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Republican representative for Florida’s 1st district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Gaetz votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Gaetz’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 Gaetz votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Gaetz’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-33.5% | 24.2% | +13.0 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Gaetz vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 29 | 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 Gaetz's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 99.0% | +1.0 |
| July 28 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Matt Gaetz's Vote: No | support | No |  | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| July 22 | 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 Gaetz's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 91.1% | +8.9 |
| July 21 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Matt Gaetz's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 0.5% | +99.5 |
| July 20 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Matt Gaetz's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 0.0% | +100.0 |
| July 1 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Matt Gaetz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 25 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Matt Gaetz's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 0.0% | +100.0 |
| June 24 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Matt Gaetz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| June 24 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Matt Gaetz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 24 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208) Matt Gaetz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 23 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Matt Gaetz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| June 17 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Matt Gaetz's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 13.8% | +86.2 |
| May 20 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Matt Gaetz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.7% | -0.7 |
| May 19 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Matt Gaetz's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.6% | -2.6 |
| May 18 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Matt Gaetz's Vote: No | support | No | | 60.5% | -60.5 |
| May 14 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Matt Gaetz's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 31.9% | +68.1 |
| May 13 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Matt Gaetz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 22 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Matt Gaetz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Matt Gaetz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Matt Gaetz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 16 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Matt Gaetz's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.1% | -4.1 |
| April 15 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Matt Gaetz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Matt Gaetz's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 1.1% | ||
| March 18 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Matt Gaetz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 17 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Matt Gaetz's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.2% | -1.2 |
| March 11 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Matt Gaetz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 11 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Matt Gaetz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 10 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Matt Gaetz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Matt Gaetz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Matt Gaetz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Matt Gaetz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 26 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Matt Gaetz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 25 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Matt Gaetz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 21 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Matt Gaetz's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 64.2% | +35.8 |
| Average | 24.2% | 11.2% | +13.0 | |||
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