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Democratic representative for California’s 38th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Sánchez votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Sánchez’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 Sánchez votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Sánchez’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
+33.3% | 100.0% | +0.6 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Sánchez 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) Linda Sánchez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 99.3% | +0.7 |
| 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) Linda Sánchez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 8 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Linda Sánchez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.9% | +1.1 |
| Feb. 7 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Linda Sánchez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.8% | +1.2 |
| Feb. 4 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Linda Sánchez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 13 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Linda Sánchez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 12 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Linda Sánchez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.1% | +1.9 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Linda Sánchez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Linda Sánchez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Linda Sánchez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Linda Sánchez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Linda Sánchez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Linda Sánchez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.4% | +5.6 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Linda Sánchez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Linda Sánchez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Linda Sánchez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through December 16, 2022 (219-212) Linda Sánchez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Linda Sánchez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Linda Sánchez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Linda Sánchez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Linda Sánchez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| 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) Linda Sánchez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.3% | +3.7 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Linda Sánchez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.4% | +1.6 |
| 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) Linda Sánchez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.4% | +0.6 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Linda Sánchez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Linda Sánchez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Linda Sánchez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Linda Sánchez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Linda Sánchez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Linda Sánchez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208) Linda Sánchez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Linda Sánchez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Linda Sánchez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.7% | +2.3 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Linda Sánchez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.3% | +2.7 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Linda Sánchez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Linda Sánchez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.6% | +0.4 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Linda Sánchez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.6% | +0.4 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Linda Sánchez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Linda Sánchez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21, 2021 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Linda Sánchez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Linda Sánchez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 16, 2021 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Linda Sánchez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Linda Sánchez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Linda Sánchez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Linda Sánchez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Linda Sánchez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Linda Sánchez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Linda Sánchez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Linda Sánchez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Linda Sánchez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Linda Sánchez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Linda Sánchez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Linda Sánchez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Linda Sánchez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Linda Sánchez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 91.2% | +8.8 |
| Average | 100.0% | 99.4% | +0.6 | |||
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