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Democratic representative for California’s 45th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Porter votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Porter’s actual and predicted Biden support scores
Biden margin | Biden score | Biden plus-minus |
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Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s | How often Porter votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Porter’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
+11.3% | 98.2% | +6.0 |
Date | Measure | Biden position | Porter vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
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March 3 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxins (256-174) Katie Porter's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 86.6% | +13.4 |
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) Katie Porter's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.7% | +4.3 |
Feb. 8 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Katie Porter's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.4% | +6.6 |
Feb. 7 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Katie Porter's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.7% | +7.3 |
Feb. 4 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Katie Porter's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.5% | +7.5 |
Jan. 13 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Katie Porter's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.5% | +4.5 |
Jan. 12 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Katie Porter's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 87.3% | +12.7 |
Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Katie Porter's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.6% | +6.4 |
Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Katie Porter's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.4% | +4.6 |
Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Katie Porter's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.5% | +6.5 |
Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Katie Porter's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.8% | +6.2 |
Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Katie Porter's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.0% | +4.0 |
Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Katie Porter's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 68.0% | +32.0 |
Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Katie Porter's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.7% | +6.3 |
Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Katie Porter's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 91.8% | +8.2 |
Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Katie Porter's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.4% | +6.6 |
Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through December 16, 2022 (219-212) Katie Porter's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.8% | +7.2 |
Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Katie Porter's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.9% | +5.1 |
Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Katie Porter's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.5% | +4.5 |
Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Katie Porter's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.5% | +4.5 |
Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Katie Porter's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.5% | +4.5 |
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) Katie Porter's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.5% | +2.5 |
July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Katie Porter's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 70.9% | +29.1 |
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) Katie Porter's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.3% | +1.7 |
July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Katie Porter's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 90.4% | +9.6 |
July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Katie Porter's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 90.0% | +10.0 |
July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Katie Porter's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.4% | +4.6 |
June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Katie Porter's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.2% | +5.8 |
June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Katie Porter's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.2% | +5.8 |
June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Katie Porter's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.5% | +4.5 |
June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208) Katie Porter's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.0% | +6.0 |
June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Katie Porter's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.6% | +4.4 |
June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Katie Porter's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 83.7% | +16.3 |
May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Katie Porter's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 68.6% | +31.4 |
May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Katie Porter's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 89.6% | +10.4 |
May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Katie Porter's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.7% | +3.3 |
May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Katie Porter's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.7% | +5.3 |
May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Katie Porter's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.6% | +5.4 |
April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Katie Porter's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.5% | +4.5 |
April 21, 2021 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Katie Porter's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.5% | +4.5 |
April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Katie Porter's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.2% | +3.8 |
April 16, 2021 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Katie Porter's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 89.6% | +10.4 |
April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Katie Porter's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.2% | +3.8 |
March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Katie Porter's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 90.6% | +9.4 |
March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Katie Porter's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.6% | +5.4 |
March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Katie Porter's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 91.4% | +8.6 |
March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Katie Porter's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.9% | +4.1 |
March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Katie Porter's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.8% | +5.2 |
March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Katie Porter's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.0% | +4.0 |
March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Katie Porter's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.5% | +4.5 |
March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Katie Porter's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 89.4% | +10.6 |
March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Katie Porter's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.4% | +7.6 |
Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Katie Porter's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.0% | +6.0 |
Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Katie Porter's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.4% | +3.6 |
Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Katie Porter's Vote: No | support | No | | 84.8% | -84.8 |
Average | 98.2% | 92.2% | +6.0 |
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