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Democratic representative for Pennsylvania’s 8th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Cartwright votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Cartwright’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 Cartwright votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Cartwright’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-4.4% | 100.0% | +69.4 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Cartwright vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 22 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Matt Cartwright's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 15.8% | +84.2 |
| April 21 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Matt Cartwright's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 15.8% | +84.2 |
| April 21 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Matt Cartwright's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 16.2% | +83.8 |
| April 16 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Matt Cartwright's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 58.3% | +41.7 |
| March 18 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Matt Cartwright's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 52.3% | +47.7 |
| March 18 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Matt Cartwright's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 31.8% | +68.2 |
| March 17 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Matt Cartwright's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 53.8% | +46.2 |
| March 11 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Matt Cartwright's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 15.6% | +84.4 |
| March 11 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Matt Cartwright's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 27.5% | +72.5 |
| March 10 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Matt Cartwright's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 13.4% | +86.6 |
| March 9 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Matt Cartwright's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 22.3% | +77.7 |
| March 3 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Matt Cartwright's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 19.4% | +80.6 |
| March 3 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Matt Cartwright's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 19.5% | +80.5 |
| Feb. 26 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Matt Cartwright's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 28.9% | +71.1 |
| Feb. 25 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Matt Cartwright's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 19.8% | +80.2 |
| Jan. 21 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Matt Cartwright's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 78.6% | +21.4 |
| Average | 100.0% | 30.6% | +69.4 | |||
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