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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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% | 93.8% | +0.5 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Porter vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 22 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Katie Porter's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 95.5% | +4.5 |
| April 21 | 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 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Katie Porter's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.2% | +3.8 |
| April 16 | 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 |
| March 18 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Katie Porter's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 90.6% | +9.4 |
| March 18 | 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 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Katie Porter's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 91.4% | +8.6 |
| March 11 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Katie Porter's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.9% | +4.1 |
| March 11 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Katie Porter's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.8% | +5.2 |
| March 10 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Katie Porter's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.0% | +4.0 |
| March 9 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Katie Porter's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.5% | +4.5 |
| March 3 | 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 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Katie Porter's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.4% | +7.6 |
| Feb. 26 | 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 | 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 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Katie Porter's Vote: No | support | No |  | 84.8% | -84.8 |
| Average | 93.8% | 93.3% | +0.5 | |||
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