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Democratic representative for Pennsylvania’s 5th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Scanlon votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Scanlon’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 Scanlon votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Scanlon’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
+31.1% | 100.0% | +0.7 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Scanlon vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 96.3% | +3.7 |
| May 19 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.6% | +0.4 |
| May 18 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.4% | +0.6 |
| May 14 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.4% | +0.6 |
| May 13 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 22 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 16 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.5% | +0.5 |
| April 15 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| March 18 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 17 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| March 11 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 11 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 10 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 26 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 25 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 21 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 90.6% | +9.4 |
| Average | 100.0% | 99.3% | +0.7 | |||
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