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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% | 20.8% | +3.0 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Bost vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 3 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxins (256-174) Mike Bost's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 31.9% | ||
| Feb. 9 | Imposing visa restrictions on foreign people found responsible for human rights violations related to someone's sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression or sex characteristics (227-206) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No |  | 1.5% | -1.5 |
| Feb. 8 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Mike Bost's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 72.1% | +27.9 |
| Feb. 7 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 69.6% | -69.6 |
| Feb. 4 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.2% | -1.2 |
| Jan. 13 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| Jan. 12 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 52.3% | -52.3 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.0% | -1.0 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.9% | -0.9 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.0% | -1.0 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 20.3% | -20.3 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.2% | -3.2 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.2% | -6.2 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 43.2% | -43.2 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through December 16, 2022 (219-212) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.8% | -0.8 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| 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) Mike Bost's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.5% | +1.5 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 9.8% | -9.8 |
| 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) Mike Bost's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.4% | +4.6 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 18.2% | -18.2 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.3% | -3.3 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.7% | -0.7 |
| June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.9% | -5.9 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Mike Bost's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 16.5% | +83.5 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.0% | -1.0 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Mike Bost's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 16.3% | +83.7 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 42.2% | -42.2 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 11.8% | -11.8 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 28.5% | -28.5 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Mike Bost's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 82.8% | +17.2 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Mike Bost's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 66.6% | +33.4 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| April 21, 2021 | 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, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| April 16, 2021 | 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 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Mike Bost's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 23.3% | +76.7 |
| March 18, 2021 | 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, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Mike Bost's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 24.3% | +75.7 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.4% | -2.4 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.1% | -1.1 |
| March 3, 2021 | 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, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.1% | -1.1 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | 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, 2021 | 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, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Mike Bost's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 74.2% | +25.8 |
| Average | 20.8% | 17.7% | +3.0 | |||
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