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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% | +65.4 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Cartwright vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 13 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Matt Cartwright's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 14.5% | ||
| Jan. 12 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Matt Cartwright's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 68.2% | ||
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Matt Cartwright's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 19.8% | +80.2 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Matt Cartwright's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 15.6% | +84.4 |
| Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Matt Cartwright's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 19.4% | +80.6 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Matt Cartwright's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 19.9% | +80.1 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Matt Cartwright's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 13.4% | +86.6 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Matt Cartwright's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 37.0% | +63.0 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Matt Cartwright's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 29.0% | +71.0 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Matt Cartwright's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 34.1% | +65.9 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Matt Cartwright's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 68.2% | +31.8 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through December 16, 2022 (219-212) Matt Cartwright's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 18.1% | +81.9 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Matt Cartwright's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 15.1% | +84.9 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Matt Cartwright's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 15.6% | +84.4 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Matt Cartwright's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 15.5% | +84.5 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Matt Cartwright's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 15.5% | +84.5 |
| 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) Matt Cartwright's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.2% | +1.8 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Matt Cartwright's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 27.9% | +72.1 |
| 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) Matt Cartwright's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.8% | +3.2 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Matt Cartwright's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 47.7% | +52.3 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Matt Cartwright's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 26.2% | +73.8 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Matt Cartwright's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 19.7% | +80.3 |
| June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Matt Cartwright's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 36.0% | +64.0 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Matt Cartwright's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 50.2% | +49.8 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Matt Cartwright's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 15.8% | +84.2 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208) Matt Cartwright's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 20.0% | +80.0 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Matt Cartwright's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 52.0% | +48.0 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Matt Cartwright's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 60.1% | +39.9 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Matt Cartwright's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 29.3% | +70.7 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Matt Cartwright's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 55.4% | +44.6 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Matt Cartwright's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 90.2% | +9.8 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Matt Cartwright's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 81.2% | +18.8 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Matt Cartwright's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 13.9% | +86.1 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Matt Cartwright's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 15.8% | +84.2 |
| April 21, 2021 | 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, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Matt Cartwright's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 16.2% | +83.8 |
| April 16, 2021 | 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 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Matt Cartwright's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 16.2% | +83.8 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Matt Cartwright's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 52.3% | +47.7 |
| March 18, 2021 | 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, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Matt Cartwright's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 53.8% | +46.2 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Matt Cartwright's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 15.6% | +84.4 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Matt Cartwright's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 27.5% | +72.5 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Matt Cartwright's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 13.4% | +86.6 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Matt Cartwright's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 22.3% | +77.7 |
| March 3, 2021 | 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, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Matt Cartwright's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 19.5% | +80.5 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | 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, 2021 | 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, 2021 | 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% | 34.6% | +65.4 | |||
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