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Republican representative for Pennsylvania’s 11th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Smucker votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Smucker’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 Smucker votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Smucker’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-21.9% | 13.3% | -0.3 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Smucker vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept. 15 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: No | support | No |  | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 15 | Establishing greater congressional oversight of the U.S. Census Bureau and prohibiting the removal of the bureau director without cause (220-208) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 15 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.8% | -0.8 |
| 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) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 29 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 33.2% | +66.8 |
| July 29 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 29 | Prohibiting the sale, manufacture, transfer and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines (217-213) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 28 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: No | support | No | | 10.8% | -10.8 |
| July 27 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.5% | +4.5 |
| July 27 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.5% | -6.5 |
| July 27 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: No | support | No | | 22.0% | -22.0 |
| July 21 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.3% | -1.3 |
| July 20 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 19 | Repealing the Defense of Marriage Act and requiring states to recognize same-sex and interracial marriages performed out-of-state (267-157) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: No | support | No | | 16.5% | -16.5 |
| July 15 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 15 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 14 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 75.6% | +24.4 |
| July 13 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: No | support | No | | 20.7% | -20.7 |
| June 24 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.5% | -2.5 |
| June 23 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 22 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 63.5% | +36.5 |
| June 22 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.3% | +7.7 |
| June 16 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.8% | -2.8 |
| June 15 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 14 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.4% | -4.4 |
| June 9 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| June 8 | Changing federal firearms laws, including prohibiting sales of certain weapons to people under 21 years old (223-204) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| May 18 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| May 17 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| May 13 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: No | support | No | | 18.4% | -18.4 |
| May 12 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| May 11 | Making it easier for federally employed firefighters to get workers' compensation (288-131) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 37.3% | +62.7 |
| March 31 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.1% | -1.1 |
| March 18 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.9% | -2.9 |
| March 17 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| March 9 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: No | support | No | | 16.8% | -16.8 |
| March 3 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: No | support | No | | 17.2% | -17.2 |
| 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) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 8 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: No | support | No | | 62.1% | -62.1 |
| Feb. 7 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: No | support | No | | 59.0% | -59.0 |
| Feb. 4 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 13 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 12 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 39.4% | +60.6 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: No | support | No | | 11.1% | -11.1 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.8% | -0.8 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: No | support | No | | 24.9% | -24.9 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through December 16, 2022 (219-212) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 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) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.8% | +1.2 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.2% | -3.2 |
| 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) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.0% | +6.0 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.8% | -5.8 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.6% | -0.6 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 4.1% | ||
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 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) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.6% | -3.6 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: No | support | No | | 29.0% | -29.0 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.5% | -4.5 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: No | support | No | | 13.1% | -13.1 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 75.0% | +25.0 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: No | support | No | | 52.8% | -52.8 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21, 2021 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 16, 2021 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: No | support | No | | 16.9% | -16.9 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 8.9% | +91.1 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: No | support | No | | 9.4% | -9.4 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Lloyd Smucker's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 70.4% | +29.6 |
| Average | 13.3% | 13.6% | -0.3 | |||
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