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Republican representative for Texas’s 26th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Burgess votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Burgess’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 Burgess votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Burgess’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-14.2% | 6.7% | -2.5 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Burgess vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 22 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Michael Burgess's Vote: No | support | No |  | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| April 21 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Michael Burgess's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| April 21 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Michael Burgess's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| April 16 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Michael Burgess's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 32.8% | ||
| March 18 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Michael Burgess's Vote: No | support | No | | 23.3% | -23.3 |
| March 18 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Michael Burgess's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.8% | -3.8 |
| March 17 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Michael Burgess's Vote: No | support | No | | 24.3% | -24.3 |
| March 11 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Michael Burgess's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| March 11 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Michael Burgess's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.4% | -2.4 |
| March 10 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Michael Burgess's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| March 9 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Michael Burgess's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.1% | -1.1 |
| March 3 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Michael Burgess's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.5% | -1.5 |
| March 3 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Michael Burgess's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.1% | -1.1 |
| Feb. 26 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Michael Burgess's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.1% | -3.1 |
| Feb. 25 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Michael Burgess's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.6% | -0.6 |
| Jan. 21 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Michael Burgess's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 74.2% | +25.8 |
| Average | 6.7% | 9.1% | -2.5 | |||
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