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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% | 17.5% | -20.0 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Zeldin vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct. 22 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No |  | 68.7% | -68.7 |
| Sept. 29 | Suspending the debt limit through December 16, 2022 (219-212) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 18.9% | -18.9 |
| Sept. 24 | 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 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 16.4% | -16.4 |
| Aug. 24 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 16.4% | -16.4 |
| Aug. 24 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 16.4% | -16.4 |
| July 29 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 20.6% | -20.6 |
| June 25 | 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 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 51.0% | -51.0 |
| June 24 | 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 | 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 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 52.8% | -52.8 |
| June 17 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 60.4% | -60.4 |
| May 20 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Lee Zeldin's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 81.4% | +18.6 |
| May 13 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 14.7% | -14.7 |
| April 22 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 16.7% | -16.7 |
| April 21 | 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 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 17.0% | -17.0 |
| April 16 | 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 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 17.1% | -17.1 |
| March 18 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 53.0% | -53.0 |
| March 18 | 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 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 54.5% | -54.5 |
| March 11 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 16.5% | -16.5 |
| March 11 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 28.4% | -28.4 |
| March 10 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 14.2% | -14.2 |
| March 9 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 23.3% | -23.3 |
| March 3 | 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 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Lee Zeldin's Vote: No | support | No | | 20.4% | -20.4 |
| Feb. 26 | 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 | 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 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Lee Zeldin's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 78.7% | +21.3 |
| Average | 17.5% | 37.5% | -20.0 | |||
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