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Republican representative for Idaho’s 2nd district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Simpson votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Simpson’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 Simpson votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Simpson’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-23.5% | 25.0% | +12.4 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Simpson vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 23, 2022 | Providing appropriations for various federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023; updating the process of appointing and tallying presidential electors; providing money for humanitarian, security and economic assistance to Ukraine (225-201) Mike Simpson's Vote: No | support | No |  | 2.7% | -2.7 |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | Providing collective bargaining rights for Veterans Health Administration health care workers (219-201) Mike Simpson's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | Allowing Puerto Rico to hold a referendum on whether to become a U.S. state, an independent country or a sovereign government (233-191) Mike Simpson's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.1% | -2.1 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement training in de-escalation tactics and in responding to mental and behavior health crises (264-162) Mike Simpson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 25.9% | +74.1 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Updating regulations to address conflicts of interest in federal acquisitions (219-205) Mike Simpson's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 8, 2022 | Repealing the Defense of Marriage Act and requiring states to recognize same-sex and interracial marriages performed out-of-state; includes an amendment allowing religious organizations to deny services or accomodations for same-sex weddings (258-169) Mike Simpson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 10.7% | +89.3 |
| Dec. 6, 2022 | Making it easier for noncitizen veterans to get lawful permanent resident status (220-208) Mike Simpson's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Requiring the Bureau of Prisons to provide incarcerated women with certain pregnancy-related care and limiting the use of solitary confinement for pregnant women (324-90) Mike Simpson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 58.6% | +41.4 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Establishing grants for reentry programs for previously incarcerated people (259-167) Mike Simpson's Vote: No | support | No | | 16.6% | -16.6 |
| Nov. 30, 2022 | Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (290-137) Mike Simpson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 42.5% | +57.5 |
| Nov. 16, 2022 | Prohibiting the enforcement of nondisclosure agreements and nondisparagement clauses agreed to before a sexual assault or harassment dispute arises (315-109) Mike Simpson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 51.0% | +49.0 |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (230-201) Mike Simpson's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.6% | -4.6 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Modifying merger filing fees and requiring disclosure of foreign merger subsidies (242-184) Mike Simpson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 25.1% | +74.9 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Expanding access to mental and substance use health services (220-205) Mike Simpson's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement agencies to investigate unsolved homicides and nonfatal shootings (250-178) Mike Simpson's Vote: No | support | No | | 9.2% | -9.2 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207) Mike Simpson's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for local governments to train mental health professionals and send them instead of law enforcement officers to respond to emergencies involving people with behavioral health needs (223-206) Mike Simpson's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Authorizing grants for law enforcement agencies with fewer than 125 officers (360-64) Mike Simpson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 77.3% | +22.7 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203) Mike Simpson's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.4% | -1.4 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193) Mike Simpson's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.2% | -1.2 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Mike Simpson's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing greater congressional oversight of the U.S. Census Bureau and prohibiting the removal of the bureau director without cause (220-208) Mike Simpson's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Mike Simpson's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.5% | -0.5 |
| Aug. 12, 2022 | Allowing Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices; extending Affordable Care Act subsidies; expanding tax credits for renewable and clean energy efforts; establishing a 15 percent corporate minimum tax; and other measures (220-207) Mike Simpson's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 29, 2022 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Mike Simpson's Vote: No | support | No | | 30.2% | -30.2 |
| July 29, 2022 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Mike Simpson's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 29, 2022 | Prohibiting the sale, manufacture, transfer and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines (217-213) Mike Simpson's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 28, 2022 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Mike Simpson's Vote: No | support | No | | 8.9% | -8.9 |
| July 27, 2022 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Mike Simpson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.3% | +4.7 |
| July 27, 2022 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Mike Simpson's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.1% | -5.1 |
| July 27, 2022 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Mike Simpson's Vote: No | support | No | | 19.7% | -19.7 |
| July 21, 2022 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Mike Simpson's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.8% | -0.8 |
| July 20, 2022 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Mike Simpson's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 19, 2022 | Repealing the Defense of Marriage Act and requiring states to recognize same-sex and interracial marriages performed out-of-state (267-157) Mike Simpson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 13.8% | +86.2 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Mike Simpson's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Mike Simpson's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 14, 2022 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Mike Simpson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 75.6% | +24.4 |
| July 13, 2022 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Mike Simpson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 18.1% | +81.9 |
| June 24, 2022 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Mike Simpson's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.7% | -1.7 |
| June 23, 2022 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Mike Simpson's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 22, 2022 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Mike Simpson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 61.3% | +38.7 |
| June 22, 2022 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Mike Simpson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 91.8% | +8.2 |
