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Republican representative for South Carolina’s 5th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Norman votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Norman’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 Norman votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Norman’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-16.6% | 2.7% | -14.6 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Norman 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) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No |  | 8.7% | -8.7 |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | Providing collective bargaining rights for Veterans Health Administration health care workers (219-201) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| 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) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 8.5% | -8.5 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement training in de-escalation tactics and in responding to mental and behavior health crises (264-162) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 36.7% | -36.7 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Updating regulations to address conflicts of interest in federal acquisitions (219-205) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| 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) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 23.6% | -23.6 |
| Dec. 6, 2022 | Making it easier for noncitizen veterans to get lawful permanent resident status (220-208) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.5% | -0.5 |
| 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) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 67.8% | -67.8 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Establishing grants for reentry programs for previously incarcerated people (259-167) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 29.3% | -29.3 |
| Nov. 30, 2022 | Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (290-137) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 50.9% | -50.9 |
| Nov. 16, 2022 | Prohibiting the enforcement of nondisclosure agreements and nondisparagement clauses agreed to before a sexual assault or harassment dispute arises (315-109) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 61.5% | -61.5 |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (230-201) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 12.2% | -12.2 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Modifying merger filing fees and requiring disclosure of foreign merger subsidies (242-184) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 33.0% | -33.0 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Expanding access to mental and substance use health services (220-205) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement agencies to investigate unsolved homicides and nonfatal shootings (250-178) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 20.5% | -20.5 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| 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) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Authorizing grants for law enforcement agencies with fewer than 125 officers (360-64) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 79.9% | -79.9 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.3% | -6.3 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.3% | -6.3 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| 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) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.3% | -3.3 |
| 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) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| July 29, 2022 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Ralph Norman's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 44.0% | ||
| July 29, 2022 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Ralph Norman's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 0.1% | ||
| July 29, 2022 | Prohibiting the sale, manufacture, transfer and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines (217-213) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| July 28, 2022 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 19.2% | -19.2 |
| July 27, 2022 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Ralph Norman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 96.3% | +3.7 |
| July 27, 2022 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 13.7% | -13.7 |
| July 27, 2022 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 30.7% | -30.7 |
| July 21, 2022 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.6% | -4.6 |
| July 20, 2022 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| 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) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 28.0% | -28.0 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.5% | -0.5 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| July 14, 2022 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 75.8% | -75.8 |
| July 13, 2022 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 30.8% | -30.8 |
| June 24, 2022 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.5% | -7.5 |
| June 23, 2022 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| June 22, 2022 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 70.8% | -70.8 |
| June 22, 2022 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 93.7% | -93.7 |
| June 16, 2022 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.0% | -7.0 |
| June 15, 2022 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| June 14, 2022 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 10.4% | -10.4 |
| June 9, 2022 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.2% | -1.2 |
| June 8, 2022 | Changing federal firearms laws, including prohibiting sales of certain weapons to people under 21 years old (223-204) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.3% | -1.3 |
| May 18, 2022 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| May 17, 2022 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| May 13, 2022 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 27.5% | -27.5 |
| May 12, 2022 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| May 11, 2022 | Making it easier for federally employed firefighters to get workers' compensation (288-131) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 47.7% | -47.7 |
| March 31, 2022 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.5% | -4.5 |
| March 18, 2022 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 8.2% | -8.2 |
| March 17, 2022 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.6% | -1.6 |
| March 9, 2022 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 27.1% | -27.1 |
| March 3, 2022 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 26.8% | -26.8 |
| 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) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.6% | -0.6 |
| Feb. 8, 2022 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 69.1% | -69.1 |
| Feb. 7, 2022 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Ralph Norman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 66.4% | +33.6 |
| Feb. 4, 2022 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| Jan. 13, 2022 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Jan. 12, 2022 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 48.2% | -48.2 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Ralph Norman'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) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 17.0% | -17.0 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.5% | -1.5 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.5% | -3.5 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 37.1% | -37.1 |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (254-175) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 26.4% | -26.4 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through Dec. 16, 2022 (219-212) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Ralph Norman'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) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 98.6% | -98.6 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.1% | -7.1 |
| 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) Ralph Norman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.0% | +5.0 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 13.2% | -13.2 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.7% | -1.7 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.2% | -3.2 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 11.3% | -11.3 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Ralph Norman'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) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 10.8% | -10.8 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 37.9% | -37.9 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 8.9% | -8.9 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 23.0% | -23.0 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 80.5% | -80.5 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 62.4% | -62.4 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Ralph Norman'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) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Ralph Norman'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) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 27.3% | -27.3 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 17.9% | -17.9 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.8% | -1.8 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 18.7% | -18.7 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.0% | -1.0 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.6% | -0.6 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.4% | -1.4 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Ralph Norman's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 73.0% | ||
| Average | 2.7% | 17.3% | -14.6 | |||
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