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Republican representative for Wisconsin’s 8th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Gallagher votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Gallagher’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 Gallagher votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Gallagher’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-15.9% | 12.7% | -3.6 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Gallagher 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 Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No |  | 28.2% | -28.2 |
| 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 Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.8% | -0.8 |
| Feb. 8 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Mike Gallagher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 70.0% | +30.0 |
| Feb. 7 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 67.3% | -67.3 |
| Feb. 4 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.6% | -0.6 |
| Jan. 13 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Jan. 12 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 49.4% | -49.4 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.5% | -0.5 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.5% | -0.5 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.5% | -0.5 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 18.0% | -18.0 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.9% | -1.9 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.2% | -4.2 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 38.8% | -38.8 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through December 16, 2022 (219-212) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| 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 Gallagher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.6% | +1.4 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.8% | -7.8 |
| 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 Gallagher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.1% | +4.9 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Mike Gallagher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 14.6% | +85.4 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.0% | -2.0 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.8% | -3.8 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 12.7% | -12.7 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| 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 Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.5% | -0.5 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 12.3% | -12.3 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Mike Gallagher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 39.1% | +60.9 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 9.7% | -9.7 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 24.5% | -24.5 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Mike Gallagher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 81.2% | +18.8 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Mike Gallagher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 63.7% | +36.3 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| April 21, 2021 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| April 16, 2021 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 28.8% | -28.8 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 19.4% | -19.4 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.3% | -2.3 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 20.2% | -20.2 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.3% | -1.3 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.5% | -0.5 |
| March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.8% | -0.8 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.6% | -0.6 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.8% | -1.8 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 73.4% | -73.4 |
| Average | 12.7% | 16.3% | -3.6 | |||
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