| June 16, 2022 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Mike Simpson's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.0% | -2.0 |
| June 15, 2022 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Mike Simpson's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 14, 2022 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Mike Simpson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 3.3% | +96.7 |
| June 9, 2022 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Mike Simpson's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| June 8, 2022 | Changing federal firearms laws, including prohibiting sales of certain weapons to people under 21 years old (223-204) Mike Simpson's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| May 18, 2022 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Mike Simpson's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| May 17, 2022 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Mike Simpson's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| May 13, 2022 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Mike Simpson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 16.1% | +83.9 |
| May 12, 2022 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Mike Simpson's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| May 11, 2022 | Making it easier for federally employed firefighters to get workers' compensation (288-131) Mike Simpson's Vote: No | support | No | | 34.2% | -34.2 |
| March 31, 2022 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Mike Simpson's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.7% | -0.7 |
| March 18, 2022 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Mike Simpson's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.0% | -2.0 |
| March 17, 2022 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Mike Simpson's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| March 9, 2022 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Mike Simpson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 14.2% | +85.8 |
| March 3, 2022 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Mike Simpson's Vote: No | support | No | | 14.8% | -14.8 |
| Feb. 9, 2022 | 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 Simpson's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 8, 2022 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Mike Simpson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 59.9% | +40.1 |
| Feb. 7, 2022 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Mike Simpson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 56.7% | +43.3 |
| Feb. 4, 2022 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Mike Simpson's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 13, 2022 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Mike Simpson's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 12, 2022 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Mike Simpson's Vote: No | support | No | | 36.8% | -36.8 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Mike Simpson's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Mike Simpson's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Mike Simpson's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Mike Simpson's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Mike Simpson's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Mike Simpson's Vote: No | support | No | | 9.6% | -9.6 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Mike Simpson's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Mike Simpson's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.5% | -0.5 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Mike Simpson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 21.6% | +78.4 |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (254-175) Mike Simpson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 14.5% | +85.5 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through Dec. 16, 2022 (219-212) Mike Simpson's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Mike Simpson's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Mike Simpson's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Mike Simpson's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Mike Simpson's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| 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 Simpson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.8% | +1.2 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Mike Simpson's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.4% | -2.4 |
| 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 Simpson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.6% | +6.4 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Mike Simpson's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.3% | -4.3 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Mike Simpson's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Mike Simpson's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Mike Simpson's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Mike Simpson's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.9% | -2.9 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Mike Simpson's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| 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 Simpson's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Mike Simpson's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.5% | -2.5 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Mike Simpson's Vote: No | support | No | | 26.5% | -26.5 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Mike Simpson's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.6% | -3.6 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Mike Simpson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 10.9% | +89.1 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Mike Simpson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 73.2% | +26.8 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Mike Simpson's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 49.8% | ||
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Mike Simpson's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Mike Simpson's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21, 2021 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Mike Simpson's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Mike Simpson's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 16, 2021 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Mike Simpson's Vote: No | support | No | | 14.3% | -14.3 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Mike Simpson's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Mike Simpson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 7.0% | +93.0 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Mike Simpson's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Mike Simpson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 7.4% | +92.6 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Mike Simpson's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Mike Simpson's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Mike Simpson's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Mike Simpson's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Mike Simpson's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Mike Simpson's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Mike Simpson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 0.1% | +99.9 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Mike Simpson's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Mike Simpson's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 69.6% | ||
| Average | 25.0% | 12.6% | +12.4 | |||
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