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Democratic representative for California’s 5th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Thompson votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Thompson’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 Thompson votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Thompson’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
+47.2% | 100.0% | +0.3 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Thompson vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct. 22 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Mike Thompson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 29 | Suspending the debt limit through December 16, 2022 (219-212) Mike Thompson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 24 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Mike Thompson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 21 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Mike Thompson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Mike Thompson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Mike Thompson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 29 | 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 Thompson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.2% | +4.8 |
| July 28 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Mike Thompson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| July 22 | 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 Thompson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| July 21 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Mike Thompson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 20 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Mike Thompson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 1 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Mike Thompson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 25 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Mike Thompson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 24 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Mike Thompson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 24 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Mike Thompson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 24 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208) Mike Thompson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 23 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Mike Thompson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 17 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Mike Thompson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.6% | +0.4 |
| May 20 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Mike Thompson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| May 19 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Mike Thompson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 18 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Mike Thompson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| May 14 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Mike Thompson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| May 13 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Mike Thompson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 22 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Mike Thompson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Mike Thompson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Mike Thompson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 16 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Mike Thompson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 15 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Mike Thompson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Mike Thompson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Mike Thompson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 17 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Mike Thompson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 11 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Mike Thompson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 11 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Mike Thompson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 10 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Mike Thompson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Mike Thompson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Mike Thompson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Mike Thompson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 26 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Mike Thompson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 25 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Mike Thompson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 21 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Mike Thompson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.0% | +6.0 |
| Average | 100.0% | 99.7% | +0.3 | |||
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