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Republican representative for Virginia’s 9th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Griffith votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Griffith’s actual and predicted Biden support scores
Biden margin | Biden score | Biden plus-minus |
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Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s | How often Griffith votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Griffith’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-42.0% | 17.7% | +9.9 |
Date | Measure | Biden position | Griffith vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
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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) Morgan Griffith's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
Dec. 15, 2022 | Providing collective bargaining rights for Veterans Health Administration health care workers (219-201) Morgan Griffith'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) Morgan Griffith's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
Dec. 14, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement training in de-escalation tactics and in responding to mental and behavior health crises (264-162) Morgan Griffith's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | 7.2% | +92.8 | |
Dec. 14, 2022 | Updating regulations to address conflicts of interest in federal acquisitions (219-205) Morgan Griffith'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) Morgan Griffith's Vote: No | support | No | 0.4% | -0.4 | |
Dec. 6, 2022 | Making it easier for noncitizen veterans to get lawful permanent resident status (220-208) Morgan Griffith'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) Morgan Griffith's Vote: No | support | No | 33.1% | -33.1 | |
Dec. 1, 2022 | Establishing grants for reentry programs for previously incarcerated people (259-167) Morgan Griffith's Vote: No | support | No | 1.8% | -1.8 | |
Nov. 30, 2022 | Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (290-137) Morgan Griffith's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | 22.4% | +77.6 | |
Nov. 16, 2022 | Prohibiting the enforcement of nondisclosure agreements and nondisparagement clauses agreed to before a sexual assault or harassment dispute arises (315-109) Morgan Griffith's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | 24.4% | +75.6 | |
Sept. 30, 2022 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (230-201) Morgan Griffith's Vote: No | support | No | 0.1% | -0.1 | |
Sept. 29, 2022 | Modifying merger filing fees and requiring disclosure of foreign merger subsidies (242-184) Morgan Griffith's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | 9.8% | +90.2 | |
Sept. 29, 2022 | Expanding access to mental and substance use health services (220-205) Morgan Griffith'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) Morgan Griffith's Vote: No | support | No | 0.4% | -0.4 | |
Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207) Morgan Griffith'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) Morgan Griffith'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) Morgan Griffith's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | 69.5% | +30.5 | |
Sept. 21, 2022 | Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203) Morgan Griffith's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
Sept. 21, 2022 | Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193) Morgan Griffith's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Morgan Griffith'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) Morgan Griffith's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
Sept. 15, 2022 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Morgan Griffith's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
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) Morgan Griffith's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
July 29, 2022 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Morgan Griffith's Vote: No | support | No | 6.6% | -6.6 | |
July 29, 2022 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Morgan Griffith'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) Morgan Griffith's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
July 28, 2022 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Morgan Griffith's Vote: No | support | No | 0.4% | -0.4 | |
July 27, 2022 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Morgan Griffith's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | 91.3% | +8.7 | |
July 27, 2022 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Morgan Griffith's Vote: No | support | No | 0.1% | -0.1 | |
July 27, 2022 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Morgan Griffith's Vote: No | support | No | 3.7% | -3.7 | |
July 21, 2022 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Morgan Griffith's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
July 20, 2022 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Morgan Griffith'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) Morgan Griffith's Vote: No | support | No | 0.7% | -0.7 | |
July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Morgan Griffith's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Morgan Griffith's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
July 14, 2022 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Morgan Griffith's Vote: No | support | No | 74.9% | -74.9 | |
July 13, 2022 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Morgan Griffith's Vote: No | support | No | 2.3% | -2.3 | |
June 24, 2022 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Morgan Griffith's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
June 23, 2022 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Morgan Griffith's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
June 22, 2022 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Morgan Griffith's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | 34.0% | +66.0 | |
June 22, 2022 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Morgan Griffith's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | 84.8% | +15.2 | |
June 16, 2022 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Morgan Griffith's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
June 15, 2022 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Morgan Griffith's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
June 14, 2022 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Morgan Griffith's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
June 9, 2022 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Morgan Griffith's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
June 8, 2022 | Changing federal firearms laws, including prohibiting sales of certain weapons to people under 21 years old (223-204) Morgan Griffith's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
May 18, 2022 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Morgan Griffith's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
May 17, 2022 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Morgan Griffith's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
May 13, 2022 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Morgan Griffith's Vote: No | support | No | 2.0% | -2.0 | |
May 12, 2022 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Morgan Griffith'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) Morgan Griffith's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | 9.0% | +91.0 | |
March 31, 2022 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Morgan Griffith's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
March 18, 2022 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Morgan Griffith's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
March 17, 2022 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Morgan Griffith's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
March 9, 2022 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Morgan Griffith's Vote: No | support | No | 1.0% | -1.0 | |
March 3, 2022 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Morgan Griffith's Vote: No | support | No | 1.4% | -1.4 | |
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) Morgan Griffith'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) Morgan Griffith's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | 33.8% | +66.2 | |
Feb. 7, 2022 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Morgan Griffith's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | 30.4% | +69.6 | |
Feb. 4, 2022 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Morgan Griffith'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) Morgan Griffith's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
Jan. 12, 2022 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Morgan Griffith's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | 13.1% | +86.9 | |
Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Morgan Griffith'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) Morgan Griffith'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) Morgan Griffith's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Morgan Griffith'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) Morgan Griffith's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Morgan Griffith's Vote: No | support | No | 1.2% | -1.2 | |
Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Morgan Griffith's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Morgan Griffith's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Morgan Griffith's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | 2.3% | +97.7 | |
Sept. 30, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (254-175) Morgan Griffith's Vote: No | support | No | 1.4% | -1.4 | |
Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through Dec. 16, 2022 (219-212) Morgan Griffith'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) Morgan Griffith's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Morgan Griffith's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Morgan Griffith's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Morgan Griffith'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) Morgan Griffith's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | 99.2% | +0.8 | |
July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Morgan Griffith's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
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) Morgan Griffith's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | 88.5% | +11.5 | |
July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Morgan Griffith's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Morgan Griffith's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Morgan Griffith'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) Morgan Griffith's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Morgan Griffith's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Morgan Griffith'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) Morgan Griffith's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Morgan Griffith's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Morgan Griffith's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | 6.9% | +93.1 | |
May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Morgan Griffith's Vote: No | support | No | 0.1% | -0.1 | |
May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Morgan Griffith's Vote: No | support | No | 0.5% | -0.5 | |
May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Morgan Griffith's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | 48.7% | +51.3 | |
May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Morgan Griffith's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 19.3% | ||
May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Morgan Griffith's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Morgan Griffith'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) Morgan Griffith's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Morgan Griffith'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) Morgan Griffith's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | 1.1% | +98.9 | |
April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Morgan Griffith's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Morgan Griffith's Vote: No | support | No | 0.2% | -0.2 | |
March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Morgan Griffith's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Morgan Griffith's Vote: No | support | No | 0.2% | -0.2 | |
March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Morgan Griffith's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Morgan Griffith's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Morgan Griffith's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Morgan Griffith'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) Morgan Griffith's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Morgan Griffith'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) Morgan Griffith's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Morgan Griffith's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Morgan Griffith's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | 59.4% | +40.6 | |
Average | 17.7% | 7.8% | +9.9 |
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