26 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Juan Vargas's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 25 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Juan Vargas's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 21 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Juan Vargas's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 91.8% | +8.2 |
| Average | 100.0% | 99.5% | +0.5 | |||
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