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Democratic representative for Massachusetts’s 3rd district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Trahan votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Trahan’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 Trahan votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Trahan’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
+28.8% | 100.0% | +1.0 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Trahan vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept. 15 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Lori Trahan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 100.0% | 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) Lori Trahan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 15 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Lori Trahan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| 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) Lori Trahan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 29 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Lori Trahan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.8% | +1.2 |
| July 29 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Lori Trahan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 29 | Prohibiting the sale, manufacture, transfer and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines (217-213) Lori Trahan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 28 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Lori Trahan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.8% | +1.2 |
| July 27 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Lori Trahan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.5% | +0.5 |
| July 27 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Lori Trahan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.3% | +0.7 |
| July 27 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Lori Trahan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.3% | +3.7 |
| July 21 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Lori Trahan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| July 20 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Lori Trahan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 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) Lori Trahan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| July 15 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Lori Trahan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 15 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Lori Trahan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 14 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Lori Trahan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 77.3% | +22.7 |
| July 13 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Lori Trahan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.5% | +1.5 |
| June 24 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Lori Trahan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| June 23 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Lori Trahan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 22 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Lori Trahan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.8% | +1.2 |
| June 22 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Lori Trahan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.2% | +0.8 |
| June 16 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Lori Trahan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.9% | +1.1 |
| June 15 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Lori Trahan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 14 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Lori Trahan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.4% | +0.6 |
| June 9 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Lori Trahan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 8 | Changing federal firearms laws, including prohibiting sales of certain weapons to people under 21 years old (223-204) Lori Trahan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 18 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Lori Trahan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 17 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Lori Trahan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 13 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Lori Trahan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.7% | +2.3 |
| May 12 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Lori Trahan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 11 | Making it easier for federally employed firefighters to get workers' compensation (288-131) Lori Trahan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.7% | +1.3 |
| March 31 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Lori Trahan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Lori Trahan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| March 17 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Lori Trahan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Lori Trahan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.3% | +0.7 |
| March 3 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Lori Trahan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.6% | +1.4 |
| 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) Lori Trahan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 8 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Lori Trahan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.4% | +1.6 |
| Feb. 7 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Lori Trahan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.2% | +1.8 |
| Feb. 4 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Lori Trahan'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) Lori Trahan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 12 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Lori Trahan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.0% | +3.0 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Lori Trahan'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) Lori Trahan'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) Lori Trahan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Lori Trahan'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) Lori Trahan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Lori Trahan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 91.3% | +8.7 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Lori Trahan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Lori Trahan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Lori Trahan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.6% | +0.4 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through December 16, 2022 (219-212) Lori Trahan'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) Lori Trahan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Lori Trahan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Lori Trahan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Lori Trahan'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) Lori Trahan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.6% | +3.4 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Lori Trahan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.6% | +3.4 |
| 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) Lori Trahan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.3% | +0.7 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Lori Trahan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Lori Trahan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Lori Trahan'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) Lori Trahan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Lori Trahan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Lori Trahan'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) Lori Trahan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Lori Trahan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Lori Trahan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.3% | +3.7 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Lori Trahan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.9% | +5.1 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Lori Trahan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.4% | +0.6 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Lori Trahan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.3% | +0.7 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Lori Trahan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.2% | +0.8 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Lori Trahan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Lori Trahan'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) Lori Trahan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Lori Trahan'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) Lori Trahan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.2% | +0.8 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Lori Trahan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Lori Trahan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Lori Trahan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Lori Trahan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Lori Trahan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Lori Trahan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Lori Trahan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Lori Trahan'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) Lori Trahan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Lori Trahan'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) Lori Trahan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Lori Trahan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Lori Trahan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 90.0% | +10.0 |
| Average | 100.0% | 99.0% | +1.0 | |||
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