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Former Republican representative for New York’s 1st district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Zeldin votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Zeldin’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 Zeldin votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Zeldin’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-4.2% | 15.3% | -23.9 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Zeldin 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) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No |  | 36.2% | -36.2 |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | Providing collective bargaining rights for Veterans Health Administration health care workers (219-201) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 19.9% | -19.9 |
| 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) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 42.4% | -42.4 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement training in de-escalation tactics and in responding to mental and behavior health crises (264-162) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 58.1% | -58.1 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Updating regulations to address conflicts of interest in federal acquisitions (219-205) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 20.0% | -20.0 |
| 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) Lee Zeldin's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 58.8% | ||
| Dec. 6, 2022 | Making it easier for noncitizen veterans to get lawful permanent resident status (220-208) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 23.3% | -23.3 |
| 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) Lee Zeldin's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 81.6% | +18.4 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Establishing grants for reentry programs for previously incarcerated people (259-167) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 58.6% | -58.6 |
| Nov. 30, 2022 | Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (290-137) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 65.7% | -65.7 |
| Nov. 16, 2022 | Prohibiting the enforcement of nondisclosure agreements and nondisparagement clauses agreed to before a sexual assault or harassment dispute arises (315-109) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 78.0% | -78.0 |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (230-201) Lee Zeldin's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 40.6% | ||
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Modifying merger filing fees and requiring disclosure of foreign merger subsidies (242-184) Lee Zeldin's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 49.0% | ||
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Expanding access to mental and substance use health services (220-205) Lee Zeldin's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 19.3% | ||
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement agencies to investigate unsolved homicides and nonfatal shootings (250-178) Lee Zeldin's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 53.6% | ||
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207) Lee Zeldin's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 19.1% | ||
| 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) Lee Zeldin's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 21.2% | ||
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Authorizing grants for law enforcement agencies with fewer than 125 officers (360-64) Lee Zeldin's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 84.1% | ||
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 36.5% | -36.5 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 41.6% | -41.6 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 20.7% | -20.7 |
| 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) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 18.7% | -18.7 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 31.8% | -31.8 |
| 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) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 15.6% | -15.6 |
| July 29, 2022 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Lee Zeldin's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 69.5% | +30.5 |
| July 29, 2022 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 16.2% | -16.2 |
| July 29, 2022 | Prohibiting the sale, manufacture, transfer and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines (217-213) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 15.7% | -15.7 |
| July 28, 2022 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 49.4% | -49.4 |
| July 27, 2022 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Lee Zeldin's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.7% | +2.3 |
| July 27, 2022 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 45.0% | -45.0 |
| July 27, 2022 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 54.8% | -54.8 |
| July 21, 2022 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 34.7% | -34.7 |
| July 20, 2022 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 15.6% | -15.6 |
| 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) Lee Zeldin's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 62.8% | +37.2 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 22.1% | -22.1 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 15.1% | -15.1 |
| July 14, 2022 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 76.2% | -76.2 |
| July 13, 2022 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 59.1% | -59.1 |
| June 24, 2022 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Lee Zeldin's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 40.4% | ||
| June 23, 2022 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Lee Zeldin's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 21.5% | ||
| June 22, 2022 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Lee Zeldin's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 84.5% | ||
| June 22, 2022 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Lee Zeldin's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 96.2% | ||
| June 16, 2022 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Lee Zeldin's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 32.7% | ||
| June 15, 2022 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Lee Zeldin's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 13.8% | ||
| June 14, 2022 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 41.0% | -41.0 |
| June 9, 2022 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 26.7% | -26.7 |
| June 8, 2022 | Changing federal firearms laws, including prohibiting sales of certain weapons to people under 21 years old (223-204) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 26.1% | -26.1 |
| May 18, 2022 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 21.1% | -21.1 |
| May 17, 2022 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 23.5% | -23.5 |
| May 13, 2022 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 54.4% | -54.4 |
| May 12, 2022 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 19.7% | -19.7 |
| May 11, 2022 | Making it easier for federally employed firefighters to get workers' compensation (288-131) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 71.6% | -71.6 |
| March 31, 2022 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 37.5% | -37.5 |
| March 18, 2022 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Lee Zeldin's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 41.9% | ||
| March 17, 2022 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Lee Zeldin's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 26.3% | ||
| March 9, 2022 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 58.8% | -58.8 |
| March 3, 2022 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 55.9% | -55.9 |
| 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) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 26.1% | -26.1 |
| Feb. 8, 2022 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Lee Zeldin's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 82.8% | +17.2 |
| Feb. 7, 2022 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Lee Zeldin's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 81.1% | +18.9 |
| Feb. 4, 2022 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 20.8% | -20.8 |
| Jan. 13, 2022 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 15.3% | -15.3 |
| Jan. 12, 2022 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Lee Zeldin's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 68.5% | +31.5 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 20.6% | -20.6 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 16.4% | -16.4 |
| Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 20.2% | -20.2 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 20.8% | -20.8 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 14.2% | -14.2 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 37.4% | -37.4 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 29.9% | -29.9 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 34.9% | -34.9 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 68.7% | -68.7 |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (254-175) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 55.4% | -55.4 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through Dec. 16, 2022 (219-212) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 18.9% | -18.9 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 15.9% | -15.9 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 16.4% | -16.4 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 16.4% | -16.4 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 16.4% | -16.4 |
| 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) Lee Zeldin's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.2% | +1.8 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 28.4% | -28.4 |
| 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) Lee Zeldin's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.9% | +3.1 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Lee Zeldin's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 48.4% | +51.6 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 27.0% | -27.0 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 20.6% | -20.6 |
| June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 36.9% | -36.9 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 51.0% | -51.0 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 16.7% | -16.7 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 20.9% | -20.9 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 52.8% | -52.8 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 60.4% | -60.4 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 29.8% | -29.8 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 56.0% | -56.0 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Lee Zeldin's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 90.3% | +9.7 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Lee Zeldin's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 81.4% | +18.6 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 14.7% | -14.7 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 16.7% | -16.7 |
| April 21, 2021 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 16.7% | -16.7 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 17.0% | -17.0 |
| April 16, 2021 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Lee Zeldin's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 58.9% | +41.1 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 17.1% | -17.1 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 53.0% | -53.0 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 32.7% | -32.7 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 54.5% | -54.5 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 16.5% | -16.5 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 28.4% | -28.4 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 14.2% | -14.2 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 23.3% | -23.3 |
| March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 20.2% | -20.2 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 20.4% | -20.4 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 29.8% | -29.8 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 20.7% | -20.7 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Lee Zeldin's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 78.7% | +21.3 |
| Average | 15.3% | 39.2% | -23.9 | |||
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