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Democratic senator for Washington
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Cantwell votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Cantwell’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 Cantwell votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Cantwell’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
+19.2% | 100.0% | +3.3 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Cantwell vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 29 | Providing money for safe drinking water and other water infrastructure (89-2) Maria Cantwell's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 99.1% | ||
| April 28 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (52-42) Maria Cantwell's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 98.6% | ||
| April 22 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (94-1) Maria Cantwell's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| March 22 | Nomination of Martin Joseph Walsh to be secretary of labor (68-29) Maria Cantwell's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.9% | +2.1 |
| March 18 | Nomination of Xavier Becerra to be secretary of health and human services (50-49) Maria Cantwell's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.2% | +1.8 |
| March 17 | Nomination of Katherine C. Tai to be United States trade representative (98-0) Maria Cantwell's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 16 | Nomination of Isabella Casillas Guzman to be administrator of the Small Business Administration (81-17) Maria Cantwell's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.7% | +2.3 |
| March 15 | Nomination of Debra Anne Haaland to be secretary of the interior (51-40) Maria Cantwell's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.8% | +1.2 |
| March 10 | Nomination of Michael Stanley Regan to be administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (66-34) Maria Cantwell's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.4% | +1.6 |
| March 10 | Nomination of Merrick Brian Garland to be attorney general (70-30) Maria Cantwell's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.8% | +2.2 |
| March 10 | Nomination of Marcia Louise Fudge to be secretary of housing and urban development (66-34) Maria Cantwell's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.7% | +4.3 |
| March 6 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (50-49) Maria Cantwell's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.2% | +2.8 |
| March 2 | Nomination of Cecilia Elena Rouse to be chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (95-4) Maria Cantwell's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.4% | +0.6 |
| March 2 | Nomination of Gina Marie Raimondo to be secretary of commerce (84-15) Maria Cantwell's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.9% | +1.1 |
| March 1 | Nomination of Miguel A. Cardona to be secretary of education (64-33) Maria Cantwell's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.8% | +1.2 |
| Feb. 25 | Nomination of Jennifer Mulhern Granholm to be secretary of energy (64-35) Maria Cantwell's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.8% | +4.2 |
| Feb. 23 | Nomination of Linda Thomas-Greenfield to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations (78-21) Maria Cantwell's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.4% | +3.6 |
| Feb. 23 | Nomination of Thomas J. Vilsack to be secretary of agriculture (92-7) Maria Cantwell's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.5% | +6.5 |
| Feb. 8 | Nomination of Denis Richard McDonough to be secretary of veterans affairs (87-7) Maria Cantwell's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.6% | +2.4 |
| Feb. 2 | Nomination of Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas to be secretary of homeland security (56-43) Maria Cantwell's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.2% | +2.8 |
| Feb. 2 | Nomination of Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg to be secretary of transportation (86-13) Maria Cantwell's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.3% | +2.7 |
| Jan. 26 | Nomination of Antony John Blinken to be secretary of state (78-22) Maria Cantwell's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.0% | +1.0 |
| Jan. 25 | Nomination of Janet Louise Yellen to be secretary of the treasury (84-15) Maria Cantwell's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.3% | +0.7 |
| Jan. 22 | Nomination of Lloyd James Austin to be secretary of defense (93-2) Maria Cantwell's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.6% | +0.4 |
| Jan. 21 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (69-27) Maria Cantwell's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 69.2% | +30.8 |
| Jan. 20 | Nomination of Avril Danica Haines to be director of national intelligence (84-10) Maria Cantwell's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.0% | +2.0 |
| Average | 100.0% | 96.7% | +3.3 | |||
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