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Republican representative for Colorado’s 4th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Buck votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Buck’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 Buck votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Buck’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-15.8% | 11.1% | -4.7 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Buck vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 3 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxins (256-174) Ken Buck's Vote: No | support | No |  | 28.5% | -28.5 |
| 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) Ken Buck's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.8% | -0.8 |
| Feb. 8 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Ken Buck's Vote: No | support | No | | 70.1% | -70.1 |
| Feb. 7 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Ken Buck's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 67.5% | +32.5 |
| Feb. 4 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Ken Buck's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.6% | -0.6 |
| Jan. 13 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Ken Buck's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Jan. 12 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Ken Buck's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 49.6% | ||
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Ken Buck's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.5% | -0.5 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Ken Buck's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Ken Buck's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.5% | -0.5 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Ken Buck's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.5% | -0.5 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Ken Buck's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Ken Buck's Vote: No | support | No | | 18.1% | -18.1 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Ken Buck's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.9% | -1.9 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Ken Buck's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.3% | -4.3 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Ken Buck's Vote: No | support | No | | 39.1% | -39.1 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through December 16, 2022 (219-212) Ken Buck's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Ken Buck's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Ken Buck's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Ken Buck's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Ken Buck's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| 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) Ken Buck's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.6% | +1.4 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Ken Buck's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.9% | -7.9 |
| 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) Ken Buck's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.1% | +4.9 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Ken Buck's Vote: No | support | No | | 14.8% | -14.8 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Ken Buck's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.1% | -2.1 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Ken Buck's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Ken Buck's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.9% | -3.9 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Ken Buck's Vote: No | support | No | | 12.9% | -12.9 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Ken Buck's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208) Ken Buck's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.5% | -0.5 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Ken Buck's Vote: No | support | No | | 12.5% | -12.5 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Ken Buck's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 39.3% | +60.7 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Ken Buck's Vote: No | support | No | | 9.8% | -9.8 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Ken Buck's Vote: No | support | No | | 24.8% | -24.8 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Ken Buck's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 81.3% | +18.7 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Ken Buck's Vote: No | support | No | | 63.8% | -63.8 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Ken Buck's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Ken Buck's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| April 21, 2021 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Ken Buck's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Ken Buck's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| April 16, 2021 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Ken Buck's Vote: No | support | No | | 29.1% | -29.1 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Ken Buck's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Ken Buck's Vote: No | support | No | | 19.6% | -19.6 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Ken Buck's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.4% | -2.4 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Ken Buck's Vote: No | support | No | | 20.5% | -20.5 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Ken Buck's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Ken Buck's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.3% | -1.3 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Ken Buck's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Ken Buck's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.5% | -0.5 |
| March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Ken Buck's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.8% | -0.8 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Ken Buck's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.6% | -0.6 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Ken Buck's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.8% | -1.8 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Ken Buck's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Ken Buck's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 73.4% | +26.6 |
| Average | 11.1% | 15.8% | -4.7 | |||
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