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Democratic representative for Delaware’s at-large district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Blunt Rochester votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Blunt Rochester’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 Blunt Rochester votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Blunt Rochester’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
+19.0% | 100.0% | +2.1 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Blunt Rochester vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept. 29 | Suspending the debt limit through December 16, 2022 (219-212) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 99.6% | +0.4 |
| Sept. 24 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| Sept. 21 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| Aug. 24 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| Aug. 24 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| 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) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.1% | +2.9 |
| July 28 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 86.6% | +13.4 |
| 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) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.8% | +1.2 |
| July 21 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.5% | +2.5 |
| July 20 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.7% | +1.3 |
| July 1 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| June 25 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.4% | +0.6 |
| June 24 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.0% | +1.0 |
| June 24 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| June 24 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| June 23 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.4% | +0.6 |
| June 17 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 90.9% | +9.1 |
| May 20 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 83.8% | +16.2 |
| May 19 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.5% | +3.5 |
| May 18 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.3% | +1.7 |
| May 14 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.6% | +2.4 |
| May 13 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| April 22 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| April 21 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| April 21 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| April 16 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.2% | +3.8 |
| April 15 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| March 18 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.3% | +2.7 |
| March 18 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.6% | +0.4 |
| March 17 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.7% | +2.3 |
| March 11 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| March 11 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| March 10 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| March 9 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| March 3 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.9% | +1.1 |
| March 3 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.5% | +0.5 |
| Feb. 26 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.5% | +0.5 |
| Feb. 25 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| Jan. 21 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 87.3% | +12.7 |
| Average | 100.0% | 97.9% | +2.1 | |||
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