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Democratic representative for Florida’s 14th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Castor votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Castor’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 Castor votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Castor’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
+15.6% | 100.0% | +4.6 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Castor vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 23, 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 (225-201) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 89.5% | +10.5 |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | Providing collective bargaining rights for Veterans Health Administration health care workers (219-201) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.5% | +0.5 |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | Allowing Puerto Rico to hold a referendum on whether to become a U.S. state, an independent country or a sovereign government (233-191) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.5% | +4.5 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement training in de-escalation tactics and in responding to mental and behavior health crises (264-162) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 86.0% | +14.0 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Updating regulations to address conflicts of interest in federal acquisitions (219-205) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.4% | +0.6 |
| Dec. 8, 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 (258-169) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.8% | +4.2 |
| Dec. 6, 2022 | Making it easier for noncitizen veterans to get lawful permanent resident status (220-208) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.5% | +1.5 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Requiring the Bureau of Prisons to provide incarcerated women with certain pregnancy-related care and limiting the use of solitary confinement for pregnant women (324-90) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.5% | +5.5 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Establishing grants for reentry programs for previously incarcerated people (259-167) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.4% | +7.6 |
| Nov. 30, 2022 | Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (290-137) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 84.4% | +15.6 |
| Nov. 16, 2022 | Prohibiting the enforcement of nondisclosure agreements and nondisparagement clauses agreed to before a sexual assault or harassment dispute arises (315-109) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.8% | +6.2 |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (230-201) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 89.3% | +10.7 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Modifying merger filing fees and requiring disclosure of foreign merger subsidies (242-184) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 73.9% | +26.1 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Expanding access to mental and substance use health services (220-205) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.9% | +1.1 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement agencies to investigate unsolved homicides and nonfatal shootings (250-178) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.9% | +6.1 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.0% | +1.0 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for local governments to train mental health professionals and send them instead of law enforcement officers to respond to emergencies involving people with behavioral health needs (223-206) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.0% | +1.0 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Authorizing grants for law enforcement agencies with fewer than 125 officers (360-64) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 89.5% | +10.5 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.9% | +6.1 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.1% | +2.9 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.8% | +1.2 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing greater congressional oversight of the U.S. Census Bureau and prohibiting the removal of the bureau director without cause (220-208) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.7% | +1.3 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.7% | +4.3 |
| Aug. 12, 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 (220-207) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.1% | +0.9 |
| July 29, 2022 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.1% | +5.9 |
| July 29, 2022 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.9% | +1.1 |
| July 29, 2022 | Prohibiting the sale, manufacture, transfer and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines (217-213) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.0% | +2.0 |
| July 28, 2022 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 91.2% | +8.8 |
| July 27, 2022 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.0% | +1.0 |
| July 27, 2022 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.3% | +7.7 |
| July 27, 2022 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 86.9% | +13.1 |
| July 21, 2022 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.2% | +4.8 |
| July 20, 2022 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.1% | +0.9 |
| July 19, 2022 | Repealing the Defense of Marriage Act and requiring states to recognize same-sex and interracial marriages performed out-of-state (267-157) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.2% | +3.8 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.5% | +1.5 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.9% | +1.1 |
| July 14, 2022 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 76.9% | +23.1 |
| July 13, 2022 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 91.9% | +8.1 |
| June 24, 2022 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.3% | +4.7 |
| June 23, 2022 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.6% | +1.4 |
| June 22, 2022 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.1% | +3.9 |
| June 22, 2022 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.5% | +1.5 |
| June 16, 2022 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 88.4% | +11.6 |
| June 15, 2022 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.7% | +1.3 |
| June 14, 2022 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.2% | +7.8 |
| June 9, 2022 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.7% | +2.3 |
| June 8, 2022 | Changing federal firearms laws, including prohibiting sales of certain weapons to people under 21 years old (223-204) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.2% | +2.8 |
| May 18, 2022 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.5% | +1.5 |
| May 17, 2022 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.1% | +0.9 |
| May 13, 2022 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 89.2% | +10.8 |
| May 12, 2022 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.6% | +0.4 |
| May 11, 2022 | Making it easier for federally employed firefighters to get workers' compensation (288-131) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.2% | +5.8 |
| March 31, 2022 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.0% | +3.0 |
| March 18, 2022 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.5% | +4.5 |
| March 17, 2022 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.4% | +3.6 |
| March 9, 2022 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.9% | +6.1 |
| March 3, 2022 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 91.6% | +8.4 |
| Feb. 9, 2022 | 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) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.1% | +0.9 |
| Feb. 8, 2022 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.2% | +4.8 |
| Feb. 7, 2022 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.6% | +5.4 |
| Feb. 4, 2022 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.1% | +1.9 |
| Jan. 13, 2022 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.3% | +0.7 |
| Jan. 12, 2022 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 90.7% | +9.3 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.5% | +1.5 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.2% | +0.8 |
| Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.5% | +1.5 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.6% | +1.4 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.4% | +0.6 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 75.3% | +24.7 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.2% | +1.8 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.0% | +3.0 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.3% | +3.7 |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (254-175) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 91.3% | +8.7 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through Dec. 16, 2022 (219-212) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.3% | +1.7 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.1% | +0.9 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.3% | +0.7 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.3% | +0.7 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.3% | +0.7 |
| 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) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.3% | +2.7 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 80.6% | +19.4 |
| 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) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.6% | +1.4 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.3% | +4.7 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.5% | +3.5 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.1% | +0.9 |
| June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.2% | +1.8 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.7% | +2.3 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.3% | +0.7 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.6% | +1.4 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Kathy Castor's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 98.4% | ||
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 88.1% | +11.9 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 77.8% | +22.2 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.2% | +5.8 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.7% | +2.3 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.5% | +3.5 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.0% | +1.0 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.3% | +0.7 |
| April 21, 2021 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.3% | +0.7 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.4% | +0.6 |
| April 16, 2021 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.9% | +6.1 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.4% | +0.6 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.2% | +4.8 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.5% | +1.5 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.7% | +4.3 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.4% | +0.6 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.7% | +1.3 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.4% | +0.6 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.1% | +0.9 |
| March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.6% | +3.4 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.0% | +2.0 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.3% | +1.7 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.4% | +0.6 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Kathy Castor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 86.2% | +13.8 |
| Average | 100.0% | 95.4% | +4.6 | |||
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