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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% | +2.6 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Blunt Rochester vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept. 15 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| Sept. 15 | Establishing greater congressional oversight of the U.S. Census Bureau and prohibiting the removal of the bureau director without cause (220-208) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| Sept. 15 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.2% | +1.8 |
| Aug. 12 | 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) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| July 29 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.0% | +4.0 |
| July 29 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| July 29 | Prohibiting the sale, manufacture, transfer and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines (217-213) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.5% | +0.5 |
| July 28 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.4% | +5.6 |
| July 27 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.1% | +0.9 |
| July 27 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.4% | +4.6 |
| July 27 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 90.1% | +9.9 |
| July 21 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.8% | +2.2 |
| July 20 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| July 19 | Repealing the Defense of Marriage Act and requiring states to recognize same-sex and interracial marriages performed out-of-state (267-157) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.9% | +2.1 |
| July 15 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.6% | +0.4 |
| July 15 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| July 14 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 77.0% | +23.0 |
| July 13 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.5% | +5.5 |
| June 24 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.7% | +2.3 |
| June 23 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| June 22 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.1% | +2.9 |
| June 22 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.7% | +1.3 |
| June 16 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.0% | +7.0 |
| June 15 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| June 14 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.6% | +4.4 |
| June 9 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.3% | +0.7 |
| June 8 | Changing federal firearms laws, including prohibiting sales of certain weapons to people under 21 years old (223-204) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.0% | +1.0 |
| May 18 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.6% | +0.4 |
| May 17 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| May 13 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.4% | +7.6 |
| May 12 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| May 11 | Making it easier for federally employed firefighters to get workers' compensation (288-131) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.9% | +4.1 |
| March 31 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.8% | +1.2 |
| March 18 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.8% | +2.2 |
| March 17 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.6% | +1.4 |
| March 9 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.2% | +3.8 |
| March 3 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.4% | +5.6 |
| 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) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| Feb. 8 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.3% | +3.7 |
| Feb. 7 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.9% | +4.1 |
| Feb. 4 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.5% | +0.5 |
| Jan. 13 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| Jan. 12 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.9% | +7.1 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.6% | +0.4 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.6% | +0.4 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 80.4% | +19.6 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.5% | +0.5 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.8% | +1.2 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.8% | +2.2 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through December 16, 2022 (219-212) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.6% | +0.4 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | 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, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| 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) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.1% | +2.9 |
| July 28, 2021 | 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, 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) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.8% | +1.2 |
| July 21, 2021 | 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, 2021 | 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, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| June 25, 2021 | 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, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.0% | +1.0 |
| June 24, 2021 | 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, 2021 | 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, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.4% | +0.6 |
| June 17, 2021 | 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, 2021 | 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, 2021 | 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, 2021 | 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, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.6% | +2.4 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| April 21, 2021 | 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, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| April 16, 2021 | 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, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.3% | +2.7 |
| March 18, 2021 | 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, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.7% | +2.3 |
| March 11, 2021 | 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, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| March 3, 2021 | 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, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Lisa Blunt Rochester's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.5% | +0.5 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | 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, 2021 | 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, 2021 | 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% | 97.4% | +2.6 | |||
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