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Republican representative for Illinois’s 12th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Bost votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Bost’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 Bost votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Bost’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-14.2% | 26.7% | +15.6 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Bost vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 22 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Mike Bost'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) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| April 21 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Mike Bost'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) Mike Bost's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 32.8% | +67.2 |
| March 18 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Mike Bost's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 23.3% | +76.7 |
| March 18 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.8% | -3.8 |
| March 17 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Mike Bost's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 24.3% | +75.7 |
| March 11 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| March 11 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.4% | -2.4 |
| March 10 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| March 9 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.1% | -1.1 |
| March 3 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.5% | -1.5 |
| March 3 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.1% | -1.1 |
| Feb. 26 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Mike Bost's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 3.1% | ||
| Feb. 25 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.6% | -0.6 |
| Jan. 21 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Mike Bost's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 74.2% | +25.8 |
| Average | 26.7% | 11.1% | +15.6 | |||
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