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Republican representative for California’s 48th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Steel votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Steel’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 Steel votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Steel’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
+1.4% | 11.1% | -48.0 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Steel vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Michelle Steel's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 87.6% | +12.4 |
| May 13 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No |  | 46.4% | -46.4 |
| April 22 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 49.8% | -49.8 |
| April 21 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 49.8% | -49.8 |
| April 21 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 51.3% | -51.3 |
| April 16 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 72.5% | -72.5 |
| March 18 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 70.0% | -70.0 |
| March 18 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 61.6% | -61.6 |
| March 17 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 71.4% | -71.4 |
| March 11 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 50.2% | -50.2 |
| March 11 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 58.8% | -58.8 |
| March 10 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 47.9% | -47.9 |
| March 9 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 55.8% | -55.8 |
| March 3 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 46.7% | -46.7 |
| March 3 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 49.6% | -49.6 |
| Feb. 26 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 58.8% | -58.8 |
| Feb. 25 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 55.1% | -55.1 |
| Jan. 21 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Michelle Steel's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 81.0% | +19.0 |
| Average | 11.1% | 59.1% | -48.0 | |||
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