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Democratic representative for Illinois’s 14th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Underwood votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Underwood’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 Underwood votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Underwood’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
+2.4% | 100.0% | +36.7 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Underwood vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 22 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 56.6% | +43.4 |
| April 21 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 56.6% | +43.4 |
| April 21 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 58.2% | +41.8 |
| April 16 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 74.7% | +25.3 |
| March 18 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 72.7% | +27.3 |
| March 18 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 66.5% | +33.5 |
| March 17 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 74.1% | +25.9 |
| March 11 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 57.1% | +42.9 |
| March 11 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 64.2% | +35.8 |
| March 10 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 55.2% | +44.8 |
| March 9 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 61.9% | +38.1 |
| March 3 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 52.1% | +47.9 |
| March 3 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 55.4% | +44.6 |
| Feb. 26 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 63.9% | +36.1 |
| Feb. 25 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 61.7% | +38.3 |
| Jan. 21 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 81.4% | +18.6 |
| Average | 100.0% | 63.3% | +36.7 | |||
